Before you buy TGPX, you should check if your host can support all the features of TGPX. My original host did not support the gallery scan function, so I switched hosts. Now I’m finding that the gallery scan doesn’t work all the time so it really didn’t matter, but you should check the specifications first.
The install is pretty simple:
Create a database on your host.
Download the files from JMBSoft
Upload the files into a folder on your site
Run the install and input your database information
That’s pretty much it for the install! The system will tell you if you made any mistakes and which folders to delete so it’s pretty hard to mess up.
Once you have installed TGPX you want to change your password and setup the access list. The access list will lessen the chance of someone gaining admin access to your install.
Changing your password in TGPX
Go to “Settings”
Click on “Manage Administrators”
Click on “Edit” – The pencil icon
Put in your new password
Click “Update Account”
Setting up the TGPX access list
The “access-list.php” file is in the “includes” folder.
Open access-list.php using a text editor such as “Notepad” or “Textpad”.
You should see this…
// Uncomment the next line and enter your IP address(es) or hostname(s)
//$allowed_ips = array();
Go to www.whatismyipaddress.com and then copy your IP address.
Remove the “//” from the line that says //$allowed_ips = array(); and input your IP address in the parenthesis.
It should look something like this:
$allowed_ips = array(255.255.255.255);
Save the file and load the new file to your site and replace the file that’s already there. If you did everything correctly you should be able to access your admin from only one computer that has the IP address that is listed in your access-list.php file.
That’s it for today, here’s the gallery I promised:
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