This document tries to explain how to install MiG by hand (for people with FTP access only, not shell access, to their web server).
1. Unpack the distribution. If you're on a Unix or Linux system you can do this with the command:
tar xvfz mig-VERSION.tar.gz
Where ``VERSION'' is the version (such as ``1.2.3''). If you're on a Windows system, try Winzip at http://www.winzip.com/
2. Create a directory on the server to place your MiG installation in (or if you are upgrading, just know where the current installation is). I'll use /www/site.com/htdocs/gallery as an example in this document, but you can put it anywhere you want as long as you know your web server can find the files there.
3. Copy the index.php, funcs.php and lang.php file to your server's new Mig directory. This document assumes .php as the extension your web server uses to recognize PHP files. If that isn't the case then rename index.php to index.php3 (or whatever extension is appropriate). Do NOT rename the other PHP files (their names are hardcoded into the program)!
4. Create the subdirectories images and templates (i.e.
/www/site.com/htdocs/gallery/images and
/www/site.com/htdocs/gallery/templates), and copy the files in the
images and templates subdirectories to those directories, respectively.
5. Create subdirectory albums (i.e.
/www/site.com/htdocs/gallery/albums). This is where your albums will live. If you want to install the example
gallery, copy the
Example_Gallery folder into the albums folder you just created. (Installing the example
gallery is optional)
6. Copy the mig.cfg.default file to mig.cfg in your Mig directory. Edit it to taste. If you are upgrading, you may not need to do this (just see if there's anything new in mig.cfg.default and update your existing mig.cfg).
7. Start putting your images in the albums subdirectory (i.e. /www/site.com/htdocs/gallery/albums) and there you have it.