How to install PHP Image Editor for Joomla

  1. Extract phpimageeditor.zip at your local harddrive.
  2. Extract phpimageeditor_joomla_1_5.zip at your local harddrive.
  3. Upload everything in phpimageeditor_joomla_1_5.zip to "/yoursite/plugins/system/"
  4. Set the directories "/yoursite/plugins/system/phpimageeditor/editimagesoriginal/", "/yoursite/plugins/system/phpimageeditor/editimagespng/" and "/yoursite/plugins/system/phpimageeditor/editimagesworkwith/" to CHMOD 777.
  5. Open your webbrowser and go the url http://www.yoursite.se/plugins/system/phpimageeditor/install_joomla_plugin.php
  6. If you already haven´t done it, make your own image directory, subdirectories, files, subfiles to CHMOD 777. For example "/yoursite/images/".

About CHMOD 777. I know it´s not good by security reasons. I will see if I can make a new version of PHP Image Editor that doesn´t require CHMOD 777.

(if you don´t like the installation steps, you can install phpimageeditor_joomla_1_5.zip as a normal plugin in joomla. But you need to do step 4 and 6)

How to install PHP Image Editor normal

  1. Extract phpimageeditor.zip at your local harddrive.
  2. Extract phpimageeditor_normal.zip at your local harddrive.
  3. Upload everything in phpimageeditor_normal.zip to (for example) "yoursite/phpimageeditor"
  4. Set the directories and files in "yoursite/phpimageditor/editimagesoriginal", "yoursite/phpimageditor/editimagespng" and "yoursite/phpimageditor/editimagesworkwith" to CHMOD 777 (=read/write/executable).
  5. Set the image "yoursite/phpimageditor/sample.jpg" to CHMOD 777.
  6. Set your image directory to CHMOD 777. For example "yoursite/images"
  7. Edit your images be creating editing links in "yoursite/index.php", example link:
    <a href="phpimageeditor/index.php?imagesrc=<?php echo urlencode('../images/yourimage.jpg'); ?>">Click to edit your image</a>
    (if your images are placed in "yoursite/images/yourimage.jpg")

About CHMOD 777. I know it´s not good by security reasons. I will see if I can make a new version of PHP Image Editor that doesn´t require CHMOD 777.

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