EE together with pMachine and long trip to Australia

[_Mario]

Hi guys,

this is my first post here, so please be nice to me :)

small explanation:

We are starting next month a big adventure in Australia (we are spanierds), I have made a website which uses pMachine (also php and mySql driven) to show our weblogs and comments dinamicaly, which we will be adding on the road. We ordered a Canon S45, in Germany (were I'm now but actually I live in Ireland)

The homepage is almost ready www.livemyadventure.com but we are in a hurry and I don't have much time to finished the website, we are flying to Brisbane next month. I'd like to integrate EE in our website and I'd like to get everything ready this week (I'm working 12 hours a day on it).

Some questions:

1. do you recommend to use two separate mySQL databases, one for pMachine www.pmachine.com and another one for EE?

2. As I understand I have to create the different thumbnails on my own, and download them separately with the original photos, is that correct?

3. If I want the EE 1.3, I have to install 1.22 and then the update, correct?

4. I'm a mac user, does the editor works IE 5.2 OS X or Netscape 7.0 or Safari?

5. Is it possible to be able to click on a thumbnail and see the big photo on the same page, whithout habing to reload the whole page again? as here:

www.livemyadventure.com/Gallery/BunrattyDinner/index.htm


Thanks
Mario

[_Mario]

Hi guys,

as anyone was kind enough to even boder to answer so simple questions, I had to found them myself, as it may be that other people
have similar questions, I'll answer them myself :)

Some questions:

1. do you recommend to use two separate mySQL databases, one for pMachine www.pmachine.com and another one for EE?


Well, after speaking wiht my Host provider. It is not necessary, one sigle MySQL database can work with differente PHP programs on the same server at the same time.


2. As I understand I have to create the different thumbnails on my own, and download them separately with the original photos, is that correct?

Yessss, that's correct!


3. If I want the EE 1.3, I have to install 1.22 and then the update, correct?

Yes, that's also so, I did it :)


4. I'm a mac user, does the editor works IE 5.2 OS X or Netscape 7.0 or Safari?

yes, it does!



5. Is it possible to be able to click on a thumbnail and see the big photo on the same page, whithout habing to reload the whole page again?

It look as it is unfortunately not possible, without probably changing something in the code, actually I know it is possible, using JavaScript, but that's another story.

Even I installed EE 1.3 RC, I'm still fighting to get it to work, I must say I'm very frustated with the little help I'm getting from this forum, and I don't know why. I really need your help guys, I'm flying to Australia in a month and I have to get this to work as soon as possible.... :-(

Mario

www.livemyadventure.com

[Pekka]

_Mario wrote:
5. Is it possible to be able to click on a thumbnail and see the big photo on the same page, whithout habing to reload the whole page again?

It look as it is unfortunately not possible, without probably changing something in the code, actually I know it is possible, using JavaScript, but that's another story.


Isn't that what photo.php does? Displays thumbs and big photo on same page...

Even I installed EE 1.3 RC, I'm still fighting to get it to work,

Please share all your problems - they can be solved I'm sure.

I must say I'm very frustated with the little help I'm getting from this forum, and I don't know why. I really need your help guys, I'm flying to Australia in a month and I have to get this to work as soon as possible.... :-(


Well sometimes it will take day or two to get replies, but then you'll get replies that make a difference :)

[Pekka]

And one thing: a separate database for each application is good, because MySQL uses a cache system which has by default quite small table size. So if you have two applications using indexes heavily on same base you may get performance slowdown.

Also, backupping/restoring databases is much easier when they are separated.

And: learn backup and restore - it will save you one day.

[_Mario]

Hi Pekka,

I can beleave it, an answer!....youhuuuu! :-)

ok, about the MySQL database, that's also what I thought, specially with the backups....since I know I'll put hundreds of photos and post hundreds of weblogs in pMachine, on the road in the Australian wildness :)

I'm now starting, so I still could ask my host provider to install another MySQL for me, is it possible to move the information stored in EE from one mySQL to another one (I guess)? No is still empty. But want to finish my website this week (nice dream)...

I'm really a Security fanatic, I make backups of everything, I have two external Firewire Harddrives, and do backups complet backups every few days.

Mario