install instruction

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== Installation
1. git clone git://gitorious.org/gallery-without-a-name/gallery-without-a-name.git
2. install required software listed above
3. create folders for photos outside rails project:
photos/originals
photos/thumbs
4. Web-server must have write access to the photos folders
5. Link up the photo folders
ln -s photos/originals gallery/public/files
ln -s photos/thumbs gallery/public/thumbs
6. Start up the project with your preferred web-server
=== Optinal: add photos directly to disk
The gallery has a web-based upload tool using Flash. Alternatively you can upload files directly by doing this:
Put photos in containing folders(albums) in the specified gallery folder. This format is recommended:
./ski weekend in hemsedal/snow.jpg
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require "scan"
ScanFiles.FullScan
In future releases this will be automated.
Uploads will be written to the database and thus no need to manually scan the folders.
In future releases the scan will be automated.