ImageMagic locally?

[Acternaweb]

I am trying to run a thumbnail scricpt that requires * ImageMagick with PerlMagick and "Image::Size" Perl modules. The isp that I am with does not have these modules installed (suprise suprise). Is there a way I can load them within my bin folder?

Are there other thumbnail scripts that do not require 'magic?

[grnidone]

Will the ISP not load the modules for you?

-G

[Acternaweb]

No, they said they will not install modules upon customer's request. I said I would gather them for them but still they refused. Great customer service..huh

There should be a forum to list poor ISPs.

[gethan]

My hosting providers refused to install ImageMagik also. But they did have the GD librarys installed (for Perl) and compiled into Php4. I was able to do everything required using GD.

It might be worth checking to see if the GD stuff is there and then looking for a GD version.

If they don't have GD then I second your proposal for a naff ISPs forum ;)

[Marcia]

AW, do they happen to have GD installed?

I do know there are scripts where you can have the thumbnails on a static HTML page and the script will link the thumbnail to the full sized image. In one particular case a background graphic is displayed full page without having to "do" the page, the script generates it. That requires nothing that isn't on all servers with Perl.

I went hunting for thumbnail scripts a few weeks ago and have some bookmarked, but I believe a lot of them did need GD. What exactly do you want the thumbnail script to do?

[Acternaweb]

No they don't have GD installed either. I want to point the script to an image directory and have an easy way to display the images. I want something that will automate the process...Know of any other alternatives?

Send me a sticky note if you want the poor ISP