[Typo3-UG Australia] Hello - Testing Typo3

[Paul Sanderson]

> Hello,
>
> I have downloaded Typo3 onto my local windows computer (which runs
> Apache, php, mysql etc) to test whether I could use Typo3 as the CMS
> for the websites which I develop.
>
> Its a large system and I see that it is going to take some time for me
> to evaluate it.
>
> I am working through the tutorials.  I have come across this problem
> and the Q&As I've found on the lists so far have been too vague to be
> helpful.
>
> The Bigfoot homepage left frame shows this error message:
> Fatal error: Call to undefined function: imagegif() in e:\program
> files\apache
> group\apache\htdocs\quickstart\t3lib\class.t3lib_stdgraphic.php
> on line 2316

Hi Leonie,

It resembles an error I've seen when attempting to run Typo3 on a Unix
Apache server when one of the later versions of GD Lib is installed that
no longer writes GIFs. I've seen this error when I've unchecked the Option
that allows GD Lib from writing PNGs (PNG were designed to replace GIFs)
in the Typo Install Tool.

[gdlib_png]
Boolean. Enables the use of GD, with PNG only. This means that all items
normally generated as gif-files will be png-files instead!
[GFX][gdlib_png] = 1

On my servers running 2.0.39 version of GD Lib, disabling this option
(making it equal 0) will cause that error.

GIFs used a proprietory algorithm (that LZW compression part) who's global
copyright had been in force up until this year (inc. Germany & many other
places in Europe). It is due to this copyright, in force since 1994, that
GD Lib, and many other open source image makers/convertors dropped GIF
support enitrely.

Taking a brief look at the Windows Install List, I see that GD Lib is also
a component that can be run on Windows Apache installations. It may be
possible that you are also running a later version of GD Lib that no
longer has GIF support. But I've not tried to run Apache for TYPO3 on
Windows. Anyone?

This is meant to be the UserGroup list, where we organise and promote the
use of Typo, in our region (not just Australia) though I've found we're
all prepared to point newbies (as people are new to Typo are known).

The userlist most relevent to your query is
http://typo3.org/documentation/mailing-lists/install-windows-archive/

Best regards,
-- 
Paul Sanderson
IIC for Businsess Services
Mob/SMS: 0414183404 Email: pauls at iicservices.com

>
> I've downloaded and installed ImageMagick as suggested by some of the
> lists, but this hasn't helped.  I've installed it on my C:\Program
> Files section, although the apache server is on the E: drive.  I've
> set the Configuration to find the executables.  But still the error
> message is showing.
>
> If anyone could give me some ideas about how to get over this it would
> be appreciated.
>
> Leonie Price
> (Sydney)