History: Tracker Admin

            {syntax type="markdown"  editor="wysiwyg"} # Trackers Admin


**To access**: Click the **Tracker** icon {icon name="admin_trackers" size="2" title="Image may vary depending on icon set in use."} on the ((Admin Panels|Admin Panel)) <br /> or Access **http://example.org/tiki-admin.php?page=trackers**

To administer Trackers, first click the **"Admin (Click!)"** menu to display the Tiki Admin Panel, as shown in this graphic:


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## Trackers

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Trackers

From the Tiki Admin Panel, click the Trackers icon to display its settings panel, the top of which appears like so:


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## Configure Trackers

Trackers can have attached files. In this panel you can set up where to store attached files (if a tracker allows it). You can store attachments in the database or a directory. The directory **path** can be absolute (example: */foo/bar/uploads/*) or relative to the Tiki directory (example: *files/*). The **trailing slash** is mandatory.

Here you can:

- Set the file storage location to either the Tiki database or a directory on your web server's hard disk.

### Use database to store files

### Use a directory to store files


Tracker Attachment Storage: Trackers can be set up to allow file attachments, which will be stored in the either the Tiki database or in a directory on your webserver's hard disk. Storing files inside your database is OK for small files or a low volume of files, but a folder is recommended for a high volume site or when your files are relatively large.

Note the **mandatory** trailing forward slash on the path, shown here in red. The path you specify can be absolute:

{BOX()}/home/cogley/www/uploads/tikiimg/rm**{HTML()}<span style="color:red">/</span>{HTML}**{BOX}

... or relative to your Tiki's install directory:

{BOX()}trackeruploads**{HTML()}<span style="color:red">/</span>{HTML}**{BOX}

*Path characteristic checklist:*

- Has a trailing slash.
- For best security, is specified from the root, and is in a separate folder from Tiki.
- Has its permissions set (e.g. via the chmod command from the command line or in your FTP client software) to allow uploads by the webserver user.
- Has enough space to allow storage of your expected file volume.


If you take a look at your folder after uploading some images, you can see that Tiki randomizes the filenames, as shown in this graphic:


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**Troubleshooting Tip:** If you are having trouble with file uploads, you can edit settings in your php.ini, or, place an .htaccess file in the root of your tiki installation.

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# Partial .htaccess file sample. 
#
# Override PHP.ini variables, which can be viewed using phpinfo:

<IfModule mod_php4.c>
# If you are using Apache 2, you have to use <IfModule sapi_apache2.c>
# instead of <IfModule mod_php4.c>.

php_value max_execution_time	300
php_value upload_max_filesize	"10M"
php_value memory_limit 		"32M" 
php_value session.cache_expire    20000
php_value session.gc_maxlifetime  20000
php_value session.cookie_lifetime 20000   
</IfModule>

# Zero means unlimted request body size:
LimitRequestBody 0

~/pp~{BOX}


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- To enable Trackers for your site, see ((General Admin)).
- To specify permissions for Tracker users, see ((Permissions)) for the general procedure.
- For information on using Trackers, see ((Tracker User)).
- For technical details, see ((Tracker Details)).
- ((Mirror Trackers))



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- Apache WWW Server htaccess tutorial: 
     [http://httpd.apache.org/docs/howto/htaccess.html]
- PHP htaccess information: 
     [http://jp2.php.net/configuration.changes]
- Absolute Path Glossary Entry 
     [http://linux.about.com/cs/linux101/g/absolute_path.htm]

## Alias

- (alias(Trackers-Admin))