INSTALL IT

Before we start, make sure J2SDK 1.4.1 and MAVEN are availabe.

J2SDK 1.4.1 download is available in SUN microsystem, click HERE to download. Remember to add JAVA_HOME variable into environment after installing it.

It's also quite easy to install maven on your machine. HERE is download page for the latest version of maven. After unzip the package into a folder, add this folder path into environment with name "MAVEN_HOME", and append $MAVEN_HOME/bin folder to current path. Not execute command "maven -g", if a long list shows up, maven is ok.

Download the binary release of albumbuilder from sourceforge download page , upzip it.

CONFIGURE IT

Before generating your site, check the project.properties file in the root direcoty of albumbuilder. Change album.source.directory into your root directory of photos(you can specify more root folders by adding album.source.directory variables), leave other configuration unchanged, simply execute command "maven albumbuilder:all", the site wil be generated at [your albumbuilder home]/target/docs/album.