I am thinking of writing a Gallery mod of WordPress. Here are some thoughts as I mull over them. I have kept in mind my own programming prowess, time limitations, limited modification of the WordPress source code. This is more of a functional specification. 1) Upload of files has to be streamlined and simplified somehow. I am thinking of using the method used by Gallery. In other words, you create a folder called albums in your root directory, create a folder for an album, and upload all your pictures to that folder using FTP. The upload interface inside the admin will also allow individual uploads but only for a limited number of files. FTP is preferred. 2) An “album”, in my opinion, could be just a category. That keeps things simple and within the WP framework. That way, the default display would show the latest posted category, which is a […]

In my quest for finding a good photolog (and creating/writing my own) I have come across some very interesting sites, tutorials and such. Here is a list of sites out there. This list is not biased in any way and could easily be extended and appended. Please feel free to email me or leave a comment for others. – MT Photolog Conversion tutorial: Great resource. Looks like there are a bunch of ways to convert a Movable Type installation to a photolog! – A list of photolog software online (mostly paid, from photologs.org) Buzznet Expressions Fotolog.net Fotopages.com Phlog Splinder (Italian) textamerica TypePad Blogware LockerGnome.net has an integerated PhotoLog – Thanks Chris – potiphoti – yet another photolog – PhotoStack: from Noel Jackson, very powerful and very, very customizeable – Another 5 step photolog using Movable Type These are only a few that I have found. I am, of course, looking […]