A while back I wrote a really basic photoblog theme for me to use for my photos. I no longer use it (I have a version of this blog's theme running on my neglected photoblog), but I have meaning to review it and make it available on the Habari-Extras repository. I've finally gotten around to it, so here is a little more information about it.

Fun with Photoblogs

Screenshot of the theme

Licence

The theme is licensed under Apache Software License (http://www.apache.org/licenses/).

Posting photos

The theme splits all posts into two parts, the photo and the accompanying information. The photo is displayed first and the extra info, along with the comments, can be seen by clicking the link beneath the photo.

There are two options for posting the photo and additional information:

Option 1 - No plugin

When you create your post you need to include the image HTML at the top. After that line add . Everything after <!--details--> will appear on the second screen.

Option 2 - With the plugin

In the theme folder there is another folder called "Fun with photos plugin". To use this copy it into the Habari plugins directory and activate it as normal.

Once activated you will find that your post page has a new text box for the image URL. The Habari Silo will also have an extra option: Use Photo, that will insert the image URL into that box for you.

Habari Silo with the plugin

If you use this method then everything in the normal post box will be extra text that is separated out onto the second page.

Changing the title graphic

Included with the theme is a folder called PSD. In it you will find a photoshop document with the blog title in it so you can change it.

Download it

You can download it from Habari Extras.