New Gallery, er… Galleries?
You may love it... you may hate it... but either way, it's here: The new Photo Gallery with updated photos!
Why the change from the old gallery? Mainly because I didn't like the photo importing of the old Gallery (which still contains my old photos until I put them up on the new one), I didn't like that it wasn't exactly themed to this site layout, and there was no persistant navigation from it to my main site. The conjugation of this trinity of irritation lead me seek other means to display my work.
The first thing I pondered was how much I was under-utalizing my flickr account. Flickr has a powerful API, and I love how easy it is to add and manage photos, yet I've left it pretty much stagnant for several months.
At first I tried to use litebox, but I would have to upload the photos myself, or at least form the links myself for each photo, and with several hundred photos uploaded at a time, I wasn't about to take on that job. So Flickr it was.
Once I decided I wanted to make use of Flickr, I went in search of a flicker gallery or viewer that I could implement into WordPress' pages system, or at least into my site's layout.
I'll spare you most of the details, partly because I don't even remember all of the ones I tried, but I do remember SlideShowPro wasn't free, and I'm poor. I also tried FAlbum, which has great features, and I ended up using it on the sidebar (with some custom code to link to flickr instead of the falbum default page), but I could not for the life of me get it to agree with my theme... Until today!
In the meantime, I had set up a more slideshow-style viewer called Flapi (FLicker API). Its flash based, which some people hate, I know I hate flash intros for websites, but it looked cool and didn't require the latest version of flash so I decided to implement it.
Update: Since I've gotten FAlbum working, I won't be using Flapi, though you can still view it here.
If you like how Flapi Looks, its based on flickr's slideshow feature, available from any album page (except the recent photos one) by clicking the "View as a slide show" link at the top of the album.
So please try out my new gallery and tell me what you like and don't like about it! It's available from the Photos link at the top of all my website pages. Enjoy the new photos!
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August 3rd, 2006 - 10:07
Looks good man, my new site should be up in a couple days. Work is starting to get busier and busier.
August 4th, 2006 - 02:16
Ooooooh, I like. Keep up the good work. I have to live vicariously through you guys and your photos so keep ‘em coming…
August 4th, 2006 - 18:16
Sweet jalb! And thankya doody :) I love your photoblog :)
August 5th, 2006 - 13:08
I like it. Very functional. On a related note, ever messed with Hello? For those with an interest and ADD, it’s good for at least five minutes of amusement. Maybe.
August 6th, 2006 - 13:27
interesting, I’ll check it out today :)