Unfortunately a growing trend- this blog has been neglected (I will try and get back on top of things eventually!). But here’s the most recent reason why…
I am now the proud owner of a new photo blog http://www.photobotos.com
The site was previously run by two brothers Charlie and Tom. Each day bringing a new photo (for everyone) along with a description for those of us curious as to how the picture was captured.
The blog used WordPress, the same as this one http://tickett.wordpress.com, but unlike this one it is not hosted at WordPress.com which gives a much greater ability to customise. Fortunately my background made it quite simple to dive in and start making some of the changes I hoped would enhance the site:
- Create a category called random (don’t attach any photos as they won’t be browsable)
- Modify your theme’s archive.php
Add this above if (have_posts()):
$special_random = false;
if(is_category('random')) {
$special_random = true;
query_posts( array( 'posts_per_page' => 5, 'orderby' => 'rand' ) );
}
Then modify the next_posts_link code (clicking it on the random page would fail… you just need to refresh the page to see more random posts):
<?php
if(!$special_random) {
next_posts_link( __( '« Older Entries', 'andrea' ) );
}
?>
- Install and activate the plugin page links to
- Create a page and select “page links to” at the bottom and point to your category page (something like http://yourblogurl/random)- this will add the random photos link to your navigation menu
Thumbnails on Search / Category / Tag pages
- Modify your theme’s search.php
<div id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class( 'entry-content' ); ?>>
<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark">
<?php
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
the_post_thumbnail( 'photo_thumbnail', 'class=photo_thumb' );
} else {
// the current post lacks a thumbnail
}
?>
</a>
<?php the_excerpt( __( 'Read the rest of this entry »', 'andrea' ) ); ?>
</div>
Here’s a few of the latest images:
I suggest you check it out :)
L
