Back then, there was nothing good. So I created a super simple script. I called it WPPA (WordPress Photo Album). It was just a template page, but it enabled showing albums uploaded via ftp with the right naming conventions. While it worked for me, it was quite a deal uploading photos. Other people seemed to have issues with it’s very complicated way of working. So I sat down and wrote what was later known as WPPA 1.0

After releasing WPPA 1.0, I registered to have it on the official WordPress Plugin Directory. For some reason I don’t remember, I called it WP Photo Album and not WPPA. Here was the first issue, as I would find out later.

I tired uploading my files with SVN, but as geeky as I am, I’m probably not enough of a nerd. After a few tries I gave up, Till a few months ago. At my seventeenth try, I was successful. well, semi successful. I got the files up, but apparently didn’t do it properly, and it was appearing inside a double directory and causing naming convention issues. Also, I forgot that some part of my plugin relies on calling the exact directory structure. Hence all the issues that people have been having when downloading a zipped directory called ‘wp-photo-album’ instead of ‘wppa’ As much as I looked around, I didn’t realize what the problem was, because in my installation the directory was always named ‘wppa’.

For all those that emailed me. Sorry about not replying, I didn’t know the answer myself, and didn’t have the time to check it out. Thank you

Recently, I’d outlined plans for a major WPPA rewrite. Added features, more stability, better integration with WordPress etc. And then came the sneak peeks from WordPress 2.5. Apparently,
It had an album feature built right in. So why should I bother with my plugin when WordPress has it built it.

Initially, I started writing this post to explain why I would not be upgrading WPPA for 2.5, but looking over the comments, everyone seems to want it, So I’ll do the fixes required to get it rolling with WordPress 2.5, though I will wait with the major update and see how things go with the built in WordPress feature.

So for now, thanks to the help of Greg Tangey, Alexei, nycsummer and all the commenters who helped with their suggestions, WPP 1.2 apparently works with 2.5, But I will be holding future development till I see how the built in WordPress feature works.

Download it here.

While not the biggest believer in the traditional form of microblogging, such as twitter, (Face it, nobody really cares what you’re doing) I think that the format is excellent for group communication. That’s exactly what Prologue is. While not exactly a blog theme, Prologue stretches WordPress into the right mold in a way only WordPress can be stretched.

Prologue allows users with posting ability, to post short messages to the board straight from the home page. Mesages can be viewed for the whole group, or by author or tag.

Prologue is available as open source (GPL) via svn. I haven’t figured out how to use the whole SVN thing, and I’m too lazy to copy the files one by one, but I’m dying to try it out, and I will once I figure SVN out.

First of all, I would like to apologize for not responding to all emails and comments regarding WPPA. I created WPPA in my spare time (which I don’t have much of) and providing support for WPPA would be a full time job. However, I do read all emails, and will take all your suggestions and issues into consideration when working on the next version of WPPA.

The next version of WPPA will also have many feature enhancements developed by Aaron D. Campbell. Thanks allot, Aaron!

I would also like to thank the few of you who donated to support the development of this plugin. Thanks a million. Knowing my work is appreciated helps with continued development.
If anyone else would like to show their appreciation, please consider buying me a beer (or three).

I hope to have good news about the next version soon!

WPPA Features easy album and photo management, on-the-fly thumbnail resizing, a theme system similar to the WordPress theme system, and much more.

So, why don’t you check it out?

Click here to see the plugin in action, on the photo section of this site.

Not anymore. I wrote a simple function that you can include in your themes that lets you customize the navigation output, fully customizing what goes before, after and between the pages.

All you need to do is copy the contents of w3l_tl_pages.php to the functions.php file of your WordPress theme, thencall the w3l_tl_pages() function in the place you want the site navigation to appear. The parameters are w3l_tl_pages('before', 'after', 'between')

The function will call only the top level pages, and order them by the menu order (which can be set for each page in the wp admin)

Click Here to download.

I must say, I was really impressed. Although this theme is not useful for any real site, It’s loads of fun to play around with. And it’s quite obvious that allot off time and effort have gone into coding this one. I’d give it 5 stars for creativity.

click here to download CLI 1.0

cleick here to preview CLI 1.0

1. Make a copy of your index.php file. Name it blog.php
2. Open blog.php in a text editor
3. add the following to the top of the file:
   <?php
   /*
   Template Name: Blog
   */

   $pagenum = $wp_query->query_vars;
   $pagenum = $pagenum['paged'];

   if (empty($pagenum)) {
   $pagenum = 1;
   }

   query_posts("posts_per_page=10&paged=$pagenum");
?>


4. Create a new static page in the WP admin area. On the right side, one of the options is “Page Template”, select “Blog”.
5. Navigate your browser to your new page. your blog should be there.

Edit: As of version 2.1, WordPress has this functionality built in, so there’s no need for hacks anymore. Just go to wp-admin -> Options – > Reading and you can set a static homepage and move your blog to an inner page.