[wp-pro] Re: wp-pro Digest, Vol 27, Issue 5

[Brad Spencer]

Do you have this figured out already?  If not, I'd love to help!

-Brad

www.bradleyspencer.com

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>    1. Add photo gallery to existing WP site (Mr. Tasty Peppers)
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> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 10:55:31 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Mr. Tasty Peppers" <tastypeppers at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [wp-pro] Add photo gallery to existing WP site
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> OVERVIEW
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>
> An existing WordPress blog needs a photo gallery. Please advise me on the
> best solution, then install the software, any
> necessary plug-ins, and widgets.
>
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> THE WEBSITE
>
>
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> It is a site for an elementary school's third grade class.  I am a room
> parent and, well, I don't have all the time in the world if you know what I
> mean.  Also, I am not exactly the sharpest tool in the WordPress
> toolbox.  So I need help.  And I'll pay.
>
> THE CURRENT INSTALL
>
> The website is password-protected using Angsuman's plug-in. (I want
> to convert over to a password-protected login using the .htaccess file
> later).
>
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> The theme is an unmodified version of Palaam.
> http://wpthemepark.com/themes/paalam/
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>
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> I always have the most recent version of WordPress installed.  I am
> well-trained.
>
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> The web host uses CPanel and Fantastico, which means that Gallery2
> and Coppermine are easy to install, if that's what you want to use.
>
>
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> Bandwidth and diskspace issues are not a concern.  Security is a
> concern.  Only registered users should have access.
>
>
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> SPECIFICATIONS FOR PHOTO GALLERY -- UPLOADS
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> Registered users should be able to upload photos to the gallery.
> Really bone-dead simple is essential.
>
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> They should also be able to upload photos by email. The Flickr
> method of uploads by email is a good model for how this should work.
>
>
>
> The site owner can of course also upload from the Admin panel.
>
>
>
> TOOLS THAT ARE OK
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>
>
> The selected tool can host the photos on the blog's webserver
> (Coppermine, Gallery2, etc.) or can use Flickr, Picasa, etc. to host
> the files then bring them over to the website via some sort of plug-in.
> If the photos are hosted on Flickr, Picasa, etc. the Flickr/Picasa/etc.
> accounts must be highly secure.
>
>
>
> USERS
>
>
>
> Almost all of the users of this website are easily confused.  "How do I
> send an email with my iPhone?" Yes, I really heard that today. So
> "keep it simple" is essential.
>
>
>
> ORGANIZATION OF UPLOADED PHOTOS
>
>
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> The photos should organize themselves into sets. Default should be
> "organize by month" so if a photo is uploaded in September it will show
> up in the September set.
>
> The administrator should have the ability to
> add additional tags/categories/etc. so that a September photo could
> also be assigned to the "Labor Day Picnic" set. That's just an example.
>
>
>
> CSS, THEME, ETC.
>
>
>
> The gallery should inherit the look and feel of the theme in use.
> While we are using the Palaam theme now, we might shift to another theme
> in order to crowd yet more stuff onto the main page.
>
> The
> gallery should adopt the theme's CSS and look like the rest of the
> website. Having everything inside a
> WordPress page is probably the easiest way but I will leave that to
> you.
>
>
>
> USING PHOTOS IN POSTS
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>
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> Blog authors should have the ability to put photos from the gallery into
> posts.
>
>
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> USERS
>
>
>
> Figure that the typical user is completely non-tech. I mean _really_
> non-tech. They will get confused if they are switched to the Flickr
> site. This is why the gallery should look like the rest of the website,
> and when they look in the address bar of their browser (universally IE of
> course) they'll be stunned and darkly suspicious if they see flickr.com up
> there.  In other words, you can use Flickr to host the photos and deliver
> them to the website
> but the users should not be taken off the website when they want to
> view the pictures.
>
> ME
>
> Email me at philiphodgen(at)gmail(dot)com.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
>
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