Photoblogging with WP - Part 2 [Theme & Adding Posts]

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I'm typing this out on my laptop while drinking a glass of wine so I'm expecting to make at least one mistake. If you find anything wrong with the directions below please let me know so I can fix it ASAP.

The photoblog theme is put together like any other theme except a few minor changes.

For ease of use you're welcome to download my modified version of K2 below:

K2 Photoblog Theme Version 1.1 [removed archivesloop.php error] K2 Photoblog Theme Version 1

Download the theme and activate it from your wordpress admin. Under "Themes" --> "K2 Options" make sure you have the following settings:

Width Type: Fixed Width Do Not Enable the K2 Archives Page

Create a new page called "Archives" and select the Photo Archives template for the page.

Now you're looking at the basic K2 shell for your photoblog. It's set up so that your posts contain photos that are no more than 640px wide. The thumbnails I use on my site are 75x75. Obviously you can do the thumbnails whatever size you like, I use this size to keep the thumbnails looking uniformed & consistant.

When adding a new post, the code for your 640px photo should be in the Post field, and the code for your thumbnail image should be in your "optional excerpt" field. This is the "general" standard that most photobloggers use who use wordpress for photoblogging. Feel free to add a description of your photo under the code for your 640 photo. It won't bother anything in the layout.

In the next installment (Part 3) I'll get into my little hacks and customizations.

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