The other day I spent the day putting together a photoblog. It’s something I’ve wanted to do since… oh… 2004? Maybe earlier? I actually got really frustrated trying to decide what platform to use that I almost didn’t end up doing it at all, but I decided it doesn’t have to be perfect, just functional.
Even though wordpress isn’t meant for photoblogs, I found a plugin that I thought was great that makes it easier to use wordpress as a photoblog. I really liked yapb, and I wanted to use it but it still required me to make my own template, and that’s something I’ve been trying to do for a few weeks with no success.
Then I thought about using pixelpost, and even went as far as installing it on my server. But then I just decided I would feel much better using wordpress because it’s so flexible, I’ve got a good idea how it works and I know it can do what I want it to, and it’s got such a large community that it’s pretty easy to find answers to questions and so on.
Although why isn’t it easy to find a good photoblog theme? I don’t know. I ended up going with Grain, which has tons of neat little features built into it, and I really like it, the only thing is I really wanted a lighter colored theme, I find Grain too dark. Originally I tried to modify it, but I guess I just got overzealous and it ended up being too much. Oh well, I still might. I should, in fact. But for now at least I have a place to post photos and that was my main goal. Let’s hope I can keep at it. I really should, considering I just bought another new lens for my camera. I don’t feel like I deserve it, but I can’t help it because it’s so much cheaper here in Japan than it would be to buy it back in Canada.
Anyway, while scouring the web high and low for a nice wordpress photoblog theme, I came across this list of the Top Ten Best Photoblog Themes and Templates. Lots of nice themes there, but nothing that was exactly what I was looking for. I’m too picky, I know.
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