I’m releasing a new WordPress theme, but this time it is different from the other themes I’ve produced. It’s a theme specifically built for photoblogging.
I always wanted to create this one, so here it is. This theme is suitable for those who have huge interest in photography but have no specific template to showcase their high quality photos with wide dimension. These are what fotolog theme has to offer:
- Built for WP 2.3+ onwards. WP 2.5+ compatible
- Built in Gravatar support for comments
- 1 column, showing 1 photo for each page
- Maximum 800px width photo on main page (can be modified)
- Previous photo and next photo link; on top and bottom of each page - for better/faster navigation
- Custom Archive template, showing ALL photos (thumbnail) on one page
- Custom Archive template also can show thumbnails from specific categories and months and search result
- Easy to customize CSS, there are comments to help you out
Custom Archive template
This theme is valid XHTML 1.0 Strict + CSS2.1 and has been tested on IE6, Firefox 3, Opera 9.5 and Safari 3 for Windows.
Demo and Download
Demo Page : fotolog theme
Download : fotolog.zip (1620 KB)
What will u get inside the ZIP file?
- Fotolog theme
- Instructions to user, in JPG format [1] [2] [3].
- Fireworks Layered PNG source file for header
- Font used in the header: REZLAND
Quick FAQ
I want to have wider layout for my huge photos
Open style.css, look for #wrap, increase or reduce the width there.
Sometimes, I have a smaller photo. I want it to appear at the center.
Open style.css, look for .photo. Add this to it properties: text-align:center;. All your text down the photo will also be aligned to center.
I want to change the dimension of the thumbnail in the archive page
Open style.css, look for img.thumbarch, change the height. Don’t set a width there so you can maintain its aspect ratio, and so the layout didn’t messed up.
License and Donation
You can do whatever you want with the theme as long as the credit is left intact in the footer. If you like my work and would like to consider some donation, you can do so. 
Thanks
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Wow… congrats, buddy!
18 Jun 08 | 8:18 pmnice gle la ur page
18 Jun 08 | 8:41 pmOMG! a really nice theme. simple but yet attractive and user-friendly. huhu
18 Jun 08 | 8:50 pm@Fath: heh tq
19 Jun 08 | 3:46 am@ainna: oh thanks ainna
@syuxx: haha yeah thanks
why u always tested ur themes on IE6, not in IE7 or both of them?
19 Jun 08 | 2:38 pmNice Theme!
19 Jun 08 | 8:48 pm@Panda: maybe because IE6 is way much problematic compared to IE7. and because I dont use IE7 in my laptop :D. is there any problem in IE7? please let me know. thanks
20 Jun 08 | 4:23 amif its fine in IE6.. Shud be fine in IE7 , no?
21 Jun 08 | 6:11 pmthanks for the theme
22 Jun 08 | 12:45 pm@maja: yeah thats what I though. Maybe ade minor bugs
22 Jun 08 | 11:08 pm@adib: welcome
nanti kalau aku dah beli dslr dan banyak amik gambar aku nak pakai theme ko ni. hehe
27 Jun 08 | 7:43 amah..nak guna2…uh..bila la d80 mau tiba nie
27 Jun 08 | 9:12 ami love your theme! i need help with two things. one, when i click on a photo in my post it opens up on a white page. how can i change the color of that page? two, how can i center that photo?? thanks.
30 Jun 08 | 1:50 pm@KLL : that’s because you linked that image to its original source. no wat you can change the white background. hmm why dont you read the instruction given. and above FAQ to center the image.
01 Jul 08 | 10:20 amneed ur help…
03 Jul 08 | 10:59 pmplease look at my photoblog, http://photo.gmurali.com/
im using ur theme…
the problem is..at the home, there is “<<PREVIOUS PHOTO” link…but it is dead link…
my question is…
how to change it?
@gmurali:
The problem is due to your permalink setting. Apparently this theme doesn’t support pretty permalink setting, only the ugly default permalink. I forgot to test it with pretty permalink.
You can change it, go to setting> permalinks. use the default one. You might need to edit your .htaccess file.
This is my fault. I’ll fix it maybe in the next version. thanks for the report
03 Jul 08 | 11:43 pmi wil try to fix it myself…
04 Jul 08 | 1:00 amthank u for the theme
ok..i solve it…
04 Jul 08 | 12:39 pmi made it my way..:p
very good.I translate this theme for persians
08 Jul 08 | 7:12 pmHi,
This is an awesome theme and I liked it very much… I’m having a problem, though. My archive pages show only one image at a time for any category or month (although there is the previous page and next page links). Somebody please help me figure out what is the problem.
Any help much appreciated…
09 Jul 08 | 11:33 amSorry to bother you guys…
I figured it out after a few minutes of tinkering with the settings…
Anyone having the above problem… Go to the Settings >> Reading >> Change the blog posts to show at a time to a value higher than 1… (the value decides the number of thumbnails u see per page of archive categories or months)
09 Jul 08 | 11:41 amThe Theme is great, thanks. My Photoblog is http://www.fotografieren-blog.de
27 Jul 08 | 6:23 amBrilliant!
03 Aug 08 | 8:51 amHi there, awesome theme, i use it for my photoblog, but in the archive, there are no thumbnails to see. i have no idea to change!
10 Aug 08 | 5:55 pm