So, I’m wrapping up the latest version of PhotoSmash, which is mostly ready, but it’s been so long since I released a version and I’ve made so many changes that I’m reluctant to put it out there without some Beta Testing….so, please test the beta!  Please!  Download the beta! So, anyway, like I started to [...]

One of the true hidden gems of WordPress is its built-in Photo Gallery capabilities.  You can use the Media Library to upload images and display them with a simple shortcode: [ gallery] (sans the space).  Then you can view the individual images in the great Attachments page viewer (see Mr. WP’s blog, ma.tt, for a [...]

Hi everyone! This is the third or fourth site that I’ve upgraded to WordPress 3.0 RC1, and everything is looking good. I would like to note that anyone running PHP 4 on a 1and1 hosted site might have some troubles installing PhotoSmash (and NextGEN Gallery too). It appears that something is weird with their PHP [...]

I’ve been giving plenty of thought to what needs to happen to PhotoSmash.  That largely revolves around making the code cleaner, making the admin interface cleaner and easier and less intimidating, and providing more out-of-the-box options for prettier galleries. But, if you look 5 years down the road, who knows if you’ll even need something [...]

I’m embarrassed to say that I sent the first version of Twitpic-it out with a bad URL. I caught the error tonight when I loaded Twitpic-It to another one of my blog sites and tried the Twitter login test.  It kept failing and I was confounded. In debugging, I found that I had hardcoded the [...]

There are 2 versions of Lightbox in the WordPress plugins directory, and only one of them works properly with PhotoSmash.  The one you want is Lightbox 2 by Rupert Morris. There are a number of other Lightbox-like plugins that you can use as well, each with a slightly different flair than Lightbox.  One of my [...]

In case anyone was concerned, PhotoSmash appears to functioning completely normally under WordPress 2.9. I’m running 2.9 on this site, and the demo galleries are working fine. I’m making some enhancements to the photo tagging that is currently available in PhotoSmash that will be coming out in a week or so. The test blog I’m [...]

UPDATE: PhotoSmash Extend is available for download to Smashly.net Members ($25/year). Contact for details and to get signed up. It currently contains 3 modules (the 2 described below plus an extended navigation module that has search and advanced tag navigation). This post is need of update, but it gives you the basics. At long last, [...]

PhotoSmash users, check out the new star rating system!  It’s a simple 5 star system, with some standard features.  You can see a live demo here on Smashly at the PhotoSmash Demo page. This is still a bit of a work-in-progress, though it should be functional and future changes should be transparent to you. PhotoSmash [...]

Why do all of my Thumbnails link to the Post page instead of using the Caption Style I selected in Gallery Settings? Simple fix: Go to PhotoSmash Settings. At the bottom of the first tab (General Defaults), find and uncheck the “Thumbs link to Post on Main Page” setting. If “Thumbs link to Post on [...]