autofocus
autofocus is a WordPress theme specifically for photographers looking for a simple and elegant way to display their work online.
Features
- Images are automatically placed into posts. No need to use Custom Fields.
- Psuedo-Image protection. All of the images are protected from download with an invisible layer of HTML that prevents users from Right Clicking and Saving the image directly. Similar to how flickr does it.
Usage
Settings
Before uploading new images, go to SETTINGS > MEDIA page. Set the LARGE Max Width to 800 and the Max Height to 600.
Posting
Simply create a post and use the WordPress image uploader to attach any high resolution(I recommend images higher than 800px) image(s) to your post. Write the content for your posts, just like any regular blog post. Hit PUBLISH and you’re done! The attached images are placed into the photo area automatically which means no custom fields required! AutoFocus, pulls the last uploaded image for every post, so if you upload 3 images ie: 1.jpg, 2.jpg, 3.jpg, then 3.jpg will be used as the main image on the home and single pages.
As an alternative, you may also use the “From URL” option on the WordPress Media Uploader to link to images hosted elsewhere (flickr, photobucket, etc.) When you post images this way, AutoFocus will automatically generate the custom fields required for the posts to display properly.
You can place images in your post’s content and you can use the gallery shortcode in posts without any issues.
f8
f8 Static is a minimalist photo and portfolio theme for WordPress.
Features
- Works with WordPress 3.0 menus
- Automatic thumbnail generator with the ability to override the automated thumbnails
- Featured content slideshow
- Full Widgetized theme. Visit Appearance – Widgets to get started.
- Built atop CSS frameworks to speed customization
- XHTML: This theme has been tested on Firefox, Safari, IE 8, 7.
Usage
Settings
f8 is a 950px wide, one column theme.You need to set up your default image and thumbnail sizes to allow for easy posting and consistent design structure. Click Settings – Media and set your thumbnail size to 310px wide by 150px tall. Set your medium size images to 590px wide. Do not set a height. Set your large size images to 950px wide. Do not set a height. Post thumbnails are generated automatically by the functions contained in this theme. This theme uses the new Post Thumbnail feature available in WordPress 2.9. Read more about this new feature here.
Homepage slideshow
The slideshow on the homepage queries the last 5 posts with images and displays them in a slideshow. You can increase or decrease this number by editing line 2 of slideshow.php. You can also specify a specific category to query posts from by editing the cat= value and setting it to the ID of the category you want to show.
Navigation
The navigation contains a list of all your pages. By default, the pages are sorted by the menu order you define them in WordPress.
Widgets
There are a total of three widgetized areas on this theme, depending on which options you activate on the Theme Options panel. Three widgetized areas appear on the bottom and there is one sidebar widget. You can add and delete widgets by clicking Design – Widgets, from within your WordPress admin panel.
fullscreen
This theme is a one column theme that can be used for portfolios, photoblogs, videoblogs, and virtually anything else where you want your content to be front and center.
Features
- jQuery-powered homepage that lists your most recent 25 posts, represented by thumbnails that fade-in/out
- Automatic thumbnail generator with the ability to override the automated thumbnails
- Built-in HD video player for self-hosting HD quality video
Usage
Settings
Click on Media Settings. Set your thumbnails to 200×200. Set your medium photo size to 590. Set your large size to 950.
Homepage thumbnails
By default, the homepage is a visual representation of your last 25 posts. The five big photos at the top represent you latest five posts, from left to right, each measuring 320px tall and 320px wide. The bottom thumbnail group contains space for 20 thumbnails, each measuring 160px tall by 160px wide. Each post requires a thumbnail, or else you see the black X. Thumbnails can be generated by this theme automatically if you have uploaded a photo using WordPress’ built in image upload tool. You can override these automatic thumbanils by selecting a Post Thumbnail to represent the post. Post Thumbnails are a new feature in WordPress 2.9. You can read more about it here and see video tutorials on how to use it. This feature allows you to crop, rotate and resize you thumbanils for total creative control.
Video
This theme comes with a custom meta box on the Write Post page that makes adding either self-hosted video in FLV format or video from the following popular video services: YouTube (HD), Vimeo, MetaCafe, Seesmic, Google Video & Revver
If you plan on using the built-in video player instead of the services listed above, you need to upload the FLV video to your server using media upload tool. Paste the URL to where this FLV exists on your server into the field. Supply the width and height of the video in pixels in the appropriate fields. And lastly, you must add a thumbnail for the video (the default image that shows up on the video player.)
Widgets
There are a total of three widgetized areas on this theme. The bottom left three-column area is 100% widgetized. The right column is reserved for credits and feeds. You can add and delete widgets by clicking Design – Widgets, from within your admin panel.
gridline
This theme is a one or two column theme that can be used for portfolios, photoblogs, videoblogs, and virtually anything else where you want your content to be front and center.
Features
- Theme options panel to configure homepage design, easy logo insertion, css style over-ride, insert ads and more
- Automatic thumbnail generator with the ability to override the automated thumbnails
- Built-in HD video player for self-hosting HD quality video
Usage
Settings
Click on Media Settings. Set your thumbnails to 150×150. Set your medium photo size to 590. Set your large size to 950.
Homepage
This theme has three homepage design options:
- Featured Section – A main post at left, with three earlier posts at right
- News Section – A tabbed area at left, widgetized middle column, three previous posts at right
- Blog – A normal tubular list of posts
Please activate each option and view your new homepage design. Note: The middle column of the News Section is 100% widgetized, so add whatever you want.
Navigation
The navigation contains a listing of all your pages and posts, your contact info and the search bar. You can set or remove the contact info from the Theme Options panel.
Video
This theme comes with a custom meta box on the Write Post page that makes adding either self-hosted video in FLV format or video from the following popular video services: YouTube (HD), Vimeo, MetaCafe, Seesmic, Google Video, Revver
If you plan on using the built-in video player instead of the services listed above, you need to upload the FLV video to your server using media upload tool. Paste the URL to where this FLV exists on your server into the field. Supply the width and height of the video in pixels in the appropriate fields. And lastly, you must add a thumbnail for the video (the default image that shows up on the video player.) To do this, simply upload a photo to the post using the “Add Photo” button.
Widgets
There are a total of four or five widgetized areas on this theme, depending on which options you activate on the Theme Options panel. Three widgetized areas appear on the bottom and there is one sidebar widget. If you have activated the New Section, you will then have one additional widgetized area to fill the middle column of your homepage. You can add and delete widgets by clicking Design – Widgets, from within your WordPress admin panel.
Advertising
This theme has two built-in spots for advertising: One in the sidebar, which measures 310 pixels wide, and one underneath the main post, which measures 590 pixels wide. You can add your adversing code on the Theme Options panel.
mansion
mansion theme design was developed for users who appreciate visual browsing and prefer a minimal layout, with their photos and multimedia featured front and center. mansion caters the photobloggers audience who love to just throw in the photographs they have and occasionally share their views as blog posts.
Features
- Fully flexible according to the browser width
- Choose to show one image per post or all on the grid
- Separate Blog archive grid
- Highlight your posts by tagging it “featured”
Usage
Settings
Click Settings -> Media. Set your thumbnails to 200×150. Set your medium photo size to 495×0. Set your large size to 950×0. Set your external video embed width to 495. Leave the height blank. This applied for your YouTube or Vimeo links.
If you are migrating from an old theme to a new theme and your thumbnails look squished or distorted, you might need to re-upload the image you plan on using for the post thumbnail. This is because WordPress creates your image sizes based on the dimensions you specified above. Old thumbnails will not be automatically resized.
By default, thumbnails are auto cropped by WordPress. This theme checks first to see if you have added the URL to your prefered thumbnail to custom field called, you guessed it, thumbnail. If not, the theme will defer to the first photo that you uploaded using Add Photo icon. If you haven’t uploaded a photo using the Add Photo icon, the theme will can the post body for an image, and use it. If no photo exists in the post body, the theme will use a default image. As you can see, this series of “checks” allow you to have 100% control over your post thumnbnails.
Tags: photo themes, premium templates, premium themes, wordpress themes
You must be logged in to post a comment.