In a few simple steps I’ll show you how to create an iPhone version of your Pixelpost powered photoblog. This does require editing the core files so keep a backup.
How it works
Each time someone visits your site the server receives information on what browser people are using. What we’re going to do is add in some code that will show the user a different template if they have are browsing your site with an iPhone or an iPod Touch.
What you need
First you will need a way to edit the core Pixelpost file (index.php) and upload it to your webserver. Second you will need a separate template you are going to show the iPhone/iPod Touch users. Name the directory of your new template ‘mobile’ – for testing purposes, you can use any template that is currently installed on your server. Download the template pictured here.
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While doing some recent work with the Flickr API and JSON I thought I could make a JSON object for Pixelpost pretty easily. WIth some relatively simple javascript, the JSON object will allow you to display your pixelpost photos outside of the Pixelpost framework. The object includes the title and descriptions of each photo as well as the urls to the thumbnail, fullsize image, and the link to the photo on your photoblog. You can access the object using http://yourdomain/index.php?z=json
Download the Pixelpost JSON Addon
Additional Parameters:
- number – number of images in JSON object.
- category – category id to pull images from.
- tag – tag to pull images from.
- tags and category parameters cannot be used simultaneously.
Example URLs:
- http://yourdomain/index.php?z=json&number=10&category=4
- http://yourdomain/index.php?z=json&number=20&tag=portrait
Examples
I’ve been working off and on with this template for a few months while trying to find a good JQuery Lightbox.
Template Demo | Template Download
This addon will let you display thumbnails from your photoblog on other websites. Options include how many photos you would like to show, whether they are your latest photos or random photos, and whether or not to show the title and link to your photoblog.
Instructions:
- Copy promote.php to your addons directory
- Put some javascript on the webpage you want to promote your Pixelpost site on, such as:
<script src="http://yoursitehere/index.php?z=promote&type=latest&total=6&showtitle=yes"></script>
- type value can be ‘latest’ or ‘random’
- total value = how many photos you want to display
- showtitle value (‘yes’ or ‘no’) will show the title and link to your blog
You can see an example of this being used on my sidebar, where I am showing the latest 6 photos from my Pixelpost site at blog.kevincrafts.com.
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I started working on a new Pixelpost template last week – it uses some javascript and ajax stuff to make things work. Here’s what it does:
- Browse page loads in an overlay above photos
- Photo info, catagories and tags, about, and comments all move in from left side when clicked
- About page, categories, and tags on every photo page.
Try out Minima here.
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