Getting emotionally ready to get childlike.ninedays.org back up and running as a photoblog.
It’s been forever and I’ve got a lot of people to re-connect with via photoblogging.
I was about to unpack Pixelpost and get to going until I stopped and thought to myself about the pros and cons:
Pro
- PixelPost is made special for photo bloggers, it won’t have all the extra crap you’ll find with other blogs that can also double as photoblogs
Con
- Longevity, I want something that has been a round longer, I want to be able to photo blog forever (we all remember greymatter’s downfall)
- Why do I want to learn a brand new template system that I’ve never used and built plugins for before.
- Spam block much? Other more developer blog tools have superior spam blocking measures that newer blogging tools might not be capable of.
Well sold. I’ll just create a new install of WordPress and use that for my photoblog. I’ll let ya know when it’s all set up.
Links for Setting up WordPress Photoblog
- How to make a WordPress Photoblog – Rough draft of a ste by step of how to set up WordPress as a photo blog.
- PhotoPress WordPress Photoblog Theme – Interesting WordPress Photoblog theme. I kinda dig some of the features!
- WordPress Photoblog Themes – A few WordPress Photoblog themes. One of which I am planning on installing and modifying for my photoblog.
This site runs on the Thesis WordPress Theme
If you're someone who doesn't understand a lot of PHP, HTML, or CSS, Thesis will give you a ton of functionality without having to alter any code. For the advanced, Thesis has incredible customization possibilities via extensive hooks and filters. And with so many design options, you can use the template over and over and never have it look like the same site.
If you're more familiar with how websites work, you can use the fantastic Thesis User's Guide and world-class support forums to make more professional customizations than you ever thought possible. The theme is not only highly customizable, but it allows me to build sites with a much more targeted focus on monetization than ever before. You can find out more about Thesis below:
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I know you’ve already made your decision, but, I’d thought you should know that Pixelpost has extremely good SPAM filters built in, as well as plugins. (inc. Askimet & Defensio)
So SPAM shouldn’t be a problem either way.
Good luck with your photoblog! :-)