Summary: Marty Thornley
From Photography Blogsites
Wow, it has been too long since I added anything here! It’s been a
busy year with building and growing Photography BlogSites. I was
honored to be one of the speakers this last weekend at WordCamp LA
where I presented a behind the scenes look at Photography
BlogSites. Here are the slides from the talk. [...]
Date Published: Sep 12, 2011 - 9:54 pm
Over the weekend I put the finishing touches on a new WordPress
plugin I’m calling “Photographer Connections”. It is basically a
framework to connect photography related sites to WordPress sites.
At launch, it has Pictage, SmugMug and Shootq built in. You can
list your Pictage events, add SmugMug galleries to any page or
post, and [...]
Date Published: Feb 14, 2011 - 1:45 pm
On November 27th 2010 (a week from this Saturday), I’ve been asked
to take part in a workshop called WPWorkshopLA. The workshop is run
by Austin Passy of Frosty Web Designs, and organizer
of WordCampLA, the annual WordPress convention that had over
300 WordPress developers attend this year. We are open to
suggestions for topics – anything [...]
Date Published: Nov 17, 2010 - 5:35 pm
This project started a looong time ago, when I first started
working with Ellen Petty of Identity Kitchen. As we worked together
on custom blogs and websites for photographers, we started
brainstorming ways to make something similar available to everyone.
The goal was to create Affordable, Easy-to-use, WordPress Portfolio
Websites for Photographers. Our Goals We [...]
Date Published: Nov 03, 2010 - 9:36 am
In the midst of keeping up with client work and a mad scramble to
finish the major launch of a website, it was nice to get a break
from it all and be a part of my first WordCamp. WordCamp is a
conference that focuses on everything WordPress. There are many
held around the world [...]
Date Published: Sep 21, 2010 - 7:55 pm
Easier is not quite right either. Some of the things I have been
able to do with WordPress MU would not be possible without the
plugins and support of the folks at WPMU DEV. What is WordPress MU
and What is WPMU DEV? WordPress has become a well known name as one
of the best [...]
Date Published: May 17, 2010 - 5:56 pm
With every custom blog, especially for photographers, I have
usually been required to add some kind of image gallery plugin for
WordPress. I have tried several, but found them all lacking in one
way or another. Some end up in a Flash player, making them hard to
customize and invisible on mobile phones. Some are [...]
Date Published: May 12, 2010 - 11:19 am
A client’s WordPress site was recently hacked by some malware,
receiving the dreaded red warning screen. You know the one where it
warns that a site may harm your computer? This warning comes from
your browser but is triggered by Google detecting that malware is
on your site. First, this is NOT a WordPress security [...]
Date Published: Apr 22, 2010 - 3:17 pm
Cross posted from IdentityKitchen… Now, you know how proud we are
of our Search Engine Optimized, WordPress powered, custom portfolio
blogsites. What if there were an entry-level, template-driven, DIY,
portfolio blogsite available? No more updating your blog at one
address and your portfolio at another. No more calling your
webmaster to make changes to your [...]
Date Published: Mar 23, 2010 - 4:10 pm
Over the last year or so, I have worked on some great projects with
designer Ellen Petty, founder and head designer of Identity
Kitchen. I was proud to most recently work on the actual Identity
Kitchen site itself, which got a major overhaul for the new year.
Identity Kitchen provides branding and identity design as [...]
Date Published: Feb 09, 2010 - 10:05 am