Displaying Images

  • Hi guys, I’m new to WP and I’m attempting to set up an art gallery/blog but have hit a few roadblocks. I’ve searched for an answer to this in the forums but have come up short… hoping to get some help.

    Just to give you an idea of what I’m working with, my site is [deancowart.com]

    What I wanted to do initially, was separate the posts into various pages (as you can see along top). I’ve abandoned this idea, as I’ve read the WP way to do this is to seperate your posts into categories. So this is what I’ve started to do, under the category ‘sketches’.

    The problem now, is that I when you click on the category ‘sketches’ all you get is a list of the post title’s. This is kinda defeating my purpose, as I’ve intended to create a static homepage, and separate my images for viewing within the categories. Anyone have any suggestions? I’ve tried linking to an absolute path, but to no avail ??

    Any help is greatly appreciated,

    -Dean

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  • Thread Starter dcowart

    (@dcowart)

    Im thinking I may need to install a gallery plugin… any suggestions?

    Well, depending on exactly how you want this done you have a number of options. One way (using my plugin AWSOM Pixgallery) can be seen here: https://www.onezumiverse.com where her artwork, photos, and other images (linked off the header bar) are separated into galleries. These location are all static links as are the images themselves. These are done as pages in this example, but you can also add galleries to posts using my plugin.

    There are other gallery plugins available also though, Nextgen gallery is another popular gallery which might be another choice to look into.

    Thread Starter dcowart

    (@dcowart)

    Thanks harknell.. the AWSOM Pixgallery may be what I’m looking for.. I noticed that both samples, link to a larger photo for the user to view. However, there is no option to comment. Is this possible?

    My goal is to have visitors see my images (when clicking the category) as opposed to having a boring list (as it is now). Then they would be able to leave a post, like ‘hey this pic is great’ or ‘this pic really sucks’.

    What do you think, is this possible? Thanks so much for your help.

    -Dean

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