Is anyone using Yet Another PhotoBlog with Customizr?

  • Resolved FabSwag

    (@fabswag)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    I’m still trying to create a blog that is focused on my images and not the headline/text. I don’t know why I’m having such a hard time getting positive results with the blog, and I’m pulling my hair out. =(

    I tried the Image Wall plug in, which didn’t appear to work at all. Twice. Deactivated it. Twice.

    Then I uploaded YAPB, which claims to be an ‘easy’ way to convert your blog to a photo blog. This doesn’t seem to be working either.

    As far as the basic Customizr-themed blog goes, sometimes there’s a photo next to the Headline, sometimes the photo is gone. I’ve tried out the various formats (Gallery, Image, Standard, etc), and have only come away more confused because none of them seem to turn up what I expect to see. The headlines are too big, the photos (when they show up) are off to the side like an afterthought, and even though I have the ‘display full text’ option selected, no ‘test post’ I’ve done has displayed the full text until I click on it and go to another page (and my entries are not long – because they are only tests).

    I hate to be negative, but I am so aggravated right now. Can anyone help me figure out how to make my post photos the focus of the blog and not the text or headlines? Ideally, I’d make all text disappear and just have large photos (without the circle hover feature) that could be clicked on. This doesn’t seem like it would be an uncommon desire in blogging, but I can’t seem to find my way through it in the help forums or with the assistance of plug ins. I’d settle for large photos with each post’s headline and full text, so that no one has to click/do anything to read it.

    What am I doing wrong?

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  • Spun sounds like a theme that might work better for you.

    Thread Starter FabSwag

    (@fabswag)

    I’m so in love with Customizr for a million reasons – it’s absolutely perfect. Except the blog. <big sigh> I’ll take a look at Spun, but with my feet dragging…lol. =) Thanks.

    Thread Starter FabSwag

    (@fabswag)

    Worked through it and stayed with Customizr. Thank you for the input! =)

    Good ??

    Want to share what you did?

    Thread Starter FabSwag

    (@fabswag)

    Not sure if I’m the eternal optimist or a glutton for punishment, but I reloaded the ImageWall plugin for the 3rd time (lol), determined to make it work. This was the plugin I originally wanted to use – everything else (like YAPB) was a hopeful substitution.

    ImageWall has you add a shortcode to your page(s) of choice (like a blog) that will pull images from throughout your site (or from just your posts, which is what I wanted). The images appear in mosaic form without text – you can click on each one and it will take you to the corresponding page/post.

    I kept adding the shortcode to my blog page and nothing would happen. FINALLY had a lightbulb moment and created a new blog page, added the shortcode, then saved it to my menu. Took the old blog page off of my menu but left my settings to where posts would still route to the old blog page (which is now invisible to the viewer).

    Now when you click on my Blog in the Menu, you are taken to the image wall. If you click on an image, you are taken to the post it is featured on. YAY!

    The only remaining issue I’m working through is in my archives. If someone happens to click on a category, the archives pop up, and they are a mess! Double images, crazy layout. I’ve turned off all SEO to the archives for now until I figure out the housekeeping.

    =)

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