Piwigo.com gets its own blog

Another step for Piwigo.com with a dedicated blog. Because I really appreciate the user experience on WordPress.com I’ve decided to use a self-hosted WordPress.

Piwigo.com gets its own blog, powered by WordPress

Why not another WordPress.com account:

1. I wanted no ads (the No-Ads upgrade costs $30)
2. I wanted a perfect integration with other pages on Piwigo.com  (the Custom Design upgrade costs $30)
3. I wanted it on URL piwigo.com/blog (not possible with WordPress.com) or at least on blog.piwigo.com ($12 on WordPress.com)

Considering that we have a dedicated server for Piwigo.com presentation website and because I have the skills to run a web application, paying an additional $72/year does not really makes sense.

I’ve installed WordPress 3.1.3. I wanted to customize header, footer and CSS. Just like Piwigo, WordPress has child themes : I have created the “piwigo.com” theme, with twentyten as template (as “parent” theme). As my customizations are only made on my own theme, I won’t have to care about losing them on future upgrades of WordPress.

Compared to my WordPress.com blog, the one you’re reading right now on piwigo.wordpress.com, I’ve lost the great WP Stats feature. I may reactivate it with the Jetpack package but I will rely on Piwik statistics for now.

Note: Jetpack is a collection of WordPress plugins designed by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, founded by Matt Mullenweg, co-founder of WordPress. Jetpack is active on all WordPress.com blogs.

Does that mean this blog will be closed? No, absolutely not. I won’t write about topics like new releases or specific features on the Piwigo.com blog, so I still need a place for this kind of post!

Read Piwigo.com Blog →

Featured Galleries on Piwigo.com

A new page was added on Piwigo.com: Featured Galleries (or nice examples). We start with a short list of 12 galleries. I will add some new featured galleries next days.

Featured Galleries on Piwigo.com

In addition to the new dedicated page, Piwigo.com home page displays 3 random featured galleries.

Congratulations to the first 12 galleries listed!

• studiozanzibarimage.fr professional studio, landscapes and illustration from South of France
• gary1701.piwigo.com you like United Kingdom helicopters and planes?
• sauvant.piwigo.com portaits and country landscapes
• drakonis.piwigo.com 13,000+ avatars sorted by themes like Vampire, Dragon or Knight
• toxa.piwigo.com travels, landscapes and fauna
• www.yvesmariequemener.fr professional photographer, sport competition
• raymonddelvaux.be macrophotography, check the spiders!
• franchesmontagnes.piwigo.com horses with mountain landscapes
• pichardie.piwigo.com nature, birds and landscapes
• frederictestard.piwigo.com motor competition (cars and motocycle)
• maltabuses.piwigo.com 4500+ photos of buses from Malta
• peijy.piwigo.com macrophotography, birds and landscape