Thanks to everyone that download the hoPE Theme for your wordpress blog. Here are some tips and help information to setup your hoPE Theme. hoPE theme designed to display your flickr’s photo gallery or Google Picasa web album on blog. But how to get your gallery’s RSS feed? For flickr user, just browse to flickr photo page and find the RSS url below the page, copy the RSS link. see pic.

Copy flickr RSS Link from Latest

Example RSS link: http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?id=30445359@N00&lang=en-us&format=rss_200

If you have Google Picasa Web Album, browse to your web album and find the RSS link on the right sidebar. Copy the RSS link. see pic.

Copy PicasaWeb Album RSS link

Example RSS link: http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/mypatricks/albumid/5362788080899248097?alt=rss&kind=photo&hl=en_US

After copied the RSS link, login to your blog account, browse to your Appearance menu, click the hoPE Theme Settings. Paste your RSS link. see pic.

Paste your RSS link here.

It’s done, browse to your site and see your gallery. If you have see nothing, please clear your blog cache or browser’s cache.

Quality of photo for flickr: Due to site loading’s speed, the gallery may display in low quality, but you may change the photo to original quality. Please use your wordpress theme editor to edit your functions file. Login to your blog’s admin, browse to Appearance menu, click Editor. Make sure you are selected hoPE theme to edit. Click Theme Functions(functions.php) and find this line in the text area.

$photo_url = str_replace( "_m.jpg", "_m.jpg", $sub[0][1] );

change to:

$photo_url = str_replace( "_m.jpg", "_o.jpg", $sub[0][1] );

Change the quality of flickr's photo

Click Save and done. (Note: Change to original photo size may cause your site slow loading.) If you still has problem to setup your photo gallery, please feel free leave your comment. Enjoy your blog.

It’s always amend to improved. Thanks for the people that love the theme and leave the comments. Especially appreciated and thanks to Hendrik fixed the JS code. Now I used CSS gradient instead of js gradient( but forget the IE ). These may improved the site loading and speed. Another setting like number of gallery photo was ready to use, maximum number is 100.  The photo link preset default to open in new window. Threaded comments and calendar widgets’ style fixed, Enjoy the hoPE!

hoPE Theme Setting Screenshot

1. flickr or Picasa Web Album Photo Gallery
2. Options to number of photo
3. Threaded comments, Widgets Support
4. Twitter link ready
5. Custom header image
6. Support Wordpress and Wordpress MU 2.7+

Download the latest version: hoPE Theme 2.5 or find it on Wordpress Theme Directory

This is version that fixed the problem from you. I added threat comment, fixed JS loading.  The gallery can display more than 10, maybe I will add option to allow user to set the number of photo.

Download here:  Wordpress HoPE Theme

Do you like  flickr? I have a designed a theme that allow you to include your flickr photo gallery into your blog. Just copy the photo feed into the theme setting. Let your reader share your flickr photo every time you uploaded new photo. You also may customize your header image with your favourite photo or images. Enjoy my hoPE series theme.

Wordpress HoPE Theme Screenshot

Download here: Wordpress hoPE Theme

Compatible Wordpress 2.7 and WordpressMU

I just completed a design for this Valentine’s Day. It’s purple color style with two columns. It’s also allowed user to custom the image on the top of right sidebar. This theme is suitable used for Wordpress 2.7.

Valentine Theme for Wordpress 2.7

Try this and send me comment to improve. Thanks and happy valentine’s day.

This is the latest updated wordpress theme -Violinesth Forever. It’s fixed the theme width on other resolution and add category feed on sidebar.

Download here – Violinesth Forever 4.5

I just released my new wordpress theme – Violinesth Forever. The design is based on Pressthor theme and it’s allowed to custom top images. This theme is only tested on Wordpress 2.6+. At the top image it’s will show your gravatar if you enabled the gravatar’s option in your discussion menu. Currently you only found two columns type and three columns design will be released on next week or next few day.  Leave your comment, thanks.

Download Violinesth Forever for WP 2.6+

Download from Wordpress Theme Directory

I just completed another simple wordpress theme. This is very simple and clean design theme, purple, white, blue, two column sidebar with violin. It’s music theme and named Violinesth.

Download (for wordpress 2.6 above) for your wordpress blog. if you using Wordpress below 2.5 download this version. See live demo

Wordpress Theme Violinesth

I just submit my PressThor theme to Wordpress Theme Directory, from now you may download from the directory. The theme is compatible with WordpressMU.

It’s long time no new theme release. This is my new theme for wordpress Version 2.5. It is design based on wordpress.org and new admin panel.

Download here

Pressthor Wordpress Theme