Today I’ve completed improvements to the Image Gallery. I updated much more than I originally had planned. Version 1.1 of my custom theme has been pushed live.
- Image Gallery now validates XHTML Strict 1.0 on all pages except the password protected entry point. I’ve redesigned a custom password entry page and it validates as XHTML 1.0 Transitional.
- I’ve combined the various password protected albums into groupings. This helps so that a person only needs to enter the user name and password once to get access to the groupings of albums rather than needing to enter a user name and password for each album. This seems to be the best solution working within the restrictions of ZenPhoto – the engine behind my gallery.
- I’ve created a custom 404 page for the Image Gallery with a search function. This page is good for the time being. Once I get a custom 404 page built for my site, I’ll decide if I’ll merge that look into the Image Gallery’s 404 page, or just keep it as is.
- The main Gallery RSS feed is now linked to Feedburner. I had to create a few custom PHP functions based off the core RSS functions to link to the outside RSS host. All albums, images, comment RSS feeds are still run by the internal engine.
- Other misc. tweaks and bug fixes went into this update. I’m fairly happy with where it is at.
Now I’ve just got to get new pictures uploaded!
