WordPress 2.8 has been released and I found a problem with Photo-Biyori running on 2.8.
Problem
After uploading/inserting a image and saving draft, the code of thumbnail sometimes won’t be inserted into the excerpt field.
Cause
A bug of WordPress 2.8 reported here (ticket #9471)
It should be fixed in WP 2.8.1.
Solution
Be sure to “save draft” before uploading a file.
Please [...]

Since Photo-Biyori doesn’t have a sidebar, there is a bit trick to use widgets in Photo-Biyori. Here is how to use widgets in Photo-Biyori.

When you go to Appearance > Widgets in your WP admin panel, you’ll see “column 1″ to “column 6″ in the dropdown menu in Current Widgets section. These are set in [...]

I released a new version of Photo-Biyori, a photolog theme for WordPress today.
What’s different from version 1.0:

Use show/hide comment (No need to change a WP core file any more)
Use WP default file uploader (No more Photopress plugin)
Insert thumbnail code automatically
Widget ready
Comment threading ready

Supported WordPress 2.7+.
If you have any questions, please leave it here.
Thank you!

If you have any questions, feedbacks or ideas about Photo-Biyori Version 2.x, the photolog theme developed for WordPress, please leave your comment here.
Thank you!

It’s been almost a year and half since I first released Photo-Biyori. Wordpress went from version 2.2 to 2.7 and they added many nice features. I’ve been working on major updates on Photo-Biyori to take advantages of the latest WordPress.
Here are some of changes I’m trying to make happen:

“Show/Hide Comments” instead of the comment pop-up [...]

This post is not available in English, since it is about upgrading Wordpress ME (Japanese Language edition) to WordPress 2.5.

WordPress 2.5 was released today!
I tested my photolog theme “Photo-Biyori” on WP 2.5. It seems to work fine. However, the layout of Photoress (pb-mods) option page and the pop-up window for uploading files in the admin panel is broken. Here is a quick fix for it.
photopress_pb1.1.zip
Please make sure to deactivate all plugins when you update [...]

Update: 2009/02/17
Tag template page is included in Photo-Biyori 2.x.
Please read step 4 in this page.

WordPress 2.3 has been released and there is an exciting new feature, tags and tag cloud. I tested Photo-Biyori on WP 2.3 and it works fine with no changes. Here is how to add tags and tag cloud page to your [...]

Update: 2009/2/17
This feature has been dropped from Photo-Biyori 2.0.

I use Lightbox to show a larger photo at my photolog. Photo-Biyori has Lightbox code in it and below is how you can use it.

You still need to find a Lightbox Plugin for Wordpress, though. I tested with:
Lightbox 2.0 for WordPress
WP lightbox JS WordPress Plugin
They [...]

If you’d like to show the latest thumbnail of your Photo-Biyori site to another blog, give this plugin a try. It’s still a beta version, so please let me know if you find any bugs.

Plugin doesn’t work if…

your PB site forbids linking to files. (hotlinks)
your PB site address is different from the WP address.

Installation:

Download [...]

Since I love customizing the theme and would love you to customize the Photo-Biyori, I’ll show you here how to customize the background color of the Photo-Biyori site. It’s pretty easy. ;)

First, here is the sample.
This is the default color for the PB LT and this is after.
Changes:
in style.css:
background-color: #xxxxxx; inside body, #wrap, #header [...]

PHOTOMO style photolog theme for WordPress is now available. :)
   
Please see the details here.
Thank you.

If you have any questions, feedbacks or ideas about Photo-Biyori, the photolog theme developed for WordPress, please leave your comment here.

Entry List on Photo-Biyori

How to customize the background color -UP!-
PB Plugin - Show latest thumbnail to other sites -UP!-
How to use Lightbox with the Photo-Biyori -UP!-
Adding tags/tag cloud to Photo-Biyori (WP 2.3+) -UP!-
How to customize [...]