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Over the coming months I'm going to write a photoblog section for my site. I'll probably use Chromasia's site as a reference point but I wanted to ask you guys what you think are the most important features for a photoblog site to have?
I can use the comments system I've already written for my site as it's easily portable. Does anyone know if PHP can read exif data from JPEGs? If not I'll just type the important stuff in by hand, it's not a big deal.
One of the things I'm agonising over is whether I'd be able to fit it in with the existing look and feel of the site or whether I should give it a plain white background and basically do it as a seperate mini-site with a link back to the main site. I really hate the idea of having two different look and feels but at the same time I realise that the current crop of colours would detract from the photos themselves. And I don't want the main site to be plain colours, before anyone suggests that.
Also, I wouldn't be able to post an image every day as I simply don't have enough throughput of good stuff. Is that bad form or is it ok? I know ultimately it's my blog so I can do what I like but it's best to be aware of conventions and standards wherever possible. Even if you choose to deliberately ignore them.
Edit: just had a read of the PHP manual and it would seem that it can indeed read Exif data.
I can use the comments system I've already written for my site as it's easily portable. Does anyone know if PHP can read exif data from JPEGs? If not I'll just type the important stuff in by hand, it's not a big deal.
One of the things I'm agonising over is whether I'd be able to fit it in with the existing look and feel of the site or whether I should give it a plain white background and basically do it as a seperate mini-site with a link back to the main site. I really hate the idea of having two different look and feels but at the same time I realise that the current crop of colours would detract from the photos themselves. And I don't want the main site to be plain colours, before anyone suggests that.
Also, I wouldn't be able to post an image every day as I simply don't have enough throughput of good stuff. Is that bad form or is it ok? I know ultimately it's my blog so I can do what I like but it's best to be aware of conventions and standards wherever possible. Even if you choose to deliberately ignore them.
Edit: just had a read of the PHP manual and it would seem that it can indeed read Exif data.