WordPress as CMS « David Weaver Photography

Problem: Errors when uploading images into a post

Right now I’m just testing to see when I get an error

When I upload a 1x1px images I don’t get any errors. When I upload any other image from 50x50px to 5×7@300ppi (1500x2100px image) I get this error message:

Warning: imagecreatefromstring() [function.imagecreatefromstring]: No JPEG support in this PHP build in /export/home/davidw/weaver.net/wp-admin/includes/image.php on line 147
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To Do List (on hold - mostly)

Just as the title says, here is my todo list.

It is all on hold as my ISP is buying a new server to place WP on. The build will have updated versions of all the software/OS needed to run the latest WP. So my todo list is on hold waiting for my ISP [...]

Wordpress Plugins used on this site

More documentation on setting up this site.
Here is the current list of plugins. I’ll update this as I add/modify/remove plugins.

Akismet
Exec-PHP Temporarily deactivated
FeedBurner FeedSmith
Google Analytics for WordPress
Google XML Sitemaps
Hello Dolly
Widget Logic
WP-reCAPTCHA
KB Robots.txt
Twitter Counter
WP-Sticky <–some great plug-ins I want to go back and review later

You can get plugins at the WordPress Plugins Directory

Installation notes for plugins.

It’s [...]

Problem (solved): I can post but I get 404 errors on all pages

Can’t get the wordpress loop to display anything? But, the main page displays okay? Me neither until yesterday. After beating my head against the desk for a couple days (aka: knock on wood) I finally logged a support request with the folks that host my WPinstallation and pointed them to my .htaccess [...]

Out of Control Photography (and camera mounted strobe shooting)

I’m a Joe McNally fan. If you are not familiar with his books I’d say go get them but wait…

Joe is a seasoned veteran in the biz. His books are great IF you are the right audience.

A newbie or pro-sumer that does occasional work for friends or family might be disappointed in his [...]

Learning Wordpress as a CMS (creating requirements)

I am grasshopper.

I didn’t think this would be that big a deal, but then I didn’t think my first marriage would be either. I’m in the process of done with tuning this theme and implementation of WordPress so it can:

Provide an outlet for displaying and selling fine images (art photography).

Some sort of E-commerce system [...]

Using WordPress as a CMS

Wow. I din’t think this would be that big a deal, but it seems to be a strugle. I’m in the process done of tuning this theme and implimentation of WordPress so it can do:

Provide an outlet for displaying and selling fine images (art photography).

Some sort of E-commerce system or paypal plugin
Integration with [...]

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