Gallery, a Thematic Child Theme

Posted by Chris at 4:00 AM on May 4th, 2009

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IMPORTANT: Upgrading from earlier versions of Gallery requires removal of /gallery/ theme folder due to removal of page templates in prior versions of Gallery.
IMPORTANT: Gallery 1.2 only works with Thematic 0.9.5. Make sure to download and upgrade to Thematic 0.9.5 first.

Gallery is a beautiful showcase-style WordPress theme built on the Thematic framework as a child theme.

Download Gallery 1.2.1
Download Thematic 0.9.5+

Live Demo

Widescreen Video Embedding with Simple Video Embedder Plugin


Thanks to Jason Schuller’s easy-to-implement video embedding plugin, Gallery now supports video embedding from popular video sites like YouTube and Vimeo, even allowing you to add your own custom code if not supported. This is an awesome addition to Gallery and I even created a new icon for posts with video so you can differentiate between regular posts and video posts. You will want to download Simple Video Embedder from Press75.com to take advantage of this beautiful plugin. I believe it is also available from WordPress.org, so you can install this via the WordPress admin, just search for the title and off you go.

Theme Options

The theme options page currently allows modification of the number of days a post is considered “new.” This is currently the only option, but will be expanded upon in future releases.

308 Responses to “Gallery, a Thematic Child Theme”

  1. hello, can yo help me with this problem???:

    http://xn--todoendiseo-beb.com/?p=121

    i dont like see the bad code warning…

    please help me!!!!

  2. Eric says:

    Can someone please explain to me why anyone would build a theme has a child theme?

  3. Connie says:

    @Pete Kane

    thanks for the info! Unfortunately the documentation is a little bit lousy….

    but I accept that as the theme is so beautiful !

  4. hi, i have a problem with a single post:
    Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in themes/gallery/functions.php on line 131

    Warning: file_get_contents(http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=’mypermalink’) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in themes/gallery/functions.php on line 131

  5. Tom says:

    this theme has troubles running in ie7… like it wont srcoll down even thought there still more to see in a page. how do you fix this?

  6. Alex Velasco says:

    Hi Chris.

    I can change the theme design????

    I like so much your theme but i want put my own colors and images

    Thanks

  7. Hernán says:

    Gracias por el tema para wordpress. Lo voy a utilizar para mi portfolio. Saludos desde Argentina.

  8. AdamFss says:

    Hei this theme is awesome but I have a little problem with the menu, I can’t use 2 dropdown categories, on of the dropdowns works and the other not.

    Please chris if you can help me tell me how can I fix it!

  9. Catherine says:

    First off, Chris you are wonderful to create and offer this theme for free, thank you !

    I’ve sailed the seven seas and hiked the seven wonders of the world seeking a theme for my portfolio. The stars and the moon aligned a few nights ago and I found your ‘gallery’ theme. This will be my 3rd attempt at working with WP and your theme and its content is by far the most intuitive for us n00bs.

    I have 2 questions:

    1) I want my thumbnails to be 3 across and the same width/length as is found at the mixcss.com site.

    I read that I need to make changes to the 125×125’s at function.php and stylesheet.css, but damned if it just ain’t workin’ !?

    2) When in ‘full image’ mode, at the lower right, where it has the <>’s, I’m confused as to how the order is determined ? Where do I gain more control of this ?

    This is my first time working with posts and categories. In the past I pretty much brute forced my themes into CMS look and feel.

    Can you or anyone please help ?

    Thanks,
    Catherine

  10. [...] Gallery: Built on the Thematic Theme framework, this dark gallery theme is quite the eye catcher. The top row is all 125×125 ad spots, but after that each image is a separate gallery link that when you hover over it, the image slides up to show you the name. The individual post pages will give you more information about the work, who designed it, and where it can be found, as well as allow users to rate it and to leave comments. [...]

  11. [...] 5. Gallery 1.2 Gallery is a beautiful showcase-style WordPress theme built on the Thematic framework as a child theme. [...]

  12. kriti says:

    Hi
    Thanks for this beautiful theme.. all is fine except top navigation. top navigation is duplicating..
    check
    wpthemesportal

    how can I rectify this..

  13. rozy says:

    thanks for link theme
    download

  14. webmaster says:

    Hi chris.
    Thanks for this beautifule theme.. but there is one problem
    1. submit website form is not coming
    2. navigation is duplicating
    3. in inside pages design is different from mixcss.com

    plz reply how can I solve this issue..

    visit wpthemesportal

  15. Michelle says:

    Hi everyone,
    Can someone please show me how I can edit the number of boxes in a row? Right now I have 7 across the first row. The second row has 3 across and the rest goes to the next page. I prefer to have 4 rows and 7 boxes per row. Can someone please help me out?

    Thanks!

  16. hugo says:

    hi michelle.

    The number of boxes in a row depends on it’s dimensions. So if you have you page width of 940, divide it by the number of boxes you want to have per row. consider pixels between boxes and the 1px of the padding. If you have any other question please e mail me ole_00@hotmail.com

  17. webmaster says:

    can anybody tell me abt this problem
    1. dropdown menu appears in only one category bt when I create another category and add subcategories in that it breaks down ..dropdown does not work and all the links open..

    dropdown is fine with one category bt not in 2nd category.. plz help me rectify this issue
    wpthemesportal

  18. Michael says:

    I know this question has been asked on numerous occasions but is there any way to incorporate a blog into the theme? otherwise I might have to resort adding a second theme to my site.

  19. Andrew says:

    Ya..integrating a blog into this theme would be great, something which transparent to this design.

  20. Chris says:

    Most issues mentioned in the comments can be resolved by upgrading to the Gallery Pro theme.

  21. Paul says:

    How come my pictures won’t show? What am i doing wrong?

  22. Simon Wells says:

    Not sure, what is happening, but I submitted several posts yesterday offering some tweaks and advise on my experiences using Gallery and Thematic, but they have all dropped of the list.
    Anyway, I have started a tutorial for installation, adding images and will also roll out modifying colours, images etc, plus adding in additional plugins.

    Take a look at http://welcome.to/supergallery and checked out the Design pages.

    feedback most welcome.

  23. Chris says:

    @Simon, what posts are you referring to? On ThemeForest?

  24. Simon Wells says:

    @Chris, My bad, I posted on the new gallery-1-2-released/ did not see there were two threads.

  25. mhm, above is the SPAM….I would recommend WP Spam-Free :)

  26. Hey! extremely nice theme! but when i choose it in the wordpress design option, it says:

    ”Call to undefined function wp_page_menu() in /hsphere/local/home/buddi/buddi.dk/blog/wp-content/themes/thematic/library/extensions/header-extensions.php on line 395”

    someone clever out there, who know how to make it work?

    thanks so much!

  27. Simon Wells says:

    @Hans, Which version are you using?
    I suspect, that if you read a few of the previous posts, you might get a solution.

    IMPORTANT: Upgrading from earlier versions of Gallery requires removal of /gallery/ theme folder due to removal of page templates in prior versions of Gallery.
    IMPORTANT: Gallery 1.2 only works with Thematic 0.9.5. Make sure to download and upgrade to Thematic 0.9.5 first.

    Take a look at both of these:
    http://www.chris-wallace.com/2009/06/22/gallery-1-2-released/

    and

    http://welcome.to/supergallery

    Have fun, and ask questions.

  28. amits says:

    Hi chris, I love gallery!
    two questions:
    1. how do I change the order of the photos on the index page. (either descending or random order)
    2. how can I add more pictures to the page you get once an image is clicked on the index page. THANKS!

  29. Beirute says:

    lo mejor que he visto

  30. xia says:

    chris, thanks for this amazing theme.

    everything works great except for these two annoying problems. wonder if you or someone can help, probably both simple fixes (and yes, i’m sing the latest version 1.2.1):

    1) when i use sub-categories, for some unknown reason the drop down menu in the nav shows up for a split second in between pages. meaning, if i click on a thumbnail to go to a post, the drop down menu “drops down” for a second in between EVERY page change…can’t seem to get rid of it. you can see what i’m talking bout here: http://www.sitev2.blairshapiro.com

    2) when i use .htaccess to force my host into using php5 so i can use the simple video embedder i get the following error on post pages:

    Warning: file_get_contents() [function.file-get-contents]: URL file-access is disabled in the server configuration in themes/gallery/functions.php on line 131

    Warning: file_get_contents(http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=’mypermalink’) [function.file-get-contents]: failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in themes/gallery/functions.php on line 131

    any help on these would be appreciated.

    thanks!

  31. ehmr says:

    Chris- great work on the theme – heads up though gallery v1.2.1 functions.php line 35 has a short php open tag on bloginfo('url') breaking the home link for me.

  32. [...] I tried to avoid having too many “frameworks” and obviously excluded my own themes, Gallery, DesignFolio+, and Absynthe, which could possibly have made the list (in my dreams). Please enjoy [...]

  33. Simon Wells says:

    @ehmr, I checked out the function.php and found that i had <a href="">Home.

    Although my home link works, it should be <a href="">Home

  34. Simon Wells says:

    @ehmr, must remember about code stripping.
    Again, my code was "<a href="">Home"

    and changed it to "<a href="">Home"

  35. emhr says:

    Simon – just to be clear the problem I’m having is because my server config has php short tags set to off and on line 35 of the functions.php the code reads which in my case makes the home link resolve to http://mysite.sbx/%3C?%20bloginfo(%27url%27);%20?%3E
    Generally using php short tags is not recommended on distributed software since activating php short tags is an option not a requirement of the php.ini.

  36. You may try just doing a find/replace on <? replaced with<?php

  37. emhr says:

    Ha it got me too… my post should say
    …the code reads ? bloginfo('url'); ? which in my case…

  38. xia says:

    can anybody help with this? it’s driving me crazy. probably something simple, but i’m a newbie…(btw, i’m using the latest version 1.2.1):

    when i use sub-categories, for some unknown reason the drop down menu in the nav shows up for a split second in between pages. meaning, if i click on a thumbnail to go to a post, the drop down menu “drops down” for a second in between EVERY page change…can’t seem to get rid of it. you can see what i’m talking bout here:

    http://www.sitev2.blairshapiro.com

  39. emhr says:

    Yeah its all good I just wanted to let you know so you could avoid support issues over a such a simple thing. Just trying to help more than be a finger pointer. Anyways… awesome design.

  40. so nice theme! – but how do you get the text-pop up when moving the mouse over the pictures, like this( http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/BuddiMovies/?action=view&current=ScreenFlow-1.flv )

    so fresh feature! thanks.

  41. Ricardo Reyna says:

    Why is it when use the video feature you lose the menu that goes to the right of every post (I.E. Designed by, URL, Bookmark this, Tweet This)

  42. Shadi says:

    Everything seems fine, except when I try to go to any pages an allow_url_fopen error appears because my host has disabled it.. Can you please use CURL instead?

  43. Shadi says:

    I fixed the allow_url_fopen error, but now I see that video posts doesnt have the “designer, url” fields, how can I make them visible

  44. Mel says:

    Wondering what would be the best way to bypass the wordpress post functions of this theme and have the thumbnails open the full size image in lightbox. ive not been able to get a answer on the thematic forums wondering if you can tell me what Id need to do in order to achieve that? Thanks

  45. so nice theme! – but how do you get the text-pop up when moving the mouse over the pictures, like this( http://s215.photobucket.com/albums/cc120/BuddiMovies/?action=view&current=ScreenFlow-1.flv )

    so fresh feature! thanks.

  46. Brian says:

    Just checking if anyone has figured out how to display more than 7 menu items?