Overview

It’s out in the wild. Convert your WordPress 2.x installation into a full featured photoblog in virtually no time. Use the full range of WordPress functions and plugins: Benefit from the big community WordPress has to offer.

What is YAPB / What can you expect?

A non invasive WordPress-plugin that converts wp into a easy useable photoblog system
Easy image upload – All wordpress post-features can be used
On the fly thumbnail generation – Use multiple thumbnail sizes where and when you need them: Thumbnail generation gets controlled from the template.
EXIF data processing and output
Self-learning EXIF filter – Your own cameras tags can be selected to be viewed.
Full i18n-Support through gnutext mo/po files
YAPB Plugin Infrastructure for extended functionality
Ping additional update-service-sites when posting a photoblog entry.
Nearly every WP-theme can become a photoblog in virtually no time.

You’ll get a photoblog system based on wordpress – Decide if you want to post a normal WordPress article or a photoblog entry. Be free to use all available extensions / plugins of the WordPress platform ;-)

3 Steps to your WordPress Photoblog

Why another photoblog system?

There aren’t many open source photoblog systems out there in the wild. I searched a long time and found only few. Evaluated all of them and decided to program one on myself, since none of them met my demands. I did that about three times – Every version was build up from the scratch. Every version was better and much more flexible. More cool and finally more proprietary.

Every time i saw a feature in another blog system that i wanted to have – i had to spend much of my rare spare time to design, program and integrate it into my own photoblog system. After implementing some features like captcha, ping and trackback, etc. etc. i decided that this was just a waste of time.

There already was a system out there having lot’s of features and a huge community: WordPress. Yapb is my try to build on a wide spread platform – And to get what i want – As a photographer and programmer.

Why not use services like Flickr, Deviantart, etc. etc. ?

Why hazzle with renting a suitable webhost, installing a photoblog software, configuring the whole stuff, eventually solve problems, searching and installing a cool theme, etc. etc. – If i can have it all (and more) with one click at Flickr, Deviantart, etc. etc. ?

I’m only able to give you a hint on my opinion why i don’t want to host my images on such a service. Fortunately, for the impatient among us, it can be told with only three (and a half) words:

It’s my image.

Post your image on a foreign server and you’ll never be exactly sure what rights you have on your own images until you’re a better laywer than the one hired by your prefered photo community. One nice example: Flickr was sold to Yahoo AFTER they had tens of thousands users and hosted millions of images. If you’re posting images to flickr right now – Do you EXACTLY know, what rights Yahoo currently owns on YOUR images?

If this is perfectly ok for you – Go on and use those communities! After givin away your personal data, you will have an account for free and no hazzle with setting up your own photoblog. There are thousands of users just waiting for you!

Technically spoken

Yapb integrates tightly into wordpress. Via Javascript DOM manipulation it injects several form additions into the standard wordpress post form. It provides additional data and functions to themes so that nearly every theme can be converted to a photoblog in virtually no time. Yapb doesn’t touch original wordpress code – It’s using it.

Support YAPB

Do you like YAPB? Do you use it regulary to show your photos or images? Did YAPB save you time? Or you just want to give something back for the time spent to create, maintain and support YAPB? Just Donate a little ammount so i may buy a good book, DVD, etc. or just pay some server traffic. Bigger ammounts (if any) will be invested in my photo equipment of course ;-)

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Tags: Fotografie, Photoblog, Plugin developement, Wordpress, YAPB, Yet Another Photoblog

Four Hundred Ninety Three Replies

16. November 2007, 16:43
Comment by christian

hallo und Grüße. es ist ein Tolles Plugin, habe es auch installiert und funzt auch super, weiter so, ein Link ist natürlich schon vorhanden!

greets Lyus
17. November 2007, 18:33
Comment by Leanne

Hi Johannes,

I'm sorry to see your forum was hacked.

I wanted to inform you that your current version, installed on 2.3.1 is producing the following error:

WordPress database error: [Table 'databasename.wp_yapbimage' doesn't exist]
SELECT * FROM wp_yapbimage WHERE post_id = 3

I will try downgrading to an earlier stable version for my client - just wanted to advise you on the error. I did deactivate/reactivate, when that didn't work I deleted the plugin and reinstalled, the same error resulted - it is not creating the table.

Thank you!
- 18. November 2007, 20:27
  Comment by Johannes
  
  Hi Leanne -
  
  Many thanks for the info - I released version 1.6.2 fixing that dumb bug created in 1.6.1.
  
  Thanks!
18. November 2007, 20:24
Comment by Mar

I have the same problem in Wordpress 2.3.1

WordPress database error: [Table 'databasename_wrdp1.wp_yapbimage' doesn't exist]
SELECT id,uri FROM wp_yapbimage ORDER BY id

Sorry for the hacked forum Johannes

And thank you for this plugin!!
- 19. November 2007, 16:07
  Comment by Johannes
  
  Please download 1.6.2 or above (Depends on when you read this reply ;-)
19. November 2007, 16:01
Comment by ST8

Excellent, cheers for the quick updates :)
21. November 2007, 19:22
Comment by Michael Commins

It's November 21 here in the U.S. and I've downloaded 1.6.3. I am still getting the "fatal error" on activation and the table is not being created in the database. Is it possible to post the MySQL query that would manually create the database? Or else could you point me to the code in the package that contains the query?

I love what you've done here and would really like to use it on my site.
- 21. November 2007, 20:50
  Comment by Johannes
  
  Sorry it doesn't work for you... And the new WordPress Plugin activation mechanism hides all errors during activation...
  
  Here's the SQL to create the table - replace "wordpress_" with your table prefix:
  
  CREATE TABLE wordpress_yapbimage (
  id BIGINT NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,
  post_id BIGINT NOT NULL,
  URI VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY (id),
  INDEX idx_01(post_id)
  );
  
  Hope that helps!
  - 6. December 2007, 07:49
    Comment by Cody Bruce
    
    I'm such a noob. I need help. Please. I tried activating the plugin, and received:
    
    Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required '' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/codybruc/public_html/pictures/wp-content/plugins/Yapb.php on line 46
    
    I read your fix comment, but I have no idea where to put that information. Could you please help? If you could please e-mail me with help, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
    - 1. May 2008, 17:21
      Comment by Adam
      
      I had the same problem when I downloaded the zip file to my server and unzipped it there... for some reason it seems the filenames were converted to all lowercase when they need the capitalization intact. I unzipped the file on my desktop and FTPed the whole directory to the server and it worked.
21. November 2007, 21:05
Comment by Michael Commins

Thank you very much Johannes! At about the same time you posted this, I figured it out and created the table. But to be sure, I deleted it and created a new one using the code you posted. I'm going to post your code as a text file on my blog if you don't mind.

I hope you are able to get some sleep after all this!

Thanks again!
- 21. November 2007, 21:51
  Comment by Michael Commins
  
  YAPB is not creating thumbnails, nor does it show the image you think you've uploaded, after manually creating the table in the database.
  - 21. November 2007, 22:03
    Comment by Johannes
    
    I did have a look at your page and the yapb-thumbnailer reported a unsuccessful thumbnail generation. Since no additional message were given i suggest you look the following things:
    
    - Your images were uploaded indeed?
    - Did you set the WordPress Upload dir?
    - How big are the images you uploaded?
    
    According to the YapbDiagnostics file you may upload images up to 2MB in size. Maybe the images were bigger than that? Additionally, your php memory limit is set to 8MB - Maybe you try to upload a smaller image so the thumbnailer can resize it with the given memory limit?
    
    And since i finally managed to reopen the previously hacked forum - Please answer there: http://johannes.jarolim.com/yapb-forum
    
    Greets from Salzburg!
25. November 2007, 01:43
Comment by Dr. Micke

Hallo ! Bin Zahnarzt und Dentalfotograf ;-) hab eingige tausend Fotos von Zahnersatz und schönen Zähnen gemacht und will damit eine innovative Homepage aufbauen.... das Plugin scheint der Hammer...Danke ! Viele Grüße aus der Metropolregion Heidelberg-Mannheim
- 25. November 2007, 09:43
  Comment by Johannes
  
  Kannst mir ja im Gegenzug mal einen guten Preis machen, wenn ich mal was zahntechnisches brauche ;-)
  
  Freut mich, dass es dir gefällt!
25. November 2007, 16:52
Comment by Dr. Micke

Geht klar, bin auf Implantate und Implantat-Zahnersatz spezialisiert. Wenn Du mal in der Gegend von Mannheim-Heidelberg bist... einfach ne eMail schicken !
PS. Übrigens gewusst, dass Salzburg und Schwetzingen was gemeinsam haben ? Mozart ! 1763, 1777 und 1790 war Mozart für
mehrere Monate in Schwetzingen in der Sommerresidenz des Kurfürsten freiberuflich angestellt ;-)
3. December 2007, 21:47
Comment by JDS Amateur Photography & Photographer

Great Plugin!!
6. December 2007, 08:02
Comment by Cody Bruce

I'm retarded. I uploaded it wrong. Once I uploaded it correctly, it worked. Man oh man... Thanks!
8. December 2007, 07:34
Comment by Brock

kool plugin, any plans to take it to a point where users can upload images and admin can approve/post them after being moderated?
10. December 2007, 02:20
Comment by Ellen

Is there a widget in existence that would enable me to use the YAPB RSS feed on another Wordpress blog of mine (to display photos from my YAPB blog, in the sidebar of my other blog)?

Like how the Flickr widget works... but without having to upload my photos to Flickr.

I tried the SmugMug widget, but it didn't work with the YAPB feed.
11. December 2007, 17:38
Comment by Ellen

Is there a widget I can use on my other Wordpress blog that will display thumbnails from my YAPB blog's RSS feeds?
(So I don't have to use the FlickrRSS widget to display my photos on my other blog?)

I really wish someone would write a widget that would enable us to take full advantage of YAPB feeds...
12. December 2007, 05:05
Comment by Eep

Can I use link from flickr photo to embed to YAPB based blog..? so i can keep my hosting quota keep small.
thanks
13. December 2007, 21:48
Comment by firefox download

thanks
very nice project...
I really wish someone would write a widget that would enable us to take full advantage of YAPB feeds…
I’m retarded. I uploaded it wrong. Once I uploaded it correctly, it worked. Man oh man… Thanks!
16. December 2007, 20:30
Comment by Easy Money From Home

I already had my Flickr accounts set up so this is a very handy way to make use of the photos. Good work!
17. December 2007, 11:04
Comment by Matthias N

Danke für das vielversprechende Plugin! Ich werde es direkt mal ausprobieren! :)
20. December 2007, 01:36
Comment by Hendrik

Puh, ich wollte "mal eben" auf meiner frischen 2.3.1 DE-Version von Wordpress yapb installieren, bekam aber beim Aktivierung eine Fehlermeldung: Fataler Fehler. Allerdings ohne weitere Beschreibung, die mir einen Hinweis geben könnte. Das Plugin liess sich einfach nicht aktivieren, selbst nachdem ich alle anderen Plugins deaktiviert hatte. Nach einigen erfolglosen Tests bin ich dann auf das Problem gestossen. In der PHP.INI habe ich mit memory_limit = 8M den Speicher ziemlich beschränkt, nachdem ich ihn auf 16MB gestellt hatte, liess sich das Plugin problemlos aktivieren, die Tables wurden korrekt erstellt und es läuft. :)
- 17. February 2008, 10:39
  Comment by Johannes
  
  Hi Hendrik - Der hohe Grund-Speicherverbrauch von YAPB wurde durch die Logging Engine log4php verursacht, die ich mittlerweile durch eine ganz schmale Eigenlösung ersetzt habe.
  
  YAPB benötigt dennoch einiges an Speicher: Wenn du Bilder via PHP/GDLib resizen willst.
31. December 2007, 11:56
Comment by skanery

I really wish someone would write a widget that would enable us to take full advantage of YAPB feeds…
5. January 2008, 11:36
Comment by Chase

I tried to install YAPB for wordpress 2.3.2 but received the following error:
Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required '' (include_path='.:/usr/local/lib/php:/usr/local/php-5.0.5/lib/php') in ../wp-content/plugins/yet-another-photoblog/Yapb.php on line 46

Please help!
- 17. February 2008, 10:43
  Comment by Johannes
  
  Hi Chase -
  
  Please have a look if you really uploaded all files to your server. If yes, have a look if there is a realpath-restriction in effect (Means you're allowed to use the php command realpath)
5. January 2008, 12:10
Comment by Chase

I'm receiving a fatal error on line 46. Any help? p.s.I hope my previous comment didn't post or I feel like a dufus!
9. January 2008, 08:52
Comment by Erica

Hi, I have installed YAPB onto a blog of mine but somehow, when the system tries to resize a much bigger image to the desired thumbnail size i have specified, nothing comes up, its all crossed out. All is well when no resizing is required. I have already set the cache directory to chmod777. I m on wordpress 2.2.2. Not sure when you will reply but will appreciate asap as the site is to be launched tmr. Thanks.
- 9. January 2008, 09:27
  Comment by Johannes
  
  Hi Erica -
  
  Please have a look at the FAQ - I updated the accroding entry: Seems the php_memory_limit on your host is set to low so you're not able to resize so big images via php. One possible solution: Ask your provider to install imagemagick.
9. January 2008, 12:28
Comment by Erica

Thanks, will have my tech guys look into it.
14. January 2008, 21:21
Comment by Michael Caputo

I cant seem to "upload" a file to the plugin after it is installed.. The field is there to browse the file, i select it, and save teh page, but the file doesn't get uploaded. Am I missing something?

I'm using WP 2.3.2
15. January 2008, 21:05
Comment by paul

now, that's a great idea! i've actually wondered before why there wasn't anything out like this. i'll have to try it.

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