New Photos Section!
We’ve added a new section to TeamEspinoza.com – in the pages section in the upper right corner of your browser you’ll now see “Photos.”
Although we have used Gallery for a while, we never warmed up to it as an application. The default theme is ugly and it suffers from an excessive amount of features. We don’t want every function plus the kitchen sink, just give us enough to get the job done and look good doing it.  Plus, the last gallery we had built using this application didn’t survive the server move, and that left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth.
We mulled over using one of the online photo sharing services, but even though they are feature-rich and have good integration into WordPress, I can’t get over the fact that someone else is in control of my data. I don’t have time to keep up with the EULA‘s of some web company that may or may not have my best interest in mind. We had decided to use Flickr, but then came the “Microsoft buyout of Yahoo” brewhaha, and although that merger is still currently vaporware, it served to fuel my fire that I didn’t want my digital image(s) in the hands of another. Plus, Microsoft doesn’t have a good record of leaving good things (programs, services, small animals) be.
After some searching Amanda happened upon ZenPhoto. Their homepage says it all:
“Zenphoto is an answer to lots of calls for an online gallery solution that just makes sense. After years of bloated software that does everything and your dishes, zenphoto just shows your photos, simply.”
Eureka. A clean, strong interface. And a default theme that doesn’t make you blort. Plus, it’s written in PHP, so if I don’t like something, I can change it. Life is good.
The new gallery is a work in progress. For all you scrapbookers out there,
Hey Daniel, when did you go to Hungary? I lived there from 02-03, and my hubby lived there from 00-03 (both of us in Budapest) – it was great scrolling through your pics! Ah, we miss it.
OMG i LOVE zenphotos. i’m so glad y’all share my aesthetic so i can let you scour the tech world and just tell me what’s good! love y’all!
I was there in July 2001, so right before you got there, but while the Mr. was there.
Budapest is a great town. I’d love to spend some more time there. We spent most of our time in Gyor and went to Vienna also.
Did you pick up any Hungarian? I swear that’s the most difficult language I’ve encountered.
Only “survival Hungarian” – the basics for restaurants, train stations, stores, theatres, etc. Even if we tried to speak HU, most folks would speak English back to us (they’d kinda roll their eyes as if to say, “I’ll make it easy on you.”) Plus we sure needed to be able to read a lot of basic words in order to work well in our respective schools. We were ESL teachers in public high schools. It was an awesome experience.
We say “Kosonom Szepen, Viszontlatasra” all the time to e/o – (thank you very much, goodbye) – which was always heard in stores.
all i remember is
Karekpar – bicycle
Nagon Finom – something about good food
and
ho Ishten velunk, kilehet elenuk