This is the companion theme of vSlider for Gallery2. Like many people, I like the combination of WordPress + Gallery2 for blogging and photo management, and I wanted to have a completely seamless visual experience between the two. Since I created vSlider for WP, I felt compelled to create this add-on too. You can see this theme in action on my photos page.

Some highlights

• Same visual experience as vSlider – great for anyone looking for one single theme for both environments.
• Optimized for a narrow layout.
• The sidebar never uses up any of your precious space. It slides down and overlays with transparency. All you screen real-estate can be used for the important things… like… umm… photos!
• Same cool looking sliding effects, used for album descriptions (you only see them if you really want to), and for the sidebar.
• Fancy transparency effects.
• Tested on IE6, FireFox 1.0+ and Opera 8.5. Transparencies don’t work in Opera, this is a known limitation of this browser. Feedback on how other browsers behave is appreciated.

Requirements

This theme requires the WPG2 plugin (to integrate WP and G2) and the original vSlider theme for WordPress to be installed and active.
This theme is not meant to be used stand alone in Gallery2! If you do it, it will look ugly and it will be unusable.

Installation

1. Download the theme file.
2. Unzip the contents to your \gallery2\themes\ folder.
3. Install and activate the theme in the Admin options of Gallery2.
4. Make sure you have the WPG2 plugin installed in WordPress
5. In the WP administration panel, go to Options -> Gallery2 -> Style Options. Make sure that both “Use WP Custom Header” and “Use WP Custom Footer” are configured to “No”, and copy-paste these blocks of HTML:

   Simple Header

   <style type="text/css">
   .g2_column {margin: 0px 4px 0px 4px;width: 754px;}
   </style>
   <div class="g2_column">

   Simple Footer

   </div>

6. You should now have a “Photos” option in the header main menu – just click on it and check it out.

If you have any problems, these links might help:
WPG2 FAQ
Configuring Embedded Options
WPG2 URL Rewrites (this can a be a tricky point)

License

This theme (like everything else on this site) is available under a Creative Commons License (in short, you can do whatever you want with it, as long as you give me credit for the original work).