This is the companion theme of vSlider 2.0 for Gallery2 2.1+. It’s a revised version of the first 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 2.0 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.

New in this version

• Updated for Gallery2 2.1 (Blackjack).
• Includes the KBurnalizerG2 module already built-in.
• A few small visual changes and fixes

Requirements

This theme requires version 2.0 of the WPG2 plugin (to integrate WP and G2) and the original vSlider 2.0 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.

Also, this theme includes the KBurnalizerG2 module for Gallery2. It should be installed and activated in the Module administration page for the nice slideshow button to work (near the Search area).

Installation

1. Download the theme file.
2. Unzip the contents to your \gallery2 folder (note that it’s not the “themes” folder, but just “gallery2”).
3. Install and activate the KBurnalizerG2 module in the Modules page.
4. Install and activate the theme in the Admin options of Gallery2.
5. Make sure you have the WPG2 2.0 plugin installed in WordPress
6. In the WP administration panel, go to WPG2 -> Embedded Page Options. 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>

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

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).
There is a lot of time and effort put into making this. So, if you do use it, then I strongly encourage you to visit my donate page, and show your appreciation .