Presented at WordCamp 2009 in Portland, Oregon. A simple, hack- and plugin-free way of creating of adding portfolio functionality to your WordPress theme.

61. <?php
$fields = get_post_custom();
if (isset($fields['gallery'])) {
$images = split(',',$fields['gallery'][0]);
$current = ($paged == '') ? 1 : $paged;
$image = $images[$current-1];
?>
<div id="gallery">
<img src="<?php echo $image; ?>" alt="<?php echo "Image $current of
".count($images); ?>" />
<?php
if (count($images) > 1) {
?>
<ul>
<?php if ($current > 1) { ?><li class="prev"><a href="<?php
the_permalink() ?>page/<?php echo $current-1; ?>">Previous
Image</a></li><?php } ?>
<?php if ($current < count($images)) { ?><li class="next"><a
href="<?php the_permalink() ?>page/<?php echo $current+1; ?>">Next
Image</a></li><?php } ?>
</ul>
<?php } ?>
</div>
<?php } ?>

67. <?php
function get_work(
$exclude=null,
$limit=-1,
$parent=3,
$args = array('orderby'=>'menu_order',
'order'=>'ASC', 'post_type'=>'page')
) {
$args['numberposts'] = $limit;
if ($exclude) { $args['exclude'] = $exclude; }
if ($parent) { $args['post_parent'] = $parent; }
return get_posts($args);
}
?>

68. <?php
function list_work($exclude=null, $limit=-1, $parent=3, $args =
array('orderby'=>'menu_order', 'order'=>'ASC', 'post_type'=>'page')) {
$work = get_work($exclude,$limit,$parent,$args);
if ($work) : ?>
<ul>
<?php
foreach ($work as $item) :
$fields = get_post_custom($item->ID);
?>
<li><a href="<?php echo get_permalink($item->ID) ?>">
<img src="<?php echo $fields['tn'][0] ?>" alt="" />
<?php echo apply_filters('the_title',$item->post_title); ?>
</a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php
else : ?>
<p>Our apologies, but we have yet to add any examples of our work.
Check back soon!</p>
<?php endif;
} ?>

75. @EricCurtis

76. @meldel_pdx

77. @swestbrook

82. Slides and code snippets are posted at http://sticka.us/wcpdx09
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