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If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a picture gallery has to be worth so much more! Yes, WordPress absolutely has the built-in functionality of inserting an image gallery in your blog posts, but what if you want to go a little further?

One option is the free PhotoSmash Galleries WordPress plugin. In addition to offer an alternative way to show off the various photos and images that you would like to share with your audience, this plugin is one of the very few that also comes with a built-in rating system.

This way, you can very easily share pictures with your readers and get immediate feedback as to which they like a lot, which they like a little, and which they don’t like at all! Interestingly, it also provides the ability to let your users upload photos to galleries in your WordPress blog (which you can then approve or reject). They can also “favorite” images and view a special “favorites” page of their own.

Go to Smashly.net for more information, screenshots, and even a live demo of the free WordPress plugin.

When it comes to the vast majority of businesses, the strategy is onward and upward. The customer is always starving for the next big thing and you may feel compelled to continually innovate to keep up with these demands.

That makes sense, but how do you go about handling customers who are still using your older products? At what point do you stop providing support for them so that you can divert a greater proportion of your resources toward supporting the new products?

Nowhere is this concern more prevalent than in the world of technology. I had the unfortunate experience of trying to get my (older) inkjet printer to work in a Windows 7 environment. The most recent drivers for the product, oddly enough, came from way back in 2002 and only supported up to Windows XP.

I managed to find a workaround, thanks to some help from online forums, but this was not the case when it come to an older flatbed scanner. No support. No workaround. Utter frustration on my part, since the scanner was still perfectly functional and would have perfectly suited my needs.

But perhaps that was the point. The manufacturer is giving me that extra nudge to buy their newest product rather than trying to figure out how to use the old one. After all, they’re only making money on the new purchases. What’s your take? What’s your opinion on legacy product support?

The Apple iPad has certainly taken the world by storm and this has opened up a huge market for iPad accessories. However, it seems that many of them cannot fulfill all of your needs. You have to buy separate accessories to achieve separate goals. Such is not the case (no pun intended) with the iPad Bluetooth Keyboard Case.

As its highly descriptive name will lead you to believe, this product effectively combines a protective iPad case with a Bluetooth keyboard. This way, you can keep your preferred Apple tablet device well protected on the go, while also gaining access to a true QWERTY keyboard for when you need to get in some serious typing. The iPad will never truly replace your laptop, but this will make it a suitable replacement for your netbook.

The iPad case is made from an attractive black synthetic leather and it features a magnetic flap for ease of access. You set it all up in just three steps and the fully integrated Bluetooth keyboard comes with iPad-specific buttons like Home, Volume, iPod controls, and search. The lithium ion battery, which can be recharged using the provided USB cable, can provide up to 90 hours of continuous use.

You can find the iPad Bluetooth Keyboard Case at ThinkGeek for $59.99, which is likely cheaper than buying a case and a Bluetooth keyboard separately.

Many different kinds of people choose to host their websites with BlueFur. Many of these people happen to be among the most creative on the planet and Black Box Fire is one such example.

Black Box Fire is “an amateur local theatre company based in Hamilton, Ontario, looking to do theatre that is unique and thought-provoking.” The independent company was founded in 2006 by five McMaster graduates, having since worked on The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, Crazy and a Half, and The Trial of Ebenezer Scrooge.

In terms of current productions, Black Box Fire recently performed The Metamorphosis, based on the novel by Franz Kafka. Its run just drew to a close, but keep your eyes peeled to their site for more updates on other endeavors. You can also contact them for further details.

Do you use BlueFur to host your websites? Let us know and we can feature you in a future blog post. Send an email message to blogfeature@bluefur.com with your name, website URL, and a brief description of what you’d like to see highlighted.

While there are certainly people out there who prefer their themes to be loaded up with as many animations, widgets, and customizations as possible, others would rather than a clean and simple layout for their websites.

Perhaps suitable to certain company blogs, the recently released Modern Blue Style offers a modern and simple style layout. You won’t find much in terms of bells and whistles, but the simplified layout is certainly easy on the eyes. If you run a water purification company, for example, a “pure” theme like this may be appropraite.

The menu is located in the left sidebar, while much of the main navigation can be found just below the header image. There is also a space already in place for taking on your website name and tagline. The blue and white color scheme is universally appealing too.

The live preview and free download link can be found at WordPress.org. The author’s page is located at webm.pl.