One thing that fell off the map so to speak when I change my hosting plan last year was the galleries I maintained to showcase my top photos. Because of the setup, I found that I was unable to update the galleries. Thus they became somewhat stagnant. However, I did have my flickr account and a plugin to showcase the photos I posted onto Flickr. For quite a while, that worked out quite well until at some point the caching system went awry generating thousands of cache images, so many it forced my web hoster to shut me down.

I still do not know how to resolve the Flickr issue. There are only two plugins that handle the use of albums on Flickr and both of them have serious issues. There are other ways of displaying Flickr images but they tend to be far more limiting in what they can display. Flickr still can be the source for some of the content on the site like photo of the day but I may just have to leave a link to my Flickr account and just showcase certain photos.

Still, there is an ease in using Flickr as the image repository.I have already named the photos, gave it tags and organised in certain groups. Using my own photo management system does give me control but means duplication of work.

I will find a way though to make it work. For now, I will be building up the main gallery using my archived photos and release it soon.