WPFolio was a free and open source theme for WordPress designed by artists specifically for visual artists. It was created at a time when there were few portfolio oriented themes available, many of which were inadequate and/or costly.
more info: http://wpfolio.visitsteve.com/ (archived)
Features included:
WPFolio had 2 layout styles, one for your portfolio and one for news.
The following category titles automatically used the news layout:
ANY other category title (like artwork, portfolio, elephants, burgerburger, asdfgh, or hhhhhgggh, for example) automatically used the Portfolio layout.
What's the diffrence?
Portfolio style
News style
Note: when embedding videos in the portfolio layout, you can auto embed (using oembed and your video will span the full 900px. On the news layout, unless you specify the embed size they will bleed over into the sidebar and get cut off. So, when embedding in the News section, specify a smaller embed size.
WPFolio has 4 Widget Areas
SIDEBAR - appears on the default index page and in pages with a "news" layout
FOOTER CENTER - spans the entire width of the footer (above Footer Left and Footer Right)
FOOTER LEFT and FOOTER RIGHT - divide the footer in half
WPFolio includes several custom widgets.
We use the term "more" rather than "previous / next" in navigating between posts.
We automatically format the year for displaying the year the artwork was made in portfolio format posts. For art, the date is usually just a year. We use detailed dates on the blog layout.
Want to modify this theme? Do it the smart way: http://themeshaper.com/modify-wordpress-themes/
Got a great addition? Send us code, or fork the project in github and let us know. http://github.com/slambert/WPFolio
try here: http://github.com/slambert/WPFolio/commits/master
or here: http://wpfolio.visitsteve.com