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This all available information. WP has an open development process.

Q1: Yes but I`m not a php coder, so first steps must be simple, and there should be a php developer in the "team". There are good tutorials on how to make a simple shortcode plugin, and step1 should be as simple as possible. The theme to go with it wil be more my kind of stuff.

Q2: Yep, provide all needed OpenZoom info on request when needed, and maybe setting the project up on github. It would be cool if the plugin was maintained together with the rest of the project, rather than living its own life.

Lets see if this thread recruits some people to collaborate with, and we may have a look at it in a weeks time.

If we look one year ahead WP will be merged with WPMU ( WP3.0 ) and there will be better support for custom content types.

This will make it possible to serve as many OpenZoom "projects" as you want from one single WP install. All thats needed is a plugin to make a easy GUI to add OpenZoom to posts/pages, and a CDN plugin to take the OpenZoom load of the server. If a stripped down theme is used WP may be used to wrap navigation, web 2.0 stuff, and copy to the OpenZoom images.

Then Iframe this into another static,or dynamic website, and adjust the theme to fit, and you have a publishing solution with a CDN with all other benefits WP may give, like tracking, ad-serving etc.

I dont know which route WP will take when it comes to custom content types but maybe it will be possible to have OpenZoom images as a content type ?

Fits step: A simple plugin, second step: Make it work with a CDN plugin, third step: custom stripped down themes. Then build on it collaborative, while waiting for WP 3.0 with WPMU merge and better custom content types.

No need to process in WP, just use WP as a publishing tool.