PixoPoint

We have received numerous requests for the implementation of a magazine style templates into the PixoPoint template generator. We originally intended to launch an entirely new magazine style theme of our own creation, however Brian Gardner of the Revolution themes recently announced a new site, RevolutionTwo.com, which features a wide range of great magazine style themes which are all GPL licensed. Since they are GPL licensed we have been allowed to implement these directly into the PixoPoint template generator. Instead of having to modify the Revolution themes code to create the magazine style theme that you want, you can simply modify a few options in the template generator, hit the export button and have your very own magazine style WordPress theme!

Revolution Generated

Revolution Generated template for the PixoPoint template generator

The design of the Revolution Generated template is based on the Revolution Church theme. This is a great design and we have ported it over to look almost exactly like the original design. Since we expect most people to use the design for non-church themes we have removed some of the ‘churchy’ styling on it and replaced them with a more generic design which will hopefully be more suitable for those of you looking to modify it for your own purposes.

Note: The home page of this template is still under development. We are yet to implement a content gallery and there is a minor bug in IE which causes the date and feed links at the top of the pages to be slightly out of alignment. If you find any more bugs, please let us know and we will fix them ASAP.

Demo

You can see a live preview of the theme in the template generator … Live preview demo

Or if you want to dive right in and start editing … Start editing Revolution Generated

To download the theme, go to ‘Upload/Save’ and choose ‘Export to WordPress’ in the editing area.

Improvements over previous magazine themes

A common complaint heard from users of magazine themes is they have to add a custom field for every post they create. We have alleviated this problem by allowing you to specify a default image URL in the themes WordPress admin page for each section of the home page. When a default image URL is specified, that image will be shown in the particular home page area whenever you forget (or can’t be bothered) to add a custom field.

We have also made it easier to control what content is shown on the home page. Instead of making modifications to the theme code, you can now alter which categories of posts and how many characters from those posts are displayed in the various sections of the home page directly from your WordPress admin page.

These changes are all GPL licensed, so feel free to use them in your own themes. Links back to our site are much appreciated though

Credits

All credit for the styling of this theme goes to Brian Gardner of RevolutionTwo.com who created the Revolution Church theme which this template was based on.

The Aqua Vaccinium template features a smooth blue and green design and has a prominent dropdown menu built in (no plugin needed). The template was originally released as a standalone theme, but has been incorporated as one of the standard templates in the PixoPoint Template Generator.

Download template as a WordPress theme

Download Aqua Vaccinium WordPress theme

The big blue bar

The blue section (below the main menu) is controlled via the ‘Main menu shadow’ section in the ‘Main Menu’ box in the template generator control panel.

If you require any (paid) customisations specific to your site, please get in touch via our contact form.

Naming

The word Aqua came from the mixture of the blue and green tones of the design. The name Vaccinium is the genus for a variety of berries including blue berries which we baked a pie for in honour of the new theme.

This plugin is a replacement for the now defunct Suckerfish dropdown menu plugin for WordPress.

The plugin generates the code necessary to create a Son of Suckerfish horizontal dropdown, vertical flyout or horizontal slider menu. The plugin produces W3C valid HTML and CSS and only requires Javascript to function for very old browsers such as IE 6. The Javascript is held in an external file which is linked via IE conditional comments, so only the browsers which require it will download the file. You have control over what items (pages, categories, archives, blogroll etc.) appear in your dropdown via the plugins options page.

To style your menu, head over to the Multi-level Menu CSS Generator page. Simply copy and paste the CSS from the generator to the plugins options page.

Demo

Demo is available here … Multi-level Navigation Plugin demo

Download

The plugin is available for download here … Multi-level Navigation Plugin

Installation

Add the following code wherever you want the dropdown to appear in your theme (usually header.php) and activate the plugin in your admin panel.

This code adds a button for your home page and dropdowns for your Pages, Archives, Categories and Blogroll.
<?php if (function_exists('pixopoint_menu')) {pixopoint_menu();} ?>

Customisation

You can modify the look of your dropdown by using our new Multi-level Menu CSS Generator page. The generator has been designed with this plugin in mind, so just copy and paste the CSS code from the generator to the plugins options page.

If anyone out there would like a custom designed dropdown, then please get in touch with us via our contact page for pricing information.

Compatibility

The menus (CSS sourced from generator page) have been tested (and work correctly) in the following browsers:

Mozilla Firefox Version 3.0
Mozilla Firefox Version 2.0
Mozilla Firefox Version 1.5
Opera Version 9
Safari Version 3.0
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer Version 8 RC2
Internet Explorer Version 7.0
Internet Explorer Version 6.0 (with Javascript on)
Internet Explorer Version 5.5 (with Javascript on)
Internet Explorer Version 5.0 (with Javascript on)

Live Examples

There is a list of live examples in our forum … live examples

Credits

Thanks to Patrick Griffiths and Dan Webb for their article which we used as a model for the CSS used in this plugin. And thanks to Miriam Schwab for writing the blog post which motivated us to create it.

Support

For support, please visit the dropdown menus board in our support forum.

Implementation

Note: the following does not apply if you are using our Multi-level Navigation Plugin.
The CSS above will work on any unordered list with an ID of #suckerfishnav, ie:

<ul id="suckerfishnav">
<li><a href="">Tomato</a></li>
<li><a href="">Capsicum</a></li>
<li><a href="">Cucumber</a></li>
</ul>

Due to the inadequacies of older versions of Internet Explorer, it is advisable to download and integrate the “Suckerfish Javascript for Internet Explorer” code with your site. If you want your visitors to be able to access your menu with their keyboard, download the “Suckerfish Javascript for keyboard accessibility” code and include it too. Here’s is an example of the code used to include these two files into your web pages:

<script type="text/javascript" src="suckerfish_keyboard.js"></script>
<!--[if lte IE 6]>
<script type=”text/javascript” src=”suckerfish_ie.js”></script>
<![endif]–>

WordPress Plugin

We have released a new version of our Multi-level Navigation plugin with an option in the admin panel to enter the CSS from this page to generate a menu with the same style as on this page within your WordPress site.

Support

If you have any questions, suggestions or problems, please leave a message in our multi-level navigation support board.

The “Aqua Vaccinium” WordPress theme was originally intended for use on a clients site, but they have since decided to go with a red theme and use Dreamweaver (ick!) instead of WordPress, so we have decided to release this theme to you for free.

Aqua Vaccinium features a smooth blue and green theme and has a prominent Suckerfish dropdown menu built in (no plugin needed).

Live Demo

Visit our WordPress theme demo site to see Aqua Vaccinium in action.

Download

Aqua Vaccinium download

Bugs/feature requests

If you find a bug or would like an extra feature which isn’t present in the standard Aqua Vaccinium theme, feel free to leave a comment in our themes forum.

If you require any customisations specific to your site, please get in touch via our contact form.

Theme files

We’ve tried to keep the theming as simple as possible to allow for easy customisation. There are only five template files, plus images, javascript and css files. I’ve included the original build file for the logo (PSD format), so you can edit it to match your own site name.

The main dropdown menu is set to display categories by default, but you can insert other pages into your dropdown if you like (leave a post in our themes forum if you need help with this).

The blue section (below the main menu) displays either the blog description or the category description depending on what page you are on. If the blog or category description is missing, this will be left blank.

Naming

The word Aqua came from the mixture of the blue and green tones of the design. The name Vaccinium is the genus for a variety of berries including blue berries which we baked a pie for in honour of the new theme.

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Note: This plugin has been superceded by the ‘Multi-level Navigation Plugin‘.

This plugin generates the code necessary to create a Son of Suckerfish WordPress dropdown menu.

Download

The plugin is available for download here … Suckerfish WordPress Plugin

Installation

Add the following code wherever you want the dropdown to appear in your theme (usually header.php) and activate the plugin in your admin panel.

This code adds a button for your home page and dropdowns for your Pages, Archives, Categories and Blogroll.
<?php if (function_exists('suckerfish')) {suckerfish();} ?>

Customisation

You can modify the look of your dropdown by using our new Online Suckerfish Dropdown CSS Generator. The generator has been designed with this plugin in mind, so just copy and paste the CSS code from the generator to the plugins options page.

Credits

Thanks to Patrick Griffiths and Dan Webb for their article which we used as a model for the CSS used in this plugin. And thanks to Miriam Schwab for writing the blog post which motivated us to create it.

Support

For support, please visit the dropdown menus board in our support forum. Please note that many new features are available in the ‘Multi-level Navigation Plugin‘ so you should check that out before asking any questions about this plugin.