WP SlimBox2 plugin

Published January 6th, 2009 under Plugins

The WP SlimBox2 plugin for WordPress is a jQuery version of the WordPress Slimbox plugin. It was developed and is maintained by Greg Yingling (malcalevak). The SlimBox plugin creates animated jJavascript powered overlay popups of your images. This new version has many improvements over the original, including the addition of a plethora of options to allow you to modify it’s behaviour. The use of jQuery allows for better integration with other plugins and a smaller size and therefore faster page loads.

The WP SlimBox2 plugin for WordPress features more options than any other Lightbox/Lightbox clone plugin for WordPress

The WP SlimBox2 plugin features more options than any other Lightbox/Lightbox clone plugin for WordPress yet

Support for the plugin is being hosted in our support forum by the plugin author … WP SlimBox2 plugin support forum

When clicked, your images will be enlarged in a professoinal looking animated overlay.

When clicked, your images will be enlarged in a professional looking animated overlay.

Thanks to Greg Yingling (malcalevak) for creating this great plugin. More information is available on Greg’s site and in the WordPress plugin repository.

Support

Support for the WP SlimBox2 plugin is available in our support forum.

Multi-level Navigation Plugin for WordPress

Published June 1st, 2008 under Plugins

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.

Simple CMS WordPress Plugin

Published March 14th, 2008 under Plugins

Note: Support for the Simple CMS WordPress plugin has been discontinued. If you are interested in having this product upgraded for the latest version of WordPress then please contact us for information about paid plugin development.

The Simple CMS WordPress plugin converts the WordPress blog tool into a basic CMS (Content Management System). Simple CMS removes all of the complicated blogging functionality which is not needed for a basic static website. This allows for easier use of the admin panel by non web designers.

Ryans Simple CMS WordPress Plugin

Free Download

Simple CMS WordPress Plugin download

Please note that this plugin only works with WordPress 2.5 or above

Demonstration

Click here to see the admin panel in action
Username: test
Password: test
Note: The demo site is on an extremely slow server. The plugin will likely operate much faster and reliably on your own web host.

Installing

Simply upload the folder to your plugins directory, then head to the plugins page in your WordPress admin panel and activate the plugin.

If you are a “WordPress Administrator” you will not see any difference, but if you log in as a “WordPress Editor” or below, you will see a vastly simplified administration panel suitable for simple static websites.

To modify the items shown in the admin menu, go to the “Simple CMS” options page in the “Settings” menu.

Theming

To help with developing themes for static websites powered by WordPress, I’ve released the Simple CMS WordPress Theme (demo).

The plugin doesn’t do anything exotic, the original code is still there, it is just hidden from view via CSS. Users will still be able to access the hidden areas of the admin panel if they know what they are doing.

Support

Visit the Simple CMS support board for help, advice or further information about the Simple CMS plugin.

WordPress Dropdown Menu Plugin

Published January 14th, 2008 under Plugins

Note: This plugin has been superceded by the ‘PixoPoint Menu 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.