Published October 5th, 2011 under Plugins
We have a new plugin called the “PixoPoint Auto-update plugin” available. It makes it easier to setup themes and plugins to auto-update themselves without needing to be hosted in the WordPress.org plugin or theme repositories.
The admin page for the auto-update plugin
Published December 19th, 2010 under Plugins
We needed a super small WordPress plugin for a client of ours which allowed us to have control over the CSS of individual words in each page title. We did this by applying a filter to the the_title() function which split each word out and I applied a span tag with a unique class to each one. This plugin is available on the “PixoPoint Add Span Tags to Titles plugin” page.
If you would like to use the functionality of the plugin but prefer to include such functionality in your theme, then simply include the following code in your themes functions.php file:
/**
* Primary span tag adding function
* Code from PixoPoint Add Span Tags to Titles plugin (http://pixopoint.com/products/add-spans-to-titles/)
*/
function pixopoint_add_spans_around_words( $name ) {
// Initially check that it doesn't contain HTML as that's bound to mess things up
$check = strip_tags( $name );
if ( $check != $name )
return $name; // Just spit out original string if HTML was included - no sanitization as assumes that user intended to include HTML
$name = explode( ' ', $name ); // Explode inidivual words into array
foreach ( $name as $number => $key ) {
$new_name .= '<span class="word-' . $number . '">' . $key . '</span>' . ' '; // Add span tags
}
return $new_name;
}
add_filter( 'the_title', 'pixopoint_add_spans_around_words' ); // Filtering the title
PixoPoint Add Spans to Titles WordPress plugin in action
Published December 21st, 2008 under Generator
We’ve completed a large update today for the PixoPoint Template Generator. The changes include a huge number of bug fixes. Thank you very much to the dozens of you who have reported various bugs to us, without your help we wouldn’t have been able to improve the system. If you have any questions or bug reports, please leave them in the forum.
Some new features have been added for premium subscribers including the ability to add the date, RSS feed links and search boxes to the header, plus breadcrumb links and a dropdown sub-menu.
Published November 30th, 2008 under Templates
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 Aqua Vaccinium WordPress theme
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.
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.
Published November 30th, 2008 under Templates
Hellish Simplicity is a minimilistic two column design with a distinctive red, black and white design. It was created as the blog theme for http://ryanhellyer.net/ and by request was made available to the public as a free download and has now been added as one of the default themes to the PixoPoint template generator.
Download Hellish Simplicity Version 2.0 (link coming soon)
The grey border which runs down the sidebars in Hellish Simplicity are created via the sidebars graphical background. If you change the widths of these sidebars, you should modify/create a new graphic to match the new width.
This theme was not originally released as a truly open source theme. However it is now available with a BSD license.
Published November 30th, 2008 under Templates
Basic blue is a minimilistic two column template which was designed as a simple base for more advanced designs to be created from.
Download Basic blue 1.0 (link coming soon)
This design was used as the base to create the other templates for the PixoPoint template generator including ‘Hellish Simplicity’, ‘Aqua Vaccinium’ and ‘Yoghourt’. By simply editing the various options in the template generator, the Basic blue template was morphed into the other drastically different creations. With minimal work, you too can develop your own entirely new designs.
If you modify one of the core templates in such a way that you think it would be suitable as one of the core templates, then please post your saved XML file in our support forum. If we think it is up to scratch, then we’ll consider adding it as one of the build in designs along with credit back to you as the author.