Software engineering insights, technical write-ups, and documentation of past development projects.
We are proud to announce the release of the PixoPoint Menu plugin 0.8.x beta. The most noticeable change when you install the plugin, is a slick new tab navigation system for the admin page. However the main changes to the plugin are under the hood. Download The latest download is only available from here: Download […]
Time and time again I come across WordPress users who have either accidentally broken their website, their server has crashed/hard drive corrupted or they’ve been hacked. Without a clean, recent back of your database you may have trouble getting your site back online along with all of it’s posts, pages, comments and various settings. To […]
We are pleased to announce the Alpha launch of a new WordPress plugin which helps you integrate your WordPress theme with other gallery, forum, wiki or CMS softwares. It is called the “PixoPoint Theme Integrator” and you can see it in action in our support forum. Since this is an alpha launch, we do not […]
We often receive requests for information on where to learn more about WordPress theme and plugin development. Unfortunately, the official resource site WordPress.org is not a good place to go for information beyond the extreme basics of WordPress or encyclopaedic type information about various hooks and filters and functions used within the core software. So […]
In our IE Hovers post we outlined how the Superfish jQuery plugin can be used to create a smooth flowing animated effect for your dropdown menu. However the Superfish script is reasonably large and many people don’t require the various options which are available with the Superfish plugin. So here is an explanation of a new […]
We have received a few requests for information about how we have added our latest forum topics to our sidebar here on geek.hellyer.kiwi. The answer, is that it is a custom coded WordPress widget. We weren’t intending this for public release, so it is not as easy to use as it could be. The plugin […]
Since the inception of geek.hellyer.kiwi, we have been providing free support in our support forum for our menu plugins and CSS generator. Later, we began offering our Premium Support service, which gives much faster response times and we are happy to answer even very complex questions or even write extensive code to help out our […]
I often receive requests for new menu designs from my Premium Support members (note: this service is no longer available). Here is a case study demonstrating the fastest way to get your dream menu implemented onto your site. Dropline menu Dre Armeda from CubicTwo contacted us regarding the construction of a custom menu design for one of […]
Many people get confused when working with our WordPress menu plugins and CSS generator as to what exactly “Suckerfish” is and what the difference is between it and “Superfish“. Most of you will never need to understand the difference, but for those of you keen to dive in and either custom build your own menu or tinker […]
There seems to be some confusion amongst the users of our site about exactly why our WordPress menu plugins include javascript files, yet work fine without it, so here is an explanation. If none of this makes sense to you and you are using one of our WordPress menu plugins, don’t worry! Our plugins handle all […]
Marty Kassowitz of Interest Factory contacted us requesting assistance in creating a new menu for the official website of Emmy Award-winner Nancy Cartwright. Nancy is best known as the voice of yellow coloured spikey haired underachiever Bart Simpson, but also gives voice to Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum and Todd Flanders on the Simpsons TV show […]
Some you may have noticed the drastically different look we have around here. This has been thanks to the brilliant work of Tung do (aka Small Potato). Tung has recently come back from an extended break from web design and offered to redesign geek.hellyer.kiwi. We were stoked when he sent us two PSD’s with the […]