I’ve made an update to the Adventure theme to improve on its display of the site title font. I had previously used the @font-face method of imbedding the font used for the title in the theme. It proved to not be a quick to load as we'd hoped. It also was not compatible with as many browsers. So I've updated Adventure to use the Cufon method of embedding a font in the theme. It is proving to be quicker, more reliable and more compatible across the board.

We're offering an updater application to automatically make the necessary internal changes.

Note: For more advanced RapidWeaver users who may or may not want to know, the following files that were modified internally are as follows: theme.plist, index.html, styles.css, cufon.js, ChunkFive_400.font.js, preview.png and preview_large.jpg

This update is suggested for all Adventure theme users.

Tags: Updates

I’m always looking for a way to make clean, classy themes that are not over done. I think this new theme really falls into that category. The Adventure theme is beautifully designed and allows you to customize it to your likes. This theme has some features that makes customizing its look and feel just a few clicks away. We’ve also added a blog design variation to this new theme that we’ve yet to see in a RapidWeaver theme, that we think you’ll really like — a columnized layout variation.

Have a look through the quick rundown of Adventure’s variations below, or just jump on over to the Adventure theme’s product page and read all of the details!

Quicklook
Click the images below to see some of the many details of the Adventure theme. There are more screenshots on the Adventure theme’s product page.

  

Adventure’s variations

Get all of the details on the Adventure theme’s product page. You’ll also find several more screenshots, a product walk-thru video and live preview site on the product page.

Adventure is only $13.95.

You can learn more over on Adventure product page and get all the details of the options outlined above. The Adventure theme is also now included in our Ultimate Bundle. This bundles saves you a ton of money on your theme purchases!


Learn the ins and outs of RapidWeaver
RapidWeaver Classroom continues to expand its diversity of training material with a new series on Content Management Systems.  The series is already underway with some tutorials available now, and once complete it will be a comprehensive resource demonstrating many different CMS options — utilizing RapidWeaver plugins, stacks and other 3rd-party solutions to allow for user-editable content directly through any web browser.  In addition, RapidWeaver Classroom continues to grow its Stacks training library, releasing tutorials on many new custom stacks that make designing great websites even easier, and more fun.

Tags: Adventure, Theme

I've made a very minor update to the Factory theme to correct a small bug with it’s unordered lists and their display with the SiteMap plug-in. This updater will also install the v1.1 updates as well, which are listed below in addition to the v1.2 update.

We're offering an updater application to automatically correct this little bug. Simply download the updater below, and run it. The updater patches only the affected files within the theme. This update is free to all Factory theme customers and is recommended for all Factory theme users.

Version 1.2
• Fixes a minor formatting issue in which unordered lists for the SiteMap page style did not get indented correctly.

Version 1.1
• Fixes a bug which caused the built-in RapidWeaver footer to not display
• Adds support for changing the color of the built-in RapidWeaver footer's color via the color picker

Note: For more advanced RapidWeaver users who may or may not want to know, the following files that were modified internally are as follows: theme.plist, index.html, colors.css and styles.css

Tags: Updates

So, I made a mistake. Probably the absolute, most minor mistake I could make. But, I made it.

I forgot to update the preview thumbnail images for the Flame theme before sending putting it up yesterday. I forgot to update it from the Bold theme’s thumbnails to the new Flame thumbnails. No big deal. This doesn’t affect the theme at all. But, here’s an update for anyone for whom it bothers.

You can grab the updater here.

This is only for those who purchased the theme before the date and time on this blog post, as the theme has been updated for everyone purchasing it after that date and time.

Tags: Updates, Theme

I’m really happy to introduce you all to my latest RapidWeaver theme, titled Flame.

Beware puns ahead...

Our Flame theme is one hot RapidWeaver template. Whether you're building a blog or a business site, Flame is a perfect choice. It’s big and bold and has a large variety of theme variations to help you customize its look and feel to fit your site's needs. You’ll have a sizzling new site up and running in no time.

Below is a quick rundown of the theme’s features. You can jump over to the product page to learn all the details as well as check out the live preview site and walk-thru video.

Flame offers...

Quicklook
Click the images below to see some of the many details of the Flame theme. There are more screenshots on the Flame theme’s product page.

    

Flame is a sizzling hot deal at only $13.95.

You can learn more over on Flame product page and get all the details of the options outlined above. The Flame theme is also now included in our Ultimate Bundle. This bundles saves you a ton of money on your theme purchases!


Learn the ins and outs of RapidWeaver
RapidWeaver Classroom continues to expand its diversity of training material with a new series on Content Management Systems.  The series is already underway with some tutorials available now, and once complete it will be a comprehensive resource demonstrating many different CMS options — utilizing RapidWeaver plugins, stacks and other 3rd-party solutions to allow for user-editable content directly through any web browser.  In addition, RapidWeaver Classroom continues to grow its Stacks training library, releasing tutorials on many new custom stacks that make designing great websites even easier, and more fun.

Tags: Flame

I’ve updated the Dashing theme to correct a bug found in the display of the tiling header in both IE8 and Firefox for the PC as well as on the iPad and iPhone mobile platforms.

We're offering an updater application to automatically correct this bug. Simply download the updater below, and run it. The updater patches only the affected files within the theme. This updater also applies the fixes that were included in the v1.1 updater. Read here for information on that update.

Download the updater here

After running the updater you'll need to quit and restart RapidWeaver. If you've published a site using Dashing you'll need to republish all your site's files to be certain that the update is published to your active site. You can see how to accomplish this by watching the following walk-thru video found on the Realmac Software site:

Watch the walk-thru

For our more advanced users

The internal files that are affected during the update are:

Theme.Plist
styles.css
index.html

Other files that are part of the v1.1 update are:
All of the files in the contents>css>menu folder

If you’re a power user and have modified any of these files internally within the theme, those changes will be overwritten by the installer. If you want to maintain your changes you’ll have to copy your changes and reapply them to the updated files afterwards. If you’re not a superdy-dooper power user there’s no need to worry about any of this mumbo-jumbo. Just run the installer and republish your site as directed above.

Note that we do not provide support for users who have modified their themes internally so maintaining your modified files are totally up to you, so be sure to make backups before running the updater.

This update is recommended for all Dashing theme owners.

Tags: Updates

I've made some very minor updates to the Lime theme to correct a small bug with it’s unordered list display in relation to the SiteMap 3rd-party plugin. The updater fixes a problem where unordered lists were not indented in the tree view of the SiteMap page style.

We're offering an updater application to automatically correct this bug. Simply download the updater below, and run it. The updater patches only the affected files within the theme. This update is free to all Lime theme customers.

Note: For more advanced RapidWeaver users who may or may not want to know, the following files that were modified internally are as follows: theme.plist, index.html and styles.css.

Tags: Updates, Lime

I have been working on the Bold theme for some time now. I’d begun the project before breaking my arm and came close to getting it done. Then I got slowed down by a fractured bone. I’m happy to say that now that the splint is off I’ve had a chance to get it all wrapped up and into your hands.

This new theme is a professional and unique design that is very good just any sort of site you can dream up. It is great for creating a business site, a blog, a portfolio a personal or school site and much more.

Below is a quick rundown of Bold’s features. You can jump over to the product page to learn all the details as well as check out the live preview site and walk-thru video.

Bold offers...

Quicklook
Click the images below to see some of the many details of the Bold theme as well as a few screenshots of Bold in action from our preview site.

    

Bold packs a big punch and is only $13.95.

You can learn more over on Bold product page and get all the details of the options outlined above. The Bold theme is also now included in our Ultimate Bundle. This bundles saves you a ton of money on your theme purchases!

New to ExtraContent?
Are you new to themes that use ExtraContent? We teamed up with RapidWeaver Classroom to introduce you to this great new feature. Checkout the videos on our help desk videos page to get an intro course on using ExtraContent.

Don’t forget to checkout RapidWeaver Classroom and all of the other amazing courses they offer! They’re an amazing resource, and all of their students get discount codes for our products!


Learn the ins and outs of RapidWeaver
RapidWeaver Classroom has begun a new series of video tutorials incorporating much of the RapidWeaver Classroom curriculum that has been developed over the course of nearly two years.  The Complete Design Demonstration series takes you through the process of designing a website from start to finish, using many of the different 3rd-party plugins and theme features such as ExtraContent.

The purpose of this series is to demonstrate the usage of plugins and other features in a real-world scenario, and to break-down designs that are seemingly complex into something much more simple.  To begin this new series, you can learn how many of the pages at RapidWeaver Classroom were developed, utilizing 3rd-party plugins such as Stacks, PlusKit, Carousel, Accordion, Collage 2, EasyTube, and more.

The series has launched with 4 video tutorials totaling 45 minutes of content, and more screencasts will be added weekly.  The Complete Design Demonstration series, along with over 170 other RapidWeaver tutorials, is available now to RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers.

RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers also receive discounts on elixir products!

Tags: Bold