Just a quick couple of changes to the site— I’ve fixed a wrong link in the RSS feed in the sidebar the left. You can read our blog via that RSS feed or subscribe via Feedburner.

I also added the Skinny Series of themes back to the theme listing page. I’d mistakenly left it out, even though Paper and Plastic are both available and come in the Ultimate bundle.

I’ve also styled up the Comments pop-up window a bit to dress things up to match the new site design. Click on the Comments link at the end of this post to check it out. Let me know what you think.

Don’t forget to check out our sale.

Tags: elixir, Fixes

To celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday we wanted to offer up a large discount for everyone.

Beginning today and running through Saturday (ending at mid-night EST on Saturday) you can use the code BLACKFRIDAY to receive 40% off your entire order. The code works on orders of $15 or more and discounts the entire cart’s contents.

We truly are thankful for RapidWeaver, the Realmac crew, and especially you all, our wonderful customers.

We hope you have a wonderful, and safe, Thanksgiving holiday.

Update: I forgot to mention this before, but the discount code will also work on our sister site Icon lab.

Tags: Themes, Discounts, Black Friday

I would first like to apologize that it has been quiet around here as of late. The reason may seem obvious now, but it is because we’ve been working to redesign the entire elixir site from the ground up, create a new theme and much, much more.

I'll cover some of the new areas of the site and new theme below. I would love to hear your thoughts on the new site as well and if there are any areas where you think we could improve upon it.

Before I jump into the site redesign, I’d like to introduce you to our latest theme, Candy—

Mmmm... tasty!
Candy is a highly flexible, super stylish RapidWeaver theme, with a gooey, tasty center.

OK, maybe it doesn't have a gooey center, but it is a theme that is perfect for creating a website for a small business, portfolio, blog, photo album and much more.

Candy offers 38 built-in headers, some great sidebar features and more. Drop by the product page to get an in-depth list of all that Candy has to offer.

You can also checkout a live preview site to see it in action.

We're also offering some add-on headers for this new theme, so be sure to check out our new Extras section.


A new home

We figured it was time to spruce up the elixir site a bit, and what better time to do so than when we're releasing a new theme, along with some other goodies.

Our new site features not only an updated look, but also updated content. Our landing page has been further simplified and our interior pages have been expanded. All of our theme product pages were updated to be more stylish and to add more detailed descriptions of the themes as well as extra screenshots.

We've also updated our Help Desk to be more friendly and easy to use.


More goodies
We've added a lot of other new goodies. Some of which include a new set of Collage 2 Styles, Carousel Styles, and Mac and iPhone wallpapers. In addition to our company blog (which you’re reading) I've also added a personal, tumblr blog to post links, photos, quotes and much more.

We've also added a new portfolio section showcasing some of our custom work for clients.


A work in progress
While we're pretty satisfied with the new site, we're always looking for your feedback on how it can be better. If you think of something we should add to the site or something we don't need, or just a better way to do it, let me know via our contact form.


Freebies
Along with adding a new theme to the site we've also taken one of our more popular, classic themes and made it completely free. If you don't already own it, stop by the Ribbon page and download it today.

We’ve also made our Carousel and Accordion extras completely free as well.


Too much goodness
We've simply added too much to the site to mention it all here, whether it is just a case of refining a page, giving more description, or adding new icons. Enjoy the new site. Share it with all of your friends, whether they're RapidWeaver users or not.


Sign up, get discounts
Don’t forget that we have a great newsletter. Each time we send out our newsletter to subscribers, we include a discount or two. So sign up. It’s free and you get discounts on themes, extras and more. Doesn’t get much better, huh?

Tags: New Theme, Site Update, Redesign, Extras

The mailman delivered my copy of Design Meltdown's The Web Designer's Idea Book just the other day. I ordered a copy to check out all of the amazing site designs as well as to see the spots where elixir sites were listed.

I originally thought our sites would merely be shown as thumbnails, like most sites in the book, and didn't expect much more. Boy, was I surprised! Not only did elixir and CSStux make it into the book, but both were touted in the introductions to their respective chapters. The elixir site leads off the Icons section on pages 172-173 and CSStux begins the chapter relating to Shine on pages 205-206. You can also find a site we created long ago for Todd Albertson on page 24.

I was very honored by Patrick's kind words.

One of the funny but great things, I thought, was that on the same pages that list and tout elixir, the e-junkie site is listed. Patrick compares elixir's use of icons to that of e-junkie's. What's great is I designed them both.

The Web Designer's Idea Book is a great book and a must-have for designers looking for a lot of inspiration.

Tags: Design, Ideas, Web