Float theme update v1.5
(Version 1.5 - Updated on January 14, 2010)
• Fixes bug where the menu font defaults back to Lucida Grande for navigation links that have been visited. This update ensures that visited links do not change fonts.
This update is suggested for Float theme owners using other fonts aside from the default theme font in the navigation. This updater is not needed for users who purchase this theme after January 14, 2010.
This update also contains all of the fixes that were made in the Float v1.2 through v1.4 updates as well.
Internal theme files updated are:
index.hmtl, styles.css, theme.plist, colors.css, as well as these files in the css>fonts folder: menu_georgia.css, menu_helv.css, menu_lucida.css, menu_palatino.css
A dashing new theme
Below is a quick rundown of Dashing’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.
• Seven width variations, ranging from 500px up to 1,150px
• Four background options, including the ability to use the RW color picker
• Twenty five professionally crafted header styles
• Five blank headers for use with RWmultitool
• Four sidebar location options, including an animated, above content option
• Eight stylish horizontal menu variations
• Five different vertical, submenu styles
• Ability to hide or show the archives on the blog page on a page-by-page basis
• Three logo location options
• Five site title and slogan font choices
• Five font choices for the blog entry titles
Dashing also makes use of the RapidWeaver color picker. With it you can change the colors for all of the following areas of your site design with the quick click of the mouse:
• Site background
• Site title
• Site slogan
• Body text
• Links
• Links (hover)
• Blog entry titles
• Sidebar labels (titles)
• File sharing page item backgrounds
• File sharing page item text
You can learn more over on Dashing’s product page and get all the details of the options outlined above. The Dashing theme is also now included in both our Ultimate Bundle and Business Bundle.
RWClassroom
New to RapidWeaver? Honing your site building skills? Check out RWClassroom. We’ve partnered with RWClassroom to provide their subscribers with discounts on Elixir themes. We're also hosting some of their great tutorial videos on our help pages.
Dress up your desktop
With such a stunning theme we feel you should have a dapper desktop as well. Check out our latest, free desktop wallpaper for the release of our Dashing theme!
Float theme update v1.4
(Version 1.4 - Updated on May 20, 2009)
• Fixes bug with site title where letters with descenders (ex: p, g, q, j, etc) were cut off on the bottom. This problem only showed up in Internet Explorer 6.
• Removes errant reference to an image file in the blockquote CSS styling.
• Removes errant reference to an image file in the navigation CSS.
This update is suggested for all Float theme owners. This updater is not needed for users who purchase this theme after May 20, 2009.
This update also contains all of the fixes that were made in the Float v1.2 and v1.3 updates.
Internal theme files updated are:
index.hmtl, styles.css, theme.plist, colors.css
Introducing Pipe Dream
Pipe Dream is a great new theme for RapidWeaver that can be both fun and professional. Its clean look is great for designing a blog, small business site, portfolio, and much more. This theme makes it easy to create a simply brilliant looking site in no time at all!
Below is a brief rundown of the theme’s features, but you can jump right over to the product page to learn all the details as well as check out the live preview site and walk-thru video.
Pipe Dream offers
• 3 Sidebar settings
• 4 Stylish, fun pipe graphics
• 15 Header options
• 3 Header alignments
• 10 Highly polished menu bar styles
• 2 Web page base styles
• 2 Breadcrumb bar options
• 4 Title and slogan font choices
Pipe Dream also makes use of the RapidWeaver color picker. With it you can change the colors for all of the following areas of your site design:
• Site background
• Content background
• Content text
• Links
• Title
• Slogan
• Header background
Learn more over on Pipe Dream’s product page.
Dress up
We’ve added a hot, new desktop to the wallpapers page for Pipe Dream.
Notebook Updater v1.1
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 Notebook theme customers.
• Updates color picker to fix menu item color. A bug prevented users from selecting the color of the menu text via the built-in color picker. This update corrects that problem.
You can download the updater here.
Save some dough
If you’re not a Notebook user this is your chance to purchase the theme and save a couple bucks in the process. Use the discount code below during checkout to save $2 on your purchase of the Notebook theme:
WRITEOFF
This discount expires on Friday May 8, 2008, so don’t wait too long to get your copy.
Introducing Heat Wave
Our latest theme, Heat Wave, is an impressive new theme for RapidWeaver that is simple, yet very flexible. Its clean look is great for designing a portfolio, blog, small business site and much more. This theme makes it easy to create a simply brilliant looking site in a short period of time!
Below is a brief rundown of the theme’s features, but you can jump right over to the product page to learn all the details.
Heat Wave offers
• 5 site widths
• 32 headers (compatible with RWmultitool)
• 3 sidebar options (right, left, hidden)
• Split navigation
• 4 horizontal menu tab styles
• 3 vertical menu tab styles
• 3 title sizes
• 3 slogan sizes
• 4 font style for Title & Slogan
• 4 font styles for Body
• 12 color picker options
Heat Wave also makes use of the RapidWeaver color picker. With it you can change the colors for all of the following areas of your site design:
• Menu background
• Site Background
• Links
• Body Font
• Site Title
• Site Slogan
• Content Border
• Breadcrumb Trail Text
• Breadcrumb Trail Background
• Menu Text (Horizontal)
• Sub menu Background Bar
• Sub menu Text
Learn more over on Heat Wave’s product page.
Moving into the future
Recently Microsoft released Internet Explorer 8, which is a huge improvement over both previous versions (6 and 7). In doing so they've also announced that update notices for users of both IE 6 and IE 7 will be sent out via Windows' updater, helping to get these people using a modern browser.
Being that Internet Explorer 6 is about 6 years old now and no longer supported by Microsoft, we're dropping support for this browser with the release of this theme. What does this mean for sites designed with this theme? It means that the sites you design with this theme will display in IE 6, but will not look identical to the way the site displays in other browsers. It also means that PNG images with transparent backgrounds will look slightly odd, with a tinted blue background. Other than this the site will not look messed up or disfigured in IE 6.
We have been using Internet Explorer 8 in our testing of this theme and find it to be a huge leap forward for Microsoft, and we encourage all PC users to upgrade. You won't regret it.
Ultimate deal
I’ve also added Heat Wave to the Ultimate Bundle. The price for the bundle remains $135, essentially making this brand new theme free when you purchase the Ultimate Bundle. This bundle, containing 17 themes, saves you $75.40!
Dress up your desktop
We’ve added a hot, new desktop to the wallpapers page for Heat Wave. Check it, and all the others, out and give your desktop and iPhone a new look.
Aqua Update v1.2 [updated x2]
Some users have been asking if they will need to install the v.1.1 update for this one to work. The simple answer is no. But if you want to receive the benefits of the v.1.1 update you will need to run the v1.1. updater BEFORE running the v.1.2 updater. I recommend running both myself.
Update 2:
As one user points out, I accidentally overwrote the v.1.1 update, so to make things easier I’ve added in the colors.css file in the v.1.2 update, hence combining both the v.1.1 and 1.2 updates into this one package. This updater is your one stop Aqua update.
I've made some more updates to the Aqua theme to correct some bugs found since its last release. All Aqua theme owners should grab this updater. Users who purchased the Aqua theme after April 14, 2009 do not need to install the v1.2 updater.
We're offering an updater application to automatically correct these found bugs in the theme. Simply download the updater below, and run it. The updater patches only the affected files within the theme.
Version 1.2
• Updates IEPNGFIX. This javascript allows Internet Explorer 6 to properly display PNG images correctly. Both those used in the theme those added in the users content. Latest version of IEPNGFIX is quicker it seems as well.
• Updates menu tab coding to allow for proper display in FireFox 2.0. Previously the tabs only displayed fully in Safari, FireFox 3.0, IE6 and IE7. FireFox 2.0 Now has no problems with them either.
Download the updater here:
http://www.elixirgraphics.com/downloads/updaters/AquaUpdater.dmg
After running the updater you'll need to quit and restart RapidWeaver. If you've published a site using Aqua you'll have to republish all your site's files. You can see how to accomplish this by watching the following walk-thru video found on the Realmac Software site:
Watch the walk-thru:
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/support/video-tutorials/re-publish/index.php
The internal files that are affected during the update are:
Theme.Plist
index.html
styles.css
colors.css
Adds Scripts Folder to theme, too.
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.
Aqua Update v1.1
We're offering an updater application to automatically correct these found bugs in the theme. Simply download the updater below, and run it. The updater patches only the affected files within the theme.
The updater fixes some errant tags in the colors.css file. It also updates index.html file to add conditional statements for Internet Explorer 6 which allow for better validation. This update is recommended for all users of the Aqua theme.
Download the updater here:
http://www.elixirgraphics.com/downloads/updaters/AquaUpdater.dmg
After running the updater you'll need to quit and restart RapidWeaver. If you've published a site using Aqua you'll want to republish all your site's files. You can see how to accomplish this by watching the following walk-thru video found on the Realmac Software site:
Watch the walk-thru:
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/support/video-tutorials/re-publish/index.php
The internal files that are affected during the update are:
Theme.Plist
colors.css
index.html
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.
Espresso Update v1.1
We're offering an updater application to automatically correct these found bugs in the theme. Simply download the updater below, and run it. The updater patches only the affected files within the theme.
Download the updater here:
http://www.elixirgraphics.com/downloads/updaters/EspressoUpdater.dmg
After running the updater you'll need to quit and restart RapidWeaver. If you've published a site using Espresso you'll want to republish all your site's files. You can see how to accomplish this by watching the following walk-thru video found on the Realmac Software site:
Watch the walk-thru:
http://www.realmacsoftware.com/support/video-tutorials/re-publish/index.php
The internal files that are affected during the update are:
Theme.Plist
colors.css
styles.css
index.html
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.
Introducing Espresso
Our latest theme, Espresso, is a really flexible theme with a stylish appearance, that allows you to showcase your content. Espresso is highly flexible, allowing you to modify a lot of different areas of your site design through the Page Inspector.
Here’s a brief rundown of the theme’s features, but you can jump right over to the product page to learn all the tasty details.
Espresso offers
• Six body widths
• Four sidebar variations (left, right, top, hidden)
• Eight built-in stock logos, as well as the RapidWeaver logo placement (found in the site setup)
• Three logo positioning options
• Eighteen professionally design background, including the option to use the color picker
• Twelve horizontal menu styles (Espresso is a split navigation theme)
• Seventeen header stripe variations
• Four header / slogan font choices
• Three body font choices and three body font sizes
• Three sidebar font choices and three sidebar font sizes
• Three blog title font styles
Espresso also makes heavy use of the RapidWeaver color picker. With it you can change the colors for all of the following areas of your site design:
• Site background
• Body font
• Sidebar font
• Sidebar title
• Links
• Sidebar links
• Sidebar background
• Sidebar border
• Site title
• Site slogan
• Blog entry titles
• Sub menu font
• Sub menu background
• Sub menu bar current page
• Sub menu selected current page font
• Sub menu bar hover
• Sub menu bar hover font
• Blockquote background
• Blockquote text
• Footer type
• Footer divider line
Learn more over on Espresso’s product page.
Moving into the future
For Espresso's sidebar and blockquote we're using a method for rounding the corners that is part of the CSS 3 standard. This is used on many popular sites and services like Twitter and Apple. It provides nice, lightweight, rounded corners and in older browsers that do not support it it degrades gracefully to normal squared off boxes as to not cause problems for your users.
Save a bundle
We’ve also added Espresso to our Ultimate Bundle. You can get Espresso, as well as 15 other professional RapidWeaver themes for only $135!
Dress up your desktop
We’ve added a new, spiffy desktop to the wallpapers page for Espresso.
Float theme update v 1.3
(Version 1.3 - Updated on February 1, 2009)
• Fixes bug with header height in Internet Explorer 6. When Title and Slogan were disabled in the Site Setup, the header would collapse in IE 6. The height would remain the same in all other major browsers though. This has been fixed. For reference the Title and Slogan container 80 px tall.
• Fixes a small bug where the color of visited blog entry titles would revert to body link colors instead of the blog title color.
• Adds in several theme style presets. These are found at the bottom of the Page Inspector window in the button with the folder image on it.
The update is being done as an updater that run and fix only the affected files. You can download the updater here below. Simply run it and follow any on screen prompts.
This update is strongly suggested for all Float theme owners. This updater is not needed for users who purchase this theme after February 1, 2009.
This update also contains all of the fixes that were made in the Float v1.2 update. Details can be found here on that update.