Width
Espresso offers great flexibility when it comes to the width of your site. You have to ability to change the width of both the header area and the body of the site independently. You're able to choose from the following widths for both (the default value is bolded):
• 1150 px
• 1050 px
• 950 px
• 850 px
• 750 px
• 650 px
Header
Espresso's header area is focused around the header stripe and the site logo.
You're able to choose from 17 different settings for the header stripe. You can choose from an opacity of 10 percent to 70 percent in both black and white header stripes. We also provide a couple other fancier settings and the ability to toggle the header stripe off altogether. Check out our walk thru video to get a better idea of what the header stripe is.
Espresso also comes with several logos built-in to the theme as well as the ability to place your own logo in the header via the Site Setup pane (see this video for how to do so).
You can place the logo on either the left or right side of the header. You can also toggle the Site Title and Slogan off and use the logo as your primary site title display.
• 1150 px
• 1050 px
• 950 px
• 850 px
• 750 px
• 650 px
Header
You're able to choose from 17 different settings for the header stripe. You can choose from an opacity of 10 percent to 70 percent in both black and white header stripes. We also provide a couple other fancier settings and the ability to toggle the header stripe off altogether. Check out our walk thru video to get a better idea of what the header stripe is.
Espresso also comes with several logos built-in to the theme as well as the ability to place your own logo in the header via the Site Setup pane (see this video for how to do so).
You can place the logo on either the left or right side of the header. You can also toggle the Site Title and Slogan off and use the logo as your primary site title display.
Sidebar
In this theme you're able to place the sidebar in 3 different locations, or turn it off altogether.
You can place the sidebar on the right- or left-hand side of the site.
You can also choose to place the sidebar bar at the top of the site, between the menu and the header stripe.
Do note however that when placing the sidebar at the top on a blog page, it will not contain the blog's archive and RSS feed links.
Menu
Espresso sports a split navigation menu system similar to that of our Aqua theme.
The top level, or parent menu, is located horizontally beneath the header stripe.
The secondary, or child menu items, are located at the top of the sidebar (when they exist). You can see the split navigation menu at work in our preview site.
We also offer a bevy of different styles for the horizontal menu. Twelve in total.
Background
This theme offers eighteen different background styles for you to choose from. It allows you to choose graphical backgrounds like spilled coffee stains, to graph paper and gradients, and more. It also offers you the ability of using the built-in RapidWeaver color picker to choose just the right color for your background.
You can place the sidebar on the right- or left-hand side of the site.
You can also choose to place the sidebar bar at the top of the site, between the menu and the header stripe.
Do note however that when placing the sidebar at the top on a blog page, it will not contain the blog's archive and RSS feed links.
Menu
Espresso sports a split navigation menu system similar to that of our Aqua theme.
The top level, or parent menu, is located horizontally beneath the header stripe.
The secondary, or child menu items, are located at the top of the sidebar (when they exist). You can see the split navigation menu at work in our preview site.
We also offer a bevy of different styles for the horizontal menu. Twelve in total.
Background
This theme offers eighteen different background styles for you to choose from. It allows you to choose graphical backgrounds like spilled coffee stains, to graph paper and gradients, and more. It also offers you the ability of using the built-in RapidWeaver color picker to choose just the right color for your background.
Colors
This theme integrates RapidWeaver's color picker. Using the color picker, you can easily edit the look and feel of your site. All without ever touching any code!
You can edit these parts of the theme with the color picker:
• 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
Font selection
Espresso allows you to modify the font style for the Site Title and Slogan, Body, Sidebar and Blog Entry Titles.
You can also choose different font sizes for the Body and Sidebar.
Note: Fonts display differently across different operating systems and browsers. Compatible fonts have been chosen for other browsers. For instance, in Windows your users will see Airal instead of Helvetica Neue Light.
You can edit these parts of the theme with the color picker:
• 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
Font selection
You can also choose different font sizes for the Body and Sidebar.
Note: Fonts display differently across different operating systems and browsers. Compatible fonts have been chosen for other browsers. For instance, in Windows your users will see Airal instead of Helvetica Neue Light.
Screenshots
All of our themes work with both RapidWeaver 3.6 and RapidWeaver 4.0!
Buy Espresso for only $12.95
Preview Espresso
You can download this information and more in the Espresso ReadMe file as a PDF.
Help! I'm drowning!
Have questions? Have a look at our Help Desk for frequently asked questions, videos, forum links and contact forms.
Have questions? Have a look at our Help Desk for frequently asked questions, videos, forum links and contact forms.
Tasty!
Espresso is a RapidWeaver theme that is beautiful in design and versatile enough for just about any project.
It is great for an online portfolio, a blog, a small business site, and so much more. It also has a ton of theme variations to help you customize your site with just a click or two of your mouse.
Espresso is a RapidWeaver theme that is beautiful in design and versatile enough for just about any project.
It is great for an online portfolio, a blog, a small business site, and so much more. It also has a ton of theme variations to help you customize your site with just a click or two of your mouse.
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.
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.