Whew! The story behind this update has been months in the making, every since we first thought up the idea of creating a RapidWeaver theme that could do “double duty”. Being a pioneer offering - the first RW theme to also serve up a separate iPhone version of your site - we were breaking new ground, pushing RapidWeaver (and our frustration at times) to the limit. Unity’s sacrifice was Glide’s gain, as we were able to use the experiences building Unity to make Glide the best it could be.

This major update brings Unity up to par with Glide - pushes beyond it, actually. Here’s what changed:

- Fixed a lingering bug in IE 6/7 so that the sub menu displays properly
- Rewrote the FancyZoom script so it doesn’t conflict with 3rd party plugins (obviously we can’t test all possible scenarios, so let us know if you’re still running into any problems)
- Fixed formatting issues that caused TabLoom and WP-Blog pages to not display correctly
- Fixed the CSS sprite graphic used with blog icons - no more overlap or disembodied icons
- Increased the number of page headers from 10 to 30
- There are now options to hide both the page header and the sub menu located below it
- Added a more height options for the page header
- Added a Content Width Declaration option - for use when you hide the sidebar, you can use this option for any 3rd party plugins that need a declared width to fill the entire width of the main content area
- Changed some footer design elements so Unity displays well on larger resolution displays
- Added a couple of footer text/link color options
- Switched placement of the Menu and Sidebar buttons on the iPhone version

You can download the update installer from Unity’s features page. Keep in mind, you must have a copy of Unity installed on your mac already for the installer to work. As always, make sure to backup your data first before running the installer.

Happy Weaving~!

Tags: theme development, RapidWeaver Themes, web design

We released our newest theme Glide earlier this week, and had a tremendously successful launch! Glide is our second iPhone-enabled theme, and provides many features that can help you make beautiful custom websites:

- Numerous color pickers and theme options (see our intro video on this page)
- ExtraContent enabled, with support for 7 ExtraContent areas
- Easily add Flash and BannerZest using ExtraContent area 1, which fills the entire page banner
- Smooth javascript fade effects on menu items gives Glide a very professional look and feel
- FancyZoom enabled - we’ve rewritten the script so it doesn’t conflict with 3rd Party Plugins
- Cross-browser compatible, tested on Safari/Firefox/Chrome/IE 6, 7, & 8

Enjoy and Happy Weaving~!

Tags: RapidWeaver Themes