Glide v1.7 Released
19/09/09 23:05 Filed in: RapidWeaver Themes Web Design
By now you probably know that the monstrous Glide update has officially been released.
*Whew!*
There's so much good stuff packed inside, what with the new drop-down menu version, support for CrossSlide and Pulse, and better IE and 3rd party plugin compatibility, that upgrading really is a no brainer.
So now that the update has been released, what's next?
*Gleeful cackle* Well, let's just say that I'm literally bursting with good ideas. And not just new and awesome themes, but also a new and even awesome-er Plugin. That's right, I'll be taking the leap down deep into the world of RapidWeaver 3rd party plugins here in the near future.
That being said, don't expect anything real soon - there's a learning curve to be had, and though the web-design portion of creating a plugin can be knocked out fairly simply, actually building the plugin involves some heavy duty Mac OS X programming skills.
I'm also considering putting together a monthly extended support program. Not really sure quite yet if this is going to happen just because of the tremendous time investment required, but there are so many people who ask me for custom css help and theme customization, that I'd like to make this available. Still thinking about that....
As a final tease, I took a break from working on the site redesign to write this...which means, you'll see the new design in the next few days if nothing drastic happens (fingers crossed). Stay tuned!
*Whew!*
There's so much good stuff packed inside, what with the new drop-down menu version, support for CrossSlide and Pulse, and better IE and 3rd party plugin compatibility, that upgrading really is a no brainer.
So now that the update has been released, what's next?
*Gleeful cackle* Well, let's just say that I'm literally bursting with good ideas. And not just new and awesome themes, but also a new and even awesome-er Plugin. That's right, I'll be taking the leap down deep into the world of RapidWeaver 3rd party plugins here in the near future.
That being said, don't expect anything real soon - there's a learning curve to be had, and though the web-design portion of creating a plugin can be knocked out fairly simply, actually building the plugin involves some heavy duty Mac OS X programming skills.
I'm also considering putting together a monthly extended support program. Not really sure quite yet if this is going to happen just because of the tremendous time investment required, but there are so many people who ask me for custom css help and theme customization, that I'd like to make this available. Still thinking about that....
As a final tease, I took a break from working on the site redesign to write this...which means, you'll see the new design in the next few days if nothing drastic happens (fingers crossed). Stay tuned!
Glide Update Coming
13/09/09 01:29 Filed in: RapidWeaver Themes Web Design
When I started working on this update to Glide, my biggest concern was making sure it could work with all the various plugins that our customers use, while still looking fantastic on all the various browsers out there. And that presented a problem because IE compatibility is a factor, which means we're limited in the number of theme options we can provide. IE only supports 30 stylesheets per page, and typical RapidWeaver themes serve one stylsheet per theme option.
A sticky problem.
Even so, I steeled myself against the challenge and significantly altered the underlying code that handles Glide's theme options. The result is an updated version of Glide will only serve about 11 stylesheets by default. Considering that v1.0 serves over 20 stylesheets by default, this is a huge improvement, meaning more plugins can be used on the same page, and IE compatibility is greatly improved (it was pretty good already).
Just to be clear, if Glide's defaults are changed, more stylesheets will be added - but we've also changed how some options are applied, so changing certain options will also reduce the number of stylesheets on the page. Pretty smooth~!
And if that's not enough, we've decided to include a brand new, drop-down menu version of Glide in this update free of charge.
Holy cow!
Of course, there is a catch to all this awesome theme update goodness - the price of Glide will go up to $24.95. The good news is that there's still time before the update is released, so if you get a copy now you'll get the update for free. A HUGE bargain.
Happy Weaving~!
A sticky problem.
Even so, I steeled myself against the challenge and significantly altered the underlying code that handles Glide's theme options. The result is an updated version of Glide will only serve about 11 stylesheets by default. Considering that v1.0 serves over 20 stylesheets by default, this is a huge improvement, meaning more plugins can be used on the same page, and IE compatibility is greatly improved (it was pretty good already).
Just to be clear, if Glide's defaults are changed, more stylesheets will be added - but we've also changed how some options are applied, so changing certain options will also reduce the number of stylesheets on the page. Pretty smooth~!
And if that's not enough, we've decided to include a brand new, drop-down menu version of Glide in this update free of charge.
Holy cow!
Of course, there is a catch to all this awesome theme update goodness - the price of Glide will go up to $24.95. The good news is that there's still time before the update is released, so if you get a copy now you'll get the update for free. A HUGE bargain.
Happy Weaving~!
Mirage v1.0 Released
03/09/09 21:28 Filed in: RapidWeaver Themes Web Design
I’m immensely happy to announce that Mirage, our newest RapidWeaver theme, is now available.
This release comes a bit earlier than we were planning - after the classified report that was posted in the RapidWeaver Forum a couple of days ago an avalanche of RapidWeaver users joined our mailing list asking for access. A few even managed to figure out where the sales page is and have already purchased copies.
Mirage is our finest theme achievement to date, and apart from all the good stuff you’ve come to expect in an exceptional theme, we’ve also added built-in support for the CrossSlide and Pulse jQuery plugins, and included tutorial videos and 23 snippets to help you get the most out of everything Mirage offers.
Here’s a short list of Mirage’s features:
- A powerfully simple & clean design
- Beautiful drop-down menus that degrade gracefully - in other words, they’ll even work on browsers without javascript support
- iPhone/iPod Touch/Android-enabled
- support for 6 ExtraContent areas
- built-in support for FancyZoom, CrossSlide, and Pulse
- Tested on all the major browsers: Safari, Firefox, IE 6/7/8, Chrome, and Opera
- A plethora of theme options and color pickers
- Tested with a large number of 3rd party plugins
You can preview Mirage, to see it in action, or get your copy right away.
I’d like to publicly thank our beta testers, and also give a shout out to Will Woodgate of ThemeFlood for his help answering our questions when we first started working on Mirage.
Happy Weaving~!
This release comes a bit earlier than we were planning - after the classified report that was posted in the RapidWeaver Forum a couple of days ago an avalanche of RapidWeaver users joined our mailing list asking for access. A few even managed to figure out where the sales page is and have already purchased copies.
Mirage is our finest theme achievement to date, and apart from all the good stuff you’ve come to expect in an exceptional theme, we’ve also added built-in support for the CrossSlide and Pulse jQuery plugins, and included tutorial videos and 23 snippets to help you get the most out of everything Mirage offers.
Here’s a short list of Mirage’s features:
- A powerfully simple & clean design
- Beautiful drop-down menus that degrade gracefully - in other words, they’ll even work on browsers without javascript support
- iPhone/iPod Touch/Android-enabled
- support for 6 ExtraContent areas
- built-in support for FancyZoom, CrossSlide, and Pulse
- Tested on all the major browsers: Safari, Firefox, IE 6/7/8, Chrome, and Opera
- A plethora of theme options and color pickers
- Tested with a large number of 3rd party plugins
You can preview Mirage, to see it in action, or get your copy right away.
I’d like to publicly thank our beta testers, and also give a shout out to Will Woodgate of ThemeFlood for his help answering our questions when we first started working on Mirage.
Happy Weaving~!