RapidWeaver 4.3 Is Now Available!

Realmac Software has just announced this morning that RapidWeaver 4.3, their anticipated Snow Leopard OS X 10.6 update, has been released. Initially caught off guard when Apple released the update to the Mac operating system nearly one month ahead of schedule, the dedicated team at Realmac Software have been going full bore to get RapidWeaver to run rock solid on Snow Leopard.

RapidWeaver 4.3 comes with many new features and numerous bug fixes, some of which include:

• Snow Leopard compatibility
• Added the ability to add and edit links in Styled Text views via the right-click contextual menu
• The right-click contextual menu now exposes the default commands for searching Google & Spotlight, Dictionary lookup, suggested spellings
• RapidWeaver now uploads all the assets relating to a site, and then uploads the pages themselves to ensure that pages display correctly when published
• Google Analytics code is no longer output when previewing within RapidWeaver to prevent pageview number inconsistencies
• No longer bounces the dock icon when publishing completes
• Fix for a bug where a plugin failing to load could leave RW in an unknown state
• Shortcut keys added to link panel (command-1/2/3)
• Shortcut keys added to site setup sheet (command-1/2/3)
• Fixed a bug where editing the meta tags or page assets in the page inspector didn't mark the page as changed
• For full details of the extensive updates read Realmac's release notes

If you've recently updated to Snow Leopard then you'll want to download this very important RapidWeaver update.

Simplistic r5 Cleans up Links Behaviour

Simplistic has been updated yet again to address some errant code that had found it's way into the colour tag css file. By removing this code, links will now behave as originally designed.'

Learn more here. Download the free update installer here.

Note that these update installers are now created in Snow Leopard OS X 10.6. If you are running OS X 10.5 and have trouble updating your theme, please let us know.

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THEME UPDATE: Simplistic r4 fixes sidebar issues

Fresh off of holidays and our first task back was to update a critical bug in our Pro theme, Simplistic. We made significant structural changes to improve the sidebar option functionality. These changes will enhance performance with plugins such as Loghound's FAQ Maker as well as improve rendering and layout when the sidebar is hidden.

For more information and to download your free update installer, visit the Simplistic Updates section.

All Theme Weaver Products Now at seyDesign

We have finally managed to squeeze out the last of the RapidWeaver themes in the THEME WEAVER series making the transition from their original home on the THEME WEAVER site to our own site final. It's been a long and complex process--updating 10 themes in no small feat--but we've managed. Most of the updates in this batch were just house keeping, getting them ready for a long future on seyDesign.com, but there are two examples, TW008 and TW009 where the changes were more significant.

What's new in TW008?

Major performance enhancements; with newer and better technologies to make Internet Explorer behave, we've been able to dramatically trim down the image sizes. All other browsers need not suffer anymore due to IE's inadequacies.

What's new in TW009?

We have completely rebuilt TW009 and added so many new features. The headers in TW009 can now range from showing just one or as many as five in a row. Each header spot can be any one of 12 customizable headers. And each header now sports the same rounded corners as the rest of the layout. In addition, you can control the height of the header area o turn it off all together.

We have also added a plethora of feature to TW009 such as ExtraContent, font options, completely remapped and enhanced color options and more.

Learn More About Each Theme

Learn more about TW006 (Designer).
Learn more about TW007 (Pro).
Learn more about TW008 (Pro).
Learn more about TW009 (Ultimate).
Learn more about TW010 (Pro).

NEW THEME: Lights2, a med-designs classic revived

Never ones to let a great RapidWeaver theme die, seyDoggy would like you to meet the totally rebuilt Lights2 from med-designs. Lights2 is a polished, elegant and highly flexible theme capable of fitting many web design needs from blogs to photo album and everything in between.

med-designs Lights2 Pro RapidWeaver theme picks up where the original Lights theme left off. While maintaining as much of the original Lights design as possible, Lights2 Pro has added some of todays greatest features and flexibility to one of yesterdays greatest theme designs.

Features at a glance:

• ExtraContent
• lighting effects
• 5 customizable top headers
• 5 customizable content headers
• header height variation
• RWmultitool ready
• full color options
• width control
• sidebar positioning
• and much more...

Learn more about Lights2 (Pro).
See the live preview.
Learn more about ExtraContent.

THEME UPDATE: CR3ATiV3 r3 Updates IE6/IE7 issue

Once again, our very popular CR3ATiV3 theme for RapidWeaver sees itself in the update seat, this time to fix a very minor bug with IE6/IE7 rendering. These browsers were having trouble putting the triangular accents in the right place when the sidebar was hidden. This minor update fixes that issue.

Learn more about the update here.

Download the update here.

THEME UPDATE: CR3ATiV3 r2 Updates Safari 4 issue

Our popular CR3ATiV3 has been updated to resolve a small rendering issue we experienced with the recent release of Safari 4. At the bottom of the content area the small triangle was displaced down by 1px making it appear disconnected.

• Learn more about the changes made.
• Download the update installer directly.

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June is here and for many that means that school is out! That’s great for the kids but leaves many parents wondering what to do with their youngsters. You want them to continue to exercise their minds so they don’t loose their edge before a new school year in the fall.

Well if you are reading this then you must already have a passion for RapidWeaver, so why not share that passion with your kids this summer and embark on a creative web project together? Start a family blog detailing the daily events of their summer vacation, post a photo album of camping or fishing trips or help them build an online resume for that summer job.

Your kids get a break this summer and parents should too. To help get your family web project rolling we are offering a Summer Break discount to get your kids just the look they want for their website. From now until June 7th (23:59 EST) you get 25% off when you use the code: summerbreak. Use it on our entire catalog of themes and use it as many times as you need and get your kids started on a new creative web project today!

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NEW THEME: CR3ATiV3 Ultimate Is Elegant, Flexible, Yet Lightweight

seyDoggy is proud to announce their first all-new RapidWeaver theme since the launch of PlayMore in January, 2009. Our latest offering, CR3ATiV3 Ultimate is an exquisite example of what happens when you put together brilliant design with effective and efficient coding.

Beneath this RapidWeaver themes breathtaking exterior and magnificent functionality is a surprisingly lightweight and agile collection of finely tuned code and styling. CR3ATiV3's developers, Creative Director Chris Cifonie (aka pixel.ninja) and Lead Developer Adam Merrifield (aka code.ninja) seamlessly lock skill sets to bring you one of their finest work yet.

Features at a glance:

• 2 Extracontent Areas
• 3 tier navigation
• 10 Custom headers
• RWmultitool Ready
• Header height
• Multiple Widths
• Sidebar Positioning and sizing
• Font control
• Highly Comprehensive Color Control
• and more...

Learn more about CR3ATiV3 (Ultimate).
See the live preview.
Learn more about ExtraContent.