NEW(ish) THEME: Varsis Studio Fade

It's a hole new Fade! Aptly named for the fade-in and fade-out effect of the "sidebar" content neatly hidden under the header image, this Varsis Studio original first made it's debut on varsisstudio.com. However, with Chris turning more of his attention to RapidWeaver plugins, we were given the opportunity update and distribute the themes here on seyDesign.com.

We have spent the last few weeks bringing Fade up to RapidWeaver 4 standards as well as adding a great many features and functionality. Since this was our first time burying our heads in Fade's code, we decided not to go too overboard... for now. That's why we have decided to offer Fade as a Designer theme but keeping the door open for further development in the future.

New Features:

• added color picker ability
• added width options
• updated header graphic to accommodate width
• updated background options
• added keywords
• added font size options

Other changes and fixes:

• redefined conditional comments
• added release.txt to the list of included files
• consolidated scripts to "scripts" folder
• moved ie css files to css folder
• added handheld.css, print.css
• updated to be RapidWeaver 4.0 ready
• added large preview image
• updated small preview image
• added General Styles set
• changed font sizes to em's
• updated header options to all custom
• added support for %logo%
• added %header% syntax
• changed javascript library responsible for slide effect
• moved js variable to slide.js file
• changes opentab.png to smaller icon for localization purposes

Download the free update installer [here].

Learn more about Fade Designer or see the live preview.

THEME UPDATE: 2hadow r7 (now free)

I will keep this one short and sweet; 2hadow (now at r7) for RapidWeaver 4 has been committed to the open source pool. Yes, that's right, it's now free for all to download, share distribute, etc... BUT, for those of you who purchased 2hadow we will still be offering full customer support.

So why free? 2hadow has been around for 3 years now. We're tired of looking at it wondering what we can do to freshen it up. We thought there was no better way to breath new life into this old theme then to turn it loose of you guys.

You can download the whole thing, or if you already have r6, just download the update installer.

Learn more about 2hadow:
http://www.seydesign.com/themes/2hadow/

Learn more about 2hadow Update to r7:
http://www.seydesign.com/themes/2hadow/#updates

Learn more about our open source initiative:
http://www.seydesign.com/themes/Open_Source/

See the live preview:
http://www.seydesign.com/showcase/2hadow/

cataLog updated to r2

cataLog for Rapidweaver has has been patched up to fix a FireFox 3 issue and also to do a little internal tidying of things that were bugging us, code wise:

• fixed keywords
• fixed localization for Ancestor Link
• added "s" to headings colour syntax
• added FireFox 3 support
• removed redundant color tag
• restructured cascade for better browser support
• improved photo album rendering in IE6
• corrected commenting on site title

To download the update installer, visit the cataLog update section.

Back from holidays, working on cataLog r2

We are back from holidays and have spent the better part of this morning working through support emails and phone messages. What you can look forward to later today is an update to cataLog Pro which will address a few FireFox 3 issues and a few bits of house cleaning.

We are still working with two customers who have issues rendering the second level of navigation. I am not sure what makes their situations different from everyone else's but I hope to pin-point those issues before letting this update out to the wild.

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seyDoggy on holiday until August 11th

As all hard working people should, we are set to take a few days holidays to rest and recoup some positive energy, inspiration and innovation. We'll come back in a weeks time right as rain and set to make more great products for you. You can expect us back in the office chair ready to face RapidWeaver, TextMate and PlistEdit Pro for another round of RapidWeaver themes, updates, open source and support on or close to August 11th.

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NEW THEME: Acumen, for fun, art or business

Looking for a theme with more control and the ability to be used for fun, art and business? Acumen Pro, a new rapidWeaver theme by seyDoggy offers great flexibility with color control, width options and 3 level split navigation.

Visitors to your Acumen themed site will be treated to the ease of use and and comprehensive navigation that only a 3 level, tiered navigation can offer. With large colorful navigation options your visitors will always find their way around.

Features:

• Triple split navigation
• Custom headers, editable with RWmultitool Lite
• Sidebar position
• Width variation
• Turn the logo on or off on a page by page basis
• Font size
• Extensive color control, including background
• More downloadable theme styles

Learn more about Acumen Pro or see the live preview.