THEME UPDATE: Creamux, Gotem and PlayMore

We have three updates to give you this time, Creamux, Gotem and PlayMore. The updates are primarily based on the updated ExtraContent scripts announced earlier today. The updates to ExtraContent should hopefully increase compatibility in the ExtraContent areas with a wider range of content, such as user scripts, @import pages with javascript (like Kwix and Collage 2) and should improve stability with said items on FireFox as well as Safari.

Learn More about the Creamux update.
Download the Creamux update.

Learn More about the Gotem update.
Download the Gotem update.

Learn More about the PlayMore update.
Download the PlayMore update.

Announcing the ExtraContent Stacks Plugin

On February 18th Isaiah of YourHead Software announced the release of Stacks 1.0, a brilliant RapidWeaver plugin for easy yet exquisite page layouts. It's possibly one of the most advanced and powerful page layout tools we've seen for RapidWeaver to date. But Isaiah also released the API for Stacks to allow developers like myself to hook into the power of Stacks and create our own custom stacks to add to the Stacks library.

Having recently addressed concerns of whether or not accessing ExtraContent areas in ExtraContent enabled themes was difficult to do with little fragments of code I seized the opportunity to explore the new Stacks API to find a better way. That's how I came up with the ExtraContent Stacks Plugin, a custom Stacks library item that allows you o utlize ExtraContent without snippets or code. Just drag and drop it into your page like any other stack and build on top of it. From the comfort of the Stacks interface you can choose the ExtraContent area you wish to access and then build your your layout inside of it. Everything inside the ExtraContent stack will render in the ExtraContent area you chose. Watch this movie to see it in action.

Just like ExtraContent, the ExtraContent Stacks plugin is free and open source. If you are a developer who has embraced ExtraContent in your themes then feel free to distribute this custom Stack as an added bonus.

Learn more about the ExtraContent Stacks plugin here, watch the tutorial here, download the ExtraContent Stacks plugin here and get YourHead Softwares Stacks for RapidWeaver.

ExtraContent; it's as easy as 1, 2, 3

There was a small bit of confusion recently about the use of ExtraContent and whether it actually required a coders knowledge to make use of. We set out to debunk any misconceptions about ExtraContent's relative ease of use with a new movie that demonstrates exactly how easy it is to use ExtraContent and how it requires no knowledge of code at all.

Give it a watch and tell me what you think. There is also a large version if you have trouble seeing the content.

NEW THEME: Creamux with ExtraContent

Something old and something new... When we adopted the Varsis Studio theme library, one of the themes that was coming back home was the Creamy and Creamy Wide themes. When first looking at how to bring these two greats up to speed to todays RapidWeaver 4 standards I had a number of ideas in mind; combine the two, make it more flexible, add more features. Before long though, it became apparent that this wasn't going to be a Creamy update, it was going to be a totally new theme, a complete rebuild from the ground up... it was going to be a complete redux... it's seyDoggy Creamux!

We proudly present to you Creamux, our latest all new theme. Creamux is ExtraContent enabled, with width options, comprehensive color control, 10 custom headers (RWmultitool ready), background and header effects and font control. This theme stands out bold and pops to life with it's excellent design and professional styling.

seyDoggy Creamux, is another Ultimate theme for RapidWeaver packed with many features. It includes numerous snippets, the custom headers used in the demo and the RWmultitool project files used to create some of the headers (which will help you create your own).

Features at a glance:

• 2 Extracontent Areas
• Multiple Widths
• RWmultitool Ready
• Logo Control
• 10 Custom Headers
• Sidebar Positioning
• Font control
• Highly Comprehensive Color Control
• and more...

Learn more about Creamux (Ultimate).

See the live preview.

Learn more about ExtraContent.