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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).

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Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 20% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

THEME UPDATE: Simplistic r4 fixes sidebar issues

2009-08-11T11:27:00.002-04:00

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

2009-07-24T11:04:00.003-04:00

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

NEW THEME: Lights2, a med-designs classic revived

2009-07-01T15:13:00.001-04:00

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

2009-06-23T09:19:00.000-04:00

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

2009-06-15T12:11:00.000-04:00

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.

Great Discounts for Summer Break

2009-06-01T11:43:00.001-04:00

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!

Shop now!

Discount code (25% off): summerbreak

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

2009-05-22T08:13:00.003-04:00

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.

THEME WEAVER's TW005 has been brought over to seyDesign

2009-05-12T14:12:00.000-04:00

By the spring of 2007, THEME WEAVER was looking for another basic RapidWeaver theme to offer the public. TW005 was billed as a simple, yet versatile theme for RapidWeaver, offering a clean, subtle backdrop that wouldn't overshadow your creativity or your content. TW005 comes with professionally crafted "Headbands"; additional header graphics you can drop into RWmultitool Lite to create a look that's all your own.

Formed in late 2006, THEME WEAVER of Mississauga, Ontario, is the RapidWeaver theme development wing of print studio, PUMP Communications/Presentation Plus. Guided by Adam Merrifield of seyDoggy/seyDesign fame, THEME WEAVER successfully produced 10 new themes from January 2007 to February 2008 and issued updates through to October 2008.

Today, due to time constraints on both parties, it's been decided that THEME WEAVER themes will be distributed and supported by seyDesign. Keeping them as originally intended will be the primary goal, but in some cases, enhancements and embellishments have been made where ever the opportunity has presented itself.

Features at a glance:

Rwwmultitool Ready
8 Custom headers
Graphic enhancements ("Headbands")
Sidebar Positioning
a little Color Control

Links:
Learn more about TW005 (Designer).
See the live preview
Download the update.

Themes TW003 and TW004 now join the seyDesign lineup!

2009-05-04T16:44:00.003-04:00

We have 2 THEME WEAVER updates for you; TW003 and TW004. Both have gone through our quality filters and both have been updated accordingly. Enjoy!

With their third offering, TW003 from February of 2007, THEME WEAVER sought to capture the e-commerce niche. Created with retailers in mind, TW003 for RapidWeaver is built to inspire consumer confidence with an appealing storefront design that's both progressive and professional. This RapidWeaver theme is simple to use and easy to customize with a large header space and selectable overlays. On line shopping never looked so good!

Features at a glance:

Rwwmultitool Ready
10 Custom headers
Sidebar Positioning
Comprehensive Color Control

Links:
Learn more about TW003 (Designer).
See the live preview.
Download the update.

On a roll back in February of 2007, THEME WEAVER was quick to release their 4th RapidWeaver theme, TW004. Pulling out all the stops and breaking with many conventions, TW004 was graphical showpiece. Created with flexibility in mind, THEME WEAVER's TW004 for RapidWeaver imparts an upscale image that's suitable for delivering both editorial and advertising in a familiar, friendly print format. It's a magazine. It's a catalog. Best of all, with this RapidWeaver theme, it's up to you.

Features at a glance:

Rwwmultitool Ready
12 Custom headers
Background textures
Graphic enhancements
Photo realism
Sidebar Positioning
Comprehensive Color Control

Links:
Learn more about TW004 (Designer).
See the live preview.
Download the update.

NEW THEME: THEME WEAVER's TW002 from seyDesign has ExtraContent!

2009-04-29T09:50:00.002-04:00

THEME WEAVER's sophomore RapidWeaver theme, TW002, was initially thought to be well suited to the corporate and commercial sectors. With a little seyDesign magic, however, we think we've transformed this once limited theme into a versatile RapidWeaver template capable of fitting the needs of just about any industry.

Features at a glance:

ExtraContent
RWmultitool ready
split navigation
full color options
width control
font size
font family selections

Learn more about TW002 (Ultimate).

Learn more about TW001 (Designer).

Buy it now.

NEW THEME: THEME WEAVER's TW001 comes to the seyDesign lineup!

2009-04-17T15:55:00.001-04:00

We are proud to bring you the first of ten themes from THEME WEAVER that will all soon be under seyDesign's care. Originally marketed as a RapidWeaver theme for the medical sector, TW001, THEME WEAVER's January 2007 entrance onto the RapidWeaver theme scene, was a clean and simple theme. True to it's original form, TW001, under seyDesign's flag, maintains a simplistic approach with a few of todays enhancements, like color options.

Features at a glance:

Rwwmultitool Ready
10 Custom headers
Sidebar Positioning
Comprehensive Color Control

THEME UPDATE: Acumen r5 adds form field control

2009-04-15T16:07:00.002-04:00

Acumen for Rapidweaver has been updated to include color control for form field background and text. A missing file was also added. Learn more about the update. Directly download the update here.

March Affiliate Payments Sent

2009-04-07T23:21:00.001-04:00

Learn more about Bubblegum (Ultimate).

March affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

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Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 20% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

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We've gone and hired us some help!

2009-04-01T21:11:00.000-04:00

It has been a long time coming. We've been in need of help around here for quite some time and we have finally taken that step forward. It's one thing to have a small legion of contract contributors to the seyDesign team like Varsis Studios, Vortex, Med Designs, etc... But when it comes to actually running all the operations around here, from customer support, to press releases, site upkeep, product development and product launch... for that, there is, for the most part, only me.

But today is different. Today I am very proud to announce that Chris Cifonie of DEVi8.design and the designer behind the very popular DEViANT RapidWeaver theme is now an official, part-time employee of seyDoggy. Over time Chris will be taking on the role creative director/webmaster but for now Chris' primary role is to create the beautiful theme styles and the gorgeous demo sites for each product.

There is no question about it, Chris has a killer design style. If there was any doubt, Chris was the guy behind the Med Design Bubblegum styles. We've never received as many positive comments on our theme styles as we did with Bubblegum so clearly Chris has the touch.

We are looking forward to Chris' help in the coming months. This now frees us up to work faster, harder and move forward with newer designs and greater updates. So welcome aboard Chris.

NEW THEME: Bubblegum r7, a Med Design Beauty Shines Again

2009-03-24T11:39:00.004-04:00

When Med Designs made a return to action in 2007, one of their new offerings at the time was a RapidWeaver theme called Bubblegum. This was a highly polished theme dripping with style. Due to technological limitations, however, Bubblegum was not very flexible as far as your color choices, headers and features were concerned. seyDoggy has now gutted this gorgeous theme to make if more flexible, more powerful and more advanced. It's the same stylish Bubblegum, just a lot more horse power under the hood!

Bubblegum, our second offering of the updated Med Designs Library is packed with ExtraContent, 3 tier navigation, width options, comprehensive color control, 10 custom headers (RWmultitool ready), header height control, font control and so much more. The highlight of this RapidWeaver theme is it's eye catching, 3 tier navigation that can be fine tuned to pop out at it's viewers, blend into the background or just simply shine!

Med Designs Bubblegum, is another Ultimate theme for RapidWeaver packed with many features. It includes numerous snippets, the custom headers used in the demo site and downloads for all of the pre made theme styles.

Features at a glance:

2 Extracontent Areas
3 tier navigation
Multiple Widths
RWmultitool Ready
10 Custom Headers
header height control
Title control
Sidebar Positioning
Font control
Highly Comprehensive Color Control
and much, much more...

Download the update.

We Now Accept All Major Credit Cards!

2009-03-19T08:47:00.001-04:00

I am very pleased to announce that PayPal is no longer our only option and you no longer require a PayPal account to make purchases from our theme store. As of today we now accept all major credit cards directly.

It's My Birthday! Let's have a sale!

2009-03-18T08:51:00.001-04:00

Today is my 35^th birthday and what better way to celebrate a birthday then to give you something, like 35% off all themes in our theme store. For today* only use the following discount code to get 35% off your shopping cart at checkout:

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This code can be used multiple times so if you can't get everything into one cart, just come back for more and use the code again. seyDesign Members should check over at the member group to see what kind of discounts they get to take advantage of.

* Wednesday March 18 2009 11:59:59 pm EST [-5UTC][-5GMT]

THEME UPDATE: wideNas fixes small IE6 issue

2009-03-12T16:28:00.001-04:00

Our wideNas RapidWeaver theme has been updated to correct a slight issue with the hover color on tabs when viewed in IE6. Surprisingly enough this issue had not come up in the past before, it only showed up under specific conditions.

You can learn more about what has changed here or just download the update installer.

February Affiliate Payments Sent

2009-03-08T11:48:00.000-04:00

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

February affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 20% of the total transaction.

Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 20% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

THEME UPDATE: Creamux, Gotem and PlayMore

2009-02-24T01:09:00.001-05:00

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 Gotem update.
Download the Gotem update.

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

Announcing the ExtraContent Stacks Plugin

2009-02-20T20:18:00.001-05:00

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

2009-02-17T18:15:00.004-05:00

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

2009-02-06T11:32:00.001-05:00

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).

Learn more about PlayMore at ExtraContent.info

2009-01-15T09:38:00.000-05:00

Love PlayMore but need a little help? Head on over to ExtraContent.info for a quick and informative run down on the particulars of PlayMore's 3 ExtraContent areas. Ryan Smith of RapidWeaver Classroom shows us how to do a number a really neat tricks with Loghound's Pluskit and gives a quick once over of PlayMore all around. Check out the video now.

THEME UPDATE: Acumen r4 patches archive links

2009-01-14T11:38:00.001-05:00

It recently came to our attention that the blog archive links found in the sidebar of a blog page do wrap. We remember why this code was introduced, but we can't recall or understand for that matter when or why it now breaks things. So... we fixed it. Hopefully that doesn't unfix what we thought we were fixing in the first place... if that makes any sense.

Go to the Acumen updates section to learn more and download the update installer, or download it directly from here.

RapidWeaver Classroom Cross Promotion

2009-01-12T21:27:00.001-05:00

Back on January 5^th, our parent company, seyDoggy Web and Graphic Design, quietly launched ExtraContent.info in support of our recent launch of PlayMore. We would have liked to say something about it sooner but time simply just got away from us. ExtraContent.info is a community site intent on helping new users get the hang of ExtraContent enabled themes. We hope it will soon be filled with lots of great material soon.

But this brings us to the bigger point of this post. We have recently hashed out a cross promotional deal with RapidWeaver Classroom. You can get a 20% discount from your subscription with RapidWeaver Classroom when you sign up at the seyDesign Google Group. What's even more incredible is that you get 50% off all seyDesign themes when you sign up for a membership with RapidWeaver Classroom! Put those two great offers together and you're looking at a total of 70% savings! Woo-hoo!

December Affiliate Payment Sent

2009-01-09T10:34:00.000-05:00

Learn more about PlayMore (Ultimate).

December affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 20% of the total transaction.

Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 20% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

THEME UPDATE: Gotem r2 adds another ExtraContent area

2009-01-07T11:41:00.002-05:00

You asked for it again and again and again and again and again... *sigh*... so despite my original intent and vision of the Gotem design, I have begrudgingly updated Gotem to include an additional ExtraContent area (#3) to allow users to add content into the "traditional" sidebar area. LOL, I am not really that torn up about it. It's actually a good sign that you have embraced ExtraContent as well as you have and for that I commend you.

The other update concerns those users who do not wish to use the RapidWeaver title and slogan fields. While I strongly urge you to use these fields from an intarwebs ideological standpoint I can understand why this may not always suit your needs. For this we have added some code that should prevent the title area placeholder from collapsing when not in use. I hope this addresses your needs adequately.

To download or learn more about this update, go to the update section of the Gotem information page.

NEW THEME: seyDoggy PlayMore, with ExtraContent

2009-01-05T23:00:00.003-05:00

When we introduced our first ExtraContent enable RapidWeaver theme, Gotem, we had high hopes of the concept doing well among advanced users. We never imagined that it would take off as wildly as it did with all levels of user experience. This wide adoption rate gave us the confidence to take the idea further.

Gotem was a great proof of concept, but we knew we were after a bigger picture. Our latest theme, PlayMore takes the ExtraContent feature another step further with more flexibility, more control and more freedom. The ExtraContent areas, 3 of them, are now just a part of the fluid design of this exquisitely crafted RapidWeaver theme.

seyDoggy PlayMore, is another Ultimate theme for RapidWeaver and has lots of features. It includes numerous snippets, the original header graphic art (which I presume your wouldn't want to use) and the RWmultitool project files used to create the headers (which will help you create your own).

Features at a glance:

3 Extracontent Areas
Multiple Widths
Rwwmultitool Ready
Header height
10 Custom headers
Sidebar Positioning
Font control
Highly Comprehensive Color Control
and more...

Learn more about RetroFilm (Designer).

seyDesign Boxing Day Bonanza!

2008-12-26T09:30:00.001-05:00

Today and TODAY ONLY, save 65% off every purchase in our Boxing Day Bonanza! Buy one or buy them all, but buy them today and you save a metric butt load of money.

Discount code: boxingday2008

From all of us at team seyDesign, we wish you a very Happy Holiday Season!

seyDesign and Med-Designs bring back RetroFilm

2008-12-12T23:04:00.001-05:00

It recently came to our attention that Med-Designs had closed up shop. Being one of the original RapidWeaver theme developers, Med-Designs has been one of those names you've gotten used to seeing in RapidWeaver circles, so you can imagine our surprise to see that kind of institution shutting it's doors.

I promptly contacted Scott of Med-Designs and asked him what he had planned for his theme library. Before long we had struck up a deal to bring the works over to seyDesign.com and breath some new life into them. So it is with great pleasure and a certain amount honor to bring you the legendary theme, RetroFilm

RetroFilm, a highly stylized RapidWeaver theme from Med-Designs gives you the sense you are looking at a salvaged bit 35 mm "Safety" film. For the movie buffs, this old stock of a theme should fit your movie blogs or review sites just fine. Tickets please!

RetroFilm has been totally reworked to bring it up to date with RapidWeaver 4 and has also had a few feature enhancements. We've made all of the headers and footers RWmultitool. We have also added the much asked for width feature, which is fully compatible with all headers and footers. Enjoy this old theme like it's new all over again.

Updates at a glance:

upgraded to RapidWeaver 4 compatibility
refined code to validate
added Info.plist for end user version tracking
added release.txt for developer bug tracking
added IE 6 png transparency support
added RWmultitool ready headers and footers
added fully functional width options
refined color picker features
added large preview image
updated small preview image
added keywords
and much, much more...

ExtraContent Tutorials

2008-12-08T08:17:00.009-05:00

Gary at RWT and SupportCasts.com was nice enough to put together a *eh-hem* human sounding screen cast (more human than our own) that further helps users understand the ExtraContent feature found in our latest theme, Gotem, a feature that we'll likely see more of:

November Affiliate Payment Sent

2008-12-07T21:54:00.000-05:00

Learn more about Gotem (Ultimate).

November affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 20% of the total transaction.

Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 20% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

NEW THEME: seyDoggy Gotem, with ExtraContent

2008-12-05T09:55:00.003-05:00

The Beatles once said, "I get by with a little help from my friends." That is definitely the case with the technology behind the latest theme from seyDoggy, Gotem. Our latest RapidWeaver theme is a sophisticated, contemporary RapidWeaver theme of extraordinary beauty and capability. But it also sports a new technology called ExtraContent.

ExtraContent came about when a handful of 3rd party developers got together to address the need for more content spaces in RapidWeaver. While the content area and sidebar are ample space for the vast majority of RapidWeaver users, there are some who want more flexibility to add content in ways keeping with todays modern web designs.

ExtraContent was the solution agreed upon by these developers as an easy means of end users adding more content to their site, in developer designated areas of ExtraContent enabled themes. While these areas will vary from theme to theme, the process will be very much the same. These developers worked closely to come up with a solution that would give all users a common experience.

I want to give a special thanks to Guiseppe from (((Bonsai Studios))) and Gary from RWT for sharing a common vision with me. You can look for new ExtraContent enabled themes from them VERY soon.

Features at a glance:

ExtraContent enabled
Two ExtraContent areas
10 Custom headers
RWmultitool Ready
Split navigation
Width control
Header height control
3 background textures
Dual sidebar control
Choice of font style
Color control
and more...

Learn more about Neato Designer

The seyDesign 3rd Birthday Sale!

2008-12-01T10:29:00.003-05:00

As one of my Twitter peeps put it this morning, "There's not many companies nowadays that can celebrate a third birthday!" For this fact, we know we are truly blessed to be doing what we are doing. Surrounded by friends, colleagues and the best software community in the universe, seyDesign.com has enjoyed an incredible 3 year run as RapidWeaver theme developer.

To mark this momentous day, we are having a week long sale. From now until December 7th you can get 45% off your entire shopping cart (minimum 2 products) when you use the code:
birthday2008

Are you a seyDesign member yet? Members can enjoy an even better discount! Sign up to learn more.

FormLoom could answer many dreams

2008-11-25T09:19:00.002-05:00

RapidWeaver, as great as it is, has always had one or two week points. Fortunately, through the wonderful foresight of Realmac Software developers, they have a wonderful SDK and strongly encourage add-on development (plugins, themes and applications developed from beyond the walls of Realmac Software). Some add-ons add features and functions never imagined in-house, while others simply improve upon existing plugins and exceed expectations of the original.

And that is the case of FormLoom (announced here) which takes the idea of the built in RapidWeaver Form plugin and and puts it in a whole other universe. Now consider that the original RapidWeaver form plugin has been plagued with many issues over the years and has been missing certain many rudimentary features. It's the kind of plugin that requires a great deal of attention, with server side programming, keeping things un-hackable, striping tags, etc... With everything else that RMS has going on, this little plugin has probably been a sore in their side. FormLoom is just what was needed in my view. It does (or will do) everything that a form plugin ought to do with the technology that it should be doing it with. In short, the forms it generates are proper web apps.

I have yet to get my hands on a copy but I am most certain that I will be able to put this thing into some heavy rotation. Go check it out for yourself.

NEW THEME: Neato from Varsis Studio

2008-11-24T08:07:00.003-05:00

Neato Designer, from Varsis Studio, is a simple but elegant RapidWeaver theme that is lightweight and easy to use. First offered from Varsis Studio, seyDesign has taken the original Neato theme and expanded and improved upon it. Complete cleaned up, overhauled and tuned in, Neato is ready and stable for your most demanding challenges.

Features at a glance:

10 Custom headers
RWmultitool Ready
6 background textures
Sidebar position
Choice of font style
Color control
and more...

October Affiliate Payment Sent

2008-11-07T13:33:00.002-05:00

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Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 20% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

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THEME UPDATE: Simplistic R3 More Friendly With GoDaddy Hosting

2008-11-07T13:11:00.000-05:00

Simplistic for RapidWeaver has been updated to address some issues with users hosting with GoDaddy. The structure of the comments within the HTML code were triggering specific GoDaddy server commands (a weak method on GoDaddy's part if you ask me) that caused sites made with Simplistic to crash on GoDaddy hosting. The comments have been amended to counter this ill effect.

For more details on the fixes visit the Simplistic update section or download the update directly here.

'sey'Design by Example, we're in print

2008-11-06T15:26:00.003-05:00

There is no greater flattery than to be made an example of so when we were asked some time ago if we would consent to being published in DesignMeltdown's, The Web Designer's Idea Book, I was truly honored.

Today, I received my copy in the mail and was thrilled to find these kind words on page 102 along side a screen shot on page 103:

"A great example of a unified design is the seyDesign site. It has an office theme, and everything flows together perfectly. The corkboard background creates a terrific foundation to tie the site together. It essentially gives the office supplies a place to exist."

Of course this isn't how the site looks today, but for this 2007 iteration of seyDesign.com to be forever immortalized in print is a true sense of accomplishment. All in all, RapidWeaver developers as a whole had a good showing in this book with various sites. Adam from Elixir Graphics has already written about his contributions. and I've heard there are more, I just haven't had time to look through each page yet.

To get yourself a copy of this most excellent web design resource, go to Amazon.com.

THEME UPDATE: Acumen r3 fixes navigation shift

2008-11-06T10:37:00.000-05:00

At risk of completely echoing everything I said about cataLog the other day, I have for you the Acumen update that addresses the same problem, the mysterious shifting second level navigation. It was only a few of you going through this, or at least only a few of you who recognized the trouble enough to bring it to my attention. The fix was similar to that of cataLog, though not exactly the same so we have had to put Acumen through it's own bit of testing, hence the delay of it's release.

Again, I won't bore you with the details here, as I have gone on about it at length here, and having now labored through this issue twice I can say that I have about had my fill of DOCTYPE differences. Acumen is now fixed like it's sibling, cataLog, and we have now issued the update to Acumen.

Again, we would like to apologize for any inconvenience this has caused the group of you who had this occur to them but we are confident that you can now put this behind you. We want to thank John Coyne and Marten Claridge for all your work in guiding us to the problem and diligently testing our fixes along the way.

For more details on the fixes visit the Acumen update section or download the update directly here.

THEME UPDATE: cataLog r3 fixes navigation shift

2008-11-05T10:36:00.004-05:00

I have very good news for both cataLog and Acumen users, that we have found the cause of the mysterious shifting second level navigation that was plaguing a small handful of you (no, I no longer consider you crazy). After an exhaustive search we were finally able to trace the odd occurrence to a conflict or difference in interpretation between the Strict DOCTYPE and the Transitional DOCTYPE and their respective roles in rendering the inline-block property.

I won't bore you with the details here, as I have gone on about it at length here, but I will just say that we were relieved to finally be able to replicate the issue ourselves and find a resolution to the problem. We have fixed and are now releasing the update to cataLog and the update to Acumen should come out later this week.

We would like to apologize for any inconvenience this has caused the group of you who had this occur to them but we are confident that you can now put this behind you. We want to thank John Coyne and Marten Claridge for all your work in guiding us to the problem and diligently testing our fixes along the way.

For more details on the fixes visit the cataLog update section or download the update directly here.

THEME UPDATE: wideNas r3 fixes footer links

2008-11-03T14:51:00.003-05:00

wideNas for RapidWeaver 4.0 has been updated to r3 to correct a small issue where links in the footer were not clickable. We have also tweaked or added a few other bits here and there such as Info.plist which allows end users to easily view the themes version from Finder. We have also added support for release notes which will allow both developers and end users to keep track of the changes made to the theme over time. This will better allow us to track what version the user is using and help us deliver the best support possible.

For a complete list of the changes, go to the wideNas updates section or download the update directly.

We're back and ready to roll.

2008-11-03T10:08:00.001-05:00

We are back from or little vacay, and back on the horse, if you will, working through a pile of emails and such. On our agenda this week is to address a few bug issues in some of our RapidWeaver themes, namely a footer issue in wideNas, and a couple of mystery bugs that occasionally rear their head in cataLog and Acumen. We should have all of these addressed this week with their respective update installers ready for download.

And as always we are ever moving forward and onward with the theme developments and ideas. We have quite a list of them to get through over the next year or so so you can be sure to see one or two new themes from us every month. Yes that is an ambitious plan, but this is what we do after all, we might very well be the only full time RapidWeaver theme developers now who do nothing else.

And speaking of RapidWeaver, did you notice that RapidWeaver 4.2 has been released? Yes indeed. I have not yet tried it myself, but I have downloaded it and will be getting into it shortly. Learn more about it's release here.

We're off to London!

2008-10-23T12:04:00.001-04:00

I'm off to the UK for a bit of a holiday. We take flight at 9:40 pm October 23 (that's today) and will be gone for about 10 days. We'll be back to answer your support questions on the week of November 1st. Remember that if you have any major concerns between now and then you can always try posting them the the Realmac Software forum and I am sure one of the kind and knowledgeable folks there will help straighten you out enough until I get back.

We'll try to keep you posted on our daily outings. That's likely to occur on Twitter so if your inclined to keep tabs on the leisure time of a theme developer geek like myself then you can come follow me.

Anyhow, stay safe and we'll catch in a few days time.

NEW THEME: Vortex OS for RapidWeaver

2008-10-21T23:01:00.001-04:00

OS Designer, from Vortex Themes, captures the Mac OS X experience with a window and several desktop backgrounds that feel like the real thing. The simple grace and beauty of the Mac OS X desktop can now be applied your webpage. With many OS flavors to choose from, there will be one that is just right for you.

Features at a glance:

Choice of desktop, from classic to Leopard
background color
Sidebar positions
logo on or off on a page by page basis
Choose from Aqua or graphite page style
and more...

Learn more about Simplistic Pro

NEW THEME: Varsis Studio Simplistic r2

2008-10-09T10:29:00.000-04:00

Simplistic Pro, another Varsis Studio creation is a clean and simple RapidWeaver theme that is surprisingly flexible. Now under seyDoggy management, Simplistic Pro has been scrubbed clean and reworked from this inside out with more function, feature and flexibility.

Features at a glance:

width variations
background effects
custom headers (RWmultitool Ready)
tab spacing
tab transparency
title position
sidebar position
font control
full color control

September Affiliate Payment Sent

2008-10-08T13:09:00.000-04:00

Learn more about DEViANT Pro

September affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

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E-Junkie helps you on your feet

2008-10-03T08:38:00.001-04:00

Things are tough in the US right now. Heck things are getting tough in Canada too where the manufacturing sector is concerned. People are loosing their jobs left, right and center. Well the crew over at E-Junkie want to turn desperate times into a new opportunity for you. Send them a copy of your termination papers and they'll sign you up for a year of their shopping cart for free with no obligation.This is your opportunity to turn bad luck into a new business with a little less risk in getting started. Read more over at E-Junkie.

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NEW THEME: DEViANT Pro

2008-09-29T17:00:00.004-04:00

DEViANT Pro, from DEVi8.design, is an simple, effective and yet stunningly attractive theme that’s good looks mask it’s raw power. With some very advanced features, like 3 tier split navigation, DEViANT Pro looks stylish enough to handle any modern blog or multimedia site, but is powerful enough to manage large sites with sprawling site architecture.

Features at a glance:

3 tier split navigation
Full color control
Width control
Font size and font style selection
Sidebar positioning
Logo on/off selection
background pattern options

THEME UPDATE: dogPress r8 fixes small issues

2008-09-26T08:43:00.002-04:00

dogPress for Rapidweaver has been tweaked ever so slightly to correct a few minor issues and improvements:

fixed IE7 navigation rendering bug for sidebar hide condition (haslayout)
fixed IE6 navigation rendering bug for sidebar hide condition (haslayout)
add ";" to the end of the value hide sidebar file
improved support for ".current" color rendering
add release note support
wrapped shadedborder commands in CDATA
removed link color from file sharing description
removed font formating from file sharing description

Visit the dogPress updates section or download the update installer directly from here: [ download ]

August Affiliate Payments Sent

2008-09-09T08:27:00.000-04:00

August affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 25% of the total transaction.

Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 25% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

THEME UPDATE: Acumen r2

2008-09-08T14:24:00.000-04:00

seyDoggy Acumen for RapidWeaver has been updated to r2. The changes are only slight with an improved print style sheet and a few tweaks here and there. One invasive change, however, is the removal of the copyrighted header images that accidentally made their way into the distributed version of this theme. If you relied on these images then this might be an aggravation to say the least, so I recommend you make backup copies of the images so you can reinstate them after the update installer runs.

Get your free update here.

NEW(ish) THEME: Varsis Studio Fade

2008-08-28T14:00:00.001-04:00

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)

2008-08-26T16:27:00.000-04:00

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

2008-08-11T15:10:00.003-04:00

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

2008-08-11T11:07:00.001-04:00

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.

July Affiliate Payments Sent

2008-08-08T22:26:00.001-04:00

July affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 25% of the total transaction.

Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 25% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

seyDoggy on holiday until August 11th

2008-08-03T23:44:00.000-04:00

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.

In the meantime, lets make the wait worth while. Let's have a "seyDoggy-is-taking-a-holiday" sale! In fact, let's use "holiday" as the discount code. From now until August 11th, use the discount code "holiday" and get 35% off your entire shopping cart! Isn't that fun? I knew you'd think so.

From August 3rd to August 11th, get 35% off your entire purchase when you use the code "holiday" in your shopping cart.

NEW THEME: Acumen, for fun, art or business

2008-08-03T00:00:00.002-04:00

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.

bloop! updated to r6

2008-07-29T00:34:00.001-04:00

We've gone and made a very small change to our seyDoggy bloop! theme for RapidWeaver, bringing it up to r6. It became clear over the last few months that IE 6 transparency support in our navigation system was a nearly lost cause.

With the various hover states we needed for said system IE 6 was all but agreeable. Each and every fix caused more problems down the line. Considering the visual effect was only very minor, we decided that instead of forcing IE 6 to render the transparencies, we ought to just downgrade the IE 6 experience ever so slightly (with is actually an improvement now).

Visit the bloop! information page to learn more or go directly to the download section to download and install the update.

dogPress Update to r7 recompiled

2008-07-28T14:11:00.001-04:00

Last week we announced an update for seyDoggy dogPress which brought it to revision 7 (r7). As one caller pointed out today, there were errors in that installer and the updates were not accurately installed.

To rectify this we have recompiled the r7 installer and labelled it as "r7 B". If you have already updated to r7, please download and install r7 B.

Thank you, and sorry for any inconvenience.

NEW THEME: seyDoggy cataLog for RapidWeaver 4.0

2008-07-26T14:36:00.001-04:00

We are more than happy to introduce you to cataLog Pro, our latest RapidWeaver theme. cataLog Pro offers a first for RapidWeaver themes, 3 level split navigation, which allows for three separate levels of nested page navigation for those really large, hard to manage websites.

You can manage online stores and corporate websites like a professional webmaster with tiered page architecture that allows the ultimate in information structuring and visitor channeling. Users of your site will be able to fly through your site with ease, drilling down to what is important to them in no time at all.

Features:

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

Learn more about cataLog Pro or see the live preview.

THEME UPDATE: dogPress r7

2008-07-23T13:37:00.001-04:00

dogPress for RapidWeaver has been updated to fix up a few problems that have been on the bug list for a while now. This update is recommended for all users of dogPress.

For more details and to download the update go to the update section of the dogPress page.

THEME UPDATE: Tagg r2 adds print style and bug fixes

2008-07-17T15:22:00.001-04:00

Tagg theme for RapidWeaver has been updated to r2. To learn more about the changes made go to the updates section of the Tagg page.

New theme: seyDoggy Tagg

2008-07-16T12:49:00.002-04:00

We are proud to introduce to you our latest RapidWeaver theme, Tagg, our first in a new Designer theme series. Tagg is a modern design with every last detailed the way we would want it if it were for our very own site. And that's the idea behind Designer themes.

Designer themes are aimed at those who want a hot theme made the way a designer would make them, without a lot of variations to fuss over. Just simple, fast, and HOT! But the best part about Design themes is that they are only $8.24, half the price of our Pro themes! Learn more....

June Affiliate Payments Sent

2008-07-08T12:00:00.000-04:00

Learn more about wideNas | Preview wideNas

June affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

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Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 25% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

Just a reminder, location, location, location...

2008-07-03T22:08:00.001-04:00

We've been busy re-skinning all the most recent RapidWeaver theme update installers for a few reasons; 1) we want them to look pretty and follow suit with the rest of our new seyDesign 2008 look, and 2) we wanted the chance to emphasize that location is so important when getting set to use one of our update installers to update your seyDoggy RapidWeaver themes.

As you will read, no doubt the next time you update a theme:

"If you have moved your RapidWeaver theme to a different location, or if you have renamed your theme, you must restore it to it's original name and location before continuing."

The new theme organization features in RapidWeaver 4.0 are a great idea, and we are happy that this is now possible, however, you must remember to move your theme back to the ~/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver root for any of our installers to work. Since there is no other constant than this folder, it is the only path we can be 100% positive will exist when compiling our installer apps to deliver the proper patches to each of our themes.

Also remember that if you are in the habit of renaming your themes (an older practice that dates back to RapidWeaver 3.1 and earlier), you must change the name back to it's original designation before running the installer. Again, the theme name is another constant we rely on when compiling our installer apps.

Member area access fixed.

2008-07-02T10:43:00.001-04:00

Sheesh! Relaunching a totally rebuilt site is never without its complications but it's the little things that get you the most. Things like having the correct path in htaccess files that allow members to actually access the member area?

Anyhow, for any one who was having difficulty getting into the members area, please try the link in your emails again. It should work now.

Member signup is fixed

2008-07-02T08:54:00.000-04:00

There were a number of people trying to sign up as seyDesign members over the weekend, unfortunately the signup form was borked and most attempts failed. I am pleased to announce the form has now been fixed.

If you were one of the ones trying to sign up without success, please give it another shot now.

Let's clarify what is covered under Creative Commons

2008-07-02T08:06:00.000-04:00

The new seyDesign 2008 launch has been getting a great deal of media coverage and that's fine. However, it is being reported that:

"Users are encouraged to download, modify and improve these RapidWeaver themes and share them back with seyDesign and the general public. Themes there are covered under the creative commons license."
source: MacsimumNews among others.

This simply is NOT true and is an example of poor journalism if you ask me. The ONLY themes that we encourage this behavior for, and the ONLY themes that are covered under the creative commons license, is our Open Source themes (which currently only includes the "waVy" RapidWeaver theme).

I am terribly sorry about any confusion in this matter. It is clearly a case of misread press releases and extracting the bits that sounded the coolest.

THEME UPDATE: wideNas r2 fixes tab issue

2008-06-27T12:39:00.000-04:00

Our latest theme, wideNas has been updated to r2 to correct a little typo in the index.html template file that was the cause of the tabs not showing up when previewed in RapidWeavers "Default" mode. The javascript responsible for making the tabs was looking for a class of "toolbar_horizontal" but the template had a class of "toolbar_horizontal " (note the space after the t and before the end quote).

We didn't catch this originally because we always develop in "Tidied" mode, as this was once the RapidWeaver default. Now that "Default" is the.. erm... default, we will have to change development kits to reflect this and hopefully avoid this needle in a haystack issues in the future.

You can get your update installer here

New site. New theme. New ideas.

2008-06-26T14:20:00.000-04:00

In this post: The New Site | The New Theme: wideNas | Two Theme Updates | Free Themes

The New Site

Welcome to seyDesign 2008, our biggest and most ambitious site porting ever. We have taken every single inch of our massive website and turned it inside out, all in the name of delivering to you the most effective RapidWeaver theme store and resource possible. You'll find everything about the new site familiar, yet much more fluid. You'll no longer have to jump from page to page to find out theme features, download more styles or get the latest theme updates. Each theme page is now it's own mini site with all of your needs and wants answered on a single page.

The New Theme: wideNas

Although a new site design is always cause for celebration, there isn't really a whole lot in it for you. That's why we are proud to present our latest theme, wideNas. Inspired by our popular badNas theme for RapidWeaver, wideNas takes the tabbed theme idea out of it's little box. The wide open layout of wideNas makes it ideal for just about any style of site, from high-tech to corporate or blog to boutique.

wideNas is what we now refer to as a Pro theme (more on such distinctions at a later date) who's pro features include such things as custom headers, width control, full color control, font selection and much, much more.

Two Theme Updates

viEw r3

We are excited to tell you about two updates to two great themes. The first one I want to tell you about is viEw, one of my personal favorites. viEw r3 is now available, bringing it up to speed with RapidWeaver 4.0, adding the large preview and keywords to assist in theme browsing and searching respectively. Learn more about viEw | Get the update

Tuo r4

The second theme I want to tell you about is Tuo, a RapidWeaver theme that changes the face of RapidWeaver theme development everywhere back in 2006. Tuo has had another radical change, rebuilt from the ground up to optimize performance, clean up code and extend functionality well beyond previous versions. Some of the new features include enhanced color control for all aspects of the layout (including top level navigation bar and the sidebar area), width variations, font selection and more. Learn more about Tuo | Get the update

Free Themes

What happens when a theme gets retired? It use to go in this lonely place on my hard drive called "_discontinued" but after having recently retired another theme, waVy, I could stand the thought of this theme rotting away until file corruption finally takes it's last whispering breath away. It's a perfectly good theme, and we like it a lot (I even use it on RapidWeaved.com) but it's just not popular enough to invest anymore time into further development of it.

So here is what we've decide to do with waVy and other themes like it; we have started a new section on the site, under the THEMES category, called Open Source. There, governed by the laws of Creative Commons, users can download, use, share, post back to seyDesign.com and redistribute our open source themes, absolutely free.

Conclusion

All in all I would say that this was a rather action packed blog post. Look for more exciting news in the coming weeks.

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It's almost time to waVy goodbye...

2008-06-13T09:58:00.000-04:00

We are doing a little house cleaning in preparation of the new seyDesign 2008 site relaunch. Now it's alway hard to say goodbye to a part of the family but there comes a time when we must just let go of the week ones to help us focus on making the strong one better. What I am getting at is this; we have decided to pull the plug on waVy once the new site gets launched. Support will continue as usual though, so if you are a waVy user, fear not, we have still got your back.

Goodbyes are never forever though, especially with the themes we hold close to our heart (we like waVy and have made use of for our own projects), but we have a lot of new things and revitalized things coming down the pike and waVy is just having trouble keeping up. Look for a new section of our upcoming relaunch that will harbor our homeless themes in the comfort and dignity that they deserve.

May Affiliate Payments Sent

2008-06-10T16:41:00.000-04:00

May affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

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badNas r6 B update for glitchy updates

2008-06-03T08:50:00.000-04:00

For reasons I can't explain, possibly with RapidWeaver 4.0 being a more sensitive soul or more attuned to to the files it must work with... whatever the reason, I am going to venture a guess that RapidWeaver 4.0 has caught what looks to be a corrupted update installer dmg. The original "badNas r6 Upgrade" dated March 26, 2008 worked, for all intents and purposes, in RapidWeaver 3.6 (though the error might have arose in some instances) but in RapidWeaver 4.0 it seems the corruption was too much to handle.

So to address this glitch we have simply rebuilt the update installer dmg and app and now all seems well by all accounts. If you have ever experienced trouble with badNas r6 in either RapidWeaver 3.6 or RapidWeaver 4, it is recommended that you update your theme using the "badNas r6 B Upgrade" dated June 2, 2008. You can find the list of badNas updates »here«.

RapidWeaver 4.0 and seyDoggy themes

2008-05-28T22:23:00.001-04:00

With all the chatter about the impending RapidWeaver 4.0 release there is probably some question about our current RapidWeaver theme library and whether our themes are compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0. The long and short of it is that all but two of our themes are currently enabled with full RapidWeaver 4.0 suite of features while the last two are still compatible regardless. All RapidWeaver 3.6 themes work in RapidWeaver 4.0 as is.

That's not to say we won't be updating those last two themes, in fact they are updated already, we've just been too busy to release them yet. The same goes for our seyDesign 2008 site redesign, it's nearly ready to go, we're just trying to find the time to add two more new themes to the roster before we launch.

We had hopes of launching seyDesign 2008 before RapidWeaver 4.0 was released but that just won't be possible now. It's always good to be busy I guess, but sleep is good sometimes too.

seyDoggy client, FlipSide5, takes Apple by storm

2008-05-28T09:23:00.001-04:00

Our parent company, seyDoggy, has just heard news of their clients games, Tic-Tac-Touch and 4InARow touch from FlipSide5, Inc. have made a big splash at the Apple website, being featured at the top of every list. Learn more...

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FlipSide5.com launches

2008-05-27T01:23:00.000-04:00

Our parent company, seyDoggy has been hard at work lately, as usual, and has recently been able to share their latest work with the world, FlipSide5.com

From tip to toe, seyDoggy took care of the whole package for FlipSide5; the graphics, web design, game icons and pieces, logo, etc... they did the whole thing. But enough about us...

Reston, VA—May 27, 2008—FlipSide5, Inc., makers of the popular web editions of Tic-Tac-Touch and 4InARow touch are now launching versions to download and install, allowing players to own these games on their iPhone and iPod Touch. Both these products, Tic-Tac-Touch and 4InARow touch, are designed to be amazingly "simple, fun and wow", refreshing these ageless classics for today's generation.

Go to seyDoggy.com to read all about it.

Gary speaks about the "Pro"

2008-05-23T10:18:00.000-04:00

Gary from RapidWeaverThemes.com has just posted a commentary on what makes you a Pro when you call yourself a "Pro Theme Developer". He hits the nail on the head, it's NOT just those who do it exclusively for a living who can call themselves a Pro. It's more than that. It's all in how you conduct yourself and your business.

Some of the names you think of when you think of a "Pro Theme Developer" are myself (seyDoggy), RapidWeaverThemes.com, Elixir Graphics, RapidIdeas, BlueBall Design, Josh Lockhart, MultiThemes, Varsis Studio, THEME WEAVER... The fact of that matter is that only a few of us actually make themes and web designs for a living, exclusively, while others have day jobs, go to school and what not. But what makes them all worthy of the Pro title is their support and commitment their products, to RapidWeaver and to each other as a community of friends and developers.

For more on the subject go to Gary's blog and read his full post .

seyDOGGY (not seyDESIGN) gets a face lift!

2008-05-21T01:04:00.000-04:00

The mother ship has taken some time out to get a new coat of paint put on. seyDoggy.com, our little known parent site (and owners, lest we forget), has had a facelift in order to fight the obvious signs of aging. Yes it was time. The old girl was sporting a skin that was a throwback to 2005 (how embarrassing).

The new clothes that seyDoggy.com has donned is in preparation for an upcoming site launch that seyDoggy played a big part in. It seemed only fitting to announce this upcoming great new site from one that is as equally great. Stay tuned for more on this "new site" news.

Your questions and comments are always appreciated so don't be affraid to let us know what you think about the new seyDoggy.com

For those of you patiently waiting for more news concerning the upcoming seyDesign 2008 launch and the soon to be released Tuo update, please hang tight. We have a busy schedule at seyDoggy and we are addressing every ones needs in turn. I will have more news as it becomes available.

April affiliate payments sent

2008-05-07T22:10:00.000-04:00

April affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 25% of the total transaction.

Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 25% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

Tuo is seeing new horizons

2008-05-07T12:07:00.000-04:00

The one and only, the original, first commercially available theme with split navigation is currently on the operating table undergoing some fairly major surgery... yet again. From it's early days in the spotlight as "Duo" it's first major transformation came when the code base was rewritten from scratch to bring the more stable, more feature rich "Tuo".

Soon after that came the major overhaul required to bring Tuo up to RapidWeaver 3.6 compatibility again bringing greater functionality to the already great layout. Now in preparation of the seyDesign.com site relaunch, we are taking yet another look at Tuo and what can be done to make it better and more flexible.

So how does variable with, variable header height, FULL color control sound to you? I thought you might like the sound of that. We have started from scratch (for real) and remapped this theme from start to finish. I think you'll like what's in store for this old girl.

Stay tuned.

edGy r4 Update

2008-05-01T20:24:00.001-04:00

Our edGy theme has been recently updated, bringing it up to RapidWeaver 4.0 standards. You can download the free update installer here.

Important

You must have a working copy of "seyDoggy edGy.rwtheme" in your "~/username/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver/" folder for this update installer to work.

Please make a backup copy of your theme before running the update installer.

Patience is a virtue... not a right!

2008-04-30T13:34:00.000-04:00

Where have we gone? I know it seems like we've fallen off the face of the earth, but we haven't. On the contrary I, myself, have been so overwhelmingly busy it's hard to remember my own name at times. It's made it tough to do things like update my totally awesome seyDesign theme buyers with news of what to expect on the horizon.

So here is a list of things you can expect to see from us in the future (it's too hard to say when though):

New site:
We are in fact working on a new design and layout for this site. It is taking a while to port everything over, but we want it done right and we want to be super professional. I wish I could give you an accurate timeline of when to expect it but I can't. What you can do, though, is watch our theme upgrades as we are tweaking each one in alphabetical order, to make sure that they are all up to the new site standards.
New theme
We are sitting on a completed theme, waiting for the perfect time to release it. Ideally we want to launch it with the new site, but only time will tell.
New approach
It's too early to say yet, but we are thinking of a new approach to RapidWeaver themes. Nothing drastic. We are just a little frustrated at times with the total number of hours required to make the complex themes that we do. I can be limiting, at times, to be every theme for every person. We need to change that. Nothing big, but definitely significant.
Out with the old
This has been pending for quite some time now and I might as well make it public; we will no longer be selling WordPress themes... here. There is far too much confusion among the buyers and the two products, RapidWeaver and WordPress just don't co-exist well in the same space. The WordPress side of this operation needs to move, and it will when the new seyDesign site comes around.
SOTW no more
It is safe to say that if I were any more behind on the seyDesign Site of the Week portion of this blog I would have to change it to Site of the Year. I am sorry to have to do this but I think I am going to have to cut out that portion. I loved doing it but I just don't have the time. You are actually far better off submitting your site to RapidWeaved.com (the unofficial RapidWeaver site showcase) as you'll get a far broader audience looking at your site. Sorry for the inconvenience.

So what have we been up to that has us so quite? Lots of websites and graphics. Unfortunately I am not at liberty to speak of any of them but a few of them are pretty sweet. I did take a few hours of my schedule last week to quickly blast up a personal website to catch all of my random thoughts and activities. You can see the fruits of my labour at AdamMerrifield.info.

I hope to have more exciting news for you soon, and until then, happy weaving.

Ars Technica takes a sneak-peek at RapidWeaver 4

2008-04-23T09:56:00.001-04:00

RapidWeaver got some mad love from Ars Technica today with an exclusive pre-release sneak peek at RapidWeaver 4.0. By all accounts it looks as though 4.0 is going to bring some great new features and capabilities to the already killer platform. With a sleek new UI some more power under the hood, RapidWeaver could be setting the bar super high this time.Watch your back DreamWeaver. Your days are numbered.

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THEME UPGRADE: dogPress r6, Working like a dog for you!

2008-04-21T14:19:00.000-04:00

Every so often we need to take a hard look at what we've been doing and take note of where our strengths and weaknesses are. In doing so recently, we found that our dogPress is our most popular RapidWeaver theme... EVER! This actually came as a bit of a shock to us and made us feel a bit bad that we had neglected it. To reward you for your patronage and loyalty we decided that dogPress was long overdue for a much need (and free) upgrade!

Call us crazy or call us mad dogs, but we couldn't help giving the hottest upgrades to our most popular theme. We have added width options, header height variations, and all new color controls, including page colors!

To learn more about all the new features, visit the dogPress information pages. To download the update installer, visit the update repository.

It won't be long...er than it has to be

2008-04-12T11:17:00.000-04:00

My apologies to all seyDesign fans. We are quiet at the moment and I suspect we will be for a while longer yet. We have new themes and updates to get out but we want to wait until our relaunch, our new seyDesign 2008 website. When that will be is hard to say, because as much as we would like to work on it all day and night, the reality is that we have large scale projects for clients that need to be addressed first. I am doing all I can to get a little done here and there and am making fairly good progress but a sight as large as seyDesign takes a long time to migrate over. We aren't simply changing the "look". We are changing the technology in it's entirety, we are remapping certain areas of the site, removing unused portions, making it easier to access other areas that are more critical to users, and the list goes on. Please bear us, your patience is appreciated.

March affiliate payments sent

2008-04-07T22:10:00.000-04:00

March affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 25% of the total transaction.

Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 25% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

THEME UPGRADE: badNas r6, the badest badNas yet!

2008-03-26T19:04:00.000-04:00

Not ones to rest on our laurels, we recently saw fit to rebuild our popular badNas RapidWeaver theme from the ground up. badNas now sports width variations, highly advanced color options, new features and a new, optimized structure for faster loading.

To learn more about all the new features, visit the badNas information pages. To download the update installer, visit the update repository.

Upcoming: new site, upgraded themes and more

2008-03-23T22:57:00.000-04:00

It's always a good sign when the seyDesign blog is quiet. It usually means there is something brewing in the dog house, and indeed there is. For starters, let me just say that I am feverishly working on a brand new layout for seyDesign.com. One that is so gorgeous you won't believe your eyes. I would say that I am about 80% of the way there. And that brings me to the other items that have us busy. We can't really have an all new, top-notch, fine looking layout without bringing our themes up to the same calibre. We have been working over the last year to constantly improve our current theme library to be more flexible, more versatile, more stable and more attractive. This has been deliberate. We have known for some time that we want to bring seyDesign to the next level and we intend to do so with improved and upgraded themes to go along with our up coming new site design. One theme in particular has had so much potential since day one and has been very popular, but it's graphical limitations have always bothered us in-house. So we have recently strapped badNas to the operating table and are giving it's vital innards a complete overhaul. I don't want to go into detail, but you can expect to see a lot more flexibility with this RapidWeaver theme in the coming weeks. Also in the mix, we have a number of web site and graphic projects on the go and a custom theme to get done. All this and more is sure to cast this blog into virtual silence for a few more weeks yet. So until then, keep your sniffer clean.

CoverFlow in the spotlight

2008-03-11T08:20:00.000-04:00

One of seyDesign's finest, Chris from Varsis Studio, was recently interviewed by Ryan Smith for RapidWeaved.com. Chris gives some insight into the radical new approach to his development of his highly anticipated and very well received RapidWeaver plugin called CoverFlow. If you have been living under a rock for the past month or so and were not aware of this plugin, this interview is a good introduction to both Chris and his incredible plugin. [ read it here ]

February affiliate payments sent

2008-03-08T22:18:00.000-05:00