Sophisticate 3

Sophisticate 3

Screenshots

Here are a few screenshots of Sophisticate. You can also view the live preview.

  • Sophisticate 3 Screenshot 1
  • Sophisticate 3 Screenshot 2
  • Sophisticate 3 Screenshot 3

Features

Sophisticate is an ideal RapidWeaver theme for small and large organizations. Several Sophisticate features are:

  • 34 color pickers
  • 3 theme styles
  • Up to 10 banner images
  • Up to 4 menu levels
  • Left, right, or hidden sidebar
  • Global font size controls

Theme Variations

Colors

  • Background
  • Body Text
  • Headers
  • Links
  • Site Title
  • Site Slogan
  • Breadcrumb Bar Background
  • Breadcrumb Bar Links
  • Upper Sidebar Background
  • Upper Sidebar Links
  • Upper Sidebar Links (Hover)
  • Upper Sidebar Links (Current)
  • Upper Sidebar Links (Ancestor)
  • Lower Sidebar Background
  • Lower Sidebar Title
  • Lower Sidebar Text
  • Lower Sidebar Links
  • Lower Sidebar Links (Hover)
  • Footer Text
  • Footer Links
  • Footer Background
  • Code Element Text
  • Blockquote Element Text
  • Blog Entry Title
  • Blog Entry Date
  • Blog Entry Tags
  • Photo Album Title
  • Photo Individual Page Title
  • Photo Individual Page Background
  • Photo Individual Page Image Border
  • Movie Album Title
  • Movie Album Entry Text
  • Movie Popup Background
  • Movie Popup Text

Font Family

  • Trebuchet
  • Helvetica
  • Georgia
  • Times

Base Font Size

  • 11px
  • 12px
  • 13px
  • 14px

Title and Slogan

  • Show
  • Hide

Sidebar

  • Left
  • Right
  • Hide

Custom Page Banner

  • Banner Image 1 ... Banner Image 10
  • None

Blog Tag Icon Color

  • Blue
  • Green
  • Orange
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Yellow

Frequently Asked Questions

None available

Documentation

Installation

  1. Download your purchase to your computer. This will be a ZIP file.
  2. Double-click the downloaded ZIP file to expand its contents.
  3. Double-click the .rwtheme or .rwplugin file that was in the ZIP file.
  4. Restart RapidWeaver.

System Requirements

  1. Mac OS X 10.4+
  2. RapidWeaver 3.6+ (4.0+ recommended)
  3. Javascript-enabled web browser

Custom Page Banners

You may use up to 10 banners with Sophisticate. Follow these directions to create and install a custom banner image.

  1. Create a banner image that is 840px wide and 200px tall with an image editor.
  2. Save your image as a JPEG image, with a “.jpg” extension, into the directory sophisticate.rwtheme/Contents/images/editable_images/.
  3. Right-click “sophisticate.rwtheme” and choose “Show Package Contents” to view the contents of the Sophisticate theme.
  4. Save your image as “banner_#.jpg”, where “#” is 1, 2, 3, ... or 10. For example, you might save an image called “banner_8.jpg”.
  5. Restart RapidWeaver, and select the appropriate banner image in the Theme Variation panel.

If you wish to use an image that is not 200px tall, you must override the default banner height with the following custom CSS (adjusted to your preferences):

#banner{ height: 100px; }

Sophisticate 3 Upgrade Instructions

Upgrade Option 1: Clean install

  1. Download and double-click the theme update ZIP file to your computer
  2. Double-click the .rwtheme file that was inside of the ZIP file
  3. Re-start RapidWeaver and select “Sophisticate 3” from the Theme library in RapidWeaver

Upgrade Option 2: Replace existing theme

  1. Backup your existing Sophisticate .rwtheme file
  2. Download and double-click the theme update ZIP file to your computer
  3. Double-click the .rwtheme file that was inside of the ZIP file
  4. Locate “~/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver/sophisticate3.rwtheme”
  5. Right-click on this file and choose “Show Package Contents”
  6. In the resultant Finder, open “/Contents/Theme.plist” in a plain text editor
  7. Scroll to the bottom of the file
  8. Change the “RWThemeName” key’s value to “Sophisticate”
  9. Change the “RWThemeShortName” key’s value to “sophisticate”
  10. Save the file and restart RapidWeaver

Release Notes

Version 3 - Released on June 1, 2009

+ Ensured compatibility with JS-Kit comments in RapidWeaver 4.2.2+

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