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Flex theme receives minor bug-fix
I have released a minor bug-fix for my Flex RapidWeaver theme. There was a CSS error with the “Page - Banner Image” variation. This issue is fixed and now works as expected. Current Flex users will receive a free download link via email very soon.
Introducing my new Flex theme for RapidWeaver
Say hello to Flex
I am very excited to announce Flex, my new RapidWeaver theme. My Flex theme is available today for USD $19.95. You can also purchase a Flex/RapidSearch bundle to save 50% of the cost of RapidSearch! Simply put, I believe Flex is the most customizable RapidWeaver theme I have ever built. You can read about its features below.
Feature highlights
- Hybrid horizontal navigation menu with vertical drop-down submenus (1 top level and up to 7 submenus)
- Built-in jQuery 1.3.2 Javascript library
- Built-in PrettyPhoto lightbox gallery
- Built-in search form with RapidSearch integration
- Up to 20 header backgrounds with user-defined background image, position, and repeat (10 JPGs and 10 PNGs)
- Up to 20 user-defined banner images (10 JPGs and 10 PNGs)
- Rounded corners on various layout elements with user-defined radii
- Transparent menu tabs and drop-downs with user-defined transparency
- JS-Kit comment support
- Color pickers for most layout elements, including a, p, em, i, strong, b, blockquote, cite, code, ins, del, and more
- 6 Theme Styles to help get you started
- Supports RapidWeaver 4
Integrated RapidSearch search form
Flex provides a built-in search form that integrates seamlessly with my RapidSearch plugin for RapidWeaver. Now your website visitors can search your website with minimal setup.
Built-in jQuery 1.3.2 and PrettyPhoto lightbox
Flex provides a built-in minified copy of jQuery 1.3.2 and the PrettyPhoto lightbox. You have access to the complete jQuery library out of the box. And setting up a professional lightbox gallery for images, movies, Flash SWFs, and YouTube videos is a breeze.
Custom header backgrounds
Flex is my first theme to provide customizable header background images. You can use up to 10 JPG images and up to 10 PNG images in your header background. You can even specify the background image position and repeat direction.
Built with web standards in mind
Flex was built with web standards in mind. Flex uses the XHTML 1.0 Strict DTD, and you can use color pickers
to style a, p, em, i, strong, b, blockquote,
cite, code, ins, del, and more!
Web Browser Support
- Safari
- Firefox
- Chrome
- Internet Explorer 8
- Internet Explorer 7
- Internet Explorer 6
***Rounded corners do not work in Internet Explorer. Transparent PNGs do not work in Internet Explorer 6.
The Seeker: Animated search bar tutorial for RapidWeaver
Marten of RapidWeaver Central released a thorough and well-written tutorial that demonstrates how to implement a search bar on your RapidWeaver website.
If you’ve been looking under chairs and tables, trying to find the key to the pop-up searchbar fable… then your search is over. The Seeker is here. And it’ll help you find what you’re after. With style.
Marten also describes how to enhance your Seeker search bar with RapidSearch, my own search plugin for RapidWeaver that easily integrates Google search within your RapidWeaver website.
See the full Seeker tutorial or read the original announcement on the Realmac Software forums.
BREAKING: XHTML2 will be discontinued in favor of HTML5
The XHTML 2 Working Group is expected to stop work by the end of 2009 and, instead, reallocate its resources toward the development of HTML5.
Today the Director announces that when the XHTML 2 Working Group charter expires as scheduled at the end of 2009, the charter will not be renewed. By doing so, and by increasing resources in the Working Group, W3C hopes to accelerate the progress of HTML 5 and clarify W3C’s position regarding the future of HTML.
This is HUGE news for the web development industry. I only hope this dramatic shift will speed up development of the HTML5 draft specification.
New Media Campaigns asks “HTML 5: Should we be excited yet?”
New Media Campaigns has posted an interesting and informative article about HTML5 and the future of the World Wide Web.
It’s an exciting time to be a web developer. The browser wars are in full swing, reminiscent of the mid-90s. Firefox 3.5 was released only yesterday with plenty of cool, new features including HTML5 support for audio, video, offline and local storage, and canvas text. Google’s Chrome and Apple’s Safari are blazing fast, already sporting cutting edge HTML5 features. The HTML5 draft specification, although years from completion, is already influencing web browser development and will revolutionize the way we develop for the World Wide Web. The future is here! But should we be excited yet?