After over a week of beta testing I released the brand new V 1.1.0 of Konzern. It adds some nice new features and also fixes some general bugs. Here is the changelog:

• Added a background image style variation (with several options like position, repeat, ...)
• Added an easy way to import any content (e.g. a blocks page) into the page header
• Added a sidebar navigation bg color option
• Now, the full navbar section is clickable (except in IE/Win)
• Fixed some problems with the Menu in IE/Win
• Made some changes to the print stylesheet

All customers should already have received a mail with the download information. If you haven't it already in your inbox, please drop me a line.

Tags: Themes, Information, Update

After beta testing I decided to release the major update for Diamond. I think it is the biggest and greatest update released in its lifetime, even the changelog isn't as long as it should be

V 4.0.0
- Added a font size option
- Header Image handling changed to include more than 5 images (now up to 10)
- New Image Admin Utility
- Added a Header Height Option
- Exchanged greybox with mediabox
- Some IE/Win bug fixes (no need for additional IE7 javascript bugfix framework)
- Sidenavigation Morph added (movement can be disabled)

You can see the brand new preview site in action here.

All customers should already have received a mail with the download information. If you haven't it already in your inbox, please drop me a line.

Even it is a huge update and I invested many, many hours (or lets say: weeks), I decided to release it once again for free. But if you want to support further development, you are free to donate me any amount you think is worth it

Yes, I do like to donate your excelent work and customer support!

Now, let's move on to the Konzern theme and other nice additions

Today I released the first bug fix update for the Konzern theme. It included many improvements especially for IE/Win support. Here is the changelog:

V 1.0.1:
- Fixed the Multi Language Support for IE/Win
- Fixed Navbar BG Image Handling for IE/Win
- Many other improvements, especially for IE/Win
- Added a Newsletter subscription script (using mlm from maxprog)

Note that I also updated the manual to include information on how to install and use the newssubscription script.

If you are interested in the actual changed I did, you can see the file diffs here:

http://www.rapid-ideas.com/Documentation/changelogs/Konzern/1.0.1/

Another Theme Update.
I have worked really hard to include in this Usine Theme Update all requested features AND MORE. Have a look at the changelog:

V.3.5.0:
- Added many new layout dimensions (7 fixed, 4 fluid)
- Added background image variations (position, repeat)
- Added an additional body bg image with options
- Added color style variations for sidebar/content active links
- Added a new preview image and finder version info
- Added a default "Bildpunkt Design" to create the layout bildpunktdesign.de is using
- Added additional images including a keynote template to build your own background frames

If you want to have a look at the exact changes I made, you can have a look at the code sources in the changelog section.

To see the new possibilities on a live page, you can go to the Usine Preview section.

After some weeks of beta stage I hope to have found and fixed any problems you may have found.

This update is once again a free update, even I have invested a lot of time. All customers should have received a mail with the download information. If you haven't received it, please drop me a line.

Last friday I started a beta period for the usine theme. As it has many features added and also many parts of the code have been rewritten, I want to wait some days, collecting reports until I work on the final release. As far as it seems the beta version is very stable and I haven't received many reports. That said it looks as the new version will be released withing the next few days). If you want to participate in the public beta and you have purchased the theme, drop me a note. So, here is the changelog: - Added many new layout dimensions (7 fixed, 4 fluid) - Added background image variations (position, repeat) - Added an additional body bg image with options - Added color style variations for sidebar/content active links - Added a new preview image and finder version info - Added a default "Bildpunkt Design" to create the layout bildpunktdesign.de is using

Another Theme Update today: Pop 1.0.3
Here is the changelog:

V 1.0.3:
- Small menu problem fixed
- Added info, so you can easily check the version you are using by the Finder's Get Info window

You can see the exact changes I made in the code in the advanced changelog section. This may be helpful if you made some custom changes to the theme and like to add the fixes manually.

Even it seems to be only a minor update, it is vital you get it, as it especially fixes some bugs in IE/Win.

If you haven’t received the download info yet, please drop me a line.

I have just released a minor update for the camilo theme. Camilo was my first theme ever developed for RapidWeaver back in 2005 and I think it’s also the most successful. The theme itself was very stable right from the beginning but I always tried to add many new features to it, as soon as they have been requested. But I think the success of the theme is based on its simplicity and clear-cut style.
The update fixes some minor problems and adds a version info file, so you simply have to select it in the finder, open the get info window and you will see the theme version (thanks to Benoit Widemann sharing this idea).

Furthermore I have made the theme 100% valid XHTML/CSS - just in case you do care about it.

All customers should receive the download information for the latest version by mail. If you have purchased the camilo theme and don’t receive the information mail, please drop me a line.

Tags: Themes, Update

The beta test phase is over: today I have released the new feature rich update for the sphere theme. With each major upgrade it is possible that there are still some bugs present. But as I released several beta versions first and fixed all reported problems, I think it is a very stable version.

Here is the changelog:

- Exchanged greybox with mediabox
- Font Size Variation added
- Navbar Font Family Variation added
- Navbar letter spacing added for better readability
- Header Background Color Added to be used if you don't want to use header images
- Added a style variation to remove the huge bottom padding (if you don't use a footer image or fading)
- Added a style variation to use a split navigation (subitems in sidebar)
- You can now enable/disable the menu drop down
- Added a first stylesheet for iPhone/iPod Touch (work in progress) which corrects some minor problems
- Fixed the navbar expanding height in IE7 (IE6 still needs a manually adjusted value if you need it)
- Corrected a bug with the automatic image resize option
- Fixed some errors so the theme's CSS and HTML code does validate (with option CSS3)

If you own the sphere theme, you should have already received the upgrade information by mail. If you haven’t please wait some hours and report if you still haven’t received it.

The Blendit Theme version I released 2 days ago contained a bug when you create a new site with it. It seems that existing pages worked well. So, I decided in releasing a bug fix asap.
If you already downloaded and installed the new blendit version, please redownload it and install the updated theme. Also you should have received a small patcher application by mail to patch the buggy version.
I also worked upon the included style sets and made some minor changes (e.g. Repositioned the header titles).

Tags: Update, Themes

Today I released a major upgrade for the Blendit Theme. It was really hard work, as I wanted to include all feature you requested so far and maximize the theme’s compatibility and flexibility. As it is a major upgrade I always recommend to backup the old theme file first and make some tests with the new version before going live.

So, what has changed?

New in V 2.5.0:
- Optimized the javascript fixes for IE6/Win, so the navbar will not be offset to the left until the fix is applied
- Added the new IE7 javascript library
- Rewritten many parts of the source code for better IE/Win compatibility
- You can now use 10 instead of only 5 header images and manage them with a new Image Admin Tool
- 26 included header images to choose from
- Added a header height style variation
- Added a header background color variation, if you don't want to use a header image
- Added a font size style variation (small, medium, big)
- Many new or changed style variations (e.g. width, colors, ...)
- Valid CSS/HTML Code (Validated with W3C) ( except IE/Win and old Mozilla transparency)
- and much more I just can’t remember anymore

If you already purchased the Blendit theme you should already have received a mail with the upgrade information. If not, please give it another 2-3 hours. If you still should not have it in your inbox, please drop me a line.

Remember to report me any problem you should see in the new version (even I won’t have the time to fix any bugs asap). And please consider reading the online documentation first before asking for general help:

http://www.rapid-ideas.com/Documentation/index.html

Tags: Themes, Update

Today I have released the first bugfix update for the new POP Theme. If you already purchased the POP theme you should have received a Mail with the download information.

Here is the changelog:

- Added support for FLV files in mediabox
- Corrected some general problems with the custom colors (stylesheet will no validate without errors (except the webkit/moz and css3 definitions))
- Setting a min-height of 400px for nicer looks if you only have very few content
- Some minor style adjustments (blog tag cloud, blog title, ...)

As I already mentioned in the last post, you may use the free Empty theme to fix some pugin compatibility problems.

If you are a advanced HTML/CSS coder, you also may be interested in the file changelog, which can be found on the changelog site.

Tags: Themes, Update