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Blendit theme

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Blendit is Splendid

This latest theme of RapidIdeas uses a really cool css feature: transparency. It is not built with png files which only works in IE/Win with some javascript hacks. Also the navbar is fixed on top of the page and will not scroll. So your website visitors allways have it in full view for easy navigation. You have also the possibility to choose between many options including colors, sidebar placement, transparency values, font families and more. See below for the full list.

The features

Here is a quick summary of what you will find in this theme:

  • Custom Colors choosable for almost every part of the layout (NEW in RapidWeaver 3.6)
  • 5 different font families to choose from
  • 3 different font sizes to choose from
  • 6 navbar transparency values (50%-opaque)
  • 10 header images (and you can add your own!)
  • 10 different header height values
  • Switch between header font transparency (on/off)
  • Enable a cool transparency effect for the header
  • 8 different widths
  • 3 sidebar positions (left, right, hide)
  • Image border on/off
  • Enable/disable the content border
  • Greybox included for great Web 2.0 effects
  • A Utility to easily manager your header images
  • A header image starter set with 26 free header images
  • Enable/disable Automatic Image Resizing

The features in detail

Transparency

navbar 50% transparent

navbar 20% transparent

navbar opaque

You can choose different transparency values between 50%-100% (where 100% means opaque) for the navigation bar.

Colors

New in RapidWeaver 3.6

Since RapidWeaver 3.6 you can use custom colors by choosing them with the standard OSX color picker and adjust almost any part of the layout (navbar, body, footer, sidebar, ...). Sure that I have reworked the theme from ground up to support this new really cool feature

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Header Images

Header Image 1 Header Image 2 Header Image 3 Header Image 4 Header Image 5

There are 26 header images included in the blendit theme and you can place up to ten different header images in your site with the Blendit Image Admin Utility. Sure you can also use your own images.

Font Families

In the Blendit theme you can choose between 5 different font families. 3 of them are sans-serif, 1 is a serif font and 1 a monotype.

century gothic verdana century gothic century gothic century gothic

A cool header effect

I have implemented a absolutly stunning header font effect in the blendit theme: When you enable it, the site title and slogan will overlay with a nice transparency effect the header image. Here are two screenshot to show you the effect, the first without, the second with the effect:

blendit header no effect blendit header with effect

Fixed Navigation Bar

The blendit theme implements a fixed navigation bar at the top of the browser window. So your visitors will allways be able to access the navigation easily. It also looks really cool when you scroll the content.

Greybox included

greybox logo

Ever wanted to have a cool AJAX effect on your site but it was too difficult to make it work? With the OHM theme it is really easy as the greybox project is preinstalled! You probably already have seen the greybox in action. It is used widely on this site to show you the images in full screen mode. The greybox system is similar to the lightbox one, except you not only are able to open images in a translucent layer but whole websites. So you can show additional information to the user without opening a new window or redirecting him to another site - and this means: he will stay longer on your site!

As you view this content you already have seen how greybox works, as this whole page is displayed in a greybox layer. Other examples can be found on this site when choosing to view the online examples or even by adding a theme in the shopping cart.

If you want to find more information about greybox or like to see more examples, you can visit the project's homepage at http://www.orangoo.com/labs/GreyBox/

Free Online Support and Updates

If something should not work well, you can get free online support from me. You can contact me and I will give you help making the best out of this template. I will probably also make some changes to the design itself, all for free.