We care. That’s it in a nutshell. We have been designing RapidWeaver themes professionally since November of 2005 and in that time we have continually sought to improve how themes are made, what themes can do and have continually tried rally a strong community around those who call themselves RapidWeaver developers. We haven’t done it alone, by any means. There has been a network of us along the way, a network of developers who all care, it’s what sets all of us apart from the casual themer.

So who are some of the developers who have really made a difference:

• YourHead Software
• Loghound Software
• Varsis Studio
• Benoit Wideman
• Elixir Graphics
• Blueball Design
• Multithemes
• Josh Lockheart
• Rapid Ideas
• GWDI Themes
• ((( Bonsia Studio )))
• RapidWeaverThemes.com
• Dave Cantu
• seyDesign

Tags: developers, theme, themes, RapidWeaver

Hands down, my all time favorite theme has to be viEw. It’s not an overly popular theme, but it’s a steady performer worth keeping in rotation. For me, though, there is just something I love about it. And it’s themes like those that make me realize that some themes just need to be right for me, not everybody. That is probably the single biggest reason I have started doing Designer themes to compliment out library of Pro themes.

Doing exactly what I want and not worrying about a themes flexibility or versatility is somewhat liberating. Making Designer themes for me must be somewhat akin the themes that come installed in RapidWeaver; nice looking with just a few features. Back to the basics of web design, not theme programming.

Tags: viEw, RapidWeaver, theme, seyDoggy

If you haven’t heard me say it before, I’ll say it again; I love snippets. It is by far the best feature ever added to RapidWeaver in my three years of working with the wonder app. Some of the snippets that I am responsible for publicly distributing are:

• Show Recent Posts
• Show Recent Posts 2
• 3 Column Layout

But that’s not all that I have in my aresenal of snippet awesomeness. These are just the ones I’ve had time to release. More will come eventually.

Tags: snippets, RapidWeaver

The quick answer is yes/no... that doesn’t help does it. Yes there is no reason why RapidWeaver can’t be used by professional web designers for some things, but one tool won’t always fit the bill for every situation. It really depends on what your needs are. To be honest, RapidWeaver, now at version 4, is a powerful enough tool to be used extensively by any professional and there are many situations where I might find myself using it. Read More...

Tags: RapidWeaver, professional

So what’s the difference between our Pro themes vs. our Designer themes? I will tell you. Our Pro themes take a very long time to make. They are constructed with versatility in mind. They are built for everyone so that anyone can do just about anything with them. They are flexible with many options to change nearly every aspect of the layout. We put thought and effort into additional theme styles. We spend a great deal of time showcasing them in their previews, showing off all their versatility. We put a ton of work into them.

Our designer themes are made to please us and us alone. They are the themes that we want to make because they are designs that peaked our interest. We are not concerned about making them look good in every situation, we just want them to look awesome in one situation. Designer themes are not flexible, they don’t have many options, they don’t take us very long to make, we don’t make any theme styles for them and we only showcase them with one look. We just want one hot look for one hot theme. Designer themes are the cream of the crop in our eyes, just the way we made them.

Tags: Pro, Designer, themes, RapidWeaver, variations

So here is to the first fake RapidWeaver blog post. It’s a big one, let me tell you. My impressions of RapidWeaver blog are all good. It’s attractive, easy to use and very useful. It may not be as powerful as, say, WordPress, but who want’s to fiddle with MySQL and constant updates, etc... RapidWeaver is an all-in-one solution designed to make blogging simple. How simple you ask?

1. Add a new blog page from the page menu
2. Click the plus button about 1/3 the way down
3. Type in your title
4. Add some categories
5. Add some tags
6. Write a post like this one and you are all done!

Isn’t that simple?

Tags: RapidWeaver, how-to, blogging