I get asked this a lot. If you could have any one feature in RapidWeaver, what would it be? I used to have one long standing answer; dependencies in theme development. That was really what I felt RapidWeaver needed for the longest time because there are just some things that could not be overcome with adding more and more css sheets. Things like having sexy graphic layouts, with variable sidebar options, with background color options, with page color options... there is just no way without being able to make RapidWeaver understand if and then at the theme level. Read More...

Tags: MAMP, XAMPP, PHP, Perl, MySQL, Apache, dependencies

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

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