NEW THEME: Flavorite Ultimate – Smart Themes for Smart Times
Getting Smarter All the Time
It’s been over a year since we introduced our first ExtraContent enabled theme. That is how long we have been including jQuery in our Ultimate themes … but until now we have not truly harnessed the power and smarts that jQuery has to offer.
A number of years ago, RapidWeaver 3.2 introduced theme options. They were a great advance in template based web design, but the options were more or less limited to CSS, notoriously lacking the dependencies of language that allow for dynamic capabilities. Flavorite now adds some smarts to those options, opening up a new world of possibility.
As theme developers, we have always been limited in what we can offer in our products. It’s been a juggling act to get a certain number of options to cascade in just the right flow. With our new approach in Flavorite, we aim to break down those barriers.
Meet Flavorite, our smartest theme ever.
“smart: (of a device) capable of independent and seemingly intelligent action”
That about sums up our approach to Flavorite, our smartest theme ever. Flavorite Ultimate harnesses the power of today’s web without sacrificing the ease of use that RapidWeaver has always been known for, by giving you the ability to do things like:
- create a slideshow from your custom headers with the click of a button — no code required (IE8+)
- turn rounded corners on or off with ease
- enjoy your content, sidebar, ExtraContent — even individual blog posts — all wrapped in their own pretty boxes
All of these intelligent features are included at no expense to the variety of other great and flexible features like layout width, header heights, variable width sidebar, and fonts galore. In fact, the advanced features in Flavorite are actually aware of each other and their standard feature counterparts.
The best part for you is that it looks and acts the same as any other RapidWeaver theme we’ve made. It just works for you … intelligently.
As a seyDoggy Ultimate theme, Flavorite comes fully loaded with powerful features, including a built in slideshow, 2 tier split navigation, rounded corners, ExtraContent, and a variety of others:
- selectable slideshow
- 4 ExtraContent areas
- RWmultitool ready
- 10 customizable headers
- header height adjustment
- 2 footer modes
- 2 tier, split navigation
- sidebar width
- sidebar positioning
- comprehensive color control
- width control
- font size, style and line height control
30% Discount code (valid until March 12, 2010): vwII7CDdZtCd
Learn more about Flavorite (Ultimate)
See the live preview
Learn more about ExtraContent
NEW FREE THEME: seyDoggy Holiday09
It’s almost Holiday time and I am sure a lot of you are scrambling to get your Holiday cards out. Or perhaps, like me, you don’t send cards, in favor of a more environmentally approach… like a web card! That’s exactly what I was creating yesterday when it dawned on me… why not make this a RapidWeaver theme for all to enjoy! So I did.
It’s not much, doesn’t have many feature and it’s not supported… but it’s free! Who can argue with free? They say Christmas is a time for giving. I say they’re right!
seyDoggy Holiday09 is a very basic RapidWeaver theme designed for a basic holiday greeting to your friends, family, colleagues, clients or customers. Holiday09 includes just a few options to get you going — Width (600px to 1000px), Navigation Hide/Show for a very basic, single level navigation system and Sidebar Right/Left/Hide.
Holiday09 is free and open source (with attributions) under this license. Do what you like with it but remember where it came from and give credit where credit is due. Holiday09 is also provided AS IS. We will not be supporting this theme. It’s pretty basic, doesn’t include much and isn’t likely to cause any issues. That said, should you find any issues, feel free to let us know, just don’t expect a solution right away.
Celebrating 4 Years; New Theme and Big Savings!
It’s hard to believe we’ve been doing this this for 4 years! We have remained unwavering in our pursuit of RapidWeaver theme perfection. In that time we have seen a lot of developers come and go and have remained close with those who’ve stuck around. We’ve enjoyed highs and suffered lows and in the end our drive, passion and determination to be the best RapidWeaver theme developers we can be has led us to this… a four year success story that we can only be proud of!
We continually strive to improve both our products and ourselves as a company and we do it for one reason, the reason that got us here in the first place… you, our loyal customers.
So from our eternal appreciation of everything you have made possible for us we would like to offer you a discount code worth 30% off your entire shopping cart. This offer ends on December 7th so don’t delay.
Discount code: birthday2009
And what good is discount code without anything new and shiny to spend it on?
Our All New RapidWeaver Theme, GiD3OUS
GiD3OUS, our latest theme for RapidWeaver 3.6 and above, is the culmination of months of design, planning, and exhaustive testing. We believe the end result is our finest work to date.
This is a design we’ve been sitting on for nearly a year now. Chris (DEVi8) brought it to the table even before CR3ATiV3. We’ve been refining and revising it constantly — we didn’t want to even think of coding it until we knew it could be done right. That’s why much of what we’ve released in the last year has been in preparation for GiD3OUS.
We could have made GiD3OUS a fixed, graphical layout with very little flexibility, but this layout warranted more. The GiD3OUS theme deserved to be as flexible as we could manage and that meant we had a lot of new ideas to test out before hand, like work done previously on advanced systems such as 3 tier navigation, rounded corners, combination drop menus and ExtraContent … all of which we put together to make GiD3OUS the flexible, easy to use but highly polished theme that it is.
As a seyDoggy Ultimate theme, GiD3OUS comes fully loaded with powerful features, including width control, 3 tier tabbed navigation, rounded corners, ExtraContent, and a variety of others:
- 2 ExtraContent areas
- RWmultitool ready
- 10 customizable headers
- 10 customizable footers
- 3 tier hybrid-split navigation
- sidebar positioning
- comprehensive color control
- width control
- font size and style selections
Learn more about GiD3OUS (Ultimate)
See the live preview
Learn more about ExtraContent
Also Check out Some Updates
We have also dropped some minor updates to 5 other themes, badNas, Tuo, TW004, TW005 and TW006. Be sure to check those out and update your themes today.
New Theme, New Look!
We are proud to present you both a new look and a brand new RapidWeaver theme. seyDoggy Sleeker is a new feature-packed template that combines rich texture, sleek lines, and subtle lighting with power-user-options and an innovative hybrid-split navigation. The end result is an Ultimate seyDoggy theme unlike any other, and a fresh new look for the seyDoggy site that are proud to show off.
Every year around this time we update our look, launch some new products, and generally set the pace for the final quarter of the year. The release of Sleeker is, in a sense, the culmination of a variety of new methods and design trends we’ve been dabbling in for a little while and we thought it was time to update our site to follow suit.
We have a few new tricks up our sleeve with Sleeker that we think might be new in the RapidWeaver game: hybrid-split navigation that allows RapidWeaver users to have both a horizontal menu that hides sub-menu items in a tidy drop-down panel, as well as the option to display those same sub-menu items in a vertical navigation system in the sidebar.
I can’t say for certain whether it’s been done before in a RapidWeaver theme, but I know I have never come across it. Certainly not without the use of Javascript. I’ve been wrong before though so don’t quote me on it.
As a seyDoggy Ultimate theme, Sleeker comes fully loaded with powerful features, including width control, choice of navigation system, a selection background textures and gradients, ExtraContent, and a variety of others:
- 2 ExtraContent areas
- 10 customizable headers
- 5 navigation systems
- title, logo, and sidebar positioning
- sidebar positioning
- RWmultitool ready
- background textures
- comprehensive color control
- width control
- font size and style selections
And that’s not all! Ryan of RapidWeaver Classroom was kind enough to offer us a generous promotional code to go with this launch. Until September 30th get 25% off any subscription at RapidWeaver Classroom. All new subscribers will be pleasantly surprised at the discounts that a new subscription gets them towards other great RapidWeaver products.
RapidWeaver Classroom 25% discount code: E7A6E78AEA
expires: September 30th
Learn more about Sleeker (Ultimate)
See the live preview
Learn more about ExtraContent
All Theme Weaver Products Now at seyDesign
We have finally managed to squeeze out the last of the RapidWeaver themes in the THEME WEAVER series making the transition from their original home on the THEME WEAVER site to our own site final. It’s been a long and complex process–updating 10 themes in no small feat–but we’ve managed. Most of the updates in this batch were just house keeping, getting them ready for a long future on seyDesign.com, but there are two examples, TW008 and TW009 where the changes were more significant.
What’s new in TW008?
Major performance enhancements; with newer and better technologies to make Internet Explorer behave, we’ve been able to dramatically trim down the image sizes. All other browsers need not suffer anymore due to IE’s inadequacies.
What’s new in TW009?
We have completely rebuilt TW009 and added so many new features. The headers in TW009 can now range from showing just one or as many as five in a row. Each header spot can be any one of 12 customizable headers. And each header now sports the same rounded corners as the rest of the layout. In addition, you can control the height of the header area o turn it off all together.
We have also added a plethora of feature to TW009 such as ExtraContent, font options, completely remapped and enhanced color options and more.
Learn More About Each Theme
Learn more about TW006 (Designer).
Learn more about TW007 (Pro).
Learn more about TW008 (Pro).
Learn more about TW009 (Ultimate).
Learn more about TW010 (Pro).
NEW THEME: Lights2, a med-designs classic revived
Never ones to let a great RapidWeaver theme die, seyDoggy would like you to meet the totally rebuilt Lights2 from med-designs. Lights2 is a polished, elegant and highly flexible theme capable of fitting many web design needs from blogs to photo album and everything in between.
med-designs Lights2 Pro RapidWeaver theme picks up where the original Lights theme left off. While maintaining as much of the original Lights design as possible, Lights2 Pro has added some of todays greatest features and flexibility to one of yesterdays greatest theme designs.
Features at a glance:
- ExtraContent
- lighting effects
- 5 customizable top headers
- 5 customizable content headers
- header height variation
- RWmultitool ready
- full color options
- width control
- sidebar positioning
- and much more…
Learn more about Lights2 (Pro).
See the live preview.
Learn more about ExtraContent.
NEW THEME: CR3ATiV3 Ultimate Is Elegant, Flexible, Yet Lightweight
seyDoggy is proud to announce their first all-new RapidWeaver theme since the launch of PlayMore in January, 2009. Our latest offering, CR3ATiV3 Ultimate is an exquisite example of what happens when you put together brilliant design with effective and efficient coding.
Beneath this RapidWeaver themes breathtaking exterior and magnificent functionality is a surprisingly lightweight and agile collection of finely tuned code and styling. CR3ATiV3’s developers, Creative Director Chris Cifonie (aka pixel.ninja) and Lead Developer Adam Merrifield (aka code.ninja) seamlessly lock skill sets to bring you one of their finest work yet.
Features at a glance:
- 2 Extracontent Areas
- 3 tier navigation
- 10 Custom headers
- RWmultitool Ready
- Header height
- Multiple Widths
- Sidebar Positioning and sizing
- Font control
- Highly Comprehensive Color Control
- and more…
Learn more about CR3ATiV3 (Ultimate).
See the live preview.
Learn more about ExtraContent.
THEME WEAVER’s TW005 has been brought over to seyDesign
By the spring of 2007, THEME WEAVER was looking for another basic RapidWeaver theme to offer the public. TW005 was billed as a simple, yet versatile theme for RapidWeaver, offering a clean, subtle backdrop that wouldn’t overshadow your creativity or your content. TW005 comes with professionally crafted “Headbands”; additional header graphics you can drop into RWmultitool Lite to create a look that’s all your own.
Formed in late 2006, THEME WEAVER of Mississauga, Ontario, is the RapidWeaver theme development wing of print studio, PUMP Communications/Presentation Plus. Guided by Adam Merrifield of seyDoggy/seyDesign fame, THEME WEAVER successfully produced 10 new themes from January 2007 to February 2008 and issued updates through to October 2008.
Today, due to time constraints on both parties, it’s been decided that THEME WEAVER themes will be distributed and supported by seyDesign. Keeping them as originally intended will be the primary goal, but in some cases, enhancements and embellishments have been made where ever the opportunity has presented itself.
Features at a glance:
- Rwwmultitool Ready
- 8 Custom headers
- Graphic enhancements (“Headbands”)
- Sidebar Positioning
- a little Color Control
Links:
Learn more about TW005 (Designer).
See the live preview
Download the update.
Themes TW003 and TW004 now join the seyDesign lineup!
We have 2 THEME WEAVER updates for you; TW003 and TW004. Both have gone through our quality filters and both have been updated accordingly. Enjoy!
With their third offering, TW003 from February of 2007, THEME WEAVER sought to capture the e-commerce niche. Created with retailers in mind, TW003 for RapidWeaver is built to inspire consumer confidence with an appealing storefront design that’s both progressive and professional. This RapidWeaver theme is simple to use and easy to customize with a large header space and selectable overlays. On line shopping never looked so good!
Features at a glance:
- Rwwmultitool Ready
- 10 Custom headers
- Sidebar Positioning
- Comprehensive Color Control
Links:
Learn more about TW003 (Designer).
See the live preview.
Download the update.
On a roll back in February of 2007, THEME WEAVER was quick to release their 4th RapidWeaver theme, TW004. Pulling out all the stops and breaking with many conventions, TW004 was graphical showpiece. Created with flexibility in mind, THEME WEAVER’s TW004 for RapidWeaver imparts an upscale image that’s suitable for delivering both editorial and advertising in a familiar, friendly print format. It’s a magazine. It’s a catalog. Best of all, with this RapidWeaver theme, it’s up to you.
Features at a glance:
- Rwwmultitool Ready
- 12 Custom headers
- Background textures
- Graphic enhancements
- Photo realism
- Sidebar Positioning
- Comprehensive Color Control
Links:
Learn more about TW004 (Designer).
See the live preview.
Download the update.
NEW THEME: THEME WEAVER’s TW002 from seyDesign has ExtraContent!
THEME WEAVER’s sophomore RapidWeaver theme, TW002, was initially thought to be well suited to the corporate and commercial sectors. With a little seyDesign magic, however, we think we’ve transformed this once limited theme into a versatile RapidWeaver template capable of fitting the needs of just about any industry.
Formed in late 2006, THEME WEAVER of Mississauga, Ontario, is the RapidWeaver theme development wing of print studio, PUMP Communications/Presentation Plus. Guided by Adam Merrifield of seyDoggy/seyDesign fame, THEME WEAVER successfully produced 10 new themes from January 2007 to February 2008 and issued updates through to October 2008.
Today, due to time constraints on both parties, it’s been decided that THEME WEAVER themes will be distributed and supported by seyDesign. Keeping them as originally intended will be the primary goal, but in some cases, enhancements and embellishments have been made where ever the opportunity has presented itself.
Features at a glance:
- ExtraContent
- RWmultitool ready
- split navigation
- full color options
- width control
- font size
- font family selections
