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NEW THEME: seyDoggy cataLog for RapidWeaver 4.0

2008-07-26T14:36:00.001-04:00

We are more than happy to introduce you to cataLog Pro, our latest RapidWeaver theme. cataLog Pro offers a first for RapidWeaver themes, 3 level split navigation, which allows for three separate levels of nested page navigation for those really large, hard to manage websites.

You can manage online stores and corporate websites like a professional webmaster with tiered page architecture that allows the ultimate in information structuring and visitor channeling. Users of your site will be able to fly through your site with ease, drilling down to what is important to them in no time at all.

Features:

Triple split navigation
Custom headers, editable with RWmultitool Lite
Sidebar position
Turn the logo on or off on a page by page basis
Font size
Extensive color control
More downloadable theme styles

Learn more about cataLog Pro or see the live preview.

THEME UPDATE: dogPress r7

2008-07-23T13:37:00.001-04:00

dogPress for RapidWeaver has been updated to fix up a few problems that have been on the bug list for a while now. This update is recommended for all users of dogPress.

For more details and to download the update go to the update section of the dogPress page.

THEME UPDATE: Tagg r2 adds print style and bug fixes

2008-07-17T15:22:00.001-04:00

Tagg theme for RapidWeaver has been updated to r2. To learn more about the changes made go to the updates section of the Tagg page.

New theme: seyDoggy Tagg

2008-07-16T12:49:00.002-04:00

We are proud to introduce to you our latest RapidWeaver theme, Tagg, our first in a new Designer theme series. Tagg is a modern design with every last detailed the way we would want it if it were for our very own site. And that's the idea behind Designer themes.

Designer themes are aimed at those who want a hot theme made the way a designer would make them, without a lot of variations to fuss over. Just simple, fast, and HOT! But the best part about Design themes is that they are only $8.24, half the price of our Pro themes! Learn more....

June Affiliate Payments Sent

2008-07-08T12:00:00.000-04:00

Join our Affiliate Program!

June affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 25% of the total transaction.

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Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 25% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

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Just a reminder, location, location, location...

2008-07-03T22:08:00.001-04:00

We've been busy re-skinning all the most recent RapidWeaver theme update installers for a few reasons; 1) we want them to look pretty and follow suit with the rest of our new seyDesign 2008 look, and 2) we wanted the chance to emphasize that location is so important when getting set to use one of our update installers to update your seyDoggy RapidWeaver themes.

As you will read, no doubt the next time you update a theme:

"If you have moved your RapidWeaver theme to a different location, or if you have renamed your theme, you must restore it to it's original name and location before continuing."

The new theme organization features in RapidWeaver 4.0 are a great idea, and we are happy that this is now possible, however, you must remember to move your theme back to the ~/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver root for any of our installers to work. Since there is no other constant than this folder, it is the only path we can be 100% positive will exist when compiling our installer apps to deliver the proper patches to each of our themes.

Also remember that if you are in the habit of renaming your themes (an older practice that dates back to RapidWeaver 3.1 and earlier), you must change the name back to it's original designation before running the installer. Again, the theme name is another constant we rely on when compiling our installer apps.

Member area access fixed.

2008-07-02T10:43:00.001-04:00

Sheesh! Relaunching a totally rebuilt site is never without its complications but it's the little things that get you the most. Things like having the correct path in htaccess files that allow members to actually access the member area?

Anyhow, for any one who was having difficulty getting into the members area, please try the link in your emails again. It should work now.

Member signup is fixed

2008-07-02T08:54:00.000-04:00

There were a number of people trying to sign up as seyDesign members over the weekend, unfortunately the signup form was borked and most attempts failed. I am pleased to announce the form has now been fixed.

If you were one of the ones trying to sign up without success, please give it another shot now.

Let's clarify what is covered under Creative Commons

2008-07-02T08:06:00.000-04:00

The new seyDesign 2008 launch has been getting a great deal of media coverage and that's fine. However, it is being reported that:

"Users are encouraged to download, modify and improve these RapidWeaver themes and share them back with seyDesign and the general public. Themes there are covered under the creative commons license."
source: MacsimumNews among others.

This simply is NOT true and is an example of poor journalism if you ask me. The ONLY themes that we encourage this behavior for, and the ONLY themes that are covered under the creative commons license, is our Open Source themes (which currently only includes the "waVy" RapidWeaver theme).

I am terribly sorry about any confusion in this matter. It is clearly a case of misread press releases and extracting the bits that sounded the coolest.

THEME UPDATE: wideNas r2 fixes tab issue

2008-06-27T12:39:00.000-04:00

Our latest theme, wideNas has been updated to r2 to correct a little typo in the index.html template file that was the cause of the tabs not showing up when previewed in RapidWeavers "Default" mode. The javascript responsible for making the tabs was looking for a class of "toolbar_horizontal" but the template had a class of "toolbar_horizontal " (note the space after the t and before the end quote).

We didn't catch this originally because we always develop in "Tidied" mode, as this was once the RapidWeaver default. Now that "Default" is the.. erm... default, we will have to change development kits to reflect this and hopefully avoid this needle in a haystack issues in the future.

You can get your update installer here

New site. New theme. New ideas.

2008-06-26T14:20:00.000-04:00

In this post: The New Site | The New Theme: wideNas | Two Theme Updates | Free Themes

The New Site

Welcome to seyDesign 2008, our biggest and most ambitious site porting ever. We have taken every single inch of our massive website and turned it inside out, all in the name of delivering to you the most effective RapidWeaver theme store and resource possible. You'll find everything about the new site familiar, yet much more fluid. You'll no longer have to jump from page to page to find out theme features, download more styles or get the latest theme updates. Each theme page is now it's own mini site with all of your needs and wants answered on a single page.

The New Theme: wideNas

Although a new site design is always cause for celebration, there isn't really a whole lot in it for you. That's why we are proud to present our latest theme, wideNas. Inspired by our popular badNas theme for RapidWeaver, wideNas takes the tabbed theme idea out of it's little box. The wide open layout of wideNas makes it ideal for just about any style of site, from high-tech to corporate or blog to boutique.

wideNas is what we now refer to as a Pro theme (more on such distinctions at a later date) who's pro features include such things as custom headers, width control, full color control, font selection and much, much more.

Learn more about wideNas | Preview wideNas

Two Theme Updates

viEw r3

We are excited to tell you about two updates to two great themes. The first one I want to tell you about is viEw, one of my personal favorites. viEw r3 is now available, bringing it up to speed with RapidWeaver 4.0, adding the large preview and keywords to assist in theme browsing and searching respectively. Learn more about viEw | Get the update

Tuo r4

The second theme I want to tell you about is Tuo, a RapidWeaver theme that changes the face of RapidWeaver theme development everywhere back in 2006. Tuo has had another radical change, rebuilt from the ground up to optimize performance, clean up code and extend functionality well beyond previous versions. Some of the new features include enhanced color control for all aspects of the layout (including top level navigation bar and the sidebar area), width variations, font selection and more. Learn more about Tuo | Get the update

Free Themes

What happens when a theme gets retired? It use to go in this lonely place on my hard drive called "_discontinued" but after having recently retired another theme, waVy, I could stand the thought of this theme rotting away until file corruption finally takes it's last whispering breath away. It's a perfectly good theme, and we like it a lot (I even use it on RapidWeaved.com) but it's just not popular enough to invest anymore time into further development of it.

So here is what we've decide to do with waVy and other themes like it; we have started a new section on the site, under the THEMES category, called Open Source. There, governed by the laws of Creative Commons, users can download, use, share, post back to seyDesign.com and redistribute our open source themes, absolutely free.

Conclusion

All in all I would say that this was a rather action packed blog post. Look for more exciting news in the coming weeks.

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It's almost time to waVy goodbye...

2008-06-13T09:58:00.000-04:00

We are doing a little house cleaning in preparation of the new seyDesign 2008 site relaunch. Now it's alway hard to say goodbye to a part of the family but there comes a time when we must just let go of the week ones to help us focus on making the strong one better. What I am getting at is this; we have decided to pull the plug on waVy once the new site gets launched. Support will continue as usual though, so if you are a waVy user, fear not, we have still got your back.

Goodbyes are never forever though, especially with the themes we hold close to our heart (we like waVy and have made use of for our own projects), but we have a lot of new things and revitalized things coming down the pike and waVy is just having trouble keeping up. Look for a new section of our upcoming relaunch that will harbor our homeless themes in the comfort and dignity that they deserve.

May Affiliate Payments Sent

2008-06-10T16:41:00.000-04:00

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May affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 25% of the total transaction.

Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 25% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

badNas r6 B update for glitchy updates

2008-06-03T08:50:00.000-04:00

For reasons I can't explain, possibly with RapidWeaver 4.0 being a more sensitive soul or more attuned to to the files it must work with... whatever the reason, I am going to venture a guess that RapidWeaver 4.0 has caught what looks to be a corrupted update installer dmg. The original "badNas r6 Upgrade" dated March 26, 2008 worked, for all intents and purposes, in RapidWeaver 3.6 (though the error might have arose in some instances) but in RapidWeaver 4.0 it seems the corruption was too much to handle.

So to address this glitch we have simply rebuilt the update installer dmg and app and now all seems well by all accounts. If you have ever experienced trouble with badNas r6 in either RapidWeaver 3.6 or RapidWeaver 4, it is recommended that you update your theme using the "badNas r6 B Upgrade" dated June 2, 2008. You can find the list of badNas updates »here«.

RapidWeaver 4.0 and seyDoggy themes

2008-05-28T22:23:00.001-04:00

With all the chatter about the impending RapidWeaver 4.0 release there is probably some question about our current RapidWeaver theme library and whether our themes are compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0. The long and short of it is that all but two of our themes are currently enabled with full RapidWeaver 4.0 suite of features while the last two are still compatible regardless. All RapidWeaver 3.6 themes work in RapidWeaver 4.0 as is.

That's not to say we won't be updating those last two themes, in fact they are updated already, we've just been too busy to release them yet. The same goes for our seyDesign 2008 site redesign, it's nearly ready to go, we're just trying to find the time to add two more new themes to the roster before we launch.

We had hopes of launching seyDesign 2008 before RapidWeaver 4.0 was released but that just won't be possible now. It's always good to be busy I guess, but sleep is good sometimes too.

seyDoggy client, FlipSide5, takes Apple by storm

2008-05-28T09:23:00.001-04:00

Our parent company, seyDoggy, has just heard news of their clients games, Tic-Tac-Touch and 4InARow touch from FlipSide5, Inc. have made a big splash at the Apple website, being featured at the top of every list. Learn more...

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FlipSide5.com launches

2008-05-27T01:23:00.000-04:00

Our parent company, seyDoggy has been hard at work lately, as usual, and has recently been able to share their latest work with the world, FlipSide5.com

From tip to toe, seyDoggy took care of the whole package for FlipSide5; the graphics, web design, game icons and pieces, logo, etc... they did the whole thing. But enough about us...

Reston, VA—May 27, 2008—FlipSide5, Inc., makers of the popular web editions of Tic-Tac-Touch and 4InARow touch are now launching versions to download and install, allowing players to own these games on their iPhone and iPod Touch. Both these products, Tic-Tac-Touch and 4InARow touch, are designed to be amazingly "simple, fun and wow", refreshing these ageless classics for today's generation.

Go to seyDoggy.com to read all about it.

Gary speaks about the "Pro"

2008-05-23T10:18:00.000-04:00

Gary from RapidWeaverThemes.com has just posted a commentary on what makes you a Pro when you call yourself a "Pro Theme Developer". He hits the nail on the head, it's NOT just those who do it exclusively for a living who can call themselves a Pro. It's more than that. It's all in how you conduct yourself and your business.

Some of the names you think of when you think of a "Pro Theme Developer" are myself (seyDoggy), RapidWeaverThemes.com, Elixir Graphics, RapidIdeas, BlueBall Design, Josh Lockhart, MultiThemes, Varsis Studio, THEME WEAVER... The fact of that matter is that only a few of us actually make themes and web designs for a living, exclusively, while others have day jobs, go to school and what not. But what makes them all worthy of the Pro title is their support and commitment their products, to RapidWeaver and to each other as a community of friends and developers.

For more on the subject go to Gary's blog and read his full post .

seyDOGGY (not seyDESIGN) gets a face lift!

2008-05-21T01:04:00.000-04:00

The mother ship has taken some time out to get a new coat of paint put on. seyDoggy.com, our little known parent site (and owners, lest we forget), has had a facelift in order to fight the obvious signs of aging. Yes it was time. The old girl was sporting a skin that was a throwback to 2005 (how embarrassing).

The new clothes that seyDoggy.com has donned is in preparation for an upcoming site launch that seyDoggy played a big part in. It seemed only fitting to announce this upcoming great new site from one that is as equally great. Stay tuned for more on this "new site" news.

Your questions and comments are always appreciated so don't be affraid to let us know what you think about the new seyDoggy.com

For those of you patiently waiting for more news concerning the upcoming seyDesign 2008 launch and the soon to be released Tuo update, please hang tight. We have a busy schedule at seyDoggy and we are addressing every ones needs in turn. I will have more news as it becomes available.

April affiliate payments sent

2008-05-07T22:10:00.000-04:00

Join our Affiliate Program!

April affiliate payments were sent out today. Please let me know if you did not receive a payment you thought was owed to you.

Not already registered as a seyDesign affiliate? You can now earn money by driving traffic our way. If the traffic you send us results in a successful sale, we pay you 25% of the total transaction.

Here's what you do:

Sign up to be one of our affiliates at E-Junkie.
Place some nifty code on your site.
Get some of the traffic on your site to come our way and get 25% of all successful sales!
You get paid between the 7th and 15th day of the following month.

E-Junkie allows you to keep track of all your important stats and once a month you get paid! It doesn't get any easier than that does it? Didn't think so.

Tuo is seeing new horizons

2008-05-07T12:07:00.000-04:00

The one and only, the original, first commercially available theme with split navigation is currently on the operating table undergoing some fairly major surgery... yet again. From it's early days in the spotlight as "Duo" it's first major transformation came when the code base was rewritten from scratch to bring the more stable, more feature rich "Tuo".

Soon after that came the major overhaul required to bring Tuo up to RapidWeaver 3.6 compatibility again bringing greater functionality to the already great layout. Now in preparation of the seyDesign.com site relaunch, we are taking yet another look at Tuo and what can be done to make it better and more flexible.

So how does variable with, variable header height, FULL color control sound to you? I thought you might like the sound of that. We have started from scratch (for real) and remapped this theme from start to finish. I think you'll like what's in store for this old girl.

Stay tuned.

edGy r4 Update

2008-05-01T20:24:00.001-04:00

Our edGy theme has been recently updated, bringing it up to RapidWeaver 4.0 standards. You can download the free update installer here.

Important

You must have a working copy of "seyDoggy edGy.rwtheme" in your "~/username/Library/Application Support/RapidWeaver/" folder for this update installer to work.

Please make a backup copy of your theme before running the update installer.

Patience is a virtue... not a right!

2008-04-30T13:34:00.000-04:00

Where have we gone? I know it seems like we've fallen off the face of the earth, but we haven't. On the contrary I, myself, have been so overwhelmingly busy it's hard to remember my own name at times. It's made it tough to do things like update my totally awesome seyDesign theme buyers with news of what to expect on the horizon.

So here is a list of things you can expect to see from us in the future (it's too hard to say when though):

New site:
We are in fact working on a new design and layout for this site. It is taking a while to port everything over, but we want it done right and we want to be super professional. I wish I could give you an accurate timeline of when to expect it but I can't. What you can do, though, is watch our theme upgrades as we are tweaking each one in alphabetical order, to make sure that they are all up to the new site standards.
New theme
We are sitting on a completed theme, waiting for the perfect time to release it. Ideally we want to launch it with the new site, but only time will tell.
New approach
It's too early to say yet, but we are thinking of a new approach to RapidWeaver themes. Nothing drastic. We are just a little frustrated at times with the total number of hours required to make the complex themes that we do. I can be limiting, at times, to be every theme for every person. We need to change that. Nothing big, but definitely significant.
Out with the old
This has been pending for quite some time now and I might as well make it public; we will no longer be selling WordPress themes... here. There is far too much confusion among the buyers and the two products, RapidWeaver and WordPress just don't co-exist well in the same space. The WordPress side of this operation needs to move, and it will when the new seyDesign site comes around.
SOTW no more
It is safe to say that if I were any more behind on the seyDesign Site of the Week portion of this blog I would have to change it to Site of the Year. I am sorry to have to do this but I think I am going to have to cut out that portion. I loved doing it but I just don't have the time. You are actually far better off submitting your site to RapidWeaved.com (the unofficial RapidWeaver site showcase) as you'll get a far broader audience looking at your site. Sorry for the inconvenience.

So what have we been up to that has us so quite? Lots of websites and graphics. Unfortunately I am not at liberty to speak of any of them but a few of them are pretty sweet. I did take a few hours of my schedule last week to quickly blast up a personal website to catch all of my random thoughts and activities. You can see the fruits of my labour at AdamMerrifield.info.

I hope to have more exciting news for you soon, and until then, happy weaving.

Ars Technica takes a sneak-peek at RapidWeaver 4

2008-04-23T09:56:00.001-04:00

RapidWeaver got some mad love from Ars Technica today with an exclusive pre-release sneak peek at RapidWeaver 4.0. By all accounts it looks as though 4.0 is going to bring some great new features and capabilities to the already killer platform. With a sleek new UI some more power under the hood, RapidWeaver could be setting the bar super high this time.Watch your back DreamWeaver. Your days are numbered.

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THEME UPGRADE: dogPress r6, Working like a dog for you!

2008-04-21T14:19:00.000-04:00

Every so often we need to take a hard look at what we've been doing and take note of where our strengths and weaknesses are. In doing so recently, we found that our dogPress is our most popular RapidWeaver theme... EVER! This actually came as a bit of a shock to us and made us feel a bit bad that we had neglected it. To reward you for your patronage and loyalty we decided that dogPress was long overdue for a much need (and free) upgrade!

Call us crazy or call us mad dogs, but we couldn't help giving the hottest upgrades to our most popular theme. We have added width options, header height variations, and all new color controls, including page colors!

To learn more about all the new features, visit the dogPress information pages. To download the update installer, visit the update repository.

seyDesign developers blog

NEW THEME: seyDoggy cataLog for RapidWeaver 4.0

THEME UPDATE: dogPress r7

THEME UPDATE: Tagg r2 adds print style and bug fixes

New theme: seyDoggy Tagg

June Affiliate Payments Sent

Just a reminder, location, location, location...

Member area access fixed.

Member signup is fixed

Let's clarify what is covered under Creative Commons

THEME UPDATE: wideNas r2 fixes tab issue

New site. New theme. New ideas.

The New Site

The New Theme: wideNas

Two Theme Updates

viEw r3

Tuo r4

Free Themes

Conclusion

It's almost time to waVy goodbye...

May Affiliate Payments Sent

badNas r6 B update for glitchy updates

RapidWeaver 4.0 and seyDoggy themes

seyDoggy client, FlipSide5, takes Apple by storm

FlipSide5.com launches

Gary speaks about the "Pro"

seyDOGGY (not seyDESIGN) gets a face lift!

April affiliate payments sent

Tuo is seeing new horizons

edGy r4 Update

Important

Patience is a virtue... not a right!

New site:

New theme

New approach

Out with the old

SOTW no more

Ars Technica takes a sneak-peek at RapidWeaver 4

THEME UPGRADE: dogPress r6, Working like a dog for you!