It's finally here!

The Ultimate RW Book has been updated for RW5. All screenshots updated, text where needed for new and changed items. Updated demo movie too.

Get your copy HERE

Bundles available too.

Tags: Rapidweaver, Books

Welcome the newest member of the Rapidweaver eBook Family: The Ultimate Rapidweaver Book - Part 1

You could call this "The Missing Manual" or better yet: "The Manual That Should Have Been In The Box". No offense to Nik or the Rapidweaver Team. I know they are super busy. So I jumped in...

This book is designed to be used as a reference for anyone using Rapidweaver and is great for those who are new to using Rapidweaver for building websites. I cover every aspect of the stock Rapidweaver application and themes from the time you install it to publishing your first website.

You will learn about all the panels and inspectors, what they do and how to use them. I also show you how to setup and build your first website. A short 13 minute video actually shows you the process as I build a 3 page website in 10 minutes. OK, I talk some too and that adds a few minutes to the movie.

Grab a copy in the Store today!

Tags: Rapidweaver, ebook, Books, Web design

I must have been feeling great this weekend, and why not? It's 85 degrees outside and sunny! Somehow I managed to stayed inside this morning and updated the RWcss Book.

The bulk of the book is still valid. CSS 2 is still widely used and not that much has changed inside of Rapidweaver or the themes made for it.

What has been updated:
1. The contact form in RW has new names for the fields so I updated the book to reflect this change so you can target specific fields if you need to.
2. ExtraContent areas are being added to more and more themes. I thought it a good thing to put at least a little bit of information on this.
3. Links and Resources. I added a few, removed a few and tested all to make sure they where valid.
4. A new section on "live" online editing and updating for css, especially for a custom stylesheet call you can add to your project.

What has been removed:
I decided to remove the section on specific theme Developers. I felt that it was not needed as the scope of the book is to show you how to find the selectors, properties and values for any theme.

This update is a FREE!

Check your email inbox (or junk or spam box) for the newsletter with the link. If you didn't receive the email use the contact form to send me your first and last name along with the transaction ID and/or the email address used when you purchased. Let me know if you have a new email address too.

There are probably a few other smaller revision and fixes but nothing earth shaking.

Thank you for your support and I hope the book has been useful for you.

Sundog

Tags: Rapidweaver, RWcss, Books

My latest creation is now in the hands of my editor; Using FormLoom.

Part of this book my seem simplistic. But many folks, especially new to building a web site, need a foundation for understanding forms. I figured if I was going to write about FormLoom I should cover it completely.

For the rest of you I have a section on MySQL Databases and creating a Table to hold the form data. Dumping the information form a submitted form into a database is a great way to gather the data. It makes it easy to use, search and manage. If all you get from a form submission is an email in your inbox it can be hard to gather up all the email addresses and other submitted information and make it useful.

I have purposely kept the setup of the Database simple and fundamental. It gathers the info, allows you to export it and use it in email programs, applications like "Numbers" or "FileMaker Pro" (my app of choice) and work with the data. Keeping it simple will hopefully reduce errors and issues.

MySQL and Tables are the one area that is probably under utilized by most owners of this great Plugin for Rapidweaver.


Watch for "Using FormLoom" in the Store later this week.


UPDATE: Using FormLoom is now live in the store and available.

Tags: formloom, Books, Rapidweaver

I am proud to announce the arrival of FormLoom Style.

This new ebook will help you understand and learn how to style your FormLoom page in your Rapidweaver project. If you like you can simply use the pre-made Custom CSS to style your form. 20 styles (well 19 are useable) are included in a CSS Document and in the include Rapidweaver Project File. All images used are in the package too.

Read More - Click Here

Tags: formloom, Books, CSS, Rapidweaver

A new book is almost here...

Formloom Styles

How to style your Formloom contact forms with 20 prebuilt styles for you to use.

Available by Monday, November 23, 2009

Please Stand By....

Tags: Books, formloom, CSS

It's finally happened. I have opened up the master file for RWCSS and working on an update.

It's amazing, but after a year and a half the book is 98% relevant. The first thing I am working on is reformatting the book to make it easier to copy and paste the css and html out of the pages directly instead of looking for it in the css document included with the book.

I also have a few things I want to add the book. As they make it into the book I will post here about them. I don't want to state what they are just in case some don't make the cut.

So stay tuned for more information soon.

Tags: Rapidweaver, Books, CSS, Updates

I have decided to have a holiday sale starting NOW!

Why wait to give you a great deal to finish out 2008. 35% off everything at checkout.

Use the coupon code: holiday08

Holiday 2008 Discount!
35% Off Everything, Theme, Book or Both.*

RWcss Book
Regularly: $14.95 USD - Now: $9.72 USD
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Squeeze Theme
Regularly: $12.95 USD - Now: $8.42 USD
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Buy Both as a Package
Regularly: $22.90 USD - Now: $14.89 USD
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*Discount ends December 31, 2008 at midnight

Tags: Sale, holiday, Books, Rapidweaver, Themes

Varsis Studio and Bonsai Studio are offering a Discount Code for $4 off RWcss when you purchase any theme from their Theme Store.

With the Euro strong against the US Dollar that means folks in Europe can get a real deal on a theme and the book!

Varsis has several new themes like Neato and Sleek. If you missed out on the MacZot deal for Bonsai and Butella or you just needed one of themes to round out your list, now you can and get the Discount on my first book.

Once you get your Discount Code, hop back over to Inside Rapidweaver and buy a copy and learn more about modifying your themes.

Thanks Chris and Giuseppe for your support!

Tags: Books, News, Themes

Ok, it's been a few weeks. Time to end my special introductory price.

Tuesday night September 25th the regular price will take effect.

Regular: $14.95

Get it while you can at $12.95

Tags: Updates, Books, Rapidweaver

Matthias over at Rapidbase has blogged about my first book, RWcss.

Click Here to Read (in German)

Matthias is one of the Moderators of the German Rapidweaver Forum.

Dank für den Pfosten!


Needs some language help?

http://google.com/translate_t

Tags: Rapidweaver, Books

It's Here!

RWcss, a book on how to modify any theme. Contains a demo site project and custom css tutorial.

This is Version 1A and is geared toward the new and intermediate users of Rapidweaver.

This if a foundation for learning how to find and adjust any css for any theme. Check the slideshow in the sub links to the Book link.

Introductory price is $12.95 (regular price $14.95)

Get your copy today.

Tags: Books, Rapidweaver, Mac, CSS