News Media RapidWeaver theme launched
Sun, Oct 25 2009 04:43
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News Media sets a new standard in RapidWeaver theme development. This theme picks the best features from world renowned media websites, and combines them with modern web technologies to deliver this minimalist yet highly customisable RapidWeaver theme.
Packed with professional features giving you the power to develop stunning sites which are both flexible, well structured and highly functional for end users. Features never-seen-before elements like style switchers, horizontal scrolling menu bars and optional mega-menus.
Preview and purchase the News Media theme here
News Media supports up to 10 levels of navigation using a combination of auto-scrolling horizontal menu bars and standard block navigation containers. This enables developers to build much larger, categorised websites which remain easy for end-users to navigate through.
Fifteen Extra Content containers allow positioning of content in parts of the theme outside of normal editable area’s. This is perfect for text, links, pictures or banner adverts. Use the ‘Preview Extra Content Containers’ function in the theme to see where Extra Content containers are rendered.
A wide selection of colour and text formatting settings make customising your design simple and safe. Font faces, letter spacing, line heights and text sizes can be modified within the theme style settings giving you a consistent appearance and clean code every time.
There are numerous sidebar options in this theme. Choose between various sidebar widths and positions. Options include single traditional sidebars, double sidebars or 'tramline' sidebars which straddle either side of the content container and make use of Extra Content. Alternatively set the sidebar to hide.
True cross-browser compatibility is offered without all the normal hacks and conditional comments common in themes. News Media will work equally as well in Internet Explorer 6 as it will with the latest versions of Safari and Firefox. An optional IE6 PNG fix is available.
Minimum HTTP requests and file sizes, result in low bandwidth and pages which load quickly. A basic non-cached webpage using the News Media theme weighs in at under 150KB using the default style settings.
News Media has the new opensource BBC Glow API built in, allowing advanced users access to add powerful AJAX features specifically developed for media websites. Alternatively you can use jQuery to add new features such as content sliders, news tickers and carousels. Some of these are also available as Stacks and snippets.
Supports all of your favourite RapidWeaver plugins: Blog, Collage, FAQmaker, File Sharing, HTML Code, Lockdown, PayLoom, Photo Album, PlusKit, RapidAlbum, RapidBlog, RapidFlickr, RapidSearch, Sitemap, Stacks, WeaverBox, WeaverPix, and WeaverFM to name a few.
Built-in support is provided for Cushy CMS (Content Management System) which allows you or others to login and update both general and sidebar content outside of RapidWeaver. Full documentation is included with information on how to switch to another CMS, such as Surreal or WebYep if preferred.
HTML 5 is the next version of HTML currently being developed. News Media starts to use some basic HTML 5 naming conventions for various containers which should make any future upgrades easier and less destructive. You will also find most of the source code in News Media thoroughly commented for easier custom editing if required.
News Media is SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) friendly. Items like headers, slogans and titles are wrapped in header tags to increase their prominence. Content containers, Extra Content containers and sidebars are easily readable by search engines. Site titles and logo images automatically link back to the designated homepage.
Miscellaneous settings allow you to extend your creativity. Add background gradients, capitalisation to headers, increase page margins, hide certain elements or apply backgrounds to your site title container. News Media is compatible with RapidWeaver MultiTool and RapidWeaver Theme Miner for easier custom editing.
News Media is the first ever RapidWeaver theme with support for mega-menus. Set up the mega menus using a provided code snippet or stack, and use code, styled text or the @import function in PlusKit (not supplied) to add content to your drop down menu’s. Full instructions are included.
The theme features an optional style-switcher so visitors to your website are able to switch to a preferred colour scheme or increase text size / contrast etc. The style-switcher uses cookies, so when a visitor returns to your site, their chosen style is loaded as the default. You can edit the available styles with HTML and CSS code or set up your own styles.
Use the optional search function to provide site visitors with the ability to easily search your website and easily find the information they are looking for. The search function in this theme integrates with the RapidSearch plugin (not included) so you can have a basic site search function setup within minutes. Two positioning options for the search bar are included.
Finding help for using this theme has never been easier. News Media has a built-in user guide, plus a version tracker to notify you when any theme updates are available. Just tick the “View User Guide” under the theme settings and follow the on-screen instructions.
What sort of RapidWeaver projects is the News Media suitable for?
News Media is the perfect candidate for professional blogs, company intranets, education websites and news websites. The theme opts for a clean and minimalist design, but also places maximum emphasis on website content. This is a theme geared towards high-traffic, heavy-content websites and can be extensively customised for client requirements. All CSS and XHTML code is valid throughout and advanced features degrade safely on older web browsers.
There are indications that some international news organisations will be moving to subscription-based user access for their news websites in 2010. While regarded as controversial with wait-and-see result - it is more than likely that the public will instead seek alternative small independent websites and blogs to continue obtaining their free news and information. The News Media theme in combination with RapidWeaver, provides the perfect kit to set up any small-scale media website or blog. In addition the theme can also be utilised for any website that is content oriented and geared towards client updating.
Packed with professional features giving you the power to develop stunning sites which are both flexible, well structured and highly functional for end users. Features never-seen-before elements like style switchers, horizontal scrolling menu bars and optional mega-menus.
Preview and purchase the News Media theme here
News Media supports up to 10 levels of navigation using a combination of auto-scrolling horizontal menu bars and standard block navigation containers. This enables developers to build much larger, categorised websites which remain easy for end-users to navigate through.
Fifteen Extra Content containers allow positioning of content in parts of the theme outside of normal editable area’s. This is perfect for text, links, pictures or banner adverts. Use the ‘Preview Extra Content Containers’ function in the theme to see where Extra Content containers are rendered.
A wide selection of colour and text formatting settings make customising your design simple and safe. Font faces, letter spacing, line heights and text sizes can be modified within the theme style settings giving you a consistent appearance and clean code every time.
There are numerous sidebar options in this theme. Choose between various sidebar widths and positions. Options include single traditional sidebars, double sidebars or 'tramline' sidebars which straddle either side of the content container and make use of Extra Content. Alternatively set the sidebar to hide.
True cross-browser compatibility is offered without all the normal hacks and conditional comments common in themes. News Media will work equally as well in Internet Explorer 6 as it will with the latest versions of Safari and Firefox. An optional IE6 PNG fix is available.
Minimum HTTP requests and file sizes, result in low bandwidth and pages which load quickly. A basic non-cached webpage using the News Media theme weighs in at under 150KB using the default style settings.
News Media has the new opensource BBC Glow API built in, allowing advanced users access to add powerful AJAX features specifically developed for media websites. Alternatively you can use jQuery to add new features such as content sliders, news tickers and carousels. Some of these are also available as Stacks and snippets.
Supports all of your favourite RapidWeaver plugins: Blog, Collage, FAQmaker, File Sharing, HTML Code, Lockdown, PayLoom, Photo Album, PlusKit, RapidAlbum, RapidBlog, RapidFlickr, RapidSearch, Sitemap, Stacks, WeaverBox, WeaverPix, and WeaverFM to name a few.
Built-in support is provided for Cushy CMS (Content Management System) which allows you or others to login and update both general and sidebar content outside of RapidWeaver. Full documentation is included with information on how to switch to another CMS, such as Surreal or WebYep if preferred.
HTML 5 is the next version of HTML currently being developed. News Media starts to use some basic HTML 5 naming conventions for various containers which should make any future upgrades easier and less destructive. You will also find most of the source code in News Media thoroughly commented for easier custom editing if required.
News Media is SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) friendly. Items like headers, slogans and titles are wrapped in header tags to increase their prominence. Content containers, Extra Content containers and sidebars are easily readable by search engines. Site titles and logo images automatically link back to the designated homepage.
Miscellaneous settings allow you to extend your creativity. Add background gradients, capitalisation to headers, increase page margins, hide certain elements or apply backgrounds to your site title container. News Media is compatible with RapidWeaver MultiTool and RapidWeaver Theme Miner for easier custom editing.
News Media is the first ever RapidWeaver theme with support for mega-menus. Set up the mega menus using a provided code snippet or stack, and use code, styled text or the @import function in PlusKit (not supplied) to add content to your drop down menu’s. Full instructions are included.
The theme features an optional style-switcher so visitors to your website are able to switch to a preferred colour scheme or increase text size / contrast etc. The style-switcher uses cookies, so when a visitor returns to your site, their chosen style is loaded as the default. You can edit the available styles with HTML and CSS code or set up your own styles.
Use the optional search function to provide site visitors with the ability to easily search your website and easily find the information they are looking for. The search function in this theme integrates with the RapidSearch plugin (not included) so you can have a basic site search function setup within minutes. Two positioning options for the search bar are included.
Finding help for using this theme has never been easier. News Media has a built-in user guide, plus a version tracker to notify you when any theme updates are available. Just tick the “View User Guide” under the theme settings and follow the on-screen instructions.
What sort of RapidWeaver projects is the News Media suitable for?
News Media is the perfect candidate for professional blogs, company intranets, education websites and news websites. The theme opts for a clean and minimalist design, but also places maximum emphasis on website content. This is a theme geared towards high-traffic, heavy-content websites and can be extensively customised for client requirements. All CSS and XHTML code is valid throughout and advanced features degrade safely on older web browsers.
There are indications that some international news organisations will be moving to subscription-based user access for their news websites in 2010. While regarded as controversial with wait-and-see result - it is more than likely that the public will instead seek alternative small independent websites and blogs to continue obtaining their free news and information. The News Media theme in combination with RapidWeaver, provides the perfect kit to set up any small-scale media website or blog. In addition the theme can also be utilised for any website that is content oriented and geared towards client updating.
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