RapidWeaver 4.0 is here!

It is here! And it is wonderful!

Realmac Software released RapidWeaver 4.0 today. The update is a free upgrade for RapidWeaver users and is a major release.

It has been a long time in the making. When I began beta testing the gem I was taken aback! Its new interface is clean, easy to use and intuitive. And not to mention beautiful.

For those not familiar with RapidWeaver

RapidWeaver is a revolutionary but friendly piece of web design software made exclusively for the Mac. Using easy drag and drop technology RapidWeaver lets you easily build a website tailored to your personal needs. Blogs, Photo albums, Movie pages, Styled text and more can be created at the click of a button and customised to make a site to be proud of. Once finished, you site is easily published to .Mac, FTP or SFTP accounts and RapidWeaver has built-in Smart Publishing that only uploads changed files, making future updates to your site fast and simple.

Sounds pretty easy, huh? It really is. Drop by the RMS site and download your copy today.

Also, we have upgrade our RW themes to be 4.0 compatible. While the theme upgrades are minor for this version, they're done and out of the way, nonetheless.

All updated and ready to go [Updated]

Whew, we have finished our updates in preparing for RapidWeaver 4.0's immanent arrival.

All of our themes have been upgraded, adding in, and updating, the few files that will bring them up to date for RapidWeaver 4.0.

All of our latest themes have already been shipped with the files needed and the rest fixed today or a couple of weeks ago when we sent out other updates.

The themes updated today all got updaters, which make it easier to do the upgrades. The updater only replaces the following files within your theme(s):

• Preview.Png
• Preview_Large.jpg
• Theme.Plist

All other files within the theme go untouched.

For the updater to work your themes must be located in the Library>Application Support>RapidWeaver folder located in your User folder. If you're unsure what this means, then you have probably not moved your themes or modified them. The updaters will only work with the theme installed. Without the theme it is useless.

Also, people have asked whether changes they have made themselves to their Theme.Plist file will get overwritten. Yes. This updater replaces that file. Be sure to back it up if necessary before running the updater.

Here are the updaters once again from today:

Cloud — Download Updater
Dark — Download Updater
Light — Download Updater
Organic — Download Updater
Origami — Download Updater
Paper — Download Updater
Plastic — Download Updater
Ribbon — Download Updater
Sprout — Download Updater
Toast — Download Updater

Again, all of our themes have been updated for 4.0 or shipped with the needed files at their release. So if your theme is not on this list, it is already ready for RW 4.0.

[Update]: Many have asked if the updated themes will work with RapidWeaver 3.6. Yes. The new and updated files provided by these updaters have no adverse affects on RapidWeaver 3.6.

Sprout updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Sprout theme can be downloaded here.

Ribbon updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Ribbon theme can be downloaded here.

Plastic updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Plastic theme can be downloaded here.

Paper updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Paper theme can be downloaded here.

Origami updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Origami theme can be downloaded here.

Organic updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Organic theme can be downloaded here.

Light updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Light theme can be downloaded here.

Dark updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Dark theme can be downloaded here.

Cloud updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Cloud theme can be downloaded here.

Toast updated for RW 4.0

We're working through updating our themes to be fully compatible with RapidWeaver 4.0, which will soon be available. Instead of going through our traditional process of updating a theme, we have made an update installer.

This updater will only replace the files being updated saving you the hassle of having to delete your old theme and possibly resetting all of your theme variations.

The updater for our Toast theme can be downloaded here.

RapidWeaver meets Apple Store

Liz and I were out picking up a DVI adapter at the Apple Store over the weekend, here in sunny Orlando, Florida, and we stumbled upon RapidWeaver sitting upon the store shelves. It was sitting there gleaming in its bright blue box, nestled between Microsoft Office (blech) and Parallels. Needless to say I was quite excited to see my favorite Mac app gracing the shelves of my favorite brick and mortar store.

If you live near an Apple store here in the U.S., or even if you have to drive a little bit, go grab your copy today!

Also, it seems like I'm not the only one who has noticed this amazing app appearing at the Apple Store.

Free themes news update

In my last post I mentioned that, in conjunction with .Net Magazine, we are giving away 8 free themes. These themes are found on the CD that is attached to the front of the magazine.

Since we're giving these themes away, we unfortunately do not have purchase information for those who receive these free themes. This makes sending out updates to those who get these themes free impossible.

While this is the downside of the deal, there is still, yet another, upside to it all. I've included a discount code in the mix as well that comes with the free themes. This code will get you a discount on all products in the store. If in the future you'd like to upgrade your theme by purchasing it, you can do so at a discount.

Elixir featured in .Net magazine

We have been lucky enough to be featured in this month's .Net magazine. Issue 176 contains a small article about elixir and our RapidWeaver themes. I've not been lucky enough to read the article yet, because .Net magazine is UK based publication. It should be on US shelves in about a month, I am told.

If you're in the UK be sure to pick up a copy and check it out. When you get your copy either now in the UK, or next month internationally, you will notice we're also featured on the cover CD. On that disc you'll find 8 free elixir themes. They're not limited or crippled in any way. They are full-fledged, complete themes, free of charge.

Thanks to Nik Fletcher, our UK reconnaissance man, for the above iPhone snap of this month's .Net magazine.