Options Theme Version 1.1.5
23/05/11 11:10
V1.1.5 Of the Options theme introduces a couple of new features and fixes a few errors in V1.1.4.
V1.1.4 Errors Corrected
Title/Slogan Capitalisation: If the Title or Slogan Effects were set at the "No Effects" (default value) then the Title or Slogan Capitalisation would not work. If any other effects (shadow or glow) were chosen then the capitalisation would work. This has now been fixed.
Colour Fault in MSIE: Colours for V1.1.4 were reverting to default colours in some areas when viewed in MSIE. This occured when some MSIE colourtag values had not been converted to top and botttom colours when colour gradients were introduced. This has now been fixed.
FAQMaker Sidebar Questions List: The default list was appearing in the middle of the sidebar instead of near the left hand side. This has now been fixed.
Updates/New Styles:
V1.1.4 Errors Corrected
Title/Slogan Capitalisation: If the Title or Slogan Effects were set at the "No Effects" (default value) then the Title or Slogan Capitalisation would not work. If any other effects (shadow or glow) were chosen then the capitalisation would work. This has now been fixed.
Colour Fault in MSIE: Colours for V1.1.4 were reverting to default colours in some areas when viewed in MSIE. This occured when some MSIE colourtag values had not been converted to top and botttom colours when colour gradients were introduced. This has now been fixed.
FAQMaker Sidebar Questions List: The default list was appearing in the middle of the sidebar instead of near the left hand side. This has now been fixed.
Updates/New Styles:
- Sidebar Line Height: 11 heights up to 2.0em (32px)
- Content Line Height: 11 heights up to 2.0em (32px)
Options Theme Version 1.1.2
31/08/10 21:13
This update is aimed specifically at fixing 2 MSIE faults.
The first occurs when using MSIE 6 to display any page created with Options theme and the second occurs when any version of MSIE displays weaverFM (v1.1.0) or WeaverPix pages created with the Options theme.
MSIE 6
Previously whenever MSIE 6 displayed any page created with the Options theme the letters were always huge. This was caused because the body font size was set to 1.3em (which equals 21px). From the looks of it MSIE 6 cannot correctly display "em" font sizes so, the quickest and easiest fix was to replace the "1.3 em" font-size with "21px". MSIE 6 now displays the correct font size.
WeaverFM and WeaverPix
This fault happens because MSIE can only display 32 CSS style links in a page. For most themes this would not be a problem but the Options theme has:
This brings the total of CSS Style links to 33 (or 36 for WeaverPix) which is far more than MSIE can read and display (Stupid bloody program). So, in an effort to make this program happy it has been decided to de-activate the default settings from 5 CSS Style sheets. The style sheets affected are:
If you want to use any of these style sheets and a weaverFM or WeaverPix page in your site then:
Your WeaverFM/WeaverPix page will now look like the rest of your web-site but the de-activated styles will not be written to the actual pages.
You can now activate the "de-activated" styles for the rest of your web-site.
The first occurs when using MSIE 6 to display any page created with Options theme and the second occurs when any version of MSIE displays weaverFM (v1.1.0) or WeaverPix pages created with the Options theme.
MSIE 6
Previously whenever MSIE 6 displayed any page created with the Options theme the letters were always huge. This was caused because the body font size was set to 1.3em (which equals 21px). From the looks of it MSIE 6 cannot correctly display "em" font sizes so, the quickest and easiest fix was to replace the "1.3 em" font-size with "21px". MSIE 6 now displays the correct font size.
WeaverFM and WeaverPix
This fault happens because MSIE can only display 32 CSS style links in a page. For most themes this would not be a problem but the Options theme has:
- 25 CSS style links (26 if you display the AA Site Designs credit), and
- 1 CSS iepngfix.htc link (for MSIE6) in the index.html page.
- 4 standard Rapidweaver CSS style links (colourtag.css, handheld.css, print.css, styles.css)
This brings the total of CSS Style links to 33 (or 36 for WeaverPix) which is far more than MSIE can read and display (Stupid bloody program). So, in an effort to make this program happy it has been decided to de-activate the default settings from 5 CSS Style sheets. The style sheets affected are:
- Ads
- Credit AA Site Designs
- Menu Icons
- File Sharing Icons
- File Sharing Styles
If you want to use any of these style sheets and a weaverFM or WeaverPix page in your site then:
- Click the "Load Custom Style" button (the folder button at bottm of the Styles Tab) and load the "Weaver Plugins" from the Built-in Styles configuration
- Configure your site the way you want (without selecting the de-activated Styles) and click the "Save Custom Styles" buttonconfiguration (the cog button located at bottom of the Styles Tab). This saves a copy of your website configuration for the weaver plugins to use.
- Select the WeaverFM/WeaverPix page,
- Click on the "Applies to this page only" button (located at the bottom left of the Styles Tab),
- Load the Custom Style that you just saved. This prevents the de-acivated styled from.
Your WeaverFM/WeaverPix page will now look like the rest of your web-site but the de-activated styles will not be written to the actual pages.
You can now activate the "de-activated" styles for the rest of your web-site.
Options Theme Version 1.1.1
23/08/10 21:13
This update fixes a few errors in version 1.1.0.
- 2 Logo Positions (left and right 20px from top) were accidentally moved behind the Title and Slogan and appeared to not be linked to the website url.
- The text areas in the contact form plugin showed the "Lucida Grande" font instead of the correct "font family" style.
- External page links to new pages opened the link without opening new pages.
- A new rotating header script has now been installed. This means that the Rapidalbum Greybox Template now works.
Options Theme Version 1.1.0
05/08/10 21:12
This update is mainly to correct some small errors that have crept in.
- The number of tiled backgrounds has been increased to 22 and they have all been named.
- Google Translation script and translation icons have now been added to the bottom of the page. To translate your page to another language just click on the icons.
- Several more menus have been added
Weaver FM Version 1.1.0
22/07/10 21:11
There appears to be a small error that only affects themes with menus or links that are at the top of the screen.
If the bottom edge of the WeaverFM "Login Tab" (which is 42 pixels from the top) ends below the menu/link then it stops working.
Of the themes that come with Rapidweaver only Aqualicious, Caribou, Possible and Simple Business are affected (to a lesser or greater extent).
Unfortunately this fault also affects our Options Themes' Horizontal menu above the header. It may also affect the website link in the logo to a lesser extent if the Horizontal menu above the header is not used.
Solution
To fix this the menu (or link) must be moved below the bottom edge of the "Login Tab" (below 42px from the top).
With the Options theme it is fairly easy to fix. All you have to do is increase the top margin at least 40px, or choose a different menu location.
If you find that you cannot do this with your chosen theme you may have to choose another one.
If the bottom edge of the WeaverFM "Login Tab" (which is 42 pixels from the top) ends below the menu/link then it stops working.
Of the themes that come with Rapidweaver only Aqualicious, Caribou, Possible and Simple Business are affected (to a lesser or greater extent).
Unfortunately this fault also affects our Options Themes' Horizontal menu above the header. It may also affect the website link in the logo to a lesser extent if the Horizontal menu above the header is not used.
Solution
To fix this the menu (or link) must be moved below the bottom edge of the "Login Tab" (below 42px from the top).
With the Options theme it is fairly easy to fix. All you have to do is increase the top margin at least 40px, or choose a different menu location.
If you find that you cannot do this with your chosen theme you may have to choose another one.
Validation Errors
12/07/10 21:11
If this theme is validated at http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator (with the validation level set at 3) it will show several errors and. Whilst we try to reduce these as much as possible some cannot be avoided if our theme is to remain flexible and useful (believe it or not).
Our problem is that two of the Legal CSS3 browser specific commands (-webkit for safari browsers and -moz for firefox browsers) we use for curves and shadows cause a "Property doesn't exist" error when validating the theme at http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator. The catch is that if we didn't use these commands then we would have to draw all the curves and save them as images and then load them into the page. This would dramatically increase the complexity, development time and cost of a theme whilst reducing flexibility and usefelness (such as reducing the colours used in menus and corners).
In the end every theme designer has to work out for themselves how many errors/warnings they will put up with in order to produce a theme that is both flexible and useful.
With our theme the errors have been limited to the following style locations:
Below are the Legal CSS3 commands used that cause the Property doesn't exist validation error.
Our problem is that two of the Legal CSS3 browser specific commands (-webkit for safari browsers and -moz for firefox browsers) we use for curves and shadows cause a "Property doesn't exist" error when validating the theme at http://jigsaw.w3.org/css-validator. The catch is that if we didn't use these commands then we would have to draw all the curves and save them as images and then load them into the page. This would dramatically increase the complexity, development time and cost of a theme whilst reducing flexibility and usefelness (such as reducing the colours used in menus and corners).
In the end every theme designer has to work out for themselves how many errors/warnings they will put up with in order to produce a theme that is both flexible and useful.
With our theme the errors have been limited to the following style locations:
- Shadow (5px, 10px, 15px, 20px)
- Curves (5px, 10px, 15px)
- Header/Location (Where the Header and/or Footer are attached)
- Menu/Types (only ones with rounded buttons)
- File Sharing/Boxes (The curved boxes)
Below are the Legal CSS3 commands used that cause the Property doesn't exist validation error.
Equally Rounded Corners
-webkit-border-radius (Webkit/Safari)
-moz-border-radius (Firefox)
Individually Rounded Corners
Webkit/Safari
-webkit-border-top-left-radius
-webkit-border-top-right-radius
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius
-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius
Firefox
-moz-border-radius-topleft
-moz-border-radius-topright
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft
-moz-border-radius-bottomright
Box Shadow
-webkit-box-shadow (Webkit/Safari)
-moz-box-shadow (Firefox)
-webkit-border-radius (Webkit/Safari)
-moz-border-radius (Firefox)
Individually Rounded Corners
Webkit/Safari
-webkit-border-top-left-radius
-webkit-border-top-right-radius
-webkit-border-bottom-left-radius
-webkit-border-bottom-right-radius
Firefox
-moz-border-radius-topleft
-moz-border-radius-topright
-moz-border-radius-bottomleft
-moz-border-radius-bottomright
Box Shadow
-webkit-box-shadow (Webkit/Safari)
-moz-box-shadow (Firefox)
Options Theme Version 1.0.9
06/06/10 21:10
This update is mainly to correct some small errors that have crept in.
This update will be released as soon as testing has been completed.
- We have discovered that the random header script causes faults with the Greybox Rapidalbum Template.
We are looking for a new Random Header Image script that will not interfere with Greybox. - SmoothGallery Rapidalbum Template has been updated to allow size customisations in display (See CSS Code, Hints And Tips).
- Corrected image display errors that were occurring in several other Rapidalbum Templates.
- Replaced Social Bookmarks with addthis Social Bookmarks.
- Added a 6th horizontal menu.
This update will be released as soon as testing has been completed.
Options Theme Version 1.0.6
16/05/10 21:07
- Menu colours in colourtag.css file fixed. Colours of buttons and button borders match better.
- Menu system and all menus completely re-written so that new menus can be added much easier.
- 2 Horizontal menus (25px and 35px in height) added. Menus work either above or below the header.
Options Theme Version 1.0.5
14/05/10 21:05
- Menu icons tidied up.
- Button border colours corrected so that they automatically adjust depending on button colour.
- Theme Copyright notice in footer
can now be switched off with CSS Code:
Options Theme Version 1.0.4
02/05/10 21:03
- Fixed Header height of 125px. It was set to default of 100px
- Fixed title font size errors (40px and 48px)
- Fixed slogan font size errors (22px)
- Fixed menu icons that appeared to display incorrectly in MSIE
- Added several new menu icons.
Options Theme Version 1.0.3
28/04/10 21:02
- Fixed faulty menus.
- Fixed Ads text colour fault.
- Added several more menu types.
- Added menu button border colour.
- Fixed menu icons.
- Fixed Logo/URL link failure caused by adding rotating headers.
- Fixed default header / footer location error.
- Fixed rotating header Image bug for 900px width.
- Fixed minor graphic bugs.
- Shadows added to 'File Sharing' items
Faulty Pages Update
27/02/10 18:49
Hi all,
We have just noticed a couple of pages that needed fixing:
Thermite
We have just noticed a couple of pages that needed fixing:
- Payloom 2 and,
- Slider.
Thermite