Collage 2 Screencasts Now Available
Oct 21 2008
Three new screencasts covering the Collage 2 plugin
have been added to the members’ area of RapidWeaver
Classroom. Collage 2 is a fantastic plugin from
YourHead Software that is exclusive to RapidWeaver
4.0, while the original Collage plugin is still
available for RapidWeaver 3.6 and earlier. Collage
2 has a multitude of uses, so check-out the
Collage 2 screencasts
to learn more!
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New PayLoom Screencast Available
Oct 16 2008
I have published one more screencast for the
PayLoom plugin that shows an example of how
multiple PayLoom pages can be used in a project to
sell multiple categories of items. It also shows a
working, online example of PayLoom pages and their
interaction with PayPal for shopping cart and
checkout functionality.
Look for Collage 2 screencasts to begin appearing next week!
Look for Collage 2 screencasts to begin appearing next week!
PayLoom Screencasts Now Available
Oct 15 2008
Hot on the heels of our
Greybox tutorial comes two new screencasts
covering the PayLoom plugin. PayLoom lets you
easily create an e-commerce store on your website
that integrates with PayPal. You really can’t ask
for a simpler way to add products for sale to your
website. One more PayLoom screencast will be added
soon.
You will also notice the Collage 2 logo has been added under the 3rd-party plugins section. This plugin will be covered next, so keep an eye out for more information!
You will also notice the Collage 2 logo has been added under the 3rd-party plugins section. This plugin will be covered next, so keep an eye out for more information!
New Tutorials on Javascript Boxes
Oct 14 2008
A new set of RapidWeaver screencasts
are being added to the Continuing Education
section, covering the popular javascript
boxes: Greybox, Lightbox and Shadowbox. These
javascript boxes are very trendy at the moment
and add an impressive feature to your website.
Whether you want to display images, video or
other webpages, these video tutorials will
take you through the process. It’s a bit more
advanced than prior lessons, so along with the
screencasts I will be providing snippets for
download along with each tutorial.
The first screencast for this topic is now available, covering how to show a video in a Greybox, and more will be released in the coming days. Also watch for a screencast or two covering the PayLoom plugin.
The first screencast for this topic is now available, covering how to show a video in a Greybox, and more will be released in the coming days. Also watch for a screencast or two covering the PayLoom plugin.
New Tutorial on FTP
Sep 18 2008
A second screencast has been added on using an FTP
application to manage your website assets as an
alternative to RapidWeaver’s built-in Assets panel.
It is a brief tutorial that will be beneficial to
those building websites with many assets, such as
audio and video files.
I’ve also updated the Curriculum page and the Members’ area with estimated viewing times for each lesson. You can find those estimates below the title for each separate lesson, and eventually I plan to include the running times for each individual screencast.
Keep an eye out for new plugin tutorials and screencasts covering more 3rd-party themes!
I’ve also updated the Curriculum page and the Members’ area with estimated viewing times for each lesson. You can find those estimates below the title for each separate lesson, and eventually I plan to include the running times for each individual screencast.
Keep an eye out for new plugin tutorials and screencasts covering more 3rd-party themes!
New Tutorials on Using an FTP Application
Sep 09 2008
A while has passed since the last video tutorial
update, but today brings a new release with many
more to follow soon. The latest release is a part
of the “Continuing Education” series, and it covers
the topic of using an FTP application to publish
your RapidWeaver-created website. I consider using
an FTP application to be an important part of the
website publishing process, and it helps with
managing and troubleshooting a website. At least
one more screencast will be added to this topic in
the coming days, so check back soon.
In addition to these new tutorials, more 3rd-party plugin tutorials will be appearing in the near future, so keep an eye out for more details!
In addition to these new tutorials, more 3rd-party plugin tutorials will be appearing in the near future, so keep an eye out for more details!
New Tutorials Available on Working with Tables
Aug 06 2008
New video tutorials on working with tables in
RapidWeaver have been produced and are now
available to subscribers. There are currently three
videos on the topic that cover different methods of
building or placing tables into a website designed
with RapidWeaver. This is the first of many lessons
to come that fall under the category of “Continuing
Education” -- these will be tutorials on various
topics that RapidWeaver users should find useful.
Production of 3rd-party plugin tutorials will continue, but I will be going back and forth between these various topics and the lessons covering plugins. Stay tuned for more to come!
Production of 3rd-party plugin tutorials will continue, but I will be going back and forth between these various topics and the lessons covering plugins. Stay tuned for more to come!
PlusKit Tutorials Complete
Jul 28 2008
I worked extra hard today and completed the
remainder of the PlusKit screencasts. There are a
total of 8 video tutorials and they are all
available to RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers.
So what’s next? Well, I have some ideas that I’ll be tossing around and I expect that some new tutorials will start appearing late this week or early next week. There’s much more to cover!
So what’s next? Well, I have some ideas that I’ll be tossing around and I expect that some new tutorials will start appearing late this week or early next week. There’s much more to cover!
Two More PlusKit Tutorials Online
Jul 25 2008
I’ve added two more PlusKit tutorials to the
subscribers’ area today. One covers the Backups
feature of PlusKit, allowing you to create
incremental backups of your project as you save and
make changes. The other is a big one, and probably
the most popular feature of PlusKit -- importing
pages. If you’re not sure that PlusKit is for you,
make sure and check out the Importing Pages
screencast!
The remainder of the PlusKit screencasts will be made available early next week. Everyone have a great weekend!
The remainder of the PlusKit screencasts will be made available early next week. Everyone have a great weekend!
First PlusKit Tutorials Available Now
Jul 24 2008
PlusKit screencasts are now in production and the
first two have been made available online to
RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers. These first
video tutorials cover the Lightbox and Fancy Zoom
features of PlusKit, which provide a very cool way
of displaying full-size images -- perfect for a
website photo gallery. These can be added with some
advanced coding with javascript, but PlusKit makes
it simple to add this effect to any or all of
website’s images.
The full curriculum for PlusKit has been added to the website, and the rest of these screencasts will be appearing tomorrow and early next week. Of course I will post another update here as soon as more tutorials are online!
The full curriculum for PlusKit has been added to the website, and the rest of these screencasts will be appearing tomorrow and early next week. Of course I will post another update here as soon as more tutorials are online!
PlusKit Tutorials Coming Soon
Jul 23 2008
RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers can expect the
next round of plugin tutorials to be made available
soon. The next plugin to be covered is PlusKit from
Loghound. PlusKit is a very
useful and powerful plugin, and I’ll make sure
that you learn how to use it! Watch for these
tutorials in the coming days...
Free RapidWeaver Video Tutorials Now Available
Jul 15 2008
I have released some free RapidWeaver video
tutorials for visitors to view without a
subscription to RapidWeaver Classroom. Now
that the video training library
has been built-up with over 10 hours of video
tutorials, I felt it was time to share some of
the resources with the entire RapidWeaver
community. These free tutorials can be found
linked throughout the Curriculum page, and as
more tutorials are produced I will make more
of these screencasts available for free.
These free RapidWeaver video tutorials are streamed using the Viddler service and are at a lower resolution than the video tutorials available to RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers, so subscribers will want to login to the site and view the high-resolution versions in the subscribers’ area.
These free RapidWeaver video tutorials are streamed using the Viddler service and are at a lower resolution than the video tutorials available to RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers, so subscribers will want to login to the site and view the high-resolution versions in the subscribers’ area.
Blocks Plugin Tutorials Complete
Jul 15 2008
All of the Blocks plugin tutorials are now complete
and available to RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers.
There are a total of nine tutorials detailing all
the features of Blocks. It is an outstanding plugin
and I encourage all subscribers to go through these
to see the potential of what can be achieved with
Blocks.
More 3rd-party plugins will be produced soon and an announcement will be made in the coming days on what the next plugin will be. As always, check back often for updated information.
More 3rd-party plugins will be produced soon and an announcement will be made in the coming days on what the next plugin will be. As always, check back often for updated information.
More Blocks Tutorials Available
Jul 02 2008
Three more Blocks plugin tutorials
have been made available to RapidWeaver
Classroom subscribers. These tutorials cover
some of the different types of blocks that can
be added with the plugin.
The goal was to have all Blocks tutorials complete by the end of the week, but I didn’t take into account that Friday is July 4th (Independence Day), so I will try and have as many as possible available by the end of tomorrow -- it may not be all of them, but it should come close!
The goal was to have all Blocks tutorials complete by the end of the week, but I didn’t take into account that Friday is July 4th (Independence Day), so I will try and have as many as possible available by the end of tomorrow -- it may not be all of them, but it should come close!
First Blocks Plugin Tutorials Available
Jul 01 2008
RapidWeaver Classroom’s coverage of 3rd-party
plugins begins with the Blocks plugin from YourHead Software, and the
first video tutorials for Blocks are now
available to subscribers. There are three
tutorials to get you started, and the
remainder will be released by the end of this
week. For those of you who have not used the
Blocks plugin, you’ll quickly see why it is a
favorite amongst the RapidWeaver community!
3rd-Party Plugin Tutorials
Jun 25 2008
Production of video tutorials for
3rd-party RapidWeaver plugins has begun
and subscribers now have access to two new
tutorials that provide an introduction to
3rd-party plugins in RapidWeaver. The Blocks
plugin from YourHead Software will be
the first plugin covered, and those tutorials
will appear over the course of the next week.
A listing of those coming tutorials will be
made available soon -- I have currently
decided on ten inidividual video tutorials,
but that number could potentally increase, so
you can be guaranteed there will be a lot of
information on this outstanding plugin!
RapidWeaver 4 Video Tutorials Complete
Jun 20 2008
Lesson 2 for RapidWeaver 4.0 is now complete,
consisting of four video tutorials covering the
updated features in the new version. This completes
the tutorials that are needed to cover Rapidweaver
4.0, the remainder of the tutorials for version 3.6
will also apply to version 4.0.
You may have also noticed that the BlocksBox tutorials I put together for Jonas Themes are now included in the subscribers’ area. Those of you interested in designing your own theme might want to consider the BlocksBox theme in combination with the excellent Blocks plugin from YourHead Software.
Speaking of the Blocks plugin, I will begin producing video tutorials for the available 3rd-party plugins, and Blocks is first on the list. Stay tuned for more info on this soon!
You may have also noticed that the BlocksBox tutorials I put together for Jonas Themes are now included in the subscribers’ area. Those of you interested in designing your own theme might want to consider the BlocksBox theme in combination with the excellent Blocks plugin from YourHead Software.
Speaking of the Blocks plugin, I will begin producing video tutorials for the available 3rd-party plugins, and Blocks is first on the list. Stay tuned for more info on this soon!
Lesson 1 for RapidWeaver 4 Complete
Jun 16 2008
Lesson 1 for RapidWeaver 4 is now available to
RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers. This lesson
covers all the basics of the software and covers
the updated interface. There will be a few more
videos in the coming days covering the new features
with this version, and then it’s on to 3rd-party
plugins!
Some RapidWeaver 4 Videos Available
Jun 13 2008
Production of the RapidWeaver 4.0 video
tutorials is underway and I’ve posted
several of the Lesson 1 videos to the
subscribers’ area already. The remaining
tutorials for version 4.0 will be made
available early next week.
Following the release of the RapidWeaver 4.0 tutorials, I will begin the extensive task of covering the 3rd-party plugins. So there is much, much, much more to come!
Following the release of the RapidWeaver 4.0 tutorials, I will begin the extensive task of covering the 3rd-party plugins. So there is much, much, much more to come!
Lesson 7 Complete - on to RapidWeaver 4
Jun 03 2008
Lesson 7 is now complete and available to
RapidWeaver Classroom subscribers. These five
tutorials will provide you with the knowledge that
is necessary to understand how theme modifications
can be made to further customize your website. The
completion of Lesson 7 should bring you to a point
where you understand the functions and structure of
RapidWeaver, its plugins and themes, in order to
successfully create a complete website with
RapidWeaver. The learning doesn’t end there,
though! I plan to cover all 3rd-party plugins,
which further extend the capabilities of
RapidWeaver and offer some very useful, unique and
impressive functions for your website.
So what’s next? Well, you may have heard about a little something called RapidWeaver 4.0. RapidWeaver Classroom will bring version 4.0 users up-to-speed with what’s new in the latest version of our favorite application. Not every part of the application has been changed, though, so many of the current 3.6 tutorials will be still be completely relevant for version 4.0 users. Instead of re-doing all seven lessons with RapidWeaver 4.0, I will be covering all the changes that have been made to the application, and then move on to tutorials for the 3rd-party plugins.
So what’s next? Well, you may have heard about a little something called RapidWeaver 4.0. RapidWeaver Classroom will bring version 4.0 users up-to-speed with what’s new in the latest version of our favorite application. Not every part of the application has been changed, though, so many of the current 3.6 tutorials will be still be completely relevant for version 4.0 users. Instead of re-doing all seven lessons with RapidWeaver 4.0, I will be covering all the changes that have been made to the application, and then move on to tutorials for the 3rd-party plugins.
Some Lesson 7 Videos Available
Jun 02 2008
The first three tutorials in Lesson 7 have been
published and are available to subscribers. Lesson
7 covers the modification of themes in RapidWeaver,
and delves into much more advanced areas such as
CSS and HTML modification.
There are entire books and websites dedicated to CSS and HTML, so while I can’t cover it all my hope is to get you familiar with the file structure of the RapidWeaver themes and give you a peek inside the stylesheets and HTML documents to start understanding how things work.
I encourage any of you who are making custom modifications to give it a good shot -- trial and error is a great way to learn. If you aren’t having success then the RapidWeaver Support Forums is a great resource with many helpful people. Of course, my one-on-one RapidWeaver Consulting and Training is also available to anyone who would like personal assistance.
The remainder of Lesson 7 will be available soon!
There are entire books and websites dedicated to CSS and HTML, so while I can’t cover it all my hope is to get you familiar with the file structure of the RapidWeaver themes and give you a peek inside the stylesheets and HTML documents to start understanding how things work.
I encourage any of you who are making custom modifications to give it a good shot -- trial and error is a great way to learn. If you aren’t having success then the RapidWeaver Support Forums is a great resource with many helpful people. Of course, my one-on-one RapidWeaver Consulting and Training is also available to anyone who would like personal assistance.
The remainder of Lesson 7 will be available soon!
Lesson 6 Complete
May 28 2008
Lesson 6 is now complete and available to
subscribers, covering some advanced features
offered in RapidWeaver. This concludes what are
considered the "core lessons" -- but many more
tutorials will be coming soon, including RapidWeaver
4 video tutorials. Lesson 7 will also be
coming in the near future, and then the focus
will begin on 3rd-party plugins, so there is
much, much, much, much more to come!
Lesson 5 Complete
May 26 2008
Hope all of our U.S. subscribers had a great
Memorial Day! I spent most of mine playing catch-up
after being away last week. I've produced all the
video tutorials for Lesson 5 and they are now
available online to subscribers. This lesson takes
you through the process of building a website from
start to finish and basically summarizes all the
previous lessons to this point, as well as
incorporating a lot of new information as well.
Lesson 6 will be coming along in the next couple of
days as well, so things are back in full swing
around here!
BlocksBox Tutorials
May 19 2008
I've put together a couple of video tutorials for
the amazing BlocksBox theme from Jonas Themes, and a
few more will be available soon. These videos
can currently be viewed here, and in the
future I will add them in the high-resolution
version to subscribers of RapidWeaver
Classroom.
Lesson 4 Complete
May 14 2008
Lesson 4 is now complete and available to
subscribers. This lesson consists of 6 videos which
cover the more advanced functions of editing
content through RapidWeaver's Format menu.
Lesson 5 is next and things will start to get really fun! I'll be going from start to finish with a website, from preparation to publishing and covering most all the necessary areas of RapidWeaver with a real project.
Lesson 5 is next and things will start to get really fun! I'll be going from start to finish with a website, from preparation to publishing and covering most all the necessary areas of RapidWeaver with a real project.
Lesson 3 Complete
May 09 2008
It's an exciting day in the RapidWeaver Community
as RapidWeaver 4.0 has been released! I'll be
working hard to produce brand-new RapidWeaver 4.0 video
tutorials for all of our subscribers who
are upgrading. RapidWeaver 4.0 introduces an
entirely redesigned user interface, and the
majority of the new videos will focus on
getting you acquainted with this redesign.
There are also some new features that will be
covered as well.
All that being said, a majority of the existing RapidWeaver video tutorials are full of information that is relevant to the new version as well. Since version 4.0 is Leopard-only, it's important to me to support both 3.6 and 4.0 users with the tutorials, so be on the look-out for new 4.0 tutorials coming soon!
All that being said, a majority of the existing RapidWeaver video tutorials are full of information that is relevant to the new version as well. Since version 4.0 is Leopard-only, it's important to me to support both 3.6 and 4.0 users with the tutorials, so be on the look-out for new 4.0 tutorials coming soon!
Lesson 2 Complete
May 06 2008
Lesson 2 is now complete in its entirety and
available for viewing in the members' section. The
Blog and Photo Album pages are very feature-rich,
so the length of those videos is a bit longer than
normal as I wanted to cover all the important
aspects of these pages.
Lesson 3 will be coming soon and that will cover some really important information on styling the theme itself to give your website a more customized look and feel. Keep track with the progress here and more info on Lesson 3 will be made available in the coming days!
Lesson 3 will be coming soon and that will cover some really important information on styling the theme itself to give your website a more customized look and feel. Keep track with the progress here and more info on Lesson 3 will be made available in the coming days!
Some Lesson 2 Videos Available
May 05 2008
Videos for Lesson 2, RapidWeaver Page Types, are
becoming available in the members section of the
site. Roughly half of this lesson will be available
by the end of the day, with the rest going online
tomorrow -- then on to Lesson 3!
Welcome to all of you who have already registered for the video tutorials. The special 60-day offer will last a little while longer, but don't hold-out too long if you haven't yet registered!
Welcome to all of you who have already registered for the video tutorials. The special 60-day offer will last a little while longer, but don't hold-out too long if you haven't yet registered!