How I use Rapidweaver to Build Websites

http://maripfeiffer.com/ Freelance writer, web designer, copywriter. Here I show how I take Rapidweaver v.5 templates and modify them to create great websites.

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Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• websites
• web design
• rapidweaver
• business marketing
• small business
• creative
• professional
• templates
• graphic
• demo media

[woodrackets]

Disappointing. You didn't show 'how' you did anything, only that you 'did' something to a theme. Show us the CSS & HTML5.

[mariwriterdesigner]

@woodrackets Can't please everyone. The purpose of this video was more an overview of how I work and some of what I've done. More detailed tutorials/demos of how I used CSS to change a site's look are in the works. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[SculptorJim]

Thanks for the video, really inspired me! I've now bought RW and i'm trying to get my head around it. I'm working with the Elixir cake theme and want to get rid of all the box's and shadows around the text and sub menus to make the page look cleaner like yours but struggling to figure it out!? Your help would be much appreciated! Thanks, James

[mariwriterdesigner]

@SculptorJim Hi! Rapidweaver looks very easy out of the box but it's a tad more complicated as most people discover. To eliminate the box shadows, you'll have to get into the CSS code. Get the Firefox Firebug extension, inspect the element that you want to change, find the code for that element, copy it into the custom CSS in RW, change it and preview. You might have to try a few times to get it right. I have some CSS tutes on the way. Good luck! Thx for watching & question. ~ m

[vl417]

Hi, are you able to implement any kind of animation? such as html5...not to say FLASH

[mariwriterdesigner]

@vl417 There are a lot of plugins by 3rd party developers that are non-flash. I recently put a non-flash music player on a client's site that I think is made to work with html5 but also falls back on flash. The client wanted something that works on an ipad or iphone. Hope this answers your question.

[jackendy]

I created a site but how do i publish it for free? thanks!

[niewasko]

if you're on a mac you CAN afford a website..

[mguild44]

your voice is awesome

[mariwriterdesigner]

@ladyman97 You don't really make your own theme; you choose one either from the themes that come with Rapidweaver or a premium theme and customize it to look and function the way you want. I recommend learning some CSS and getting active in the Rapidweaver/RealMac Software forums.