Wow, what a shock to the system! There I was, down in Cornwall visiting my mother with my family, and everything RapidWeaver went mad! The new site was up, 3 different Beta versions had come and gone, everyone was busy posting on the new forum, Apple had release 10.5.3 and all in 48hrs or so. Crazy stuff alright!
Unfortunately, my mum isn't an internet person despite the facts she has been using Macs for 6+ years, and is very good at designing leaflets etc. for my sisters business. So, I am left on dial-up, with all this to consider. My main Beta testing had been happening on my iMac, and I had my MacBook with me, and I wasn't prepared to risk anything when it comes to my clients websites, until my own are on the new system and running well.
For those of you not familiar with RapidWeaver, take a look at the new site HERE. I am very pleased with the new site and forum, although to keep the huge number of spam posts down, some functionality has had to be limited. Well worth it in the balance for me, as my 6 year old son like to see what I am up to often.
I have been developing a different look for my site at WebKarnage.co.uk since early May using RapidWeaver 4 Beta, and it will go to my more used .net address soon. I couldn't let you guys know about it much earlier, with Beta Club rules and everything. I love the new UI, and it saves time every use for me, making it worth money on it's own. Lots of subtle and very useful things have been included in the main program structure (new xml site file format, cruftless links, publishing to web.mac.com addresses, themes view, improved Add Link functions, and many more), but some seem to be very disappointed with the lack of changes in the included plugins (page types). This will all come with time, and I am glad that they give us this improved program now, rather than do all the page type updates as well and release this much later.
A big thanks from us to all at Realmac for their hard work, and let's sort out the Brighton RUG meeting soon!
WebKarnage.
