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Custom 404 Pages

May 3, 2012 By

We always get asked how about making a custom 404 error page in RapidWeaver. Well folks, today is your lucky day :)

Why a custom 404 error page? The reason is quite simple you want to retain,attract and direct the attention of your visitor. It’s not their fault they have entered something incorrectly and got a dull looking page that does not resemble your web site.

Another plus is that is great for search engines, you never know they might stumble on a bad page so you can have links in your new 404 page to go back to where they should be looking.

In todays show, I will walk you through:

creating a custom 404 error page in RapidWeaver, more specifically page settings.
editing the htaccess file ,
what to put in the htaccess file for the 404 page
Yes, all of that in 5 minutes . So what are you waiting for …. ?

1 Video – 7 Day access

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Filed Under: Rapidweaver, Web Design, Web Site Creation Tagged With: custom 404, error pages, rapidweaver, web design

Faster Video Playback with S3/CloudFront

May 3, 2012 By

In this class we walk you through the key steps in using S3 and CloudFront to deliver your rich media files in RapidWeaver (or any other web design software) (in my example today we are using video)

We have been using S3 ever since it was first launched a couple of years ago in addition to the more recent CloudFront service. The initial videos we delivered when starting MacSupportCasts were delivered over S3. However, we now use a commercial CDN (Content Delivery Network) offering too but our image storage is handled by S3 for all those who want to know.

While we will not go into the boring details of signing up , if you have an Amazon.com account you are almost there as these are extra add-on services. What I will show you is the following:

  • S3 setup with the AWS management console
  • bucket creation
  • File permissions
  • configuring CloudFront
  • using the media file in RapidWeaver (also valid for other web design software)

After going through the initial setup, using S3 is a breeze and you will find it is a useful addition to compliment your web hosting which may not be so hot in delivering rich media in other words not great bandwidth throughput and general scalability which is always a problem with shared hosting.

Brace yourself for a nice 18 minutes of geeky fun, mistakes and all, and let us know what you think about delivering your videos over CloudFront/S3

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Filed Under: Rapidweaver, Video, Web Design, Web Site Creation Tagged With: amazon s3, AWS Management, cloudfront, File Permissions, Video, web design

GFontsStylr Stacks and a tip for FreeStack Users

April 11, 2012 By

Introducing the GFontsStylr Stacks from Blueball Design for Stacks.

Easily add Google Web Fonts to your RapidWeaver projects.

Stacks is a easy to use modular web page building plugin for Rapidweaver on Mac.

Join us for a 3 video series on GFontsStylr Stacks

Videos: 3

  • Overview
  • Using with Pluskit Plugin and Houdini Stack
  • The GFontsStylr Stack and Tips for Freestacks users

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In the last part of this 3 part series on the GFontsStylr Stacks from Blueball Design I want to share a tip with the FreeStack user’s out there.

You can use RapidWeaver’s built in macros inside of the GFontsStyler stacks to create awesome looks for your site title, site slogan and more with ease.

Join me as I show you the way.

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GFontsStylr Stacks using Pluskit and the Houdini Stack

April 11, 2012 By

Introducing the GFontsStylr Stacks from Blueball Design for Stacks.

Easily add Google Web Fonts to your RapidWeaver projects.

Stacks is a easy to use modular web page building plugin for Rapidweaver on Mac.

Join us for a 3 video series on GFontsStylr Stacks

Videos: 3

  • Overview
  • Using with Pluskit Plugin and Houdini Stack
  • The GFontsStylr Stack and Tips for Freestacks users

7 Day Access: $2.97 – Click Here to Access

In this video tutorial we are going to look at using GFontsStylr Stacks in other areas of our RapidWeaver project files.

See how you can use Pluskit and the Houdini Stack from Joe Workman to easily add Google Web Fonts where you want them.

Let’s expand the possibilities.

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GFontsStylr Stacks the Overview

April 11, 2012 By

Introducing the GFontsStylr Stacks from Blueball Design for Stacks.

Easily add Google Web Fonts to your RapidWeaver projects.

Stacks is a easy to use modular web page building plugin for Rapidweaver on Mac.

Join us for a 3 video series on GFontsStylr Stacks

Videos: 3

  • Overview
  • Using with Pluskit Plugin and Houdini Stack
  • The GFontsStylr Stack and Tips for Freestacks users

7 Day Access: $2.97 – Click Here to Access

In this video tutorial, we are going to look at the various HUD settings for this incredible set of stacks.

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CSS001 – Cascading Style Sheets- Basics

April 10, 2012 By

Have you ever wondered what they do, how they effect a website and some of the things you can do with CSS?

In this classroom we cover:

  • CSS Basics
  • Spans vs DIVs
  • Margins & Padding
  • Color Values
  • Positioning Elements
  • Borders
  • Image Borders
  • Custom Stylesheets
  • Pseudo Classes

We are using Rapidweaver for Mac, but this information can be used on any website in any website design software.

10 Videos

14 Day Access

$7.95 – Click Here to Purchase Access

#1. CSS Basics:

video CSS001 Cascading Style Sheets Basics

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Filed Under: Rapidweaver, Web Design, Web Site Creation Tagged With: Basics, CSS, div, stylesheets, web design

CSS006 – Margins & Padding

March 28, 2012 By

Have you ever wondered what they do, how they effect a website and some of the things you can do with CSS?

In this classroom we cover:

  • CSS Basics
  • Spans vs DIVs
  • Margins & Padding
  • Color Values
  • Positioning Elements
  • Borders
  • Image Borders
  • Custom Stylesheets
  • Pseudo Classes

We are using Rapidweaver for Mac, but this information can be used on any website in any website design software.

10 Videos

14 Day Access

$7.95 – Click Here to Purchase Access

#2: Margins and Padding

video CSS006 Margins & Padding

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Filed Under: Rapidweaver, Web Design, Web Site Creation Tagged With: CSS, stylesheet, tutorial, Video, web design

Web Design- Gradient App

March 7, 2012 By

Gradient is an easy to use, CSS3 two color tool. It generates the necessary ‘properties’ and ‘values’ to add to our ‘selectors’ via CSS.

No more searching for just the right image, or attempting to create your own using image applications. Gradient can do it in a few short steps.

Join me as we look at Gradient and how it works.

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Filed Under: Third Party Applications, Web Site Creation Tagged With: application, gradient, web design

Rapidweaver FreeStacks Full Classroom

February 13, 2012 By

We have linked the 5 Mini Classrooms together for you so you can access all 29 videos.

All 29 videos for only $24.95 with 30 day access.

(if all classes purchase separately the cost would be $34.75)

If you had purchased a pass continue below for access.

If you have not done so you can get a pass HERE

Public Overview Video

(2 videos on this page. Second in member only as part of series)

(videos only show for logged in members)

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Filed Under: Rapidweaver, Stacks, Third Party Applications Tagged With: FreeStacks, rapidweaver, stacks, web design

Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 020 – Building a Quick Website

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 018 – Photo Album

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 017 – Movie Page Types

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 016 – HTML Page

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 015 – FileSharing Page

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 014 – Offsite Page

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 013 – iFrame Page

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 012 – SiteMap

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 011 – Blog Page Podcast

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 010 – Blog Page Advanced

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

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Rapidweaver 5 – How to Build a Website – Part 009 – Blog Page Overview

February 11, 2012 By

Building a website with Rapidweaver 5 has never been easier. Whether you are new to building a website or an old hand this video classroom will show you how to get up and running with this application.

From an overview to building a site in just 15 minutes we have you covered.

Classroom size: 20 videos

  1. Overview
  2. Site Inspector & Page Inspector Overview and General Tab
  3. Page Inspector Sidebar Tab
  4. Page Inspector Header Tab
  5. Page Inspector Styles Tab
  6. Styled Text Page Type
  7. Format Menu
  8. Contact Form Page Type
  9. Blog Page Type – Overview and Basics
  10. Blog Page – Page Inspector Page Tab Settings
  11. Blog Page Podcast Setup
  12. Sitemap Page Type
  13. iFrame Page Type
  14. Offsite Page Type
  15. File Sharing Page Type
  16. HTML Page Type
  17. Movie Page Types
  18. Photo Album Page Type
  19. Publishing Your Site
  20. Building a Quick Website – Flow

Access time: 30 days

To Access this Classroom – ClICK HERE

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