Building a Blog Website with RapidWeaver 06: Changing File Locations and Extensions

In the next three video tutorials of the Rapid Weaver series, we are going to use Adobe Dreamweaver and BBEdit to modify the website project that we created with RapidWeaver 3.6. Dreamweaver is an excellent HTML editor because it allows you to modify the locations and the names of the files within the same ‘site.’ And we use BBEdit to edit text (.txt) files and CSS (.css) files. You can use BBEdit Lite (freeware) or whatever you have to edit text files and style sheets.

Furthermore, the main purpose of these three video tutorials is to get our website ready for dynamic contents. So we want to convert all HTML files into PHP ones. By so doing, we can embed Server Side Includes We don’t explain how to write Server Side Includes in the video tutorials. So if you are unsure how they work, you are advised to go through these articles at our SEO website beforehand.

In the meantime, these three video tutorials aren’t designed just to fulfill the needs for RapidWeaver users. Dreamweaver beginners, those who want to use Server Side Includes, those who want to learn how to create their own RapidWeaver themes may find these video tutorials useful to some extent. Continue reading →

This video is open to the general public. It quickly overviews some of the basic features of OmniGraffle 4.1.2. Note that this free version of video does not contain audio commentary. Continue reading →

Building a Blog Website with RapidWeaver 05: Publishing a Website

After making a few adjustments, we have completed the project file that we started working on in the last tutorial. In the fifth video tutorial of the series, we export this project, instead of publishing it directly to our remote server. That’s partly because we want to modify some files before publishing the final version of our website. Continue reading →

Building a Blog Website with RapidWeaver 04: Building a Website

We are now ready to build a website. In the fourth video tutorials of the series, we start with one blog page and 3 HTML pages and begin building a simple website. Continue reading →

Building a Blog Website with RapidWeaver 03: Inspector Settings 2

The other day, we reviewed Realmac Software’s RapidWeaver 3.6. It can be a great savior for those who have little knowledge about HTML and PHP codes but want to run blog websites. RapidWeaver 3.6 has a built-in help menu, which offers little or no assistance in time of trouble. And, as of today, Realmac Software doesn’t even have a user’s guide or tutorial in a PDF form for RapidWeaver 3.6.

Over the next several days, MacHouse will be releasing at least four video tutorials, which we hope will help Mac users to develop their own blog websites using RapidWeaver 3.6. We will develop a simple blog website with a contact form and additional three HTML pages through these video tutorials. Continue reading →