RapidWeaver

Other products by Smith Micro Software Inc.

Product Features

• Drag & Drop Site Creation
• .Mac,FTP & SFTP Publishing
• Photo & Movie Albums with iPhoto integration
• Blogging with RSS & Podcasting
• Generates XHTML valid sites

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B0016XAKZK
• Item model number: RPDMBX2
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 30, 2008
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,796 in Software (See Bestsellers in Software)

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Product Description

Product Description
Create and publish beautiful, modern sites, compliant with today's web standards. RapidWeaver is a revolutionary, but friendly piece of web design software made exclusively for the Mac.

Make a List - Highlight some text and choose the List option from the format menu to automatically mark up your text as a list. 8 different lists styles including Numerical and Alpha lists Not just WYSIWYG - If you're a power user, you can switch seamlessly from using styled text and images to raw HTML code. This allows you to effortlessly insert custom code such as Google ads, or hit counters Customizable - Add your own CSS styles, use Javascript to control your pages, create PHP sessions and more. Live PHP Rendering - Tired of having to upload your php code just to see if it works? RapidWeaver can put an end to this time consuming problem with its built-in php rendering capabilities. Write your code in RapidWeaver's edit mode, switch to preview and see it rendered instantly

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The web site development software that does it all., May 12, 2008

By	John Malinowski "JohnJ" (Buffalo, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

RapidWeaver is the one I use. I started with iWeb - to limiting, then Dreamweaver - to complicated, finally RapidWeaver - just right. Let me start by saying in a half hour I built my first website using RapidWeaver. It was a very basic site for my family. I used the stock RapidWeaver program pages and created a very nice site that included a contact page and a photo album.

I next moved on to much more complex projects. RapidWeaver is theme based, but the only limitation is your creativity and ability. They make it very easy for you to use your developed graphic skills. The addons that are available are awesome. The community forum for support is the finest I have ever seen. I have been a Macintosh user for over 20 years, RapidWeaver is my favorite program. RapidWeaver is that good.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What version is being offered? Is it what you want / need?, August 8, 2008

By	ramito "ramito" (San Diego, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Rapidweaver is indeed a fine product, and the developers are always improving. However, not all upgrades are free. IN any case, it would be wise of whoever is selling this product to indicate the version number - and for any buyer to be aware of what version they are purchasing! The latest version 4.0 requires OS 10.5, which is not yet widespread. So in this case you may be getting a version you cannot run, or a version that is not the latest.
Informed buying is best!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Single User Mac Web Site Creator, May 12, 2008

By	Kelly M. Spore "Very Happy Amazon Shopper" (Wylie, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I've been using Rapidweaver for several years now, ever since Don McAllister of ScreenCasts Online demoed it on his vidcast. The product was so amazing and filled my need so well, I actually swayed me over the edge to make the switch back to Mac. For years on the PC I had searched for web creation software that gave me power and ease, but nothing was availble. This amazing product changed all that, but it was and is Mac only. So I switched. It wasn't the only reason, but it was the final reason.

The program is theme oriented with lots of choices and custimzations. The program comes with lots of themes, that are added to each time they update the product. Each update also comes with new and useful features.

The program is nearly as simple as iWeb and 10 times more powerful. Updates have been regular and each well worth the time to download. At less than $50 it's extreamly useful and easy to cost justify. I believe I've paid for one update, but even that cost was low.

The user community of the product is just as amazing and the software creators regularly chime in when needed. THere is also a thriving 3rd party market for this program, creating plug-ins and themes. The Themes are configurable and if you don't mind getting your hands a little dirty you can configure them far beyond their original foundation.
The program works with your own domain, or with .Mac. So publishing is one touch simple. IF you want a blog, it's really easy to create. Want to add photos or videos to your site, that's easy too.

I'm a very happy user and highly reccomend this product to any Mac user.

All I can say is GIVE IT A TRY, YOU WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.