ThemeDreamer

Now for 2010, we’ve released a brand new version of ThemeDreamer. You may have noticed that all users now qualify for free updates for a year with every purchase of a ThemeDreamer serial number. We’ve bumped the version number to a nice and even 1.0 to level the playing field. More then just a version number, ThemeDreamer 1.0 now comes with a wealth of new features. Included in this new release is dynamic theme activation and preview when using ThemeServer for WordPress. Designers can work on multiple themes in Dreamweaver’s documents window and have ThemeServer dynamically activate their current theme for instant preview in one of their pre-configured web browsers, right from the toolbar. Read the rest of this entry »

Although real-time feedback of most WordPress CSS rules can be achieved via Dreamweaver’s Design View mode when using ThemeDreamer, often times it is necessary to validate on a real web browser. This is especially true if you want to target multiple clients (i.e. browsers such as Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, etc.). Typical testing for compatibility involves uploading theme files to a web server either on a live hosting provider, a ‘testing’ server on another machine, or a local LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) compatible service running in parallel on your computer. Working on multiple themes would make the feasibility of accomplishing this task further cumbersome as one would need to login and out of their web services and/or WordPress to update files and activate and deactivate themes. Thankfully, much of this complexity has been reduced by using the 100% open source ThemeServer extension for Dreamweaver. Read the rest of this entry »

We want to thank all of our devoted users in this new year by extending every licensed user of versions 0.1 through 1.0 to one year of free updates!

New purchases should notice that we have done away with the old ‘license block’ schema that penalizes on the eve of a major version number releases. All new purchases of ThemeDreamer include one year of free updates.

Early licensed adopters that have purchased before January 10, 2010 will now automatically inherit free upgrade coverage and support beyond their original terms until 2011.