May 28 2009 Filed in:
RapidWeaver
DVD
It's been several weeks
now since the
RapidWeaver Classroom
DVD has been made available, but I
haven't actually given it much mention here.
The DVD contains about 90 of the video
tutorials, including all of the mandatory
lessons on RapidWeaver itself. I consider it
to be an especially attractive option for
those with inconsistent or unreliable
Internet access, or for those who have
bandwidth capping imposed by their ISP. Of
course it's available to everyone,
regardless of whether you have an active
subscription to the website.
Thanks to those of you who have already purchased
the DVD! I've just added an option for USPS
Priority shipping which expedites the delivery to
2-3 days. Please note that the DVD is only
available to residents of North America, on
account of the expensive cost to ship overseas.
Then again, if the additional expense doesn't
matter to you then you're welcome to
contact me
about shipping rates to your part of the
world.
Tags: RapidWeaver 3.6, RapidWeaver 4, RapidWeaver training, RapidWeaver video tutorials,
RapidWeaver DVD
May 28 2009 Filed in:
Video
Release
Last week I updated the
RapidWeaver video
training library with all-new
Stacks screencasts. Now
you may be confused because there were
already Stacks screencasts there before, but
those were ones created by YourHead, and now
that they have received the RapidWeaver
Classroom treatment, I have replaced the
YourHead versions with my own. So you will
now receive the detail and explanation for
Stacks that you are used to getting with the
other plugin tutorials! Thanks to Isaiah at
YourHead for letting me post his video
tutorials until I had completed them myself.
Speaking of Stacks, did I mention that it is the
greatest plugin I've ever used?! Now that's
completely my opinion, but I absolutely LOVE this
plugin! As an aside, this new RapidWeaver
Classroom design is done almost entirely with
Stacks. So what are you waiting for? Go watch the
new tutorials on this awesome plugin!
Tags: RapidWeaver 4, RapidWeaver training, RapidWeaver video tutorials,
screencasts, stacks
May 15 2009 Filed in:
Video
Release
SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a topic of
such frequent discussion that I felt the new SEO
tutorials here at RapidWeaver Classroom should be
available for free for everyone to view. The SEO
tutorials are now available for viewing in both
the subscribers' area and for free on the
Curriculum page
(scroll to the bottom of the page). Note
that the free videos are hosted by Vimeo in
HD, but enrolled students should watch them
in the subscribers' area to view them in a
bit better quality.
Feel free to leave comments here on these videos,
and let me know what kinds of questions I did not
address. SEO is such a huge topic that it could
certainly warrant more video instruction in the
future.
Tags: RapidWeaver 3.6, RapidWeaver 4, RapidWeaver training, RapidWeaver video tutorials,
seo, screencasts, search engine optimization
May 14 2009 Filed in:
Video
Release
I have added a new set of tutorials covering
Search Engine
Optimization (SEO) with RapidWeaver.
There are a total of 7 tutorials covering
many different aspects of SEO, and this is
an important topic for anyone building a
website. It's also a controversial topic,
with many conflicting thoughts and opinions
on how to best optimize your website for
search engines. Part of this is because SEO
is a constantly changing science, with
search engines becoming smarter and
modifying their algorithms in order to
produce more accurate and valid results.
I have attempted to cover all of the major, valid
SEO strategies and make a point to explain the
strategies that are most valuable, in addition to
including ones that may or may not have great
impact. It's certainly an interesting aspect of
website design, but it's also very important and
so I encourage everyone to go through these new
tutorials and execute some of the strategies
yourself!
Tags: RapidWeaver 3.6, RapidWeaver 4, RapidWeaver training, RapidWeaver video tutorials,
search engine optimization,
seo
May 07 2009 Filed in:
Video
Release
New
video tutorials
covering the
SiteMap plugin are now
available to RapidWeaver Classroom
subscribers. There are 5 tutorials on the
subject, and I have gone into great detail
to cover all aspects of the plugin. In
addition, viewers will learn how to submit
the generated sitemap to Google and Yahoo!
in order to improve SEO. Sitemaps are
important and I recommend all websites have
them regardless of the overall size of the
site. The SiteMap plugin makes creating a
sitemap a breeze, so check out the tutorials
to learn more!
Tags: RapidWeaver 4, RapidWeaver training, RapidWeaver video tutorials,
SiteMap
