Cool Template Blog https://blog.cooltemplate.com Fri, 26 Jul 2019 21:02:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 New WordPress Guide https://blog.cooltemplate.com/blog/2010/12/06/new-wordpress-guide/ https://blog.cooltemplate.com/blog/2010/12/06/new-wordpress-guide/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 23:56:05 +0000 http://blog.cooltemplate.com/?p=150 We’ve added a new guide for using WordPress with Cool Template.

We’ve also improved the WordPress export.  The rss feed links are now present in the meta tags which helps feed reader software to find them.

Also we’ve iterated on our web design a bit.

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The multiple embedded popup menus are not supported yet, but we will be adding them as soon as we add all the options for them to the Cool Template editor.

Other features like custom backgrounds for each post will also be added someday.

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]]> Rush Tide is now Cool Template! https://blog.cooltemplate.com/blog/2010/06/25/rush-tide-is-now-cool-template/ Fri, 25 Jun 2010 20:00:59 +0000 http://blog.cooltemplate.com/?p=115 We’ve renamed the service from Rush Tide to Cool Template.

Hopefully the new name will be more relevant and easier to remember.

Thank you everyone for continuing to use the service as we evolve.

]]> Rush Tide goes FREE https://blog.cooltemplate.com/blog/2010/06/25/rush-tide-goes-free/ https://blog.cooltemplate.com/blog/2010/06/25/rush-tide-goes-free/#comments Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:41:40 +0000 http://blog.rushtide.com/?p=112 Rush Tide is now FREE to use, but you must maintain a link back to Rush Tide on every page you use a template on, unless you purchase the right to remove them.

As part of this we have removed restrictions on using the various export types.  You can now use any export.  We’ve also removed restrictions on using textures or logos.  So feel free to use all the features now.

The site will now be supported by banner ads.

See our pricing page for more details.  As a bonus if you purchase the right to remove backlinks you will also remove all the ads from Rush Tide as well.

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We also tightened up the interface so that it takes up less vertical space.  We’ve optimized and moved around some of the controls to make it even easier to use.

Here is a screen shot of the Old Editor.

And here is the new interface as it exists now.

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The compression on a default web template design saves 7500 bytes per request. That’s about 30% less data to be transfered over the internet to rendering the template preview, making designing templates even faster!

This change will also make your template more efficient when deployed, which can even help out your search engine optimization, since Google now weighs page load times in it’s rankings.

]]> More Font Properties https://blog.cooltemplate.com/blog/2010/04/27/more-font-properties/ https://blog.cooltemplate.com/blog/2010/04/27/more-font-properties/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:56:58 +0000 http://blog.rushtide.com/?p=86 As promised in our previous post we’ve added support for editing fonts to the following areas:

  • Title
  • Subtitle
  • Menu
  • Article Title

We’ll be focusing soon on adding more options for editing the font properties of links.

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You can now place widgets in the following places:

  • Sidebar 1
  • Sidebar 2
  • Pre-Header
  • Header
  • Pre-Articles
  • Post-Articles
  • Footer

Please let us know if there’s anywhere else you would like to be able to place widgets within the Word Press themes.

]]> Custom CSS https://blog.cooltemplate.com/blog/2010/04/22/custom-css/ https://blog.cooltemplate.com/blog/2010/04/22/custom-css/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:20:39 +0000 http://blog.rushtide.com/?p=76 You can now add Custom CSS to any Rush Tide design.  This should be of great help to advanced users.  By keeping the custom css inside of Rush Tide they will be preserved and you will retain all your changes when you download a new version of a design.

Custom CSS Form

Custom CSS Form

Grow that in your zen garden.

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