Changes in this free update include the following:
This update is available using the automatic update checker in Stacks / RapidWeaver. More details about Gator can be read here.
By popular demand, I’m doing a little Black Friday promo. Simply 33% off all themes and stacks between now and 1st December 2023. Use the free demo version links on the website, and if you like what you see in RapidWeaver, just checkout in the normal way. No minimal spend or promo code is needed. Everything is RapidWeaver Classic and Stacks 5 compatible.
I also have some slots available in December for any freelance web development work or consulting you need. Including things like RapidWeaver troubleshooting, website publishing, search engine optimisation, accessibility and privacy audits, custom themes or stacks, databases, coding and more. Feel free to get in touch through my website with some details of what you’re needing help with, and I’ll reply quickly with some ideas and a cost.
Changes in version 2.1.0 include the following:
Note: after installing this free update, you may be required to re-select your preferred timezone again, for each instance of the stack. You will see that the list of supported timezones has grown substantially. If this is of inconvenience to you, please don’t install this update at the present time.
Changes in this free update for Locator include:
This update is available via the update checker window in Stacks.
Changes in this free update for Indexer include the following:
This update is available via the update checker inside Stacks.
Changes in this free update for MicroBlog include the following:
The update is available from the website or via the update checker in Stacks.
Changes in this free update for CommentsStack include the following:
This update is available via the update checker inside your Stacks Library.
The new Obfuscator stack replaces the older TouchBase stack. Beyond the name change, Obfuscator has the following changes:
As its name suggests, Obfuscator converts email addresses and other contact details into encoded, obfuscated links. Normal ‘human’ visitors to a website see no difference in how an obfuscated link looks or behaves. However for spam bots and other nasties, they typically just see gibberish code! Therefore Obfuscator can potentially be a powerful asset in helping reduce the amount of automated spam and other unsolicited communications getting to you via website links. Particularly if you have an aversion to using CAPTCHA or other more intrusive anti-spam measures.
Yes, some free tools already exist online that can do obfuscated links. However most of these only support email links. Some use Javascript to obfuscate links or leave tell-tale things behind like 'mailto’ or 'tel’ in addresses, which can leave links more susceptible to being found. Whereas Obfuscator obfuscates the whole link with server-side PHP.
Until 1st April 2023, I’m providing Obfuscator as a free upgrade for all my customers of TouchBase. Most customers have already been contacted by email this morning with a download link. Although some emails have bounced and other people had opted out of email updates. So if you have not received your copy yet, just drop me a message via the Stacks4Stacks website with your receipt attached, and we’ll sort you out with a copy of this new stack.
Obfuscator has very-much been shaped into this highly-capable stack, thanks in part to valuable feedback received from actual users. My hope is that this entirely new stack fulfills all your obfuscation needs in RapidWeaver.
This update for TopBox adds support for M4A, AAC, FLAC and WAV audio formats. You can obtain this version via the updates checker in Stacks.
This update for the Curtains stack includes the following changes:
Changes in this free update for Paperless include the following:
This update can be downloaded via the updates window inside Stacks.
This free update for PlayLister adds the option to display an ‘inline’ download button on the main control bar, for the downloading of audio files. This is in addition to the download button you can already display in the top portion of the interface. As before, download buttons typically only work for audio files being hosted on the same web server that PlayLister is published on.
Just in time for the holiday season. This is a major update for the uTube stack, available as a free download from today.
uTube has surely got to be the most feature-rich YouTube stack that exists for RapidWeaver! Unlike the standard embed code that YouTube already provides, uTube unlocks some secret configurations that you perhaps never knew existed. Plus some extra optimisations exclusively for RapidWeaver-built websites. All packaged inside a familiar drag-and-drop interface with simple GUI controls in the Stacks side panel.
The result of many hours consulting, research, development and testing; the updated uTube 5 stack incorporates the following changes…
An illustration of a ‘YouTube Short’ video now supported by uTube and the expanded choice of new settings displayed within the Stacks side panel:
This update is available via automatic updates in Stacks or you can grab a fresh download from the product page here.
All existing instances of uTube in your websites should update without any issue. But as always, it’s suggested you have reliable backups of your files and you check pages before re-publishing them. Some settings (like lazy loading) may require applying again, if you want to continue using them.
If you like using this stack, please consider how much time it has saved you and make a donation here. Donations help towards the resources needed to keep stacks like uTube available for you to use. Please pay what you think the stack is worth. Or contribute in some other way, like writing a Trustpilot review.
Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year!
This free update for MastoStack includes the following changes:
Here is a screenshot of the new settings you have for self-verifying webpage ownership with Mastodon. And the great thing is that it won’t cost you $8 a month!
Mastodon has existed for several years. I’ve had an account on there since 2017, back when there were only a few thousand of us on the platform! If you don’t care for all the hatred and hostilities main stream social media (like Twitter, Instagram and Facebook) love to revel in, then Mastodon offers a safe refuge. It’s engineered around the core fundamentals of how a social media platform should look and work.
This update for FileTree adds a new ‘Iteration Start’ setting. This controls how many sub-directories or files must be present inside a directory, before it will toggle open.
FileTree is compatible with both Stacks 4 and Stacks 5. A web server running PHP 8 or above is recommended. As of last week, PHP 7.x is now ‘end of life’ and no longer receiving support or updates, unless your hosting company has purchased LTS (long term support) through a separate provider, to keep PHP 7 patched for a little longer.
You can download this FileTree update via automatic updates in RapidWeaver or re-download the stack from here.
My extended thanks to Mark, who took the time to do some detailed testing of this new feature and sponsored it. FileTree + FileMan are a powerful combination of stacks.
By request, I’m offering a discount off all my RapidWeaver themes and stacks. Anything purchased from Stacks4Stacks and ThemeFlood between 22nd November and 30th November will have a 22% discount applied at the checkout.
To keep things simple…
As mentioned before, I’ve never been a big fan of Black Friday events. I get the impression they were invented by big US retailers to clear all their unsold inventory piled high in warehouses, prior to more container loads of throw-away junk coming in from China for the next year! It’s not really a business model I think suits RapidWeaver add-ons all that well. I already provide more free add-ons and support than any other RapidWeaver developer does, making discounting hard to justify. But the reality is that just about every retailer now does some-sort of promotion about now, so it has come to be expected.
So to compensate, I’m offering anybody who has purchased any themes or stacks from me (at their full, non-discounted price) in 2022 free copies of the new NavGrid and TouchNav stacks. Just a small way of saying “thanks” for your support and longer-term loyalty. Just contact me (via email, Discord or Mastodon) on the support page, attach a proof of purchase and a covering note. If you’re eligible, I’ll get copies of both stacks sent over to you.
-Will.
Changes in this free update for v2 users include…
For more information about Badger, please click here.
In this free update, some new options have been added to display native HTML audio players, within the Advanced Settings.
For more information about InlinePlayer, please click here.
Changes in this free stack update for Paperless include the following:
I have written further information on the product page about what the new ‘print’ buttons do and how they work.
For more information about Paperless, please click here.
Changes in this update include:
Automatic updates are supported in both Stacks 4 and Stacks 5. This is the best way to download and install stack updates.
Learn more about ProGallery by clicking here.
A major update for Stacks was released yesterday by Yourhead Software. Some of the most noteworthy new features in this update include:
As always, you can learn more about the Stacks plugin here on the Yourhead Software website. There are some tutorials to watch on the website.
As of writing this, Stacks 5 currently costs $29.95 USD if upgrading from Stacks 4, or $49.95 USD if you are buying Stacks for the first time.
Every stack listed on the Stacks4Stacks website is already Stacks 5 compatible. You do not need to request updates for anything.
As always, just ensure you have all your addons and project files backed-up, before starting the upgrade. You can post any questions you have about Stacks to the RapidWeaver Community Forums.
Changes in this free update to SortStack include the following:
A single change in this free update:
Please click here to learn more about this stack.
Changes in this free update include:
This has got to be one of the easiest and most customisable Vimeo video embed stack available for RapidWeaver! Featuring fully mobile responsive scaling and powerful playback settings. Version 2 is has been released today. A major update for VimStack, with the following changes…
The product page for VimStack has also been updated today can can be found here.
VimStack remains a free stack to download. But please, if you find it useful in your websites, consider making a small contribution here. RapidWeaver addon revenue and donations have been in serious decline in recent months. Even by simply sharing good words about these addons on the community forums and social media all helps.
A free update for existing customers. Changes in this image effect stack for RapidWeaver include the following:
This update is available via automatic updates in Stacks. Click here to learn more about ImageWizard and to download a free trial version.
Slinky can best be described as a ‘hybrid’ between a collapsible accordion and a website navigation menu.
Changes in version 3:
The basic premise of CoverOver is to hide underlying website content with an overlay. Such uses could include displaying important messages, overlaying a slideshow or video with introductory text, or pre-warning site visitors about sensitive or upsetting content that might exist.
The full documentation and some examples can be viewed here. CoverOver can be downloaded and installed within Stacks and RapidWeaver, in the normal way. Setup of CoverOver is easy, with the addition of some quick instructions shown to you in edit mode.
You can use nearly any button stack to create the buttons that open or close the overlay. For example, a configured button to close the overlay would have custom attributes applied like this:
Changes in this free update include:
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Disco embeds a Discord widget on your RapidWeaver website. It works to display a list of who’s online in your server. It also displays a button for website users to click and join a Discord server from their smartphone, tablet or computer.
Although Discord provides their own similar widget to do this same task, the Disco widget is specially optimised to include responsive sizing, improved edit mode visualisation, and light and dark themes (including auto-detection of dark mode on a computer). Plus a brilliant option to display the widget as a popup, like a chatbot window, pictured below.
During the Covid-19 pandemic, the popularity of chat services (like Discord) exploded in popularity; with physical shops and support centres closed and more people working remotely. Despite “lock down“ restrictions easing for some in recent months, many of us have grown fond of using Discord. Particularly with the toxicity of mainstream social media services and the relentless barrage of trackers and advertising.
If you are a user of Discord and you want to promote it to more of your website users, then Disco is a perfect way to accomplish this.
Disco is provided as a free download. But if you find yourself using it in a website or need support for it, please pay a donation.
Changes in this update include:
This update is available via automatic updates in RapidWeaver or you can re-download it from the product page.
If you enjoy using FileTree, please don’t forget to give it a ”thumbs up“ and write a short review about it on the community addons website. This only takes a couple of moments to do, but greatly helps with promoting the stack to other potential users.
A happy summer bank holiday weekend to you all! Or just a regular weekend, wherever you may be. Those of you who are members of my Discord chat room or have been in communication with me via email may know that I have been very busy working on another sizable update to the MiniCookie stack.
This update actually started around Easter, before version 2.2.0 was released in June. This latest update focuses on adding a couple of user-requested features, fixing a couple of minor quirks and boosting the feature set to see-off the copycat rivalry!
This update has been many hours of coding and testing. I hope it’s everything you want. The full list of changes are as follows:
Thanks to everybody who participated in the public Beta and gave constructive, meaningful feedback. It was all of great help and your input directly influenced this release.
MiniCookie 2.3.0 is a free update for all paying customers. You can update using automatic updates within Stacks / RapidWeaver. Or grab a copy from your Paddle account.
If you are new to MiniCookie, then all you need to know is that this single stack can confidently handle practically every part of privacy law compliance in your RapidWeaver websites (not just cookies). A free trial version of MiniCookie is available, along with a sample project file to open and play with.
I have completed courses about GDPR, so I’m well-versed with the legal requirements website owners need to follow. I have been able to combine this knowledge with my coding expertise.
Changes in this free stack update include:
This is a free update for existing users and adds the following features:
This update is available via automatic updates in Stacks and RapidWeaver, to all customers of the Formulate stack.
If you like using Formulate and you appreciate the time that’s gone into this update, please don’t forget to give it a “like” and write a short review about it on the RapidWeaver Community Addons website.
Click here to learn more about Formulate and to download a free trial version.
This is a major update for Expiry, which brings a new editing interface and an expanded choice of customisable settings. You can install Expiry v2 alongside v1.
Expiry is a fantastic stack to use if you want to add some basic “time control” to blocks of content in RapidWeaver. The AdvancedPublisher stack remains a good upgrade if you need even more control.
Please donate if you find Expiry useful and don’t forget to give it a “like” and write a short review about it here on the RapidWeaver community addons website.
A need recently arose to create an extremely simple, HTML5 video player, to support self-hosted MP4 video files. This new stack encompasses all the normal HTML5 video tag attributes. Plus it includes a couple of more specialist features like chapter, subtitle and ExtraContent support.
VideoStack uses the standard web browser media controls. What’s nice about these standard video player controls are that they work straight “out of the box” and support all the basic functions you could want; like play, pause, skip, volume, mute, fullscreen, download, picture-in-picture, Chromecast, captions and subtitles. VideoStack is lightweight, flexible and works practically anywhere.
This could be a good stack for a novice RapidWeaver user to settle into using, as a precursor towards some of the more sophisticated video stacks I sell. But if you do prefer to stick with using VideoStack in your websites, please make a donation to help compensate my time and ensure the stack can be kept available for the long term.
With the Covid-19 crisis deepening in many parts of the world, more and more companies and organisations are needing to permanently shift towards an online presence. Video is becoming an indispensable part of many websites. My hope is that the VideoStack becomes another useful tool in the overall “RapidWeaver toolbox”; towards helping people make this important transition.
Boasting a total of ten effects, the aptly named Underline stack is great for making prominent, block level links underline with beautiful animation effects. This stack would be perfect to use below blocks of written content as a call to action, links positioned as a horizontal navigation bar or a table of contents within a theme ExtraContent container. This novice-friendly stack has a basic array of settings to achieve all the essentials. Links can be set to page anchors, other webpages or external websites. Custom attributes can also be applied in instances where extra code needs attaching to links.
Underline will work with most, but not all RapidWeaver themes. Some themes already apply complicated styling to links, and these styles may override the code or options that the Underline stack uses. Underline stack works with nearly all modern web browsers.
A need recently arose, whereby I was working on a website for a private client built with RapidWeaver and Stacks. We needed to get some images cut-out as simple shapes to place at the top of some text box columns. A quick search online revealed that the CSS clip-path property was the easiest way to accomplish this. No stack seemed to exist that could do this already, so I made one!
CookieCutter is extremely simple to use, with a bare minimum of settings. You can use images dragged and dropped into RapidWeaver or source images from somewhere else like your Resources or a warehouse location. I provide a choice of over 30 “preset“ shapes. The custom shape option does as its label suggests and allows you to supply your own CSS clip-path code.
The benefits of CookieCutter and the CSS clip-path property includes the ability to make non-destructive changes to your images (the shape can be changed or removed entirely in just a click of a mouse). This method also means you don’t need to worry about using image editing software (like Photoshop) to generate big PNG files. Search engines and social media platforms see the original, unmodified image. Same with older web browsers that lack CSS clip-path support.
CookieCutter is provided for free download. But at the very least, please give it a “like“ and write a review about it here on the RapidWeaver community addons website. And if you can afford to, please drop me a small donation. Free addons still cost me time and money to provide the community!
This update is free for existing users and includes the following changes:
1. Checkbox option to add an optional supplementary link (e.g. ‘More Options’) to the consent popup, displayed alongside the existing 'accept’ button.
2. New side panel left and side panel right popup positioning, to create tall consent popups like https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/ have.
3. Improvements to the display of checkbox consents on newer smartphones.
4. Added a 'max width’ setting in the popup style settings, which is applicable to some of the popup positioning options.
MiniCookie is a single drag-and-drop solution to help you overcome all the technical and legal challenges of making a RapidWeaver website compliant with international privacy laws. Backed by fast and friendly expert support. You can download this latest update for MiniCookie in the updates window, in Stacks/RapidWeaver.
If you have found MiniCookie useful, please give it a “like” and/or a quick review here on the RapidWeaver community addons website.
Changes in this update include:
This update is available to all version 3 users via automatic updates in RapidWeaver / Stacks. The product page for Gateway is available here.
RWML (RapidWeaver Multilingual) remains one of the best packs of stacks for creating multilingual websites in RapidWeaver. It works great, whether you’re building separate “mini sites” for each language or offering options for website user to toggle the display of translated text and other content on a page-by-page basis. A very flexible set of stack elements to make multilingual websites quicker, easier and more reliable to create.
The main change to happen in this RWML update is support for a brand new language switcher. It’s called the “Popup Picker”. This new language switcher works like a modal popup, which greets the user when they first arrive at your website:
The purpose of this new popup picker is to ensure the website user makes their language selection, before they can continue any further. This could be a convenient system to implement; like in examples where you have page elements (such as a cookie popup message) that cannot otherwise be easily translated into multiple languages, owing to screen space or technicality constraints.
By design, the text “hello! - please select your language” alternates in a loop between each language your website supports. The buttons are purposefully big and bold to make language selection easier on a touch device or computer. Superbly well designed and implemented to exceed the highest usability standards.
As you’d expect, almost every aspect of the modal popup and its window shade can be customised to match your existing website.
A bonus feature is some extra cookie tracking. Once the website user has made their language selection from this new popup, they won’t be nagged again for a predetermined length of time! Of course, you can still provide existing language switching options, so a user can easily change their preferred language later on.
This RWML update is a free update for all existing RWML 2.x users and is available to install via the automatic updater in Stacks / RapidWeaver. The new popup language switcher stack is available for use in your Stacks Library.
More information about RWML is available here on the product page. Please consider giving RWML a “thumbs up” or reviewing RWML over on the RapidWeaver Community Addons website, if you enjoy using it.
This is a free update for all existing TopBox 5.x users, available via automatic updates in Stacks / RapidWeaver.
TopBox is possibly the most sophisticated lightbox / modal window effect available for RapidWeaver. All its documentation, working examples and a free trial download can be accessed here.
Customer ratings are a valuable asset on many websites, especially during these difficult times with more businesses switching to online sales.
RatingStack is a free complimentary stack designed primarily to use in conjunction with the CommentsStack. However if you don’t have the CommentsStack, it is still feasible to supply a datafile in the same prescribed format, for RatingStack to use.
The purpose of RatingStack is to take user submitted ratings and produce attractive written narrations, bar charts and star scores to display on your websites. Therefore you can easily convey to website users which products or services are the highest rated.
Formally developed by SeyDesign / Nimblehost, the Charts stack has received a major update this past weekend. To check if you are eligible for a free update, you can login to your Paddle account to see if Charts is listed there. For everybody else, the latest trial version and purchase links for Charts can be found on the product page. Charts is included in the Black Friday promo.
Charts is a handy little stack if you need to convert a CSV spreadsheet file into basic line charts, bar charts, pie charts, scatterplots, area charts, meter gauges or doughnut circles. These can be useful to visually display simple data on websites or webapps. A wide choice of style options within the Charts stack allow you to customise the generated charts and graphs to match your existing theme or corporate branding.
As before, the Charts stack works from a CSV file you supply. Most spreadsheet software can generate CSV files. This offers a quick method towards getting your axis labels and datasets loaded into Charts; with zero code required. Charts does all the hard work for you, to convert your CSV data into beautiful charts. You can either use CSV files added as resources in RapidWeaver or link to CSV files already stored on your web hosting account.
Changes in Charts v3 include:
Perhaps the biggest feature of all is that Charts is now fully responsive. This means that generated charts or graphs will scale-down to fit tablets and smartphones. Therefore removing the need to create multiple charts for different screen sizes. I know this has been a frequent user request for many years! Major technical hurdles had to be overcome, which meant rewriting a large portion of the underlying codebase and reconnecting all the settings. Charts will now redraw each time the screen is resized or changes orientation.
The product page for Charts has been updated with all new documentation. I have also put together a RapidWeaver 8 project file you can download. This contains several real working examples of Charts that you can experiment with. These tests work with the free trial version of Charts and the paid version.
Charts v3 will identify itself as a new stack and can be installed alongside older versions. Given the magnitude of changes, it will not attempt to convert or update older versions. This newest version of Charts has a bright orange and white icon.
Also of note, I have updated the LineGraph stack too. This one is a good option if you are only interested to making responsive line graphs (including area charts and scatterplots).
50% off the Stacks plugin and other Yourhead Software plugins. See this page for the coupon code, links and T&Cs:
https://post.yourhead.com/w/lmB837ZF6892yskxKk0fyBhw
I think this is the biggest discount that has ever been offered on the Stacks plugin, so it makes it an excellent buy.
This is a major update for Gateway. If you are eligible for a free upgrade, you can download version 3 of Gateway from your Paddle account here. If you are updating from an older version, Gateway is available to buy on my website here.
Gateway was originally devised as a method to display popup alerts or messages on websites (complete with cookie tracking). It still excels at this task. However the premise of Gateway has shifted slightly in recent years, in that it also allows the setup of “off canvas” boxes and sidebars that can be toggled open and closed. Particularly useful for creating mobile / app-like websites. So Gateway is very much a stack with a lot of potential uses!
Changes in this version include:
Please see the product page for the updated documentation and a free trial version for download.
I have also published a sample RapidWeaver 8 project file to download, that demonstrates some of the things possible with Gateway. These examples are ready to copy and paste straight into your own website, if you prefer.
Until 1st January 2021, Gateway is also included in my 40% Black Friday promo. Details of that can be read here. Just pop your coupon code in the box if you want the discounted price, as shown here.
ProGallery v3 features a revised user interface, more content sources, improved thumbnail layouts and 10 different lightbox configurations. Many feature requests have been added, in a hope to “bridge the gap” caused by other notable gallery stacks being discontinued in recent months.
Key features at a glance…
Not forgetting the most important feature of all - the best possible support. Email if you need help deciding if ProGallery is the right choice for you or you want help setting up your first gallery using ProGallery. Plus this update is FREE for existing v2 customers, available via your Paddle account.
Who is ProGallery intended for? Any discerning RapidWeaver user (of almost any skill level) who wants to create an accessible and professionally presented gallery of photographs or video. ProGallery provides a logical process for creating immersive galleries to be proud of. The vast choice of settings lend themselves towards maximum creative freedom.
40% off all themes and stacks.
Use the optional coupon code blackfriday at the checkout (watch how) if you want this discount.
Owing to the reduced income and difficult lockdown predicaments many of us are trapped under, this year the promotion is slightly different and will run continually until 1st January 2021.
Plenty of brand new and freshly updated addons for you to go and explore too! Some exciting things including…
Have you purchased something from me at full price sometime between 1st January 2020 and 27th November 2020? I don’t want you to feel disappointed seeing it on offer today. Please forward a copy of your purchase receipt via email and a covering note. I’ll gladly send you a 100% coupon code for MouseReveal, LoremUtility, ActionHost and Torrent (a combined total of stacks and themes worth $75).
Plus, have you been made redundant or considering changing your career as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic this year? I have 50 copies of the Exposure theme up for grabs, on a first come first served basis. A great theme for building your own “personal brand” webpage, to get the attention of future employers or clients. And lots of other uses besides. Please email me for a special coupon code if you are interested. All I ask for in exchange is you write a review about the theme or share a link to what you have made with the theme on social media.
Throughout December, I am working on updating and re-releasing some of the most popular former @nimblehost themes, starting already with Creamy and Mirage. These timeless theme designs will gradually be making an appearance on the ThemeFlood website. Beautiful themes to work with. So please keep checking back to monitor the progress of these releases. Check your Paddle account to see if you’re eligible for these free updates.
Since its first release, QueryDisplay has proven to be an essential stack for anybody dealing with query strings in RapidWeaver generated websites. QueryDisplay allows the display (or hiding) of stacks, based on what’s shown in the browser address bar, as a query string. Normally after a question mark:
A prime example of its use could be with the Sentry password stack. Once a user has logged out, you can send them back to a login page, with a query string appended onto the page address like this:
https://example.com/login-form?status=loggedout
In this example, the query string has a key / value pair of status=loggedout
With that, we could detect and then easily display a message to the website user, telling them that they are logged out. This is just one of many potential uses.
Even outside of RapidWeaver, query strings are a common method of communicating data between webpages and conditionally displaying things. Query strings can make a website altogether more dynamic and intelligent. If you are looking for a fun project, it is even possible to build a 1-page website that uses query strings to alternate the content shown!
Version 1 of QueryDisplay relied upon a fairly hefty Javascript library to read and interpret query strings. This library was not updated much. I wasn’t super-happy with it. At times, it was quite limiting and sometimes threw false results. The user interface also originated from a time when stacks were a lot more primitive.
I learnt that reading and processing query strings is something that modern Javascript can do. As you know, I am a huge fan of working with the likes of CSS, HTML and Javascript in their purest, rawest forms. Through some experiments, I found that QueryDisplay could be rewritten in significantly less code; while increasing the number of tests possible on query strings.
So here it is! QueryDisplay v2 not only has a new codebase, but the user interface should be far easier to work with too. This is by-far the best version of QueryDisplay yet.
Using QueryDisplay is not massively difficult. Add the stack to your page. Place some content inside of itself, which you either want shown or hidden. In the stack settings, choose the type of conditional test to execute from the select menu:
Enter the key / value pair to test against. From this point, QueryDisplay will work:
Owing to this being such a large update, QueryDisplay v2 requires a manual download and install. Older v1 stacks will be left intact, unchanged. Going forwards, use the new QueryDisplay v2 stacks. I have already updated the demo project file for Sentry to include some newer working examples of QueryDisplay v2.
As ever, I thank you if you are using QueryDisplay with my own stacks, like CalcStack or Sentry. But if you are taking QueryDisplay to use with addons from other developers, please consider making a donation. Donations directly help ongoing user support and updates.
If you are in the market for a better toggle / accordion stack for RapidWeaver, then take a closer look at ZipList. Compatible with Stacks 3.5 and above, plus all mainstream web browsers and devices.
ZipList has existed for several years. It’s a perfect stack to create a list of items that can be toggled open and closed; complete with a smooth animation effects and an ability to scroll active items into view. ZipList does not have dependencies on heavy Javascript libraries (like jQuery UI), making it quick and reliable to deploy in almost any website you build with RapidWeaver. Lists are marked-up using simple HTML description list syntax, so this is good for SEO too.
Version 3.2 is available today. The primary focus of this update is to expand on the choice of options you have for creating anchor links.
What are anchor links? Simply put, they are dynamic or permanent links you can assign to each ZipList item. A quick and convenient way of linking users directly to particular ZipList items; therefore these items open and show first, when a user comes to the webpage.
You now have more style and colour settings, including the ability to style anchor links as rounded buttons:
There is also an optional input box to write a message you want ‘alerted’ to the user, when they click one of these anchor links:
This is a good space to display a little message, telling the user that the link is copied to their clipboard.
ZipList 3.2 is available through automatic updates in Stacks / RapidWeaver. If you are are new to ZipList or upgrading from an older version, ZipList is available to buy on the Stacks4Stacks website for just $15:
https://stacks4stacks.com/ziplist/
If you enjoy using ZipList, please don’t forget to give it a thumbs-up or write a short review about it here on the RapidWeaver community addons website:
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