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New Artisteer Betas
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A couple of new beta versions released today for Artisteer:
Artisteer 2.4 Beta 2 for Windows includes following fixes and improvements:
- Fixed memory leaks & various crashes
- Resolved multiple backward compatibility issues
- Fixed a problem with Flash not showing in FireFox 3.5
- Fixed product activation issues for some customers (“Invalid license” message)
- Restored missing textures and graphic elements
- Resolved various minor issues reported to product support
Mac update: latest fixes and improvements:
- Fixed startup crashes related to Safari toolbars
- Fixed a bug with creating long Headlines and Slogans
- Fixed a bug with the “Use Original Size” option when adding custom header image
- Improved program stability while loading and working with fonts
- Added project auto-save and crash recovery feature
Artisteer 2.4 is here
0As promised, the awaited Artisteer 2.4 is here. It’s still in beta (a rushed beta they say), and could have unexpected behaviour, so use and test it at own risk.
Some of the new exciting features:
- Vertical Menu support
- Flash effects in the header
- Sidebar design/skinning
- Color picker in color selection dialogs
You can get it from Artisteer News Section
How to create transparent header images in Artisteer
0In this video I will show you how to create transparent headers in Artisteer 2.3.
I am using Paint.net (freeware http://www.getpaint.net) to create the image, but you can use any other tool as long as it supports transparent images, like .png or .gif files. Artisteer will support both.
First create or edit your image in Paint.NET. To remove the background, use the “Magic Wand” tool, select the background and simply delete it.
Then export the image as .PNG file. Once done, switch to Artisteer, go to “Headers” tab and in the “foreground photo” section, click “from file” to insert the image. Then you can move it around using the “position” button.
Artisteer 2.4 delayed a few days
0Official news today on Artisteer news section. The new version 2.4, which was scheduled for release at the end of the month, has been delayed a bit. The new release date is February 5th. Stay tuned!
Rumors about Artisteer 2.4
0An exciting news on Artisteer site: they are scheduling Artisteer version 2.4 for a Beta version (looks like it will only be Windows at first, no Mac) for late January 2010
Two big new features are planned: support for vertical menus and an option for Flash animations in the header.
New update for Artisteer Windows 2.3
0Another update for Artisteer 2.3. The official version is now version 2.3.0.23326. It’s a free upgrade for all existing Artisteer 1.x and 2.x customers.
Here’s the list of the fixes and new features:
General
- New “Gothic” font theme added.
- Minor fixes in Artisteer GUI translations.
- Artisteer temp files are now deleted from the Windows temporary folder.
- Auto-update notification bug fix.
- Windows “Auto-hide taskbar” option now compatible with Artisteer.
- Exported CSS pointed to ‘BlockContentbullets.png’ instead of ‘BlockContentBullets.png’
HTML
- Menu fix when separators are added.
- Added space before the /> in html tags.
- Improved block bullet display.
- Adjusted button image alignment in forms.
WordPress
- Calendar plug-in support.
- Support for the “Allow Comments” option in page settings. Removed the text “comments are closed” when turned off.
- Sub-items now appear if the parent item is hidden.
Blogger
- When publishing to Blogger the list of blogs was not always displayed after providing Blogger login information
- Change the comments form height from 275 to 410 px.
- Followers widget support.
Drupal
- Some bug fixes for Drupal export.
- Drupal Admin Module conflict fix.
- DOM error fix.
- Panels IE8 compatibility improvements.
- Page titles now appear as links when the node is being displayed as a “teaser”.
- Missing top menu issues fixed for Drupal 5.
DNN
- Case sensitive Containers and Skins folder improvements.
- Block title tag isn’t generated if the layout has only login block.
- Page editors can now see the control panels.
- Menu & menu sub-levels bug fixes.
- Highlighting DNN menu items when the sub-item is selected.
- DNN skin divs disappear on postback for the top menu.
- Fix for the forum module.
The Quick Access Toolbar in Artisteer
0The GUI in Artisteer is quite similar to Office 2007, with a ribbon, a quick access bar, and a “palette” icon to access most of the common commands like “save” or “save as…”
The Quick Access Toolbar is a customizable toolbar that allows to create shortcuts (icons) to the most frequently used commands and tasks.
By default, it contains sommand s such as Open, Save, Undo, Redo and Export, but you can add or remove other icons and commands as you like.
To add a new item, simply right-click on the desired command button in the Navigation Bar and select the “Add to Quick Access Toolbar” option.
To remove an item from the Quick Access Toolbar, you simply have to right-click on it and select the “Remove from Quick Access Toolbar” option.
Artisteer Serial – How to activate
0Artisteer comes with a Serial Number that you need to insert after installation, to activate the software. The activation removes the “Trial” watermarks in the trial version.
To activate the application click on the Palette icon –> Activation and enter your serial number in the box. If you are connected to the internet, you can check “Auto-activation through the internet” option and simply click the Activate button. You can work off-line and go to http://www.artisteer.com/?p=a to get the activation key from any other computer connected to the Internet.
Artisteer Serial
Artisteer supported languages
0Artisteer supports many international languages, not only the standard English interface.
You can change default language by clicking the Palette Icon–>Options.
Artisteer currently supports:
- Arabic
- Chinese
- Danish
- Dutch
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanaese
- Polish
- Portoguese
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
After changing default language, you need to close the application ans start again.
Joomla module positions in Artisteer
0Joomla supports the use of “module positions”, which are simply “areas” where you can display your joomla modules.
Each Joomla template can have different module positions (left, right, top, bottom…), based on the template developer and the design of the template itself.
You can have a preview of the available module positions in your template, by simply going to your website and adding the “?tp=1″ parameter to your URL
Adding ?tp=1 to your URL
This will enable a preview of the different module positions in the current template, highlighted in red. The picture below shows the module positions of a template generated with Artisteer
Joomla module positions in an Artisteer Template
Artisteer supports many different module positions for your Joomla template. A complete list of available module positions supported by Artisteer is available on their official site, as shown below.
Artisteer Joomla module positions
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