Adam from Elixir Graphics, who’s become an overnight veteran of the ExtraContent camp, just announced Bold, their latest RapidWeaver theme. Bold features ExtraContent for header and footer with seven unique badges for ExtraContent area located in the footer. Other features include a unique pop-out menu system, stylish sub menu system, site styles, site background styles, width variations, blank header slots for use with RWmultitool and much more.

Learn more about Bold here.

Josh Lackhart, today, announced a radical update to their popular Flex theme which now includes four ExtraContent areas. They can be found above main content, below main content, below sidebar content and above footer content. The other advances that Josh has put into Flex include HTML5 readiness and jQuery 1.4.2 via Google’s CDN.

You can check out Josh’s Flex update here.

Andy Johnstone of focusphotos.com has let loose another ExtraContent enabled RapidWeaver theme, his second that we know of, called Decorate. His latest themes comes with 4 ExtraContent areas, 2 level navigation (jQuery powered), loads of backgrounds and custom headers, transparencies, round corners and a search field.

Have a look at Andy’s latest here!

ExtraContent vetran, Nick Cates of NCD Themes has just released his latest entry into the RapidWeaver theme circuit, Fusion. A darker theme for darker site development, Fusion boasts a number of great features such as grunge textures, custom styles, drop navigation and two ExtraContent areas.

Check out Fusion from NCD Themes here.

Gary from RWT has recently launched a new ExtraContent enabled theme called Stretch, which, as the name implies, allows users to stretch there ExtraContent in and out of view. With 3 ExtraContent areas, Stretch lets site visitors expose those areas with the click of a button.

RWT is also including two new Stacks with the purchase of Stretch, called the Stretch Stack and the Stretch Image Stack. Check out RWT’s Stretch theme here.

Josh Lockhart, a new addition to the ExtraContent ranks, has just launched his latest RapidWeaver creation, Archetype. This theme sports 4 ExtraContent areas, one below the breadcrumb, one each above and below the sidebar content, and above the footer.

Josh has taken a new, forward thinking approach with Archetype, openly supporting CSS 3 and HTML 5 and leaving behind the obsolete browser, IE6. Check out Josh Lockhart’s Archetype theme here.

2bitoperation joins ExtraContent cause with his latest theme, Bokeh, an attractive layout that includes an ExtraContent area above the footer. Bokeh’s other features include built-in lightbox, width options, split navigation, vast color choices and ample headers.

Check out 2bitoperation’s latest creation now.

Elixir Graphics has released his second ExtraContent enabled theme, Lime, just weeks after his his initial foray into the field. Lime boasts three EC areas, one in the header, one just below the header and one in the footer.

Lime has loads of other features as well including width control, color options, lots of headers and some nice graphical refinements. Go check out Lime from Elixir Graphics.

Simplicity is the word of the day. And simple does not necessary mean weak, bad or diminished. Well, at least for us at Weaverthemes it does not.

For us Simplicity means to reduce in scope or complexity, make more intelligible, and save time, instead of hassle. Why not provide our clients the time to do only the fun stuff, and reach a good looking site with only a few clicks? (actually mess with HTML code and CSS is a fun thing for us, but that’s another story).

Flavorite Ultimate is a smart theme with great new capabilities. It gives you the power of todays web with the ease of use of RapidWeaver. Create a slideshow from your custom headers with the click of a button — no code required (IE8+). Turn rounded corners on or off with ease. Enjoy your content, sidebar, ExtraContent — even individual blog posts — all wrapped in their own, stand-alone boxes.

The Ultimate features of Flavorite include built in slideshow, optional rounded corners, ExtraContent, RWmultitool ready, 10 custom headers, 2 tier split navigation, full color options, layout and sidebar width control, font size, font family and line height selections.

Veteran RapidWeaver theme designer, Adam Shiver of Elixir Graphics, is the latest to join the ranks of developers offering ExtraContent enabled themes. Yesterday, Elixir Graphics announce their new Factory Theme, a polished, jQuery ready theme sporting 2 ExtraContent areas; one inside the header space to naturally augment your header images and one in the footer.

Factory boasts a number of other features as well… plenty of headers and header badges, various menu styles, background choices and so much more. Head over to Elixir Graphics and have a peek at his latest hi-tech creation.

Tags: API, developer, ec, extracontent, headers, RapidWeaver

Over the past few months there has been an explosion of new themes and theme updates that are all boasting ExtraContent. It’s an exciting time in the world of RapidWeaver themes as the possibilities become seemingly endless.

ExtraContent was first introduced in December of 2008 and since then dozens upon dozens of themes have cropped up using the technology. Here are just a few that have come out in recent months.

Henk has become a veritable champion of ExtraContent, pushing the limits of the his themes and the technology with release after release of ExtraContent enabled themes. Exposure has 3 EC areas, on the header above the title/slogan, between the content and the footer and below the footer. Exposure has a jquery fading dropdownmenu. Down- and Right-Arrows show the menu-items with sublevels for clear navigation through your website. When opening a page the menu slides down with a fading effect. You can disable the sliding in the Theme Styles.

Say hello to Mirage, a new RapidWeaver theme that raises the bar yet again, making it even easier to design the site that YOU want to create.

Tired of rigid limits and cookie-cutter themes? Then you’ll love Mirage – a design experience that frees you to build a site that can both fit the mold, and break out of it.

Ever thought it would be great if you could just choose where the header image goes? Mirage can do that. But what if you want the logo and title of your site above the menu, and the header image below it? Mirage can do that too. Don’t like header images? Want to add your own custom image to the background of the theme? Maybe stretch the menu the full width of the page? Mirage can do all that, and much, much more….

Every once in a while, something comes along that really stirs things up. That’s what the iPhone did to the mobile industry, and in that same spirit we figure it’s time to set a new standard for RapidWeaver themes everywhere.

Introducing Phelix, a new theme that puts you in complete control of its exquisite design. And offers near flawless Internet Explorer 6/7/8 support (minus drop shadows and rounded corners). And automagically creates a completely customized version of your site for iPhone, iPod Touch, and Android devices. And includes built-in support for FancyZoom, CrossSlide, and Pulse.

GiD3OUS is the culmination of months of design, planning, and exhaustive testing and the end result is a product the seyDoggy team considers to be their finest work to date. GiD3OUS is packed with powerful features like ExtraContent, 3 tier navigation, 10 custom headers and 10 custom footers. Take a closer look and see how advanced, yet easy to use GiD3OUS can be for you.

The Ultimate features of GiD3OUS include ExtraContent, RWmultitool ready, 10 custom headers and footers, 3 tier navigation, full color options, width control, font size and font family selections.

Tags: ec, extracontent, Henk Vrieselaar, NimbleHost, seyDoggy

This has been a heck of a few weeks for ExtraContent enabled themes. We’ve just seen the release of new themes from WeaverThemes and RWT, and now we have 3 more new ExtraContent themes from MultiThemes, ThemeFlood and Henk Vrieselaar.

Henk has been a big advocate for ExtraContent themes and has managed to add ExtraContent in just about every theme he has released in the last 6 months. STALKER, Henk’s latest RapidWeaver theme, has 4 ExtraContent areas that allow the user to add more content then RapidWeaver typically allows — EC1, above the Menu. You can use this area for some textlines or your logo. With a CSS code you can fill this area with any image cor colour — EC2, below the Menu. This area floats together with the menu and can be filled with text, images or a logo. — EC3, above the Footer. — EC4, below the Footer.

Check out STALKER.

Will Woodgate from ThemeFlood takes what I believe is his first foray into ExtraContent theme development with his latest theme, NewsMedia. Will has taken the ExtraContent concept to the extreme with up to 15 possible ExtraContent areas in NewsMedia.

Will doesn’t stop there, mind you, as NewsMedia is packed with professional features like style switchers, mega-menus and horizontal scrolling menu bars.

Check out NewsMedia.

And last but not least, old RapidWeaver theme star, MultiThemes is back in the game with Panels Pro, a theme that makes use of 2 ExtraContent areas. True to MultiThemes form, this theme is high and style and lush with all the finishing touches. Like a fine Italian automobile, MultiThemes leaves no corner unpolished.

Check out Panels Pro.

Tags: API, extracontent, Henk, Henk Vrieselaar, new theme, News, RapidWeaver, RWT