Monday, May 3, 2010

Artisteer 2.4

Extensoft On last Friday, given the beta of Artisteer 2.4 For download free. The much-anticipated new version of Artisteer, contains not only new additional content in the form of pictures, effects, or textures but two remarkable innovations. For the first time, a vertical menu integrated into the sidebar and Flash files are used in the header. What in Artisteer 2.4 everything is new, you learn in this report, which I have once again created a screencast.


As with nearly every free update of Artisteer, the software was re-donated new content. We find now more colorful photo textures (Color Texture) for adding to the header foreground. The new photo textures in Artisteer, I think is well done and are a nice change from the banners textures, which are mainly used as an effect on me. A few other effects are also available for the background. This increases of course, the combination possibilities for the header design in Artisteer.

New color textures were also provided for the header field available, but only a handful of good, but these are of good quality and photo textures. Especially in terms of textures for the header field, it does indeed still a bit thin in Artisteer from therefore is happy about the additional content course. In the header of effects they were, however, much more generous, apparently were persons and world demand effects because it is found quite a lot. Who Artisteer themes or templates for business uses, comes here to its full cost. By and large, we have added here specifically for the design of headers, some new.

New - Flash

For the first time in Artisteer, Flash files can now also be included in the header and only there. There are also only a few Flash files included a nice effect, the cause for the header, but nothing more. Fortunately, your own created Flash files are integrated. Since this feature is still very new and unfortunately still not very much content is available for it, my enthusiasm still holds in check. If in any case for further development and on the "spice up" the header will most likely be. Whether it really does or makes sense, then, is not made in time.


Sidebar Menu Vertical

Finally, exactly what I've always been missing in Artisteer, vertical menu (Suggest Vertical Menu) for the sidebar. Of course, hinged and not so ugly pulldown menu, but as a drop down menu with multiple levels. If you have always had space problems in the sidebar, which is caused by a similar one long list of categories, big blogroll or extensive archive, which can now put everything conveniently in the Suggest menu. And what can I say that already works quite well in the Beta Artisteer. Suggest This menu can also be adjusted very easily and efficiently. Even the background can be processed separately with textures and effects. Suggest menu and widgets together in the sidebar is also possible. The position of the Suggest menu can also be defined. You might want to place the Suggest menu even in the content area (Header or Footer). It can thus be a lot to do and individual figures. Definitely a useful extension for all Artisteer User!

The sidebar is now finally more customizable. Colors and effects are the sidebar, in Artisteer now much easier and faster to design what changed more flexibility for new themes and templates helps. Before I come here more on details, I have a short screencast thesmall Artisteer made new functions:



Artisteer The beta has convinced me and I personally think the fix for the best so far. Besides small fixes as well as fresh content, here are two real innovation have been installed in Artisteer, find at least one of which is certainly active use. Extensoft Artisteer has with the upcoming update to 2.4, made a good step forward, with new practical features, the software is upgraded quite a bit. Please do not forget that it is a beta version and may still not 100% stable. One crash occurred as I could, but this was not reproducible. The update with the new features is the same in both editions Artisteer (partner link). Who wants to know more about something Artisteer, this may read in this article.

Artisteer owners can look forward to the successful update now. Hopefully it will not until the final version is released ;-)

Artisteer - Make your own Themes

Artisteer is a kind of design generator that can operate without much knowledge with little effort and sophisticated design templates generated. With the Artisteer software template templates for different content management systems (CMS) are created. The likely best known here, WordPress, Joomla! and Drupal to be. Artisteer also supports Google blogs, which offer under the name of their Blogger blog service. Moreover, also templates for DotNetNuke as well as pure HTML templates are designed.

Artisteer - Features

The software is multilingual and has been maintained professionally translated into German. Themes created with Artisteer also include all language files so that they can be offered Multilingual. The software comes with numerous photos, effects, fonts and so on, so there is an almost unlimited number of different templates are possible. Every single theme, can be completely customized with Artisteer graphic design. This applies not only to the visual design to template but also on the functions. These take account of Artisteer many small details which can be adjusted at any time. The navigation can be detected immediately and is even for beginners, using Artisteer for the first time, no hurdle dar. The user interface is clear and quick to learn. Thus, a presentable Themes are implemented quickly. The learning curve with Artisteer is considered to be very low.

Additional content

Artisteer is a large amount of photos and photo objects, which can be integrated quickly and easily in the template. Of course it is also possible to import your own graphics or photos in the preparation of the template. With the new version 2.4 are now integrated Flash files which each template is enhanced significantly. The updates are generally free to registered users and contain only bug fixes, new features and fresh content often in the form of images and effects.

With Artisteer Themes can also be generated automatically. If desired, only selected areas can also be created automatically. If not killed, everyone executed step, be reversed. This applies to all areas and steps and goes back to the Original layout.

Artisteer is an interesting way to make your own themes for WordPress, Blogger, or templates for Drupal or Joomla! to create himself and is therefore not only for beginners a useful software for web design.