Follow the steps explained below when updating your theme to a new version. Do not skip any steps or sections, unless you understand the consequences and are willing to take the risk.
Backup your current theme
Backup your style settings for a site using that theme
Backup your RapidWeaver project file (the one with the .rwsw file extension).
Download the latest version of your theme.
Locate the downloaded file, then double-click on it.
Double-click on the theme file shown in the Finder window.
Restart RapidWeaver.
Open your RapidWeaver project file.
Display the Theme Drawer, and make sure the newly installed theme is selected.
Preview your site in RapidWeaver.
To re-apply a saved style open the Page Inspector, and select the Styles tab.
Click on the folder-icon button in the lower right portion of the Page Inspector window (to the left of the gear-icon button).
After you have applied your saved style setting, preview the page in RapidWeaver. Make sure the color and page layout options are what you expect them to be for that page.
Repeat Steps 1-6 above for each page in your site.
When complete, and each page in your site appears as you expect it to when previewing in RapidWeaver, save your progress.
To apply the changes to your live website, select "Re-Publish All Files" from RapidWeaver's File menu.
Open your RapidWeaver project file.
Open the Page Inspector, and select the Styles tab.
Click on the gear-icon button in the lower right corner of the Page Inspector window, and select the "Reveal Styles in Finder..." option.
A new Finder window will appear listing your saved style settings as .rwstyle files, with a RapidWeaver Styles icon.
Locate the style file that requires editing. You should have given this file a unique name as described in the Preparation section above.
Right-click on the style file, and a contextual menu will appear.
Hover your mouse over the "Open With" option, and select "Other".
From the Choose Application dialog window that appears, select a good text editor such as TextWrangler, Coda, Espresso, Sublime Text, etc.
Your text editor will open and display the contents of the file, which will look like a bunch of meaningless code. Don't be overwhelmed!
Scroll all the way down to the very bottom of the file. The last six lines of code should look similar to the following:
<key>Style Name</key>
<string>Your Unique Style Name</string>
<key>Theme Name</key>
<string>seydesign Aptenon</string>
</dict>
</plist>
<string>
and </string>
) matches the unique name you choose for this saved style<string>
and </string>
) should be similar to the theme you were using for your site when you saved this style setting file.Change the name of the theme, listed below "Theme Name" (the portion between <string>
and </string>
), so that it matches the name of your updated theme.
<string>
and </string>
. Do not change or delete any other portion of the file.When complete, save the file, then restart RapidWeaver. Continue with the steps outlined in the Applying Theme Update to Your Site section.