Stream is Waterfall enabled

Theme details

Theme name: Stream
Theme designer: Will Woodgate
Product ID: 496550
Current version: 3.1
Last updated: 23rd March 2016
First released: 26th October 2009
Compatibility: RapidWeaver 6 & 7
GDPR / DSGVO compliant: Not yet
Responsive: Yes
Doctype: Valid HTML5
Font Awesome version: 4.5.0
Bootstrap version: 4.0.0
Usage agreement: Click for details
Example website: View online
Download example website: Click here

Support links

10 Minute Quickstart Guide
ThemeFlood Knowledgebase
1-to-1 Technical Support
RapidWeaver Classroom
RapidWeaver Community Forums

Free resources

Bootstrap code snippets
ExtraContent stack & snippet pack
FreeStyle banner stack
Pexels stock photography
Stockio free images & video
Unsplash stock photography


News Media user?
Stream replaces the News Media theme. Existing users of News Media can switch over to Stream at no extra cost (regardless of how or when you purchased the theme). Use your original download link or get in contact (with proof of purchase) for a new link to be issued. News Media is still supported, but is no longer for sale on this website.

Stream updates

Updates for Stream are free for all existing users. Please see this Knowledgebase page for detailed information about obtaining and installing updates. To request an update for Stream, please click the button below (this launches your email app).
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Introduction

Something a bit different. Stream is a magazine-style theme for RapidWeaver, making it ideally suited towards content-heavy websites. This theme purposefully opts for a more condensed style, so you can fit more content on pages and require less scrolling. Like a page in a magazine, content is designed to be split-up into smaller blocks or columns. Headings and floating images or video allow you to create sophisticated page designs, which remain friendly and easy for people to read. A simple navigation system is used in this theme, so completed websites are easy for your visitors to navigate.

Multi-purpose

Stream is a theme that has been used for all sorts of different purposes. In the past it has been used for news websites and blogs. Stream is a popular choice with educators, business owners and people in the legal profession. A few successful e-commerce websites have also been built using Stream. More recently, I've seen an excellent example of a real estate website built using Stream. Don't let the initial 'drab and dreary' appearance of this theme put you off! A broad range of both theme style and colour settings are built in already, giving you the flexibility to build distinctive websites to a professional standard.

FreeStyle enabled

Optional page banners in this RapidWeaver theme are achieved using the FreeStyle technique. A dedicated theme style setting is provided, letting you turn these banners on or off. The FreeStyle banner automatically resizes to fit the content. FreeStyle banners can be used for static images, slideshows or even video. 30 example banner images are included with the theme; these all being photographs reproduced from scanned slides, taken by my late grandfather. Images 1 - 20 are from Switzerland in 1983, images 20 - 30 are random images taken during the 1970's and 1980's. Feel free to use these images or replace them with your own.

Do more

Like many other ThemeFlood themes, Stream incorporates the complete Twitter Bootstrap toolkit, plus Font Awesome icons. Bootstrap provides you with a 'sweetshop' of design and interface elements; distributed in the form of RapidWeaver code snippets and available to drag and drop straight into pages. Font Awesome More is an open source library of over 300 vector icons. These icons are embedded in the form of web fonts, ensuring icons are retina-enabled and can also be customised using basic CSS code.

Speed

Page loading speed is an important factor when building any website. End users want pages that load fast and there is some evidence to suggest that search engines also use page speed as a factor now, when ranking pages. Using a theme like Stream, you can't really go wrong! Stream is highly optimised for speed, and does things differently to many other RapidWeaver themes. In Stream, we optimise a lot of code and ensure it is compatible with CSS consolidation and compression preferences in RapidWeaver. We also do things like deferring theme Javascript loads, until the end of the page. All of these actions combined can result in page loading scores into the nineties range.

Future-proof

As you would expect, Stream uses valid HTML5 code for its framework. Stream is a responsive RapidWeaver theme and adapts for display on different screen sizes, including desktop, tablet and smart phone. This theme incorporates RAFT (responsive adaptive framework for themes), giving you a user-friendly navigation structure on smaller handheld devices, and a great selection of options for adjusting how pages look and work on smaller screen sizes. As well as looking great on different screen sizes, websites built using Stream also print very nicely too!

Find out more

It's strongly recommended you download and install the free demo version for this RapidWeaver theme, and play around with it yourself. You might be very surprised at what this theme can do. There are lots of useful theme colour and style variations included. Links to a live demo site built using Stream (and the sandwich file used for the demo site) can be accessed using the links above.

More

The free demo version of Stream can be downloaded using this link or the button towards the top of the page. You can install the theme in RapidWeaver 6.0 or later to experiment with the theme, explore all the settings provided and test it against real content and plugins. There is no time limit imposed on the demo version, but page navigation links are disabled in the demo version. Watermarks may appear periodically in parts of the page (like the banner or footer). Please see this knowledgebase article for more information about the free demo versions provided. Purchasing Stream using the button towards the top of this page provides you with a licensed copy of Stream; without any demo restrictions applied.

Clicking the banner at the top of this page or this link will take you to a sample website published using Stream. This may give you a better insight into how this theme looks and responds. If you're interested to see how the demo website was built, the same project file can be downloaded here and opened in RapidWeaver, on your computer. Some people find this very useful to use.

If you have any other questions about Stream, please don't hesitate to ask.

* Purchases of Stream includes any applicable VAT payable. As of 1st January 2015, all EU customers are legally required to pay VAT on all digital downloads or electronic services, and receive a full VAT invoice with each purchase. We fully comply with this law and you may claim-back any tax paid (if you are VAT registered or a charity / non-profit organisation exempt from paying VAT).
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System requirements
This theme requires RapidWeaver. It will not work with other platforms (like Wordpress). We recommend you aim towards installing the latest version of RapidWeaver and Stacks that your computer is compatible with.

License agreement
You may use this theme an unlimited number of times in personal or commercial projects, request technical support and receive free updates in future.

This theme can be installed or synced onto all computers that you own. You are permitted to make archival backup copies of the theme.

You may not resell or make this theme available for download, remove copyright credits or license information.

The software is provided "as is" without any implied or expressed warranty of merchantability or fitness for purpose. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.

For free themes, we are not obliged to provide technical support to customers who have not made a contribution. Additionally credits or attributes in free themes MUST remain intact, unaltered and on display at all times; unless you make a contribution and seek permission to remove them.

Refund policy
By purchasing this theme, you agree that your purchase will be available immediately via digital download and that you waive your statutory right of withdrawal.

All purchases are final and refunds will not be provided (we physically cannot un-download or remove themes from your computer).

You are reminded to make use of the free demo versions already provided on the website, to fully evaluate themes for compatibility and suitability before purchase.

Customer support
If you have questions that relate specifically to this theme, you should make contact via the contact page. For paid themes, we aim to answer all messages within 12 hours, Monday to Friday.

If you require a faster response at weekends or during public holidays, please post your question(s) to the RapidWeaver forums, where a support volunteer may be able to assist you quicker.
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