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Artisteer 2.5 pre-release for WordPress 3.0 compatibility

July 30, 2010

We are finalizing a new Artisteer update for WordPress 3.0 users and would like to share the current development version with customers who want to run early tests.
    Artisteer 2.5 for Windows pre-release version (2.5.0.29814)

Here is a general summary of WordPress related changes, including WP 3.0 compatibility:

• Custom Menu support
• Multi-column widgetized footer area
• Additional top and bottom widget areas
• Post thumbnail / featured image support
• Settings -> General -> Date Format option now works with Artisteer themes (previously the date format was retrieved from translations)

A remaining task for us to complete version 2.5 is to stylize the footer, either by options defined within Artisteer for Block, or for Article/Post.
Version 2.5 also includes fixes for minor issues reported to product support, including product stability improvements.
Another update, including Mac version, is expected mid-week.

 

Artisteer 2.4 Update/Patch

June 9, 2010

We resolved a few occasional bugs and crashes reported by Artisteer users and today we are releasing Artisteer 2.4 updates for Windows and Mac, available from the following locations:
    Artisteer 2.4 for Windows update (2.4.0.27666)
    Artisteer 2.4 Release Candidate for Mac (2.4.0.27726)

The main resolved issue was a problem with Artisteer crashing when opening and re-saving projects created with older Artisteer versions. Other resolved issues were quite rare, such as inability to replace a custom header image with another image when both images had the same filename.
If you are still experiencing any crashes or issues with Artisteer please report them to our product support.

We plan to provide initial support for fluid layouts and content editing in the upcoming product version(s), still 2-3 months away.

Currently both Windows and Mac versions are synchronized in terms of functionality and available features.
Please note that version 2.4 will work only in Trial mode if your free upgrade period has expired. For more information on our upgrade policy please refer to our FAQ. You can check your upgrade subscription status here.

Artisteer 2.4 Release Candidate Update for Mac

April 29, 2010

We resolved several crashes reported by Artisteer users in the Mac version. The updated version 2.4 RC for Mac can be obtained here:
    Artisteer 2.4 RC for Mac (2.4.0.26802)

Currently both Windows and Mac versions are synchronized in terms of functionality and available features.
Please note that version 2.4 will work only in Trial mode if your free upgrade period has expired. For more information on our upgrade policy please refer to our FAQ. You can check your upgrade subscription status here.

Artisteer 2.4 Release Candidate Update for Mac

April 29, 2010

We resolved several crashes reported by Artisteer users in the Mac version. The updated version 2.4 RC for Mac can be obtained here:
    Artisteer 2.4 RC for Mac (2.4.0.26802)

Currently both Windows and Mac versions are synchronized in terms of functionality and available features.
Please note that version 2.4 will work only in Trial mode if your free upgrade period has expired. For more information on our upgrade policy please refer to our FAQ. You can check your upgrade subscription status here.

Artisteer 2.4 Update/Patch
Artisteer 2.4 Release Candidate for Mac Available

April 24, 2010

Artisteer 2.4 update for Windows and Artisteer 2.4 Release Candidate for Mac are now available for download from the following locations:
    Artisteer 2.4 for Windows update (2.4.0.26594)
    Artisteer 2.4 RC for Mac (2.4.0.26594)

Currently both Windows and Mac versions are synchronized in terms of functionality and available features.
Here is a summary of fixes and improvements since the previous 2.4 release:

General

• Backward compatibility fix for header images when resaving older .artx files.
• Fixed an issue with hyperlink underline style inaccuracies.
• The .artx project file is now saved properly after product activation (without restarting Artisteer).
• Fixed an issue with certain backgrounds not stretching properly in non-IE browsers.
• Fixed "path cannot be null" error when opening certain .artx files.
• Fixed a bug with not loading Color Palettes saved in previous Artisteer versions.

 Joomla

• Lowercase <filename /> text changes in templateDetails.xml.

 Drupal

• Drupal - Image Assist problem fix.
• Vertical menu displaying outside of the Sheet fixed.
• Resolved the issue with "Switch to Plain Text editor" gone.
• Headers and photos spacing fix below the header area.

 Blogger

• Fixed Blogger templates hanging issue in IE7.
• Blogger publishing fix (resulting from changes in Google login form).
• Blogger.com crash fix when changing layouts in Artisteer templates.

 

Artisteer 2.4 for Windows Released

March 29, 2010

Artisteer 2.4 for Windows is now available!
The previously released Artisteer 2.4 Release Candidate version 2.4.0.25435 has proven fully stable, therefore today it became the official Artisteer version 2.4.
If you have already installed version 2.4.0.25435 there is nothing else to do, otherwise you can obtain Artisteer 2.4 from the product download page.
The new features in 2.4 include:

• Vertical Menu support
• Flash effects in the header
• Sidebar design/skinning
• Color picker in color selection dialogs

Please note that version 2.4 will work only in Trial mode if your free upgrade period has expired. For more information on our upgrade policy please refer to our FAQ. You can check your upgrade subscription status here.

Mac users, please note that the previous Artisteer 2.3 RC for Mac available below also seems to be very stable and we are considering releasing it as the official Artisteer version 2.3 for Mac.
We are currently finalizing Artisteer 2.4 Beta for Mac, while our main long term focus remains to support fluid layouts and custom layout definitions.

Artisteer 2.3 Updates for Windows and Mac

March 16, 2010

    Artisteer 2.3 for Windows update (2.3.0.25189) - final version 2.3 update to replace previous photo objects to comply with new licensing requirements imposed by our stock photo provider. This update is optional.

    Artisteer 2.3 RC for Mac (2.3.0.25199) - fixes additional crashes.
This version also works well for most of our customers but we continue investigating certain system-specific issues reported to us. We are also working on version 2.4 for Mac.

Registered customers can access previous Artisteer versions here.

Artisteer 2.3 for Windows Updated. Version 2.3.0.23326 officially released.

January 20, 2010

The Artisteer version 2.3.0.23326 is now the official version 2.3 available on our Download page and CNET.
This is a FREE UPGRADE for all Artisteer 1.x and 2.x users.
Here is the summary of features and fixes accumulated since November 9 via recent minor updates pre-released here:

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.
• DDNN skin divs disappear on postback for the top menu.
• Fix for the forum module.

Other news and updates:

• We're scheduling version 2.4 Beta (Windows, possibly Mac) for late January 2010 with support for vertical menus and Flash animations in the header.

 

Mac Users: Artisteer 2.3 Release Candidate for Mac Updated to RC3

January 15, 2010

Some of our Mac users continued reporting infrequent issues that we've resolved and decided to provide one more RC update prior to an official Mac version release. Today's update resolves the following issues:

• Artisteer no longer requires X Windows System (X11)
• resolved remaining startup problems
• improved program stability based on error logs submitted to us
• resolved issues with clearing the list of recent files and product activation

Artisteer 2.3 RC3 (version 2.3.0.23195) can be downloaded by clicking here.

Mac Users: Artisteer 2.3 Release Candidate for Mac Updated to RC2

December 18, 2009

We've updated Artisteer 2.3 RC for Mac to resolve the following issues on certain Macs that some of you reported:

• startup issues
• non-working activation dialog
• certain options couldn't be changed
• project file couldn't be saved
• color selection dialog not allowing entering custom color values

Artisteer 2.3 RC2 (version 2.3.0.22833) can be downloaded by clicking here.

Mac Users: Artisteer 2.3 Release Candidate for Mac Available

December 15, 2009

We made substantial progress with Artisteer for Mac, updated it to version 2.3 with support for Google's Blogger, and feel that it is getting close to the final stable version that we can officially release. We are making it available today as Artisteer 2.3 Release Candidate for Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.6 (Intel based) available here (70 MB).

We're interested in your feedback about any remaining stability and functionality issues that you may find. Do you think that this version is ready for prime time? Let us know via our feedback page.

Artisteer 2.3 Released!

November 9, 2009

We are proud to announce the release of Artisteer 2.3 for Windows with support for Google Blogger (blogspot.com)! Please refer to our press announcement here.
After extensive testing we found the recent release candidate version 2.3.0.21098 good to go and this is now the official version 2.3 available on our Download page.
This is a FREE UPGRADE for all Artisteer 1.x and 2.x users.

The following is the summary of changes and improvements over version 2.2:

• Publishing web designs to Google Blogger with options for image hosting at Picasa, Image Shack or custom FTP location. Please review export options in Artisteer for available methods of hosting template's images.
• Improved support for DotNetNuke, Joomla, WordPress and Drupal.
• New textures, glares and icons.
• Sample photos included within content to make the template thumbnails and preview more attractive.
• Added support for Opera 10 in the "Preview in Browser" feature.
• Improved support for Google Translate feature in exported templates.
• Included additional DotNetNuke places (regions) similar to Joomla positions.
• Improved stability and performance.
• Artisteer projects can no longer be saved in trial mode (trial users will need to purchase the product to be able to save projects).

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Other news and updates:

• For Mac users we've recently updated Artisteer 2.2 Beta to support the new Mac OS X Snow Leopard with newly updated native menus and dialogs. We continue to work on finalizing an official Mac version release with all the latest Artisteer features including Blogger support.
• In the next Artisteer version 2.4 we expect to support vertical menus, so stay tuned!

Mac Users: Artisteer 2.2 Beta for Mac Updated

October 26, 2009

The Artisteer Beta for Mac was updated with the following changes and improvements

• Implemented compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)
• Most menus and dialogs are now having native Mac GUI look and feel
• Resolved the problem of Artisteer misbehaving after clicking anywhere within the web design preview area
• Resolved many crashes reported by Mac users
• Resolved compatibility issues with ArtText software installed on some Macs
• Resolved variety of other issues

The new Artisteer version 2.2.0.20981 for Mac OS X 10.5 & 10.6 (Intel based) can be obtained by clicking here (159 MB).
Please note that this version is still being tested and various minor issues are still being fixed. We are also working on Artisteer 2.3 for Mac.

General Features

• New graphics: textures, glares and icons.
• Sample photos included within content to make the template thumbnails and preview more attractive.
• Improved product performance.
• Artisteer projects can no longer be saved in trial mode (you will need to purchase the product to be able to save projects).

The Artisteer version 2.3 Beta for Windows can be obtained by clicking here (62 MB).

Mac users: we are working on resolving a few unexpected issues related to Artisteer compatibility with the new Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Artisteer 2.2 is officially released!

July 29, 2009

Thanks to everyone's feedback during 2.2 beta testing today we've released the official version 2.2, available on our Download page.

This is a FREE UPGRADE for all Artisteer 1.x and 2.x users.

The following is the summary of changes and improvements over version 2.1:
Artisteer GUI and Web Design Features

• Improved CSS structure changes by adding "art-" prefix to style classes to prevent conflicts with other CSS styles.
• Simplified syntax for styling buttons and links: <input style="art-button">, <a style="art-button">
• Added "Options" button in the export dialog.

WordPress

• Resolved an issue with footer editing when the PHP option magic_quotes_gpc is turned on.
• Improved compatibility with Avatar List plugin.

Joomla

• Added support for module class suffixes as described at http://www.artisteer.com/?p=help_joomla
• Resolved an issue with centered menus not shown correctly.
• Fixed incorrect path to spacer.gif in script.js file in Joomla templates.
• Resolved compatibility issues with PHP4.

Drupal

• Resolved issues with the Menu not working properly in some cases.
• Resolved an issue with missing upload button.
• Resolved compatibility issues with PHP4.

DotNetNuke

• Added support for DotNetNuke Skins (DNN 4.9 and 5.x)

Other news:

• We are finalizing Blogger support for August/September release.
• Our main long term focus is supporting fluid layouts and custom layout definitions. ETA cannot be predicted due to the complexity of this task.

Artisteer 2.2 for Mac (Beta) update released

July 14, 2009

The new Mac version update resolves the following issues:

• Resolved problems activating Artisteer on certain Mac computers.
• Resolved problems determining whether X11 is installed.
• Resolved problems with loading certain image formats.
• Resolved a few reproducible crashes.
• Converted file open/save/browse dialogs to native Mac dialogs.
• Added shortcut to start the Mac version in debug mode, so that crash debug logs can be provided to product support.

The new Artisteer version 2.2.17737 for Mac OS X 10.5 (Intel based) can be obtained by clicking here (159 MB).
Previous Mac beta users can download an upgrade to a previous Mac version by clicking here (5.4 MB).

An Artisteer license can be used on both a PC and a Mac computer during the beta period and can be transferred from PC to Mac after Mac version release. An official release date of the Mac version will be planned after determining how much work is needed to resolve reported issues.
Please send feedback and report reproducible issues to our support via the Contact Us page.
Note: we are currently looking into possibility of converting additional or all dialogs to native Mac look & feel.

Artisteer 2.2 for Mac (Beta) has arrived

June 26, 2009

Artisteer 2.2 for Mac (Beta) is now available by clicking here. Couple interesting facts:

• Artisteer for Mac joins the family of products based on cross-platform .NET framework known as Mono.
• Artisteer might be the first product for Mac OS utilizing the ribbon interface first introduced in Microsoft Office 2007 for Windows.

Technical notes and known issues for beta testers:

• Artisteer for Mac runs on Intel based hardware with OS X version 10.5 (Leopard).
• Artisteer for Mac requires X11 which is usually installed by default on OS X 10.5.
• Artisteer may require approx 1 minute to start the first time after installation.
• The "Open" and "Save" dialogs display Windows style folder structure and may require additional navigation to desired Mac folders.
• The top Mac menu bar does not offer an option to quit Artisteer. Use the Artisteer menu, keyboard shortcut 'Command'+'Q', or the red window close button to quit.
• Please do not click anywhere within the web design preview area. Currently this disables keyboard shortcuts and may cause other unexpected behavior.
• Certain amount of instability and limitations (as above) are expected due to limitations of the current Mono framework 2.4.
• There is a slight chance that your Mac computer may freeze when using Artisteer (this happened once in our tests). Please save all your work often in case you need to reboot your computer.
• For technical users willing to help us debug occasional crashes, instructions are available here.

Customers who purchased an Artisteer license can use it on both PC and Mac computers (one each) during the beta period, while after product release it can be used on one computer. An official release date of the Mac version will be planned after receiving detailed  issue reports from our beta testers and determining how much work is needed to resolve those issues.
Please send feedback and report reproducible issues to our support via the Contact Us page.

Artisteer Team now on Twitter!

June 22, 2009

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Artisteer 2.1 is officially released

May 7, 2009

After extensive testing we found the recent release candidate version 2.1.0.16090 good to go and this is now the official version 2.1 available on our Download page.
This is a FREE UPGRADE for all Artisteer 1.0 and 2.0 users.

The following is the summary of changes and improvements over version 2.0:

• Many new regions/positions avalable within Joomla and Drupal templates for placing blocks (modules).
• All regions/positions are collapsible (hidden when not used)
• Support for editing the footer area within your CMS administration (WordPress, Joomla, Drupal)
• The "created with Artisteer" footnote can now be disabled in export options
• Restructured HTML (DIV) and CSS for reduced size and improved clarity and performance
• Redesigned CSS syntax for improved Dreamweaver CS4 compatibility
• A new program option to turn-off the design auto-preview feature
• Right alignment option for the navigation menu
• Resolved variety of issues reported by our customers

An email announcement will go out to our subscribers shortly!

We are happy to announce that Artisteer 2.0 has arrived

March 10, 2009

The new version of our Automated Web Designer adds support for the most popular open source content management systems: Joomla and Drupal, in addition to previously supported Wordpress themes and generic web templates.

The major new features and improvements are listed below:
 - support for creating Joomla templates and Drupal themes
 - internationalization of Wordpress themes
 - typography
 - article (blog post) design
 - footer design
 - support for custom page backgrounds and glares
 - sheet transparency
 - new abstract header background images
 - HTML+CSS validated with W3C validator
 - template name, version and other attributes
 - minor improvements in exporting CodeCharge Studio and Visual Studio templates bug fixes

Please note that all upgrades are free for one year and all our existing customers can use version 2.0 with their license key.

Additional information and documentation is available at http://www.artisteer.com/?p=wiki

For those of you eager to promote Artisteer, we are finally getting ready to launch our affiliate program via LinkShare on Monday March 16.

Artisteer is named The Red Ferret Product of the Year 2008

January 28, 2009

Artisteer is named The Red Ferret Product of the Year 2008

Artisteer 2.0 (Beta) released

January 18, 2009

Artisteer 2.0 Beta with Joomla and Drupal support is now available.
For more information and related discussions please visit our forums.

December 31, 2008

We are expecting short delay with the planned Joomla support but are working on it every day and will release new product update as soon as possible. Thanks to our customer suggestions the new version will also include Typography and Footer design features. We wish everyone Happy New Year 2009!

December 19, 2008

Artisteer was updated to version 1.0.0.12997 to resolve minor Wordpress 2.7 compatibility issues reported by our customers.

November 23, 2008

Artisteer updated to version 1.0.0.12068. This patch release includes minor bug fixes, plus support for new languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Arabic, Chinese (in addition to previously supported English, German, Dutch, Polish and Russian).

September 23, 2008

Artisteer Community Forums are now open!

September 19, 2008

Artisteer 1.0 officially unveiled at BlogWorld Expo!