# Beautiful new Realmac blog **URL:** \ **Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\ **Created:** [September 17, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245 "2017-09-17T12:50:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![webdeer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/webdeer/32/5299_2.png) [@webdeer](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/webdeer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 10:36am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/28 "2017-09-19T10:36:46Z")
@peebee I don’t think instacks was making a sales pitch at all, but was showing how 30 minutes with an existing stack can get some way to achieving a Ghost like blog. That is after all what many RW users would like to do but don’t know how to. Actually big credit to instacks for going to the trouble of demonstrating what can be done with Poster. ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 10:51am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/29 "2017-09-19T10:51:21Z")
Will add in the next updates some additional CSS styling options like round corners, background shadow, different widths of list and detail to get closer to this look. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/30 "2017-09-19T11:14:41Z")
Just to clear this up, we’re using Ghost as a stop-gap, it’s a temporary solution. The rest of our site is built with RapidWeaver and has been for years. I’m busy working on a massive update to the Realmac site, and yes this is also in RapidWeaver. We’ll be moving to a RapidWeaver based blog in the future. I’d imagine this will be after RapidWeaver 8 has shipped. That’s all I can say for now. Stay tuned, and happy weaving! Cheers Dan ---
**Author:** ![Flash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f475e1/32.png) [@Flash](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Flash)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/32 "2017-09-19T14:49:07Z")
[quote=“dan, post:30, topic:16245”] I’d imagine this will be after RapidWeaver 8 has shipped. [/quote] I understand that was NOT an announcement but it is the hope of great news! ---
**Author:** ![webdeer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/webdeer/32/5299_2.png) [@webdeer](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/webdeer)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 4:52pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/33 "2017-09-19T16:52:27Z")
spurred on my instacks quick mockup with Poster, I had a go at using some of the elements of the layout using Poster. here is the result [http://webdeersign.com/projects](http://webdeersign.com/projects). It meant digging deep into the PADDYstacks box and plenty of BWD BluePrintONE massaging. It was a reminder that Poster is an absolute joy to work with and allows deep customisation. My attempt isn’t meant to be a feature for feature duplicate of the Ghost layout, but nonetheless, it has worked out OK. Edit. Small feature enhancements to this to address the detail. ![Screen Shot 23](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/5/5fd5ce8798561e41a3b350f20529f9f8de7dc51e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![LSPhoto](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lsphoto/32/270_2.png) [@LSPhoto](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LSPhoto)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/34 "2017-09-19T16:53:26Z")
This looks great, Gary. ---
**Author:** ![Mathew](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/mathew/32/2771_2.png) [@Mathew](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Mathew)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:10pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/35 "2017-09-19T17:10:05Z")
Gary: nicely done! Poster seems super flexible. I use it a lot, but clearly haven’t explored all its potential. ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2017, 5:32pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/37 "2017-09-19T17:32:15Z")
> [@Mathew](#): > > but clearly haven’t explored all its potential Gary and Steve always pushing the limits. More than happy what they make out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Bazza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bazza/32/2104_2.png) [@Bazza](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bazza)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 9:37am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/39 "2017-09-20T09:37:14Z")
> [@webdeer](#): > > [RapidWeaver SOURCE Projects Foundation Templates Foundry Templates](http://webdeersign.com/projects) That looks fantastic. Talented man. ---
**Author:** ![Bazza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bazza/32/2104_2.png) [@Bazza](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bazza)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/40 "2017-09-20T10:26:39Z")
Sorry @instacks - talented “MEN” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sprout](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/sprout/32/5825_2.png) [@Sprout](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Sprout)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/41 "2017-09-24T15:55:04Z")
Wow, nice work Gary! ---
**Author:** ![joeworkman](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/joeworkman/32/23780_2.png) [@joeworkman](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/joeworkman)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 4:39am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/42 "2017-09-25T04:39:06Z")
I just wanted to share the new layout engine that is coming in the Total CMS v1.4 update. You can see a few examples of what can be done here… [http://sandbox.joeworkman.net](http://sandbox.joeworkman.net) If you want more info on how you can beta test this release, head over to [https://weavers.space/content/perma?id=68154](https://weavers.space/content/perma?id=68154) ![12 PM](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/realmacsoftware1/original/2X/f/f7b5c3189440d2cc2173b2cb4139a536f5eaf4ac.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![robbeattie](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/robbeattie/32/78_2.png) [@robbeattie](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/robbeattie)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/43 "2017-09-25T09:06:17Z")
Wow. That looks superb. ---
**Author:** ![Bazza](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/bazza/32/2104_2.png) [@Bazza](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Bazza)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2017, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/44 "2017-09-25T14:05:48Z")
Okay. And you 😉 LOL ---
**Author:** ![garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@garth](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/garth)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2017, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/45 "2017-09-26T06:20:31Z")
This looks amazing!!! ---
**Author:** ![svsmailus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/svsmailus/32/18768_2.png) [@svsmailus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/svsmailus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 6:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/47 "2017-10-28T18:40:09Z")
Is there any point then to RW’s own blog feature, if even RW don’t use it? It’s not as if they haven’t had the option to develop the RW Blog function. I do find it says a lot about RW when they don’t use their own blogging feature in their own app when creating their own blog! If it’s not good enough they should have rectified it long ago, after all, they are the developers. It highlights a dead built in feature. Considering the majority of sites need or use a blog, it surprises me that RW doesn’t develop the RW blog. ---
**Author:** ![svsmailus](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/svsmailus/32/18768_2.png) [@svsmailus](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/svsmailus)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 8:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/49 "2017-10-28T20:42:52Z")
> [@SteveB](#): > > I say dump it and put the dev time into important stuff, like improving the RW backbone speed. No worries. Although with the popularity of Poster, Armadillo and Total CMS to name a few shows the blog feature has a high priority for many websites. ---
**Author:** ![webdeer](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/webdeer/32/5299_2.png) [@webdeer](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/webdeer)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/51 "2017-10-28T23:05:57Z")
Still a hell of a nice blog layout that will be copied and used all over the place. Shows that if you are in the creative game you have to have a very slick looking blog. ---
**Author:** ![instacks](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/instacks/32/23339_2.png) [@instacks](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/instacks)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/52 "2017-10-29T20:14:51Z")
Some work in progress teasers what will be possible in Poster Stack 1.8: [Foundry](http://posterdemo.instacks.com/foundry/) / [Foundation](http://posterdemo.instacks.com/foundation/) / [other themes](http://posterdemo.instacks.com/ghost/) ---
**Author:** ![LaPan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/lapan/32/92_2.png) [@LaPan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/LaPan)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/beautiful-new-realmac-blog/16245/53 "2018-01-05T19:42:06Z")
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