As per the title, I know the launch of the new integrated store is imminent, and I’m looking forward to publishing the components I’m working on.
I would like to know if the Project Marketplace will continue to be supported, and if RapidWeaver will still support project developers, and not just component creators.
I have a fantastic new Project LANDER in review, a project to create sites in the real world, to make the most of the elements of continuity with classic, and it would be a shame not to be able to make more.
If the Marketplace link disappears from the forum, it would signify the definitive death of democratic design and the end of support for existing RapidWeaver Classic customers. These users not only import Projects, but they also need Classic themes to use in Element.
Does all my work porting free themes still make sense? I’m working on two more.
Clear information for me, for everyone who sells on the store, and for all interested users would be greatly appreciated.
I totally agree with your whole post! Clear informations and communications upfront to a drastically change for developers and users would be more than welcome!
That was the strength of the Elements development through the whole Beta phase.
As you know Elements is moving fast, and we’re a small team. We don’t have someone dedicated to public/developer relations who can stay on top of communications, unfortunately that’s just the way it is. Until we can grow the business and hire more staff you’ll have to just bare with us. We’re doing our best
Projects will be able to be distributed inside of an Elements Pack on the built-in Store. You’ll then have your products in front of ALL Element users. This is going to be HUGE!
All add-ons will be distributed through the Elements Store, so eventually the Marketplace will be going away and replaced with a new front-end listing for the Store (the web front-end is mainly for SEO, we expect most users to browse and find addons in app when they need them).
Yes, it’s back for now. We’ll be switching this out for a link to the Elements Store at some point in the future…
You can learn more about the Elements Store at the link below. Please note these details are preliminary and being updated as we move closer to launch, so keep an eye on them
Thank you for this message and for sharing your excitement about the new integrated store. We’re incredibly eager to see components like yours published there as well—it’s a big step forward for the community.
I like your website
Your work on free themes is crucial. I’m also launching a free project soon because a rich, free library is vital to help everyone achieve their website goals. Please keep going.
Thank you again for your passion and for building such creative tools for RapidWeaver users.
HI @dan and thanks for the clarification.
I already understood how components work, but it would be helpful to have more information about projects, as they’re different, and projects can also contain other custom components.
I haven’t yet figured out if it’s possible to preview the entire project, like components.
What about the Classic marketplace? Once it’s ready, will the Elements built-in store be completely eliminated? How will Classic users continue to search for resources?
