It’s been a couple of weeks since I posted anything - largely because I have been knee-deep in recoding RapidFormatter to cater for the introduction of widgets to the standard WordPress release.

Widgets have been around for about a year, but were not part of the official release. Introducing them has complicated how I construct sidebars using RapidFormatter, but I am pleased to write that this process is now over.

You’re now able to design your theme in RapidFormatter as before, and when you upload your theme, the sidebar code is widgetised - so you can add and modify your sidebar settings without having to revert each time to RapidFormatter. This gives you the ease of use of RapidFormatters theme development with the speed of enhancing and updating your sidebars that widgets deliver.

The end result - a fast and flexible combination.