MuseThemes Blog

We've got a beautiful new template now available on MuseThemes.com!  Dalton is clean and modern, using primarily black and white images and flat graphics. Available in mobile and desktop versions, we think you will have as much fun working with this design as we did making it.

This is a major update for Muse and with it comes some highly requested features such as client side content management, contact forms that work with any hosting provider, a layers panel to simplify the design process, and Parallax Scrolling. Here's an overview of our favorite features from the new release...

The ability to add a search bar to your website is not currently available in Muse, which means we need to find a clever workaround.  The Powered by Google “Custom Search” this a really easy way to quickly add this functionality using simple third party integration.

Check out our latest video training that explains how you can use "Pinned Elements" to modify and customize the navigation menu for our popular template "Milo". The menu can be tricky to modify for new users - this video explains how to make changes to the scrolling menu system, and why the navigation is built in this way.

With no true “Blogging” capability built directly into Adobe Muse, users must find an alternative way to mimic this functionality.  By using embedded HTML and the free Blog provider Nabble (www.nabble.com) this tutorial will explain how to include a fully featured blog in your website without writing any code.

Embed Code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">function popUp(URL) {day = new Date();id = day.getTime();eval("page" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width=650,height=650');");}</script>

Check out the latest video from MuseThemes.com explaining how you can use embedded HTML to control the size of your pop-up windows. By simply embedding a small snippet of code in your website and creating a unique link, you have complete control over the exact pixel dimensions of a link that opens in a new window.

The latest release of Adobe Muse features the ability to build mobile and tablet friendly websites all within one Muse site file. There are quite a few other great additions to this release - here are a few of our favorites:

One of the most beautiful and functional embeddable galleries online today is the Juicebox gallery (www.juicebox.net). It's created using HTML5, works on virtually every device and browser, and is extremely easy to put together in a few minutes. Check out a demo of the juicebox galleries here: http://www.juicebox.net/demos/

View the complete course online at Lynda.com

Back in June 2012, Lynda.com approached me (Steve Harris) to develop a course for their training library that explained how to design and build a creative portfolio site in Adobe Muse.  The course touches on the fundamentals of working with Muse, however it's intended for users who have a good base knowledge of the software and are looking to take their sites to a higher level.  For a great introduction to Muse, I would recommend "Muse Essential Training" by Adobe Certified Expert James Fritz.

The Retina Display makes our digital content more beautiful than ever before. But when it comes to the web, retina displays can actually have the opposite effect. If you’ve ever seen a regular logo, photo, or rasterized text on a retina display, you know what I mean. Let's discuss building Retina-friendly sites in Muse.