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Stylizer Ultimate

The World's Easiest, Fastest, And Most Powerful Way to Create CSS!

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Every once in a while we come across a piece of software that's leaps and bounds ahead of the competition. A product that makes us think "why don't they all work like this?"

Stylizer is one of those products.

Stylizer's older brother, StyleSpread, was a world-class CSS editor that quickly became one of the best-selling titles we've ever offered. StyleSpread was very cool, but Stylizer makes it look like a horse and carriage by comparison!

In terms of functionality, refinement, power and polish, Stylizer is miles ahead of StyleSpread, and light years ahead of the competition!

Download the completely free Stylizer Basic for 14-day access to Stylizer Ultimate and all of it's features. After the trial period, you can still use the basic version for many of your CSS-editing projects, but we think once you get used to Stylizer Ultimate, you won't be going back.

(Here's a rundown of the differences between Stylizer Basic and Stylizer Free)

Review Written by Roger Thomasson

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When designing web sites, you want to be surrounded by prettiness. That's exactly what you'll get because Stylizer has one of sexiest user interfaces of any desktop application we've seen.
It's breakthrough approach really lowers the barriers to entry into the world of CSS. If you've struggled with learning CSS, Stylizer is the tool for you! You can create CSS like a rock star without actually being one.
CSS changes are propagated to the integrated browser (Firefox/Internet Explorer) instantaneously. The page doesn't even need to reload because Stylizer only updates the CSS!
CSS errors are non-existent. Stylizer just works!
Applying browser filters to parts of the CSS requires all of 3 mouse clicks! Choose which browsers should see which CSS and let Stylizer handle the rest.
Locating the CSS related to an element is a snap. Just click the element you want to modify and Stylizer will immediately display the CSS. Goodbye Firebug!
Filtering a style sheet to only show rules with specified contentis as easy as opening the search bar and typing something. Stylizer only displays the CSS that matches the search query.
To adjust the colors of an element, just click the desired color property and drag-adjust using the built-in color tool. In real time, Stylizer automatically generates and injects the HTML color code into the style sheet, sends the updated CSS color information to the web browser, and lets you view the results. All with two mouse clicks!
Adjusting the dimensions of an element is as simple as clicking the desired dimension and drag-adjusting it to perfection.
To extract colors from anywhere on your desktop, click the eye dropper tool, move your mouse over the desired color, and press shift.
Disabling CSS is simple. Just click the Disable button to disable or enable a declaration, a whole rule, a set of declarations, or a set of rules.
Use the built-in rulers and measurement tools to check for alignment.
You can download and install a free trial of this software before purchasing
Download available for: Windows XP, Vista
Buy with BitsDuJour's promotional coupon code and get all this at a discounted price!

Your discount coupon code will be applied to your purchase when you click the 'Buy Now' button.
BitsDuJour downloads use a discount coupon code that comes direct from the software vendor, so you'll always get the latest version of the software app sold under the same terms as a regular sale, just at a great promotional price.
Prices do not necessarily include taxes, which will vary by country.

Review what others have to say...
“This past week I've been teaching myself CSS and how to use stylizer so that I can style my site and I must say, WOW. For some reason I felt that because there was no html editor in it, that it was somehow deficient. This couldn't be farther from the truth! Not having a html editor actually makes it more efficient! Why? Because you then have less to deal with. Open your site in your PHP editor and use that to change html code around and leave Stylizer to manage the CSS.

I used to own (well I guess I still own) TopStyle. I'm not here to bash any program, and TopStyle does some things that I really want to see Stylizer do (ex., incredible browser compatibility reports). But I always found it somewhat hard to use. I never figured out how to sync it up with my site so that I would be viewing my site in the preview area; and there were other things too. But Stylizer, WOW! I love how you just point it to a URL and it loads the necessary sheets, and off you go! That is so keen!

Also the realtime updates to the webpage are fantastic. It's like the ultimate version of FireBug and a heck of a lot easier to use too. There is just so much cool stuff going on with this piece of software that I could go on for days. There is also so much future for this product. Currently, it is such a leap over everything else that I can ignore the minor bugs or features I with it had; but when those get fixed and implemented it will be like Christmas all over again. Stylizer is the Ferrari of CSS editors while everything else is a clunky van from 1985, heh.

Anyway, if you bothered to read this, I highly recommend picking up the free-trial today and giving it a whirl. Put it through its paces and I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

(No, I am not affiliated with Skybound; I just wanted to write what I felt about this product because the more people that buy a license, the more money the developers will have to devote to improving Stylizer and adding new features)”- kiger, forum.skybound.ca

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Jon G Can the discount be applied to your Ultimate Stylizer product?

Jun 15 2008 at 7:49am Copy Link

Neil X Kompozer has nice CSS functionality and it is freeware.

www.kompozer.net

Jun 15 2008 at 5:55pm Copy Link

Paul Young That's what the coupon is for...

Skybound Software - Jun 16 2008 at 3:21am Copy Link

adrian williams I started the program today, having installed it a few days ago. I'd installed Firefox3 in the meantime. Today, Stylizer asked if I wanted to upgrade - Yes I chose. When I ran the program after the update the firefox2 icon was grayed out. Does sylizer work with Firefox 3 ? or should I do something to get stylizer to recognise the firefox 3 install ?

Jun 18 2008 at 9:39pm Copy Link

Paul Young @Adrian

Stylizer has Firefox 2 embedded right inside the software, what's installed on your system doesn't affect it. We'll be adding Firefox 3 support very shortly.

Firefox is grayed out because it's not available in Stylizer Basic, which is the mode you're in. To use it, you have to switch to Ultimate mode. You do that by clicking "Use Ultimate" at the bottom of the window.

Also, make sure you run through the quick start at least once, it's pretty informative and will get you up to speed quickly.

Skybound Software - Jun 19 2008 at 2:15am Copy Link

adrian williams Thanks Paul, I missed that one - works fine. I did go through the quick start - shows that it's so simple to use. My order is going in today !

Jun 19 2008 at 5:30pm Copy Link

Roy Grubb Hi, I completed the purchase at PayPal. PayPal's completion page told me to wait while I was re-directed to Skybound's page, which I did, and it redirected me to an https page that was blank. The status bar at the foot of the screen showed "Done". I waited a while but nothing else happened.

Should I get a registration key or further instructions?

I have received a confirmation email from PayPal and I have a record of the complete redirection page URL with all its session info if that helps.

Roy

Jun 19 2008 at 5:36pm Copy Link

adrian williams I just paid for it using the secure credit card option - I put the bits discount code in but the receipt and invoice on the system states that I've paid the full $69.95. There was no amount shown on the emailed receipt. Can you assure me that I've only paid the $19.97 as advertised. Thanks - Adrian

Jun 19 2008 at 5:47pm Copy Link

Alain Lesage This is an awesome piece of software. I should save me hours, if not days, on my web design projects. Thanks, guys !

Jun 19 2008 at 5:50pm Copy Link

adrian williams I know what's happened - I did put the code in but the webpage needs you to click on the apply button to force the new price. :(
Paul - how do arrange a refund ?

Jun 19 2008 at 5:56pm Copy Link

Jon G. The same thing happened to me as happened to Roy Grubb above. I have the PayPal confirmation email but no product yet. What do I have to do to push this forward?

Thanks!

Jun 20 2008 at 1:42am Copy Link

Chris Valenti The same thing happened to me as happened to Roy Grubb and Jon G. I filled out a contact form on their site. No reply, yet, though.

Jun 20 2008 at 2:49am Copy Link

Toni Setti "You do that by clicking "Use Ultimate" at the bottom of the window." Where?? I see no button.

Same thing with the tape measure button -- it's nowhere to be found.

Jun 20 2008 at 4:01am Copy Link

Toni Setti Is there any way to change the depressing black of the program window and simply have a basic Windows theme?

Thanks.

Jun 20 2008 at 4:04am Copy Link

Terry Slater Seems to be some problem with the initial eval mode. It's like the demo assumes the product is "ultimate" but the UI doesn't change.

Tutorial text is also cut off on the edges, strangely enough.

I saw lots of other little, nagging bugs during my brief demo period. It's a promising product, but needs some refinement IMO. Seems rushed or something.

Jun 20 2008 at 4:16am Copy Link

Jon G. I received the registration email. The new quick-start tutorial is a lot of fun!

Great product!

Jun 20 2008 at 4:17am Copy Link

Dave Keighan Hope there's some sort of email notification that I've purchased your product - your site [skybound software - I checked the url] blew up /after/ it was finished with PayPal.
Not very comforting.

Jun 20 2008 at 4:19am Copy Link

Paul Young Hello all,

It seems a few people didn't get their product keys. We're on that right now, no worries.

@Tony, you can right-click in the style sheet area and choose "Light Background".

Also, are you in Stylizer Basic mode or Ultimate mode? (It says in the title bar). And are you using an old version? There was an update last Tuesday.

Skybound Software - Jun 20 2008 at 4:42am Copy Link

Chris Valenti The black interface is EXQUISITE!!!! (using the trial version until getting the key...above....). Wonderful program. The best of its kind for Windows!

Jun 20 2008 at 4:50am Copy Link

Tony Setti Thanks, Paul. I'd already found out how to get the light background, which is a tremendous help, but the top of the program window is still depressingly dark, and I suspect one just has to live with that color scheme... :-(

And what about the missing buttons? I assume they're supposed to be somewhere at the bottom of the program window, below the text, but there's no way to scroll down that far, so I don't see them.

Or are they simply missing??

It doesn't say which Stylizer. And I downloaded it Tuesday the 17th at 4:15 pm Central time. Is there a newer version available? How can one tell what version is running?

Thanks.

Jun 20 2008 at 4:55am Copy Link

Dave Keighan Thanks Paul.

So, is it [relatively] safe to assume that we can download the product, install it and wait for the the license key? There isn't a special licensed version to download in some secret url that you get by email.

Once you get the key, you plug it in and you're good to go?

Not having seen the last step in the process ... I haven't the foggiest idea.

Jun 20 2008 at 4:56am Copy Link

Tony Setti @ Chris: "The black interface is EXQUISITE!!!!"
You say po-tah-to and I say po-tay-to... ;-)

Granted, it's pretty to look at -- for a few seconds. It's depressing to work in for minutes or hours on end -- at least for me. But then, I don't like dark or strong colors as my work background to begin with; I find them tiring.

Their web site is nice, and the dark colors don't bother me, but then I don't intend to spend a lot of time there, nor do I intend to do work there either.

Jun 20 2008 at 5:12am Copy Link

Tony Setti OK, I downloaded the new version and installed it, and now I have the "Use Ultimate" button. However, I still don't see the tape measure button...

Thanks!

Jun 20 2008 at 5:32am Copy Link

Andrew Young Once Stylizer is in Ultimate mode, you'll get a list of "suggestions" below when you click on a value cell. For example, if you make a CSS property called "width" and then press ":" to go to highlight the value cell, the tape measure button appears at the bottom, left of the suggested values. It looks like a little yellow rectangle in a bigger white round rectangle.

Jun 20 2008 at 5:36am Copy Link

Tony Setti OK, never mind - I found the tape measure!!

Thanks for your help, Paul and Andrew (on the forum).

Jun 20 2008 at 5:55am Copy Link

Kevin Andresen I bought the software using PayPal.
- I think the system might not like not filling in the Credit Card section because the Thank You screen is missing 3 variables including (as I remember) the Product Key.
Also, the email from Skybound came immediately (on BitsDuJour day) with a product key and account info. Logging in and "View"ing my receipt caused a server error.

Like with kiger above, TopStyle has been my number #1 CSS editor (although I depend on Dreamweaver's automatic browser dependence logic) and at the end of the Tutorial, I was deeply thankful that I check BitsDuJour daily.

Even though there's no HTML editing, and you have to really know CSS to get started (or get one of those 3 column layouts from the web to start with), the Skybound web doesn't even try to describe the experience of editing, and measuring, and balancing, and all rest with this tool.

I found, when I ran the tutorial, that when I was asked to turn Ultimate on, it took quite a while for Firefox to load after my first Ctrl-F12. So I hit Ctrl-F12 several times and, in the process, lost the tutorial that was running in the page display window.
If this happens to you, I highly recommend starting Stylizer over and getting through the whole tutorial if you're a web designer and aren't impressed by the Basic section.
(Also the tutorial suggests switching to Firefox earlier at a point where Ultimate hasn't yet been switched on).

There's no help, no manual; the vertical slider on the CSS section often defaults to looking like the pane is empty; the Firefox HTML source code view doesn't support editing; it seems, at first, like a nascent pain in the neck.
But under the hood, from my experience today, it is a very SWEET! tool to add to whatever my favorite HTML/CSS editing platform is.

Jun 20 2008 at 8:12am Copy Link

Paul Young @Kevin,

There's help:
http://forum.skybound.ca
:)

Jun 20 2008 at 8:18am Copy Link

mike howard Price is coming up in CAD, is this correct?

Jun 20 2008 at 8:55am Copy Link

Paul Young Yep, we're a Canadian company.

Skybound Software - Jun 20 2008 at 9:02am Copy Link

mike howard Paul, Hope you are catching the orders as they come in from Paypal. The Order Complete screen is still coming up with blanks for the product key.

Your order has been processed. Thank you for purchasing Stylizer Ultimate. Your product key has been sent to , along with a link to a printable receipt.

Your product key is . It is usable by up to .

Jun 20 2008 at 9:11am Copy Link

Paul Young We actually traced it down to a problem with PayPal's PDT service which is constantly spitting back errors, even with valid data.

Jun 20 2008 at 9:29am Copy Link

Jon Burnham just paid for it using the secure credit card option - I put the bits discount code in but the receipt and invoice on the system states that I've paid the full $69.95. There was no amount shown on the emailed receipt. Can you assure me that I've only paid the $19.97 as advertised. Thanks - Adrian

Me too -

Jun 20 2008 at 11:07am Copy Link

Mary Wilson I am sorry if this sounds like a very basic question or stupid question. I don't know what "CCS" stands for nor can I figure out what this program edits.

Jun 20 2008 at 12:45pm Copy Link

Paul Young @Mary

I'm not sure what "CCS" means either. CSS stands for "cascading style sheet" though :)

Sorry...couldn't resist :)

CSS is the language of web design, the language that let's you say how a web page should look. To be honest, if you don't know what CSS stands for, Stylizer probably won't do you much good. Not yet anyways.

Skybound Software - Jun 20 2008 at 12:51pm Copy Link

Roy Grubb @Paul Young

After being the first (of several) to report the order fulfilment problem, 20 hours ago, and having sent a message directly to the company via a form at your website, I've had no response other than the automatic acknowledgement.

As a software publisher myself, I know PayPal has had some problems recently, but presumably you have a manual processing capability. I'm still waiting for my license / key.

Roy

Jun 20 2008 at 1:45pm Copy Link

Paul Young @Roy

I've sent you a few emails at the address listed in your PayPal account.

Jun 20 2008 at 1:57pm Copy Link

Paul Young Also, cutting some slack is key. I've been up since yesterday morning. I'm preparing for a big time crash in a few hours.

Skybound Software - Jun 20 2008 at 1:59pm Copy Link

Roy Grubb @Paul

I thought allowing 20 hours for a reply was indeed cutting some slack. You have answered others who mentioned the problem _after_ I reported it.

I have now received your emails - being in HK I have just got up - found them in my spam filter.

But why do you need Address1; Address2; City; Province/State; Postal/Zip; Country

You have my money, I don't see the need for me to provide personal data.

Roy

Jun 20 2008 at 2:21pm Copy Link