This is the demosite of the RW PERPENDICULAR FADE theme.
PERPENDICULAR FADE shows a very nice fading effect when you move your mouse over the main menu items.

The theme has 2 different options to position your submenu:
• a Submenu with 5 sublevels below the current menu, all with a 'fading' or 'sliding' effect .
• a Submenu with 1 level between the Pageheader and the Content.

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• EXTRACONTENT
This theme has 4 ExtraContent areas that allow the user to add more content then RapidWeaver typically allows:
• EC1: On the Header left or right of the Title/Slogan.
• EC2: Between the MainMenu and the Sidebar.
• EC3: Between the Content and the Footer.
• EC4: Above the Title. This area can be used for a RapidSearchbox (you'll need the RapidSearch plugin for this*), a Date and Time snippet, an Extra Menu, NewsTicker, a textline or whatever.
Example of the RapidSearchbox in the EC 4 area.

• SOME THEME STYLES of PERPENDICULAR
• 9 different widths.
• 2 different SubMenu positions.
• Options for a widescreen headerimage
• Sidebar Left, Right or Hide.
• Content shows up with a fade-in effect (you can adjust the speed or switch it off).
• 10 different fonts.
• Wide or small menu.
• Up to 4 ExtraContent Containers. There's no need to use this option!
• Many color picker features.
• And much more: have a look at all Theme Styles.

The Manual explains how to add your image or a pattern to the header and/or the extracontent areas in only three steps. This an example. This demosite shows a lot of possibilities with images and colors.