The new Social Media Block in Headway 3.6 offers you an easy way to drop a predefined set of social media icons into your layout. Just choose the icon set, then choose the network, add link, rinse, repeat, and you’re done! Headway offers two options out of the box, a Peel Icon Set and Soft… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Documentation
Hiding the Featured Post Thumbnail
If you’re putting together a relatively “simple” website – insomuch as you are customizing one or two layouts using Headway’s Visual Editor – you may run into the following scenario: 1. You may or may not have a static homepage. It’s customized if you do, yay! 2. You have a blog index, which may or may… Continue Reading
Customize Your Footer Block using the Custom Copyright or Add a Text Block
I often build WordPress sites for clients using the Headway framework, and one common task across all sites is adding my credit to the footer. Luckily, this is incredibly simple to do! You can take two different approaches: Use the Custom Copyright Input Field Open up the block options for the footer block, and you’ll see… Continue Reading
Introducing Headway 3.4
We’ve got another update out for Headway, with the addition of block titles, block subtitles and two new blocks (to replace the now deprecated media block) and a few other notable changes to the Visual Editor, including the ability to export block settings, visible cues for padding and margins in Design Mode, a new UI for choosing /… Continue Reading
Margins, Padding & Borders
What they are & where to use them. White space – whether it is truly white or not – is a necessary part of the design of your website. That space around your content makes it clear to the visitor what things belong together, reduces the cluttered feel, and makes the overall site more readable.… Continue Reading
Fluid Headers & Footers in Headway 3.0
So-called “fluid” headers and footers are quite the rage in web development, aren’t they? So pretty, So shiny, So, so fluid. You want it, and I can’t blame you. I want it too. A future version of Headway will include the ability to create a fluid header and footer more easily without any custom code,… Continue Reading
How to Get and Use Your Headway Affiliate Link and ID
Watch the video above to see exactly how to get your Headway affiliate link (if you are already an approved affiliate in Shareasale). If you can’t see the video in your reader or email click on the title link to view it directly on the blog. I’ve also provided written instructions: Log in to your… Continue Reading
How to Create a Useful 404 Error Page with Headway
An error page is always something that receives careful attention in a great web design – and is often overlooked by beginning designers or those new to WordPress or Headway. Some even think – why bother? Hopefully no one will see it! Those who do see this page, however, are likely to just move off… Continue Reading
Introduction to WordPress for Headway Users: Creating Posts & Pages
New to Headway? WordPress? Struggling with how to create your content? Believe it or not, creating content for a Headway-powered WordPress site is just like creating content for a WordPress site using any other theme. Using WordPress pages and posts is the best option available to you in nearly all cases. This 9-page beginners guide… Continue Reading
What's the Difference Between a Fixed and Fluid Layout?
Confused about the difference between fixed and fluid layouts in the Headway Theme for WordPress? Read this explanation or watch the video tutorial and it’ll be crystal clear! Continue Reading
