Headway Makes Web Design Easy
I’m actually happy about that… because it means that we… the consumer win. With fierce competition, developers have to offer more and more value.
I don’t know about you… but I’ve had major headaches in the past with WordPress Themes. They have been horribly coded, very buggy, and would completely break down if I just wanted to make the smallest of changes.
Headway being a very flexible Premium WordPress Theme, has gotten a lot of market appeal over the powerhouses from DIYThemes and Woo Themes.
So when I purchased the Headway Theme I was really excited to jump right in headfirst and see what the hype was about. Let’s take a look at what Headway can do for you.
Headway is looking to be the new king of WordPress Themes… and it’s making some good noise in the process. It kinda looks like they have Thesis in their crosshairs.
Let’s see if they can deliver.
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Headway's Visual Editor
You’ll love how instantly flexible Headway is a a WordPress Theme. It’s ridiculous when I think about how much time I’ve wasted trying to find a bandaid solution.
You literally have control over every part of your website. Headway has the ability to drag and drop custom content anywhere on the page. You can design your site in any layout that you like… since it’s all done visually. You don’t waste time tweaking code.
Headway is not about code… it’s about control!
Let’s say that you needed to add a slideshow gallery or a twitter feed to your sidebar… all you do is just drag and drop it where you want it… Amazing!
How about showcasing a post or an announcement… again drag and drop it anywhere. It’s really that easy, simplicity at its finest.
With the control factor being so tight… some people may be overwhelmed a bit. However once you get the hang of it, you really have complete control of your site.
Who should use Headway:
- Are you looking to upgrade your WordPress Theme to some thing more flexable and robust than you can find with a Free WordPress Theme? If so then Headway might be for you.
- Do you struggle with making changes to PHP code or customizing your WordPress blog via CSS? If so then Headway might be for you.
- Do you want complete control over every element of your theme, without knowing any code? If so then Headway might be for you.
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Headway's SEO Options
Well, you don’t have to drive yourself nuts researching the latest WordPress SEO plugin. It’s beautifully SEO optimized right out of the box.
The bottom line is that more customers are going to find you… right from day one. Since Headway has free lifetime updates, you can rest assure that your SEO advantage will stay that way.
If you are serious about blogging and rather spend time creating value with your blog. Instead of worrying if your site is going to breakdown at a moments notice. Then do yourself a favor and get Headway.
I really want this post to start a discussion on Headway… so let’s use the comment section below for that.
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Updated: August 29th, 2011
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Nick Reese is the author of Traffic and Trust, and all round happy dude. When Nick isn't managing web properties he enjoys biking, shooting video, and drinking tea. You should follow Nick on twitter here.
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I’ve been working extensively with Headway and it is definitely a ridiculously flexible theme. There are a ton of changes you can make with simple hooks that add even more functionality, and the layout is really intuitive. I definitely recommend it.
I’m still learning all the cool things that Headway can do, but I love it. I’m a photographer and like to change the colors of my site each month to go my current promotion. Headway gives me that quick flexibility.
I switched from Thesis to Headway back in July, when version 1.0 came out. I’m not a coder, so Headway made perfect sense, and since July I’ve continued to be blown away with each new update. The new Visual Editor layout in 1.5.6 is simply amazing, and any other theme now is going to have to come up with some serious smarts to catch up.
Cheers! :)
Nick, how would you compare Headway to Builder from iThemes. It seems to be similar with what it offers in a number of ways, but maybe not as easy to use.
Kent, I have not compared them. I know Headway is a good product. iBuilder looks cool as well. I’ve tested Headway and it gives you full control, so I can definitely vouch for it. :)
Im having a lot of trouble customizing nav items in headway: Can you tell me why the following css doesnt work?:
.custom .menu li a { -moz-border-radius-topleft: 1.5em; -moz-border-radius-topright: 1.5em; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 1.5em;
-webkit-border-top-left-radius: 1.5em;}
Can anyone please comment on the difference between Headway and Builder Theme from ithemes? I don’t see a difference besides price as they do the same thing. Please explain?
I switched to Headway as of this month. I’m do code and design WP blogs however, I needed the time to focus on other aspects of my blog, so Headway made perfect sense. I’m glad that there are moving from Thesis to Headway.
Just want to put in a heads up for all of those non-geeks looking at Headway as an easy theme for your WP blog. Tho’ the colors and columns and such are easy to manage with Headway, once you get beyond the most basic stages of design, it is difficult to use without technical know-how. Help in the forums is, again, very technical and not really helpful. Unless you want to spend hours researching and trying things even after paying so much for a “drag and drop” theme, I can’t recommend Headway.
I was drawn in by all the positive reviews, and many failed tries with other themes. The blurb on their site that says they will do everything they can to make it work for you reassured me. But I have found that “everything” is very little and this is really only a theme for geeks. I am out $87.00 and don’t want anyone else to make the same mistake.
Headway is really a good theme because of its flexibility and customization. Thanks for review.
This thing actually works now? I’ll have to give it another shot!
I bought Headway hoping that the hype about how easy it is to use (no coding knowledge necessary!) would really be true. Unfortunately, I have spent dozens of hours watching tutorial videos (PAINFULLY slow to get to the point, if ever) and experimenting with the “visual editor” and still haven’t got the hang of it. Unless you are a Geek-Speaking developer-whiz, don’t count on Headway giving you what you are looking for.
Headway is great for flexibility. However, lots of menu problems, and if you run into difficulties don’t expect anyone from Headway to help you. I offered to pay them for their time helping me and they were not interested. So I paid someone else a lot of money for custom code changes so that the Headway menus are not hidden behind the slider images. (While looking for solutions I found this to be a common problem). Also, placing H1 headings is very confusing (which is important for SEO) they only give options for H2 and H3 in the Headway editor. I wonder why they skip H1? Again, I think this is a great product, but don’t expect to use it without problems, and my biggest complaint would be the total lack of support, even paid support, from Headway.
Headway seems promising. I just bought it and have been playing with version 3.1 for a couple of hours. It’s still BUGGY. I can’t even do any basic things, because changes(in grid mode) do not actually get saved! However, once they fix some of these bugs I can’t wait to start customizing my site with it.
The folks over at Headway theme are using its customers as guinea pigs for a still beta 3.0 release. You would not believe the ridiculous amount of problems that people are having over on the support forum. First of all, if we knew css, then I guess that we wouldn’t have had to purchase the “drag and drop” theme in the first place. There is alot of “use CSS” answers given to queries submitted by users. And they usually leave it at that, not even offering any bits of CSS to use. They wait for users to jump in and help each other, sometimes they know what they are talking about, and sometimes they don’t, a real crapshoot. 3.0 is FULL of bugs, user’s work, that they have spent hours creating, keeps disappearing instead of saving. The “documentation” is pathetic, most of it says “coming soon.” How are we supposed to use the theme with “coming soon” documentation? There is no upgrade path from the previous version to 3.0, again, “coming soon.” Vital features, such as being able to create fluid headers and footers, have been removed and have been promised in a future upgrade. We’re holding our breath, as promised upgrade has been “coming soon” now for awhile. Ability to use Buddypress also, you guessed it, coming soon, and will have to be additionally purchased. Support, especially Grant, also gets very snarky and defensive just because customers keep asking the same (very valid) questions. A total lack of respect for its customers and their needs. How they can expect to stay in business with this business model is beyond me. Don’t waste your money, which you can’t get a refund on, by the way.
I *really* wanted to use, and be able to recommend, Headway but I am finding the v3.x visual editor to be VERY buggy (and support isn’t great either, even with dligent troubleshooting by me). Not happy that there was no way to demo it, coupled with a NO REFUND policy. I am pursuing this matter and will post an update later.
I currently have Thesis Theme sites and I found it relatively easy to use to get up and running for a basic site. I am not a coder or graphic designer so my site is basic. I bought the Headway Developer license thinking I was going to be able to expand my sites and add more flair.
I find the Headway Theme to be really hard to use. After days and days of trying to get something – anything to work I am hoping that some real tutorials will be posted to explain how to get started – and not the information that explains how to install and set up wordpress – that is done NOW WHAT!
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