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The 4 Easy Steps of Headway’s Quick Start Wizard
When you first open Headway’s Visual Editor, you’re greeted by a Quick Start Wizard. Lets give it a spin and see what it can create!
Headway Quick Start Wizard
- First the Wizard asks me to pick a layout. I select a layout with a sidebar to the right.
- Next I have the option to upload a banner (size 960×150), so I quickly create a banner using a recent design (the Golden Ratio Autumn Wallpaper) and the colour palette I’ve put together for this project. Headway generates a palette based on my banner image and lets me pick three colours to work with as well as a background colour, by simply dragging and dropping the colours into the boxes.
- Then the Quick Start Wizard lets me pick one font for my titles and one for my content. I pick Lucida Grande for headings and Georgia for content.
- That’s it! Headway autmagically generates a design for me in seconds!
Ta Da!
Well, here it is. The automagic design. Depending on how happy you are with the results this could be the final design, or you could use it as a starting point and go on tweaking your design from here. What I like about it at this point is that Headway automatically adds a search field, pagination at the bottom of the page, a link to your RSS-feed and a 404 Error Page Template.
What do you think of the Quick Start Wizard?
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Although I’m impressed with what the Quick Start Wizard accomplished, this design doesn’t quite feel like my style. I’ll be back again tomorrow with the next few steps in this redesign process.
In Depth
Check out the video below, if you want to know more in depth how to use the Quick Start Wizard and the Visual Editor in Headway. Actually, if you watch this video, you’ll know as much about Headway as I do!
Learning Headway 1 – Beginning Steps from Headway Themes on Vimeo.
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By A.Pérez October 27, 2011 - 2:58 pm
Hey Kate! Love the new UI of your site! It looks clean & cool. The header is so smart. I’m glad you’ve kept the colours!
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By Kate October 28, 2011 - 12:02 am
A, thanks for your supportive comment! I will be working in my color scheme, and I agree, there are some useful UI elements in this design, the pagination for example. The design is to be continued…
By Tracy October 27, 2011 - 4:09 pm
WOW… what a makeover, Kate! I ADORE the new color palette! The new look is so welcoming and inviting. I’ve been offline a bit this week as you know, but I have been checking the progress of your site renovations and I think it’s been a brilliant transformation. The Wizard seems an ideal tool for such a makeover–very impressive! The feel here, it’s like sitting in a cozy living room with glass of wine and great conversation…aaahhh… :o) ((HUGS))
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By Kate October 28, 2011 - 12:03 am
Tracy, what a lovely description! I agree, this look does have a cosy feel to it. I LOVE what you wrote about feeling that ” it’s like sitting in a cozy living room with glass of wine and great conversation…” !
xoxo
By David Bennett October 27, 2011 - 11:37 pm
I like the color scheme and the image. The only thing I notice is that the navigation bar has broken onto a second line.
It’s always a trade-off between font size, the names of the individual tabs, and the width of the site.
Have you thought about putting your ‘search’ box in the right sidebar? That would free up room in the navigation bar.
I like the black ‘Facebook/G+/Tweet’ drop-down that appears as one scrolls down the site. What is that? Is it part of Shareaholic?
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By Kate October 28, 2011 - 12:08 am
Hello David, thank you for your thoughtful comment!
Yes! The navigation bar will definitely need reworking, and your idea to move the search box is terrific! Very helpful!
Glad to hear you like the black ‘Facebook/G+/Tweet’ drop-down that appears as one scrolls down the site! I think it’s effective without getting too much in one’s face, if that makes sense? You’re right, it’s a new feature of the WP-plugin SexyBookmarks from Shareaholic, which you can find here:
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sexybookmarks/
Tomorrow I’ll be readjusting the general layout of the blog, and then I’ll return to different areas like the sidebar, footer and navigation. Hope you stick around to see how this unfolds!
By wini October 31, 2011 - 3:33 am
Hi Kate, thanks for sharing about the Quickstart wizard. I love the header!
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