Category Archives: Custom Function

Changes using the Headway custom_functions.php option

Adding Google Fonts into the Headway Visual Design Editor

This is a follow on from the previous post – where we now add Google Fonts into the Headway Visual Design Editor – making them accessible from the styling menus:

Again, Headway makes this so easy – we simply load the Google Font by pasting a single line of code, and then add 1 line of [...]

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Using safe mailto: links

Spam-bots and email address harvesters are quite clever these days.. so lightly obfuscated email addresses can be picked up, mailto: links can definately be picked up easily, and of course raw email addresses is just asking for trouble..
But what if you want to use the mailto: link.. like one of my clients did.. even though [...]

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Creating a Widgetized Footer

Creating a widgetized footer for your HeadwayTheme is quite straightfoward – although it can be achieved in more than one way:

Editing the files – hard coding the changes – not recommended, as this won’t carry across when you upgrade. Also, an error can break Headway, or cause problems which may not be obvious.
Within the Visual [...]

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How To Create A Visual Editor Option For Categories menu

This is a video, which shows how to add a categories menu to the navigation bar, but also looks at the extensibility of headway, and how with a couple of edits, we can add this to the visual design editor.
But be warned, this involves editing core files, which comes with the risk of breaking everything!

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