Category Archives: Custom Stylesheet

Changes using the Headway custom.css option

Using The New Google Fonts in HeadwayThemes

Here’s a quick video on how to use the new Google Fonts in your HeadwayThemes site.

Here are the links mentioned in the video:

Google Fonts Quick Start Guide
The Google Fonts with embed links
CSS Font Shorthand Property Cheat Sheet by Impressivewebs (pdf file)
HeadwayThemes – if you haven’t got it!

Now look at how to add the Google Fonts [...]

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Different Header Images For Different Posts & Pages

I was asked how to get the http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/dynamic-headers/ plugin working with Headway.
From the plugin page: Dynamic headers fills a void that has been present for a while in WordPress. It is a small, easy to use plugin that allows you to manage what header media is shown on each page/post. Unlike some other [...]

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Creating Mixed Sidebar Backgrounds

I was working on a site this weekend, where the client wanted some pages to have one sidebar, and some pages to have two sidebars – but both pages needed a sidebar shaded background color.
Adding a nice background color to your sidebar areas makes it easy for users to make sense of the areas on [...]

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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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Easy Custom CSS – Using Firebug With Headway

Here’s a quick video on using firebug to find and test the right settings to enter into your custom.css

- Paul.

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