Comments on: WordPress Theme Review: Headway

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 16:34:56 +0000

Kent,
I’ve not used Builder but I’d rate Thesis above Headway. My man Jason who wrote this review really liked Headway & I believe still uses it but after giving it a spin for a while I just found Thesis to be a lot more flexible. Headway’s definitely easy to move content blocks etc & arrange the content that they provide you leafs for, but if you want to go off script, it’s not nearly as easy as Thesis.

By: Kent

Kent — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:52:45 +0000

How would you rank/rate/compare Headway, Thesis, and Builder from iThemes?

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:41:10 +0000

kjs,
No, that doesn’t matter. PHP 5 is a newer version of PHP & Headway is listing PHP 4 as a minimum requirement so you’re ahead of the game. Good luck with Headway & let me know how you like it!

By: kjs

kjs — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:37:34 +0000

I’m thinking about trying Headway, but it’s requirements state PHP 4, what if I have PHP 5 installed? Does it matter?

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:38:54 +0000

Chase, that would really depend on your design and how the company codes it. There’s just no easy way to answer that question.

By: Chase Brumfield

Chase Brumfield — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:21:00 +0000

I’ve currently got a custom wordpress blog being designed due to what used to be my very low knowledge of Wordpress. However, I’ve learned a lot since that project started and was wondering how difficult it will be to basically take the custom theme the company provides me with and put it into a system like HeadWay so I’ll be able to easily edit it. Would this be a real pain in the neck, or would it just entail copying and pasting a few key parts of code here and there?

Thanks in advance

By: Ben Cook

Ben Cook — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:33:37 +0000

Sandra,
I would say that Headway is about the same with SEO in comparison to Thesis. I haven’t used Mimbo but I’ll look into it.

I believe both Thesis and Headway allow drop down menus, they both can give you wide layouts, they both offer good SEO and flexible layouts. I know this probably doesn’t help make your decision any easier but it’s the truth. However, I would highly recommend Thesis and as you can tell, I’m heavily invested in the Thesis community, having created 3 free skins for download with at least one more to come.

By: Sanda

Sanda — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:40:45 +0000

How good is the SEO for Headway compared with Thesis? Any thoughts on Mimbo Pro?

I’m shopping too, and the choices are just overwhelming… I can use some help. My hangups:

1. drop down menu
2. wide layout (1000 px)
3, good SEO
4. flexible layouts

Any suggestions? I’d say I am average in skills… Thanks!

By: Corey Freeman @ Headway Hacks

Corey Freeman @ Headway Hacks — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:15:39 +0000

Cool review. I’d like to say that I’ve used both Thesis and Headway and I’d like to classify myself as a designer. I’ve found Headway much, much easier to work with and the 1.5 update loads significantly faster than its predecessor, so that’s one complaint addressed.

I have not personally moved a blog from Thesis to Headway, but I did talk to a guy who’s made the move painlessly.

As far as “serious” designing goes, I’m currently using Headway to build client websites and not only is it fast, it’s extremely scalable. After starting the Headway Hack website (partly to force myself to keep learning more and more about it), I’ve found that no matter what people ask me to do – I can find a way in Headway that is generally quick and painless.

I would definitely say check it out. I love this theme.

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