This entry is part 1 of 12 in the series Canvas Page TemplatesA page template can be as simple as a Sitemap or as complex as a Magazine style layout. WOO Themes Canvas comes with several built-in and ready-to-use page templates. They perform a wide variety of functions from simple to quite complex. A few […]
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Columns vs. Sidebar
You’d like some elements on this side of the page and some on another. Columns or sidebar? Let’s have a look. Let’s take the About page. You have the photo and some basic bio content on the left, but on the right, you’d like, say, contact information. Great. So, do you use a column layout […]
Using the “Transparent” Color
Did you want that primary navigation to have a transparent background? Easy peasie. Still struggling with trying to match the background color of the element that you really want hidden with the color of the element behind it? Your days of agony are over. See the background color of the navigation on top of the […]
How to Choose a WordPress Theme
Struggling through the forest of WordPress themes? Grab your bug spray and follow me. There are an overwhelming number of WordPress themes out there in the wild (144,000,000 results on Google). How do you know which ones are good? Reliable? Which theme companies will be around in a year? 3 years? How often do they […]
Please add some slider posts via Slides > Add New
Can’t get your WOO Canvas Business Slider to work? Here’s some help. I was stuck with an odd error that I couldn’t seem to fix. I couldn’t get the Business Slider working. I chose my slides, gave them a Slider Group, changed the default settings in Canvas, but nothing. Just this error message: Seems like […]
WOO Canvas Website in 24 Minutes
A site built and designed in 24 minutes? From empty to full-width image header, navigation design, custom Google fonts galore, shortcode buttons, 1/3 and 2/3 columns, info boxes, a call to action, even a drop cap. Crazy, I know. Get your popcorn. This site is built before your eyes. Will it win awards? No. Is […]
Clean Canvas, a WOO Canvas Child Theme
Looking to start with a blank child theme for Canvas but don’t know where to look? Yeah, I didn’t either. I found a child theme called Fresh Canvas a few years ago and have been using that for years now, but even that had some code and images in it if I remember correctly. So […]
Change the background image in WOO Canvas
Not only can you change the image, but you have some options for placement, scrolling, etc. With WOO Canvas, it’s easy to change the background image of your site. If you have a large, “single” image that you don’t want to repeat, just check the settings. Or maybe you have an image that’s supposed to […]
WOO Canvas Footer
This post might also be called WOO Canvas Footers as there are two footer areas in Canvas. Once you understand the difference between the regular footer and the footer widget area, you’ll have a better time figuring out how they work–and how they can work for you. It may seem confusing that there are two footers, […]
Remove Meta Data from Posts and Archives in WOO Canvas
Looking to get rid of the “Posted by” (author) on “Date” in “category” info? Here’s how. In most recent versions of Canvas it’s called Filters. In that screen, you’ll see a few boxes and if you look closely, you’ll see some busy code. If you look closely, you’ll recognize elements that show the author, date, […]