Website design for non-coders
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Hi All
Anyone any experience with using Headway Themes for wordpress. How does it compare to Artisteer 3 for ease of use for a non-coder.
Does "Headway Themes" really allow for the designing of sharp business wordpress websites for people with no coding skills as it claims.
Thanks
Peter
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I know I'm a little behind the times on this one, I'm thinking of using headway for my next site and seems to have some really nice SEO features. Built in meta-description fields (this doesn't come with WP), a SERP preview, easy nofollow, noindex.... All kinds of stuff.
Maybe I'll write full review once I've tried it.
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I have not used Headway, but a good friend of mine, that is a coder, was a die-hard Thesis fan... until he tried Headway. While he has no problem tweaking the code in Thesis to accomplish what he needs, he has been quite vocal about Headway being more secure and more user-friendly to the novice coder. Coming from him, that's mighty high praise. FWIW.
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A theme wont' help your SEO but some good plugins will make it easier For Wordpress theme feedback why not ask the theme creators the questions as their level of support and speed of feedback is often what makes choosing the right theme a good or bad idea.
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Hi Peter-
I'm assuming you're question is in regards to SEO support. If not, this might not be the best place to ask if it's just usability as a Wordpress theme.
You say you're a non-coder. Do you have design skills? Certainly, you would still need to have a good eye for aesthetics & layout.
As for the SEO support in these themes, I know many SEO-type plugs are getting better and better all the time. Having said that, even if you're going the DIY route, I'd still encourage you to have someone take a look at the code at some point in the process so you get the value out of the site that you're looking for!
-John
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