ABOUTAside from the Visual Layout Editor itself, Headway’s Leaf system is revolutionary. Think of leafs like table leafs, not tree leaves (Which, incidentally, is why it’s proper to say “leafs” instead of “leaves.” Seriously. We looked it up). Headway’s Leaf Panel in the Visual Layout Editor gives you unprecedented control over the visual placement and dimensions of page content.more here:
Simply put, each leaf is a content box. You get to decide what goes into the box, where the box goes on the page, and how big the box is. You can add leafs, arrange them, resize them, delete them, and edit their settings. The built-in leafs for Headway are (and there are more available to memebers):
- Content Leaf: displays posts according to settings you choose, such as including or excluding certain categories and the number of posts to be displayed
- Widget Ready Sidebar: add as many sidebars as you want in your layout—including the ability to have special “sideways sidebars” in the footer (which has, until Headway, always been a weak area in WordPress theme design)
- Text/HTML/PHP Leaf: put custom content of any kind you want into this leaf: regular text, XHTML, PHP, and JavaScript (such as for email opt-in forms, for example), it can take just about anything
- Featured Post Leaf: featured post leafs allow for animated transitions between a series of featured posts on your blog all within the same box—these look great at the top of the blog main page
- RSS/Recent Posts Leaf: grab any RSS feed from any source (including your own, of course) and display a specific number of recent posts from it with this powerful Leaf
- Image Rotator Leaf: create an animated slideshow of images that gently fade one into another with this super-easy Leaf, and put it anywhere on the page you like
- About Leaf: create a highly detailed “about” box on your page with text, an im