WooThemes for you
A brief overview of WooThemes, Canvas, Woo plugins and WooCommerce (whew!)
Presented by Laura RinaldiPrincipal Catalyst Creations West
WooThemes are premium themes
What is the difference between a premium themes and a free theme
• Support• Features• Upgrades• And of course, one costs money and one does not.
Here is an example of a free theme
Dashboard of Responsive Theme
This is the only place to get free themes
There are many choices of paid themes
And then there is Woo Themes
Here is an example of a WooTheme
Each theme has standard features
And more special features
And each theme has cool bits that make it the right choice for your job
So, which WooTheme to choose?
Canvas is the answer
Here is what the backend of Canvas looks like.
More closeups of Dashboard
Examples of sites others have done in Canvas
Some sites I have built with Canvas
And another Canvas
Here are some examples of what you can do out of the box.
Business theme page
Other cool things
And quotes and icon links
Things that aren’t intuitive, there are tutorials
And then more in depth
And not just from Woo, but others too
http://www.mayne.net/woothemes-canvas-css-tweaks/
So, because it is so popular lots of resources.
http://www.pootlepress.co.uk/2013/06/65-tips-tricks-and-css-tweaks-for-woothemes-canvas/
Quick look at the features of the dashboard
Full width layout
And a whole bunch more
Woo Plugins
• WooDojo• WooSlider• WooSidebars• WooCommerce
WOO COMMERCEAs much as I can think of to tell you about.
And Woo has expanded into ecommerce
Why should you use WooCommerce?
• Very easy to use• Mostly intuitive• Free extensions• Support from WooThemes• Because you know you really do need to have an
ecommerce site.
What does it look like on the front end?
Themes that have been built for WooCommerce
Will canvas work with WooCommerce
• Yes, of course, as long as you have the most recent version of Canvas.
What does it look like on the back end?
What a product looks like
Corresponding live page
Built in features
How much does it cost?
Where is the expense? Extensions
Beware of third party extensions
Taken off site, and to another form of support
What orders look like
Are there other ecommerce plugins out there. Sure there are.
• Shopp• Cart 66• WP Commerce• And the newest one from ithemes