Is that not a Canvas theme!?
The shock, the horror!
I know, I know, what was I thinking? But we wanted Parallax and Canvas can’t yet do Parallax. Parallax is a fancy scrolling mechanism popular in single-page sites where the content scrolls down at different speeds producing a cool effect beyond just … a scrolling page.
The theme we chose, Salient, is loaded with features, but as often happens with these themes that are loaded with features is that they are hard (if not impossible) to customize. I longed for some of the easy-to-use customizations in Canvas (e.g. even just changing the Heading 3 font!), but we made do and the final site is a beauty … but I have to admit, it’s mostly due to excellent photo selection by super star marketer Travis Culwell and some custom-designed artwork. Yep, that’ll make the difference (almost) every time.
- Large slider on top with main message
- A three-column layout can really help show off services.
- See those nice graphics? Yeah, that’s where an artist makes a difference (these were custom made)
- Built-in portfolio section … although not very customizable.
- Dividers between content areas are easy to add and full-width.
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