Reforming the Pitch: The Journey, Episode 11

The Journey, a Social Media Examiner production, is an episodic video documentary that shows you what really happens inside a growing business. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjZgNQyY2Zo Watch The Journey: Episode 11 Episode 11 of The Journey follows Michae…

15 Tips for Growing Your YouTube Channel

Want to produce algorithm-friendly YouTube content? Wondering how to attract viewers and keep them watching? In this article, you’ll find 15 tips and tactics for optimizing your YouTube video content at every stage of the video production process…

The Responsive & Fluid Visual Builder Interface With Improved Support For Mobile Devices and Large Monitors

The New And ImprovedVisual Builder Interface The Visual Builder interface has been updated with a fluid and responsive design that improves the building experience on mobile devices and large monitors. The power of Divi lies in the usability, flexibility and customizability of the Visual Builder. It’s not just about what the builder can do, but […]

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How to Style Your Monarch Social Buttons to Match Your Site’s Design

Here at Elegant Themes, we have one main thing going for us: we make a slew of awesome stuff. You’re probably familiar with Divi, but do you know about our plugin, Monarch? No? Maybe? That’s okay. Monarch social buttons are a fantastic way to increase sharing and engagement on your site, and when you combine […]

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How to Style Your Bloom Email Opt-Ins to Match Your Site’s Design

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve recently launched a new design initiative where we provide y’all free, professional Divi layout packs every week. They’re fully functional and ready to use straight out of the .zip file, and that’s awesome. But we also want to make sure that you’re aware of ways to add to the […]

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How to Use Divi’s New Filter Options to Beautify Your Images

One of Divi’s new updates is one that’ll come in handy when designing all kinds of websites. The new filter options, effects and blend options make using Photoshop while designing your next website almost unnecessary. To help you get started with them, we’re going to show you how you can beautify your images within Divi […]

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WPHugs: An Open Source Project for Mental Health Support, Education, and Awareness

WordPress isn’t just about websites and code. It’s a true community comprised of thousands of wonderful people. And as a community made of humans, the WordPress community experiences issues that go beyond source code, plugins, and themes. One such issue that’s starting to get talked about more often is mental health. People like Cory Miller, Michele […]

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Printify for WooCommerce Overview: You Sell Designs, They Print & Fill Orders

Ever wished that you could add the power of print on demand to your WooCommerce Store? Print on demand opens the doors to you selling a huge variety of products via your store without needing to maintain an equally huge physical inventory. As you might be able to guess, WooCommerce doesn’t support print on demand […]

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How to Use CSS Even and Odd Rules to Create Engaging Tables in WordPress

Cascading Stylesheets (CSS) enable you to create some fantastic effects if you have the relevant expertise. However, there are so many elements you can customize that mastering the language can be difficult. Take CSS even and odd rules, for example. They’re little-known selectors that enable you to target even and odd elements on tables, lists, and […]

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How to Recreate The Color Filters, Effects & Blend Mode Examples with Divi (Part 2)

Welcome to the last part of this 2-part series on how to recreate our color filters, effects, and blend mode examples with Divi. You can check out our filter demo page for a look at these examples to get an idea of what we will be creating together. In the last tutorial, I recreated sections […]

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Appointment Booking and Online Scheduling Plugin by vCita: A Detailed Overview and Review

One of the hardest elements of running a business online is making sure that you can deliver your products efficiently to your clients and customers. If you’re a service-oriented business, that becomes even harder because you don’t have to simply worry about shipping details. You have to worry about booking and scheduling appointments that work […]

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How to Recreate The Color Filters, Effects & Blend Mode Examples with Divi (Part 1)

Welcome to our 2-part series on how to recreate our color filters, effects, and blend mode examples with Divi. You can check out our filter demo page for a look at these examples to get an idea of what we will be creating together. With the recent release of Divi’s new Filters, Effects, and Blend […]

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Using WordPress 4.9’s Customizer Updates to Enhance Your Web Designs

WordPress 4.9 released with a much needed (and much longed-for) feature: drafting, scheduling, and previewing theme changes. For a while now (since WP 3.4), the customize option in our admin dashboards has given us a modicum of control over our sites, but 4.9 really skyrocketed the feature into one of Core’s best. If you haven’t […]

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Introducing Over 70 Brand New Divi Video Tutorials For You And Your Clients

Improved Divi DocumentationFor You And Your Clients The Divi video documentation has been completely redone and greatly improved to make it easier for you and your clients to learn the ins and outs of the Divi Builder. Today we are excited to announce the complete revamp of our Divi documentation series and the release of […]

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How to Create Contextual Social Fly-In’s with Monarch

You love Divi. Of course you do. Divi rocks. That’s why there’s the hashtag #divirocks, right? But what about Monarch, our social sharing plugin that comes with your Elegant Themes membership? #monarchrocks, too, and part of that rocktitude is being able to create contextual social fly-ins. Monarch is really powerful, and once you’re familiar with […]

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How to Add Resume Downloads & Typing Effects to Divi’s Copywriter Layout Pack

Helping you get a website up and running without a lot of effort is the main goal of our Layout Pack Use Cases initiative. And this time, we’re helping you set up a copywriter website with the free Copywriter Layout Pack for Divi. Although this layout pack already has most of the elements your copywriter […]

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Style Chrome With These 15+ Google Themes for Designers and Creatives

With its impressive ~60% market share, Google Chrome clearly appeals to a majority of the world’s population. And that means its design is…well, built to appeal to the majority. But just because it appeals to the majority, that doesn’t mean it’s the right look for you. Thankfully, Google themes let you completely change how your […]

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How to Use Divi’s New Border Style Options on Your Website (Part 2)

Divi’s new border options add a ton of new possibilities to designing a new website with Divi’s built-in settings only. To help you illustrate some of the things you can do with the border options, we’re recreating the examples of the announcement post. In the first part of this post, we’ve handled 7 of the […]

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5 Interesting Beta Plugins That May Be Included in a Future WordPress Version

In a lot of cases, the WordPress core team tests features earmarked for inclusion into core with plugins. Anyone can check out what plugins are currently in beta, and doing so can help you predict how the platform will evolve within its next few releases. Beta testing enables the WordPress team to weed out features […]

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How to Use Divi’s New Border Style Options on Your Website (Part 1)

Divi’s new border style options are part of one of the most recent updates. Within the announcement blog post, we’ve shared some amazing designs you can achieve with these new options without having to use any additional CSS. The chances are that you’ve liked some of those designs and that you want to learn how […]

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A Quick Guide to phpMyAdmin (And How You Can Use It)

All but the simplest of websites use databases. Everything that happens on your WordPress site – regardless of its complexity – is recorded to one. However, you may sometimes need to access and interact with your database content – and that’s often difficult without the right knowledge and tools. That’s where phpMyAdmin (and other tools […]

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Divi Feature Update! The New Blazing Fast Visual Builder Powered by React 16

The Visual Builder Just Got A Whole Lot Faster We want to help web designers be productive, and that means making sure that the Divi Builder is performing at the top of its class. One of our biggest goals while building Divi has been to help web designers be productive and improve efficiency in their […]

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How to Find Your WordPress Page ID and Post ID (And What You Can Do With Them)

If you’ve been using WordPress for any significant amount of time, you’ve probably come across a situation where you need to find a WordPress page ID or post ID. Page and post IDs can come in handy both when you’re using plugins and working with code. But despite their importance, WordPress doesn’t make it especially […]

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10 Inspiring Mobile Ecommerce Website Designs Made with WordPress

When creating an eCommerce website for your business, or when designing one for a client, one of the first things you’ll wonder is which content management system to use. Among all the different options you have, WordPress is highly recommended and frequently used. The reasons behind this are the simplicity of use and the various themes […]

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WordCamp US 2017 Recap – The Divi Nation Rocks Out in Music City

WordCamps are the premiere community events for WordPress. There are local and regional ones, as well as national and continental ones. WordCamp US is the annual event for the United States, and WordCamp US 2017 just wrapped up last weekend. And the Divi Nation showed up in force and made the weekend even more spectacular […]

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How to Set up In-Store Pickups for Online Orders with Divi’s Free Coffee Shop Layout Pack & WooCommerce

If you’re creating a coffee shop website, one of the things you might be looking for is a way to allow in-store pickups for online orders. It just makes it easier to attract a new audience that doesn’t have the time to stand hours in a line waiting to order a coffee. It also helps […]

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Divi Feature Update! Introducing Color Filters, Effects And Blend Modes For All Images, Modules, Rows and Sections

Easily Apply Color Filters, EffectsAnd Blend Modules To Any Element Now you have even more control over the appearance of every element on your page thanks to our new collection of filters, effects and blend modes. We want to provide designers the tools they need to be creative on the web, and that means giving […]

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How to Create Custom Event Listing and Registration Pages with Divi and WooCommerce

If you run or help volunteer at an organization that puts on events, then you’re likely familiar with a wide range of event planning, management, and promotional tools. There’s Facebook, Meetup, and loads of WordPress plugins with slightly different approaches to the task of putting on an event. These tools are great. And for almost […]

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How to Make the Best WordCamp Talk Proposal Possible

Throughout grad school and then my near-decade as a college instructor, I learned that most students (myself included) were woefully unprepared for the professional development that came once school was over. Employers and graduate schools looked at more than GPA and final projects to evaluate them. One of the easiest ways to build your CV […]

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What the Most Popular Personal Blogs on the Web Have in Common

Starting a personal blog is one of those things many people have thought of doing. And because it’s so easy to get started, most of those people have actually created one. Some have even managed to create pretty successful personal blogs out of something that started out as just a hobby. But what’s the key to running […]

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How to Add Featured Videos to Your WordPress Posts and Pages

If you’re a WordPress user, you’re probably familiar with its featured image functionality. For each of your posts, you can pick an image that represents it, and helps readers understand what your content is about. However, depending on the topic, video can often be a better choice than images. While WordPress doesn’t support featured videos […]

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How to Use the Exclusive Cyber Monday Bakery Layout Pack to Create a Locations Page for Your Business

Our Biggest Discount Of Of All Time Cyber Monday only comes once a year, and when it does, we like to do something really special. Today we are offering 25% OFF EVERYTHING, the biggest discount we have ever given. This discount has only ever been offered once before (during last year’s Black Friday and Cyber […]

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How Use The Cyber Monday Artist Layout Pack to Create a Multi-Step Form for Quote Requests

Our Biggest Discount Of Of All Time Cyber Monday only comes once a year, and when it does, we like to do something really special. Today we are offering 25% OFF EVERYTHING, the biggest discount we have ever given. This discount has only ever been offered once before (during last year’s Black Friday and Cyber […]

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How to Use the Exclusive Cyber Monday Divi Layout Pack for Online Stores and Bloom to Incentivize New Visitors with a Coupon Code

Our Biggest Discount Of Of All Time Cyber Monday only comes once a year, and when it does, we like to do something really special. Today we are offering 25% OFF EVERYTHING, the biggest discount we have ever given. This discount has only ever been offered once before (during last year’s Black Friday and Cyber […]

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How to Use the Exclusive Cyber Monday Freelance Layout Pack & Calendly to Schedule Client Meetings

Our Biggest Discount Of Of All Time Cyber Monday only comes once a year, and when it does, we like to do something really special. Today we are offering 25% OFF EVERYTHING, the biggest discount we have ever given. This discount has only ever been offered once before (during last year’s Black Friday and Cyber […]

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How to Use the Exclusive Cyber Monday Consultant Layout Pack to Create an Email Opt-in for a Free E-Book

Our Biggest Discount Of Of All Time Cyber Monday only comes once a year, and when it does, we like to do something really special. Today we are offering 25% OFF EVERYTHING, the biggest discount we have ever given. This discount has only ever been offered once before (during last year’s Black Friday and Cyber […]

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Why @Uber Needs a Directional Reset in Customer Service!

Why @Uber Needs a Directional Reset in Customer Service!

After a recent run in with @Uber and their “cleaning fee” and an unscrupulous driver in Maine, I put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard in this case, and I offer a clear balanced path for the future management of driver – rider relations and...

How to Use the Exclusive Black Friday Product Marketing Layout Pack with HubSpot CRM

Our Biggest Discount Ever Black Friday only comes once a year, and when it does, we like to do something really special. Today we are offering 25% OFF EVERYTHING, the biggest discount we have ever given. This discount has only ever been offered once before (during last year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale), and […]

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Our Biggest, Craziest Black Friday Sale Of All Time Starts Now!

Our Biggest Discount Ever Black Friday only comes once a year, and when it does, we like to do something really special. Today we are offering 25% OFF EVERYTHING, the biggest discount we have ever given. This discount has only ever been offered once before (during last year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale), and […]

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Our Biggest, Craziest Black Friday Sale Of All Time Starts Now!

Our Biggest Discount Ever Black Friday only comes once a year, and when it does, we like to do something really special. Today we are offering 25% OFF EVERYTHING, the biggest discount we have ever given. This discount has only ever been offered once before (during last year’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday sale), and […]

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10 Cool Themes to Check Out Before Creating Your Next WordPress Website

Whatever kind of niche or style you can think of; there’s a WordPress theme for it. People have been using WordPress to build all kinds of websites which makes it no surprise that all sorts of themes are keep being developed, improved and purchased by web enthusiasts all over the world. In this post, we’ll specifically […]

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How to Create a Giving Tuesday Landing Page with Divi and GiveWP

In case you haven’t heard, we’re getting ready to start off a massive Black Friday and Cyber Monday campaign here at Elegant Themes. But there’s another cool thing happening around this time of year. It’s called Giving Tuesday (this year if falls on November 28) and it’s an effort by the non-profits of the world […]

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Free Divi Download: Get Our Fresh Farmers Market Layout Pack Today!

Hey Divi Nation, thanks for joining us for the next installment of our ongoing Divi Design Initiative; where each week we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack (complete with gorgeous high quality images) from our design team to you. This week Kenny and his team have created a delightfully fresh design for […]

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How to Add Dribbble to WordPress

If you are a designer, you probably know about Dribbble (yep, that’s with three B’s). If you don’t know of them, do yourself a favor: go check them out. Their tagline is Show and Tell for Designers, which pretty much sums it up. Unlike sites like DeviantArt, Dribbble is a showcase specifically for graphic designers […]

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A Sneak Peek At The Exclusive Black Friday Divi Layout Packs, Coming Soon

Coming Soon, Our Biggest Black FridaySale Of Of All Time We are planning a Black Friday sale, and it’s going to be crazy awesome! In fact, it’s our biggest sale of all time, filled with huge discounts, free prizes and beautiful Divi layout packs. We only do this kind of thing once per year, but […]

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10 Resume Websites Made With Divi

Resumes are a popular type of personal websites. They’re great for presenting your skills, education, and experience to potential clients and employers. Fortunately there are lots of resume websites made with Divi to help spark your imagination. In this article we’ll take a look at 10 examples of resume websites made with Divi. Regardless of […]

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3 Important Areas of Design to Focus on for Every Website Build

Welcome to part 3, the final post in our mini series “Effective Divi Web Design Principles” where we’re exploring effective design practices to help empower new web designers and those who identify as someone without an “eye for design.” Now that we’ve covered preparing and learning how to have a better eye for design and […]

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Why You Should Add Facebook Messenger to WordPress (And How to Do It)

Facebook is everywhere. You can’t escape it. Open pretty much any website, and you’re bombarded by #3B5998 (that’s the hex code for Facebook’s very specific blue, by the way). Heck, it’s over to the side of this page thanks to Monarch. See? Everywhere. It’s probably on your website, too, somehow (and on your phone and […]

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3 Effective Web Design Principles for the “Non-Designer”

Welcome to part 2 of our mini series “Effective Divi Web Design Principles” where we’re exploring effective design practices to help empower new web designers and those who identify as someone without an “eye for design.” In our previous post, we covered preparing your mindset and went over some ways of learning how to develop […]

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3 Ways to Learn How to Have a Better Eye for Design

Welcome to part 1 of our mini series “Effective Divi Web Design Principles” where we’re exploring effective design practices to help empower new web designers and those who identify as someone without an “eye for design.” In today’s visual age, design is more important than ever. Good design can make or break your business when […]

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What the Best Job Websites Have In Common (And the Tools You Need to Recreate Them)

Job websites, they are one of the most searched kinds of sites out there. People spend hours on them on a regular basis, in the hope to find the perfect job that matches their profile. Most people have their favorite job websites which they always consult, such as indeed and CareerBuilder, Glassdoor and LinkedIn, bookmarked […]

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WordPress 4.9: What You Can Expect in the Next Release

Wondering what’s coming in WordPress 4.9? With all the talk of the Gutenberg Editor, it’s easy to forget that we have one more major release scheduled before Gutenberg is slated to become part of the WordPress core. WordPress 4.9 doesn’t introduce anything nearly as big as Gutenberg, but it will bring some major improvements to […]

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Divi Plugin Highlight: Testify

Testify is a third-party plugin that adds a new module to the Divi Builder to display testimonials that you’ve created within the testimonial editor or those that your visitors have uploaded through a form. Testify works with and without Divi. Testify has other features that work outside of Divi, such as Customizer and upload features, […]

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Divi Feature Update! Advanced Border Options For All Modules, Rows and Sections

New Border Options For All DiviModules, Rows and Sections Divi’s design capabilities have been expanded once again with a new set of border options for all Divi Builder elements. Today we are excited to announce Divi’s brand new border options. Now you can easily add custom borders to every Divi module, row and section and […]

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Using Divi’s Fashion Layout Pack to Create an Online Store with WooCommerce

Divi’s new Fashion Layout Pack has a great setup for any online store. The integration of the shop module and the organization of the page layouts give you a significant headstart. But in order to get this layout up and running as a functional online store, we need the WooCommerce plugin. And, you may be […]

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How to Set up Conversion Split Tests on The New Design Agency Layout Pack with Divi

If you are running a design agency, you’re probably dealing with a lot of pressure while designing your company’s website. That’s most likely because creating websites is going to be one of the services you offer. It’s only logical that you want your design agency website to reflect the results that you can achieve for your […]

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How to Set up Conversion Split Tests on The New Design Agency Layout Pack with Divi

If you are running a design agency, you’re probably dealing with a lot of pressure while designing your company’s website. That’s most likely because creating websites is going to be one of the services you offer. It’s only logical that you want your design agency website to reflect the results that you can achieve for your […]

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