Whether you follow marketing trends or not, it’s hard not to notice the huge swell of personalization in digital experiences. Everyone from Netflix to Amazon is investing in customized experiences for their users. And while you may not be able to match their budgets, if you’re running an eCommerce store on WordPress, there are a […]
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Hey Divi Nation, thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. This week our design team breaks into the world of fashion with a fashion layout pack designed to be […]
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In July of 2017, WhatsApp officially announced that over 1 billion people use WhatsApp every single day. Yes, that’s billion with a B. Those users also send over 55 billion messages…every day. With a WhatsApp WordPress integration, you can start making your website a part of those billions of messages. Additionally, WhatsApp is no longer […]
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In July of 2017, WhatsApp officially announced that over 1 billion people use WhatsApp every single day. Yes, that’s billion with a B. Those users also send over 55 billion messages…every day. With a WhatsApp WordPress integration, you can start making your website a part of those billions of messages. Additionally, WhatsApp is no longer […]
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Creating a personal website is both fun and challenging. You want your website to look engaging and personal enough to get your story told. And at the same time, you want to have a beautiful and authentic website that shows that you know what you’re doing. To help you with the creative process of creating such […]
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We all love social media. We may get frustrated at times, and we all probably disconnect and take breaks, but in the end, we return to our chosen networks like puppies who wandered too far into the woods and got lost for a bit. What we don’t love, however, are the annoying pop-ups, overlays, and […]
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The new Divi options offer tons of possibilities. Modules, rows and columns, more than ever, empower one another on the road towards stunning and user-friendly web design. One of the things it can do is create remarkable editorial style sections. And that’s exactly what we’ll be showing you in this post; 5 different editorial style section […]
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Got 5 minutes? Then you’ve got time to download WordPress! Clicky-clicky-typey-typey, and you’ve got another checkmark on your donezo list, right? With that famous 5-minute install, things couldn’t be simpler, right? No. Not quite. Installing WordPress is simple, definitely. Anyone can do it. But I’m a big believer in that when you’re working with any […]
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Hero sections; they serve all kinds of purposes. They’re the first thing visitors see when they visit your website, they immediately show the style of your website and they influence the way your visitors feel and behave on your site. We’re already used to all kinds of hero sections out there, but most of them […]
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Looking for some alternatives to WordPress? While we might be big fans of the world’s most popular content management system, that doesn’t mean there aren’t other perfectly viable tools for you to use to build a website or blog. In this post, I’ll dig into 12 of those WordPress alternatives, divided into three separate categories: […]
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One of the most recent Divi updates was long-awaited; the integration of box shadows into sections, rows and modules. In this post, we’ll be focusing on how row box shadows can improve the overall look and feel of your website. To illustrate the depth box shadows can bring to your website, we’ve created an example that […]
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In most cases, giving people unrestricted access to your dashboard isn’t a good idea. After all, the more people with administrator privileges, the greater the chance of a problem arising that could have serious consequences for your site. One excellent way to limit the number of people with access to your dashboard is to use […]
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In this Divi post, we’ll be showing you how you can combine the background and shadow options of an Image Module. This post is meant to stimulate your imagination and show you how new Divi features can work with existing ones–leading to creative results. To help you with the creative process, we’ve created 4 combinations […]
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In this Divi post, we’ll be showing you how you can combine the background and shadow options of an Image Module. This post is meant to stimulate your imagination and show you how new Divi features can work with existing ones–leading to creative results. To help you with the creative process, we’ve created 4 combinations […]
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Getting your website to look as professional as possible can be a tough journey. One of the obstacles you may face is finding the right images and graphics that match the written content you’re trying to bring to life. Luckily, the internet is full of people who provide great resources that help us work faster, […]
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In today’s Divi tutorial, we’re going to show you how you can create simple textured backgrounds and use them as backgrounds for your sections to make your website look just a little bit more authentic. If you check out our recent free Learning Management Layout, you’ll see that we’ve used a textured background throughout all […]
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Every year WordPress users from all over the United States (and several other countries) descend on the venue for WordCamp US. It’s by far the biggest WordCamp in the United States and aside from having tons of great speakers and sponsors on hand to meet and learn from, it’s the WordCamp where Matt Mullenweg delivers […]
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Hey Divi Nation, thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. The free layout pack that we’ll be sharing with you today is one that many of you have been […]
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Creating an eCommerce website and figuring out how you’ll approach your eCommerce website design is a process that can take a lot of time. Because, in the end, your eCommerce website design is as important as the products you want to sell. Even more; a good design will help you boost your conversion rates and […]
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I love taking courses online. There is something about starting a well designed, well-organized e-course with some great content. If done well, these e-courses can keep you motivated with a sense of accomplishment. But learning from a great e-course and creating one are two totally different experiences. And in my experience, creating a Learning Managment […]
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Style tags are a pretty interesting part of web development. I mean, they’re fundamental and basic to how the current web works, but most of the time, your site’s actual styling comes from importing and using numerous CSS stylesheets for themes, plugins, and the everyday look your visitors see. But back in the old days […]
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Caldera Forms does a great job of blending in with the styling of your website. What if you wanted to style it using the familiar styling tools of the Divi and Extra Theme Customizer? You can do this with a third-party plugin called Caldera Forms Style Customizer for Divi and Extra. Caldera Forms can be […]
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When you first learn HTML, the only way you know how to insert any kind of interactivity is using script tags in the header or footer of the page to set the type and source of an external JavaScript file. (Or if you’re really just learning, the entire JS function between script tags right there […]
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In this post, we’ll be showing you how you can create a scrolling fashion catalogue. Using this method will help you connect with your audience as you would by handing them a paper catalogue. Creating an online scrolling fashion catalogue may help increase the results you get from the catalogue. By including direct links to […]
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Beauty blogs are one of those kinds of websites that have a lot of relevant content aimed at a specific target audience. The bloggers behind these sites are usually very active and try to keep their visitors as up-to-date as possible with all kinds of tips revolving around beauty; from makeup to skin care, health […]
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Easily Add Stunning Text ShadowsTo Any Module Every Divi module and all text elements have been updated with a full set of text shadow controls and a brand new text shadow interface for the Divi Builder. Today we are excited to add even more design customizability to Divi with our brand new Text Shadow options […]
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One of the best ways to boost the design of your website is by using different section transitions. In a previous post, we’ve shown you how you can do that using the Divi built-in options only. However, if you’re looking to create something a little bit more advanced or personalized, you can create irregularly shaped section […]
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Many WordPress websites use custom code or functions somewhere within their posts and pages. The platform makes it easy to add this code, but if you’re going to reuse snippets throughout your site, it can be a pain to add code manually whenever you need to. Instead of having to insert your code snippets by […]
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In this post, we’ll be showing you how you can easily create a simple yet elegant timeline with Divi’s your Blurb Modules. We’ll be combining the different options that modules and rows provide to achieve the result you can view below. The example we’ll be sharing is based on the built-in Divi options only, which means […]
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I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: if you’re a WordPress user, you need to become familiar with JavaScript. That’s just the way of the web. The real issue, then, is the disturbing number of JavaScript libraries you have to sort through. There’s Ember, React, Angular. Vue and Preact. And don’t forget about […]
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Hey Divi Nation, thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. I must admit, like a lot of you, I look forward to this post every week. The design team […]
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You get updates to iOS or Android on your smartphones. Gamers get new content patches for World of Warcraft or Call of Duty. WordPress plugins and themes get new features. The software that you use every single day gets updated periodically. When it does, a changelog is published that show you exactly what was fixed […]
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It’s time again for our monthly Divi Showcase where we take a look at some amazing Divi websites from our community members. Each month we showcase the best Divi websites that were submitted from our community and today we want to share with you the top ten websites for this month. Throughout the post I […]
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The world isn’t black and white, so why does your website need to be black and white? Ok – there aren’t many entirely black and white websites. But that doesn’t mean we still can’t make the web more colorful. And to give you the inspiration to do just that, we’ve collected some gorgeous examples of […]
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The Divi Builder includes lots of modules to help you add practically any design elements to your layouts, but what if you wanted to create your own modules? A third-party plugin called Divi Module Builder gives you this ability. In this article I’ll take a look at the plugin and see what it can do […]
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The Divi Builder includes lots of modules to help you add practically any design elements to your layouts, but what if you wanted to create your own modules? A third-party plugin called Divi Module Builder gives you this ability. In this article I’ll take a look at the plugin and see what it can do […]
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Sometimes, the best possible move is to start over from zero, and that holds true even for WordPress websites. In some cases, simply starting from scratch will be much easier than reworking your site. However, the bad news is that WordPress doesn’t include a way to start over by default. Fortunately, there are a few […]
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In today’s Divi tutorial, we’ll be showing you how you can create stunning section chapters for your website. These chapters serve as a guideline for your visitors. It’ll show them when they are entering another section of a page. Usually, chapters are used in combination with one specific background color throughout all of the sections. […]
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There are uncountable WordPress themes out there. Most of them are well-thought-out and offer you one of the most valuable things out there: extra time to personalize the website you’ve had in mind. To find the ideal WordPress theme, you can look around and see what’s for sale (or for free) in big market places […]
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Welcome to part 6 of this 6 part series that will teach you how use Divi’s new Animation options to design awesome page sections. I’m going to be walking you through how to build the different sections of our live demo page in order to show you techniques for adding animations to your website. The […]
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Writing good captions for pictures on the web is an art in itself. We often stress on this blog how important it is to supplement your written content with visuals. Images engage readers, make content more entertaining and also boost SEO. However, there’s more to optimizing images in online content than merely adding them. Especially […]
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Writing good captions for pictures on the web is an art in itself. We often stress on this blog how important it is to supplement your written content with visuals. Images engage readers, make content more entertaining and also boost SEO. However, there’s more to optimizing images in online content than merely adding them. Especially […]
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Our Biggest Font Options Upgrade Ever This is a huge update with so many new font options. You wont believe how much more you can do, and have much easier those things are to achieve. We have an amazing Divi update for you today, filled with so many of the features you have been requesting, […]
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Welcome to part 5 of this 6 part series that will teach you how use Divi’s new Animation options to design awesome page sections. I’m going to be walking you through how to build the different sections of our live demo page in order to show you techniques for adding animations to your website. The […]
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If you are going to be a podcaster, then you have to use iTunes to distribute your podcast. There really is no way around it. Apple’s service not only originated the terminology and technology of podcasting (broadcasting for an iPod), but it has since remained the defacto podcast hub. Around two-thirds of all podcast listeners […]
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Hey Divi Nation, thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. This week Kenny and the design team have created a stunning Business Layout Pack with seven different pages that […]
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Blubrry is awesome. Far more than a delicious fruit rich in antioxidants or the name of what I dream Violet Beauregard would call a new tech start-up, Blubrry is the parent company of the scrumdiddlyumptious PowerPress plugin that gives WordPress audiophiles full control of their audio files. Unlike services such as Libsyn and Soundcloud, which […]
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Welcome to part 4 of this 6 part series that will teach you how use Divi’s new Animation options to design awesome page sections. I’m going to be walking you through how to build the different sections of our live demo page in order to show you techniques for adding animations to your website. The […]
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No matter what field you’re working in, you should always keep an eye on the industry to know what people are getting paid. For that reason, and because most of us work with WordPress professionally, we thought it would be helpful to take a look at the average WordPress developer salary for both yearly and […]
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Welcome to part 3 of this 6 part series that will teach you how use Divi’s new Animation options to design awesome page sections. I’m going to be walking you through how to build the different sections of our live demo page in order to show you techniques for adding animations to your website. The […]
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The word wiki has come a long way from when it was best known as the opening lyric to a ‘90s Will Smith song. Outside of the wild, wild west, a wiki is a collaborative knowledge base, an encyclopedia of curated, cited, and cross-referenced information. Obviously, the megasite Wikipedia is the main reason many folks […]
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Hey Divi Nation we’re back this week with our last podcast to appear on this blog! What?! Yes, it’s true. After this week we’ll be transitioning the Divi Nation podcast and video show to a Facebook livestream on Thursday’s at 3pm EST. It will also be available after the livestream on YouTube and iTunes (or […]
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PHP is the backbone of WordPress (~70% of the source code is in PHP), and that means for aspiring WordPress developers, there’s not much of a choice of what programming language to learn. (JavaScript is really the other major player, making up the other third of the codebase.) So you’re gonna need some good PHP […]
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PHP is the backbone of WordPress (~70% of the source code is in PHP), and that means for aspiring WordPress developers, there’s not much of a choice of what programming language to learn. (JavaScript is really the other major player, making up the other third of the codebase.) So you’re gonna need some good PHP […]
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Apply Awesome Box Shadow EffectsTo Any Divi Element The new Divi Builder box shadow interface makes it easy to create stylish shadows and apply them to any module, row or section. Today we are updating Divi with brand new Box Shadow options that give you the power to easily design wonderful shadow effects and apply […]
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Welcome to part 2 of this 5 part series that will teach you how use Divi’s new Animation options to design awesome page sections. I’m going to be walking you through how to build the different sections of our live demo page in order to show you techniques for adding animations to your website. The […]
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Web design trends change all the time. By the time you find a designer you can work with, decide on a look everyone can agree with, get the work done, and finally go live, what’s cool and fresh and trendy has changed. Enter brutalist websites. What’s that, you ask? It’s when you buck the trends […]
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Welcome to part 1 of this 6 part series that will teach you how use Divi’s new Animation options to design awesome page sections. I’m going to be walking you through how to build the different sections of our live demo page in order to show you techniques for adding animations to your website. The […]
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You cannot escape JavaScript. For years, I felt like JS was the horror-movie villain that just wouldn’t give up. I tried to avoid it. I ran, scrambled, and hid. But, like Jason Voorhees, it found me. Seriously, though, the reality is that if you’re working in web development or design these days, you’re going to […]
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Hey Divi Nation, thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away a brand new, free Divi Layout Pack from our design team to you. This week Kenny and his team have created a beautiful Restaurant Layout Pack with eight different pages that provide […]
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Starting a website takes a lot of planning. Far too often, the planning stops there. Keeping a blog going and making it successful also takes planning. A blog is just like any business or project. To make a blog successful requires careful blog management. In this article we’ll take a look at blog management and […]
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The Internet is a great tool for job hunting. There are lots of staffing services websites out there to help job seekers in practically any industry. Considering how easy it is to add a job board to a WordPress website, I expect to see even more websites for staffing services. Fortunately, there are lots of […]
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Keeping an updated backup is one of the most important things you can do for your website. Disaster can hit at any time and having that backup can make the difference of getting your site back to running quickly or not at all. Just as crucial is where you store your backups. In this article […]
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The Divi Builder includes a blog module to display posts based on categories in either fullwidth or grid layout. Have you ever wanted more control over your blog layout? You might be interested in a third-party plugin called Content Intense. Content Intense is a plugin from BeSuperfly that adds new layouts and styling features to […]
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Here at Elegant Themes, we might make WordPress themes and plugins, but that doesn’t mean we’re blind to eCommerce trends. Shopify is growing rapidly, with 75% revenue growth year over year. That growth is, obviously, fueled by more and more people turning to Shopify to manage their store. So to stay on top of the […]
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Hey Divi Nation, we’re back with another full length episode. This time around we’re talking about Divi as a side hustle. Something we don’t normally talk about because it’s so easy to make a full time living with Divi. But hey, when that’s the case, why not encourage folks looking for a fun, fulfilling, and […]
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The WordPress community is absurdly large, which should be expected when you consider WP makes up nearly one-third of the internet. It should come as no surprise, then, that there is a worldwide series of conferences called WordCamps that are designed specifically for your networking and professional (and personal!) development. WordCamps range from city-wide gatherings […]
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New Ways To Customize And InteractWith The Visual Builder Today we are introducing brand new ways to interact with your content in the Visual Builder along with new ways to customize your Visual Builder interface. When it comes to building the best website builder on the planet, it’s important that we focus on not only […]
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In today’s Divi tutorial, we’re going to show you how you can use the new row alignment options in Divi to your advantage. We’ll be combining the row alignment options with other built-in design options to give you an idea of what is possible with Divi’s Advanced Design Options. The example that we’ll show you […]
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The terminal and command line prompts are terrifying to a lot of computer users. Instead of double- and/or right-clicking an icon, you type out what you want the computer to do. In theory, using the command line prompts and the terminal is simple. But like I always told my students, simple is not the same […]
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In this post we’ll take a look at some amazing Divi websites from our community members. Each month we enjoy viewing all of your Divi design submissions, and today we want to share with you the top ten websites for this month. Throughout the post I will point out some of my favorite features for […]
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There are all kinds of websites out there running on WordPress. From e-commerce websites to business websites, news websites and more. Although the ones we just mentioned are on the top of people’s minds, WordPress websites go a lot further than that. There are WordPress themes available for basically anything you can imagine. There’s, for […]
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It’s Monday! And that means you get something awesome for free. Today, we are giving away a Divi Layout Pack for a Travel Website. With 8 different page layouts to choose from, you should have everything you need to have a fully designed Travel site up and running in minutes. The Travel industry is booming. […]
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You kids and your livestreaming…you’ve got it easy. I remember the days when I couldn’t even embed a YouTube video on my WordPress site without a special plugin, and even then it would only work about half the time. And I think I’m supposed to say something about walking uphill, both ways, in the snow […]
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In this Divi tutorial, we’re going to show you how you can combine row and column background options to create stunning results. By choosing the right combinations and settings, you can achieve designs that enhance the overall look and feel of your website. To demonstrate what we’re talking about, we’ve made an example that we’ll […]
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Working with WordPress is in many aspects a real pleasure. Many processes get automized, the WordPress dashboard helps you manage your time effectively and you can achieve nice things in a faster and better way. One of the things you might not want to show on your website, however, is the “powered by WordPress” text […]
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Divi’s filterable portfolio module lets you build a portfolio in either full-screen or in a grid. What if you wanted a different look that adds a button and choices for 3 or 4 columns within the grid? This is exactly what a third-party plugin called DTS Filterable Portfolio Grid Pro does. DTS Filterable Portfolio Grid […]
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It’s no secret that WordPress is popular. 28.6% of all websites use WordPress, and WordPress holds a dominant 59.4% market share when it comes to content management systems. But it’s not just tons of small websites using WordPress – did you know that some of the biggest websites and brands in the world use WordPress, […]
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Hey Divi Nation! We’ve got a little something different for you this week in the form of a new Divi Nation Short. In this episode I’ll be talking about three things: First, I’ll be providing an update on where our Meetup community is at and what our goals are for the remainder of the year. […]
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One would think that purchasing a domain name is a relatively simple process. Go to Google, type in “best place to purchase domain name,” clickity-clickity, and you’re done. Ta-da! Unfortunately, there is a bit more to it than that. At least, when you plan on actually using that domain. Finding the best place to purchase […]
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In this Divi tutorial, we’re going to show you how to create beautiful section transitions using nothing else than the built-in Divi options. Sections are the foundation of all the content you share on your website. Each section is a chapter and going from one section to the other is part of the storytelling process. […]
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What the hell is wp-content?! This might be your first reaction as a WordPress beginner or if you mainly work with WordPress through the backend. After all, the average website owner spends most of their time in the dashboard. It makes sense. After all, you can perform all important tasks from here and are able […]
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Free Divi Layout Packs, Free Photos,No Restrictions We are bringing insane value to the Elegant Themes membership by providing Divi users with beautiful and free Divi layouts, photos and resources. Today is an exciting day for me because I get to announce the start of something new, and it’s something that we have been working […]
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In today’s Divi tutorial, we’re going to show you how to create beautiful image borders on the next website you build. The purpose of this post is to demonstrate how you can create beautiful results that match the images you are using (and the rest of your website as well). With the new Divi options, […]
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Girly websites never fail at giving their visitors a calm and refreshing feeling. For this type of website, it’s not as much about what the website can do but what feeling it brings to you. That’s why you’ll notice that most of these websites don’t have too many advanced effects integrated. It goes back to the […]
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In today’s Divi tutorial, we’re going to share with you a glimpse of what you can do with the new options that have been added to Divi in the previous updates. More precisely; we’re going to share 10 interesting ways you can style the Divider Module with these new changes. The possibilities are truly endless, […]
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If you’ve been working with WordPress for a while, you’ve likely posted an early draft by mistake at one point or another. Regardless of the reason, it’s certainly annoying. Depending on your blog’s setup, it could have some negative consequences – even compromising your position if you’re working on behalf of someone else. The most […]
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If you’ve packaged a child theme for distribution you’ve probably ran into a few hiccups along the way. This process usually involves multiple plugins which result in several files to create your zipped package. It almost never goes well on the first try and there’s usually some troubleshooting involved to get everything working smoothly. All […]
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WordPress is not the only software out there offering useful extensions to their core product. Photoshop, one of the go-to tools for web designers around the world also supports this possibility. And like their WordPress counterparts, Photoshop plugins can also add all sorts of new functionality. Since we know that many of our readers use […]
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One of the best ways a musician can promote their music, talents, and services is with a sharp website. Divi is a great choice for musicians and fortunately there are several child themes available to help you get started. In this article we’ll take a look at 10 Divi child themes for musicians. Musicians have […]
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If you’re running a website with multiple contributors, it can be hard to track post changes in WordPress itself. This can become a problem if you’re trying to identify the source of an error, or keep tabs on your writers’ activity. Finding a way to track post changes in WordPress enables you to keep logs […]
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Hey Divi Nation, we’re back this week with another episode of our podcast and video show that highlights yet another standout individual in our community. This week, I got to sit down and chat with Jerry Simmons. Jerry is someone who broke into the Divi economy by scoring a job with prominent community member Geno […]
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Freemius may sound like a background character from Game of Thrones, but alas. Freemius is a WordPress plugin service with a really neat concept: you can sell your plugins and themes through the WordPress dashboard instead of using an external marketplace. You can also collect data about usage, activation, and deactivation that may help development […]
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The Email Optin Module Gets A Huge Update All of the most popular email providers have been added, along with some much requested new features. Today we are giving the Divi Email Optin module its biggest update ever by introducing support for 17 of the most popular email marketing services, including: ConvertKit, Mailerlite, Mailster, Infusionsoft, […]
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Elegant Themes has two popular themes that include the Divi Builder. We hear a lot about Divi, but we don’t hear much about Extra. It’s sometimes just assumed that Divi is the best choice of the two, but both themes have their advantages and one may be a better fit than the other for your […]
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When you’re creating a content strategy for your business or personal projects, there are a lot of things that you have to take into account. A few of those things are the topics that you handle, the keywords that you choose, the content promotion you’ll apply and the post frequency you want to stay loyal […]
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Want to get more out of your Instagram bio link? Do you wish you could share multiple links via Instagram? In this article, you’ll discover three tools that let you serve links to people who click on your Instagram bio. #1: Promote 5 Links for a Single Instagram Account Linktree is an easy-to-implement solution to […]
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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle
In this Divi tutorial, we’re going to show you how to create a contact form that appears after clicking a button (as an overlay) by using nothing else than Divi, some jQuery code and CSS code. This is a great way to keep your site visitors focused on the action they’ve committed to by clicking […]
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You make your clients look and feel great. You soothe them and comfort them. When they are in your care, nothing can go wrong. Their skin and hair and well-being are completely covered. And you want a WordPress theme that lets everyone know that’s what to expect from you. You can get a WordPress theme […]
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Is your content on YouTube? Have you considered taking your content global? In this article, you’ll discover how to expand your reach and influence on YouTube by optimizing your videos for viewers who speak different languages. Reveal Your Ideal International Audiences You may assume that all of your YouTube videos are being viewed in English-speaking […]
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– Your Guide to the Social Media Jungle
