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More Column Structures are Coming to Divi! Today we are proud to announce that yet another one of our most requested features of all time is currently under development: more column structures! The ability to create a wider variety of page layouts with more columns and more column structures has been something that our community […]

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If you own a website that allows people to create accounts, you’re most certainly aware that your website sends out WordPress notifications. These email notifications help you communicate with admins, editors, subscribers and more. On top of the default WordPress notifications (such as a lost password email notification), you can also send out additional notifications […]

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If you own a website that allows people to create accounts, you’re most certainly aware that your website sends out WordPress notifications. These email notifications help you communicate with admins, editors, subscribers and more. On top of the default WordPress notifications (such as a lost password email notification), you can also send out additional notifications […]

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore Instagram shoppable tags in …

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give away brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. For the second layout pack of this week, Kenny and his team have created a professional Life Coach Layout Pack […]

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One of the most common mistakes web designers make is including too many animated elements. The thinking goes: “Animations are cool, so the more, the better”. However, too much of a good thing such as this can affect your website’s usability negatively. Animations, much like every other web element, need to fulfill a practical purpose. […]

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Want longer video views on Facebook? Wondering how the Facebook suggested video feed can help? To explore a creative way Facebook ads can improve your video views, I interview Paul Ramondo. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast is an …

A Better Way To Jumpstart Your Pages We want to make it easier and faster to build new pages, and to bring attention to some of Divi’s most powerful tools. Today we are introducing a new page creation workflow to the Visual Builder that makes it even easier to get new websites up and running […]

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Wondering what people think about your business? Interested in using social media to improve your online reputation? In this article, you’ll learn how to research, manage, and protect your brand’s reputation with social media. Online Reputa…

If you’re offering membership deals on your website, it’s important to make sure people will notice them on your website. To give you a headstart, we’re going to provide you with a stunning membership showcase that you can recreate step by step using Divi’s built-in options only. We’re combining a beautiful section background with Blurb […]

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If you want your theme to show up in the WordPress.org Theme Directory, it needs to go through a stringent review process. This way, people only get to see themes meeting certain standards. However, the review process can take a long time depending on how many other submissions are waiting for approval. That’s where the […]

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Want more people to comment on your Facebook posts? Looking for ways to encourage meaningful discussion on Facebook? In this article, you’ll find three ways to get more comments on your Facebook page posts. Why Facebook Comments Still Matter In t…

Adding favorite button functionality to your Divi site can be a great boost to user experience. The basic functionality works as a bookmarking system for posts. Users can browse through posts and select the ones they want to favorite. Then users can view those favorited posts later at their convenience. For this use case tutorial, […]

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These days, pretty much every field you can imagine has a dedicated conference. There are events for oriental carpets, paper companies, and more. It should come as no surprise WordPress has its own events, the most famous being WordCamp. However, unless you have good access to the country or area it’s in, it can be […]

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Looking for a new way to connect with people on YouTube? Wondering how to engage with your subscribers on a more personal level? In this article, you’ll learn how to set up and use private YouTube messages on mobile. #1: Promote New Videos to Spe…

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we give two brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. For the first layout this week, Kenny and his team have created a free Cryptocurrency Layout Pack. This pack has 7 […]

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Every single person who has ever installed WordPress is in danger of brute force attacks. In fact, brute force attacks are on the rise, and they are likely to only get worse. So what does this mean for you? Do you have to stop using WordPress and move over to one of those other CMS options? […]

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Wondering how to sell more products on Facebook? Looking for tips to target people throughout the customer journey? In this article, you’ll discover an actionable plan to build an effective sales funnel on Facebook. #1: Serve a Website Conversion…

There are two ways to approach Divi’s built-in settings. The first, and most obvious approach is using the settings within their range while focusing on that particular element on your page. The second approach allows you to look beyond the obvious and use settings in a way you wouldn’t have thought of before. One of […]

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WordPress is a versatile platform. That versatility sometimes means there are features that we don’t use. When that happens, there can be performance, SEO, or security issues. One way to solve this problem is to optimize your WordPress installation with a plugin called Clearfy. Clearfy disables all of your unused WordPress features – making WordPress […]

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A New Quick Access Feature is Coming to Divi! Divi’s upcoming Quick Access feature will allow you to find and edit the design settings you want to faster than ever before. As every Divi user knows, Divi comes packed with a wealth of design settings that make it easy to customize nearly every aspect of […]

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Every website should have a favicon. Although small in stature, favicons (or site icons) are used by web browsers to represent your site (or brand) in a powerful way. Favicons aren’t only used for displaying a small image in your browser’s tab, they can also be used for bookmarks, and windows tiles. WordPress makes it […]

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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Social Media Marketing Talk Show, a news show for marketers who want to stay on the leading edge of social media. On this week’s Social Media Marketing Talk Show, we explore Instagram announcing how the…

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative where each week, we give away two brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. For the second layout pack of this week, Kenny and his team have created an Elementary School Layout Pack […]

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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 two brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. For the second layout pack of this week, Kenny and his team have created an Elementary School Layout Pack […]

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Sidebars are an important part of many WordPress websites. They are useful for all kinds of websites but especially loved by bloggers. A sidebar can contain various widgets which give website owners the possibility to link other posts, add social media channels, generate leads, share additional content and more. By default, these widgets stay in […]

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Are you struggling to balance your work and personal life? Wondering if the hustle and grind are worth the toll they take on you? To explore how to bring fun back into your work, I interview Joel Comm. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing po…

Divi Rollback: Switch Back To ThePrevious Version Of Divi With A Single Click If you ever update Divi and experience a problem or a conflict with your website setup, you can now easily restore the previous version of Divi with a single click. We want Divi users to know that we always have their back, […]

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Do you use Facebook Events for business or networking? Are you confused by some of the features and functions of Facebook Events? In this article, you’ll discover answers to 10 questions marketers ask about creating, promoting, and managing succe…

Scrollable panoramas are great for showing large images in a small space. Instead of reducing their size to fit onto the screen, which can make them un-viewable, placing the image within a scrollable panorama allows you to display the larger image in its actual size. The visitor can view the entire image by dragging. Divi […]

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At some point, you’re going to want to change your WordPress site around a little. It might be just a simple theme change or maybe it’s a full transfer of your site from one host to another — or from a local installation to a live one. Maybe you’ve swapped URLs from a .com to […]

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Wondering how to use Facebook Messenger for email-style campaigns? Want to automatically deliver a series of messages with helpful content or task reminders to subscribers via a Messenger bot? In this article, you’ll learn how to build a Facebook…

Every week, we provide you with new and free Divi layout packs which you can use for your next project. For one of the layout packs, we also share a use case that’ll help you take your website to the next level. This week, as part of our ongoing Divi design initiative, we’re going to […]

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There are a lot of WordPress Search Engine Optimization (SEO) plugins, but only a few of them grab the spotlight. Yoast SEO, for example, is the name that comes to most people’s minds, but our tests show it’s not without downsides, such as occasionally slowing your website down. There are plenty of other excellent plugins […]

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Do you want to reach more receptive audiences with Twitter ads? Looking for tools to help turn Twitter lists into tailored audiences? In this article, you’ll discover two ways to find and target specialized groups of Twitter users with your ads. …

Hey Divi Nation! Thanks for joining us for the next installment of our weekly Divi Design Initiative; where each week, we are giving away two brand new, free Divi Layout Packs from our design team to you. For the first layout of the week, Kenny and his team have created a captivating Animal Shelter Layout […]

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