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When it comes to domains, .com is king. Most people will always opt to use .com domains whenever they can. That brings up the question – can using alternatives to .com impact the way users see your website? From a technical standpoint, there’s no difference between using a .com domain or any other type. However, using an alternative can impact your site in other […]

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Want to use more square videos in your social media marketing? Concerned you filmed in the 16×9 format? In this article, you’ll discover how to change landscape video into square video using your mobile device. #1: Shoot Your Video If you al…

The Divi Design Initiative 2.0 We are double down on design, doubling the size of our design team and double the amount of design resources we will be giving away to the Divi community! We are always looking for ways to over-deliver, to surprise and delight you with even more value and to prove just […]

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Do you share curated content on social media? Wondering how to retarget people who click on the third-party content you share? In this article, you’ll discover two ways to retarget people who click links to content you share, whether that content…

Showcasing real estate property listings on your website is a big project, but it doesn’t have to be a difficult one. With the helpful design of Divi’s Real Estate Layout Pack and the functionality of the WordPress Property Listings (WPL) by Realtyna, you will be amazed at how easy it is to get your real […]

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No matter how large or small your website is, security is crucial. One of the most effective ways to protect your website is to block IP addresses and harmful users from having access to your website. This is known as blacklisting and it can be done several ways. By blacklisting IP addresses you can avoid […]

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Want better results from your Facebook lookalike audiences? Wondering which custom audiences yield the best-performing lookalike audiences? In this article, you’ll discover how to create three highly tuned Facebook lookalike audiences from your m…

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 an inviting Real Estate Layout Pack. The Real Estate Layout pack […]

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In a lot of ways, Reddit is the internet. It’s slogan as being the front-page of the internet is pretty spot on. Websites fear and desire the Reddit “hug of death,” and professionals, hobbyists, and everything in between gather in forums called subreddits to discuss almost every subject imaginable. WordPress and web development are no different. […]

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Are you confused by the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? Wondering how GDPR affects your marketing? In this article, you’ll find a plain-language overview of GDPR, how it could impact your data collection, and what y…

Divi Lightbox Anypage Module is a third-party plugin that creates popups from any page, built with any type of content, from any domain. Create pages with the Divi Builder, open single images, or open any external webpage. Anything, such as text, buttons, or images can be used as a trigger, or you can set it […]

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Leveraging browser caching can improve your website’s loading times for repeat visitors. However, it also means that users might sometimes see outdated content when they visit your site. The best way to avoid this issue is to implement ‘versioning’ for your WordPress content. That way, users will always get the latest version of your website, […]

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The blog is one of my favorite features of a website. It can be difficult to design a blog that stands out from the crowd. Because of this we end up seeing a lot of blogs that use the default design. Fortunately, blog layouts and individual blog posts can be designed and styled with Divi. […]

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The way your pages show up in Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs) play a significant role in how much organic traffic you get. If you don’t hook viewers in, they’ll ignore your website and move on to the next option without a second thought. Fortunately, there are a lot of ways you can improve your […]

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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 how marketers are preparing …

When you’re including images on your website, you want them to draw attention at first sight. One of the things that can bring your image to life is using patterns that emphasize the colors that are being used within the image itself. Not only will it emphasize your image’s colors, it will also take your […]

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When running a WordPress blog, most of your work will revolve around writing. That means you’ll also need to spend a lot of time editing your WordPress content to ensure the quality of all the content published on your website. After all, first drafts are never perfect. Editing is an essential skill and one you […]

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Want to create an engaged Facebook group? Are you looking for creative ways to develop a loyal community inside a Facebook group? To explore how to develop an engaged and responsive community with Facebook groups, I interview Caitlin Bacher. More About…

Introducing The Latest Visual BuilderInterface Enhancements Divi 3.2 brings various enhancements to the Visual Builder interface that will speed up your design workflow. Today, Divi’s Visual Builder gets even faster and more intuitive thanks to a collection of really awesome interface improvements that will greatly enhance your website building experience. While developing Divi as a […]

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Are you ready to respond if someone pretends to be you on social media? Wondering how to protect your customers and brand from a social phishing attack? From erroneous links to outright brand impersonation, social phishing is becoming more frequent. In…

When designing a website with Divi, you have to make a lot of decisions that have to do with size. This could be the width of a row, the size of a font, or how much padding to add to a module. And to make things more challenging, we must decide on sizes appropriate for […]

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When it comes to protecting your WordPress website, the login screen is an important line of defense. A significant part of this is making sure your password is secure, which makes it far less likely that attackers will be able to crack it and gain access. WordPress uses something called ‘salt’ keys to protect your […]

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Are your YouTube videos ranking in YouTube search? Looking for tools to optimize your titles, keywords, and tags? In this article, you’ll discover a four-step process to reveal high-performing keywords for your YouTube content. #1: Gauge Topic In…

Are your YouTube videos ranking in YouTube search? Looking for tools to optimize your titles, keywords, and tags? In this article, you’ll discover a four-step process to reveal high-performing keywords for your YouTube content. #1: Gauge Topic In…

Every week, we provide you with a new and free Divi layout pack which you can use for your next project. Along with every layout pack, 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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It’s been almost two years since the launch of the Google AMP Project. Its aim from the start was to help foster better web standards, which could result in an improved mobile experience for users. Now, the project is turning a new leaf and expanding towards email, which brings us to how this shift might […]

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Do you use Instagram story highlights? Wondering how to make them more recognizable to your followers? In this article, you’ll discover how to change your Instagram story highlights cover from the default view to a branded cover image. Why Brand …

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 an eye-catching Author  Layout Pack. This layout pack includes 7 different […]

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a complex topic. There are several things you can do to improve your site’s chances of ranking better, but they involve a decent amount of work. It goes to show when it comes to SEO, there are no shortcuts. However, some tools enable you to pawn off a bit of […]

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Do you need to streamline your Facebook marketing activities? Have you explored all of the functions Facebook has for marketers? In this article, you’ll discover 12 overlooked Facebook features that help you better manage your content and communi…

Divi includes lots of styling features for the header, but what if you wanted to build your own header using the Divi Builder? A third-party plugin called Mhmm does exactly that. It lets you create headers with any Divi module or layout and style them with the Divi Builder. Mhmm is short for Mighty Header […]

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Modern Tribe‘s The Events Calendar lives up to its name. It has become the defacto events plugin for many people. That’s saying a lot because there are a lot of fantastic events plugins available to choose from. It’s just that this one in particular does so much in the free version that it’s making a […]

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It’s time again for our monthly Divi Showcase where we take a look at 10 amazing Divi websites made by 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 the month of April. Throughout […]

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When you load a WordPress website, a lot of things happen in the background. For one, the platform sends a lot of queries to your database to get specific pieces of information. The problem is, WordPress doesn’t offer you a simple way to keep track of what these queries are or how to monitor them. […]

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When creating a website, we want to showcase our products and services with clear calls to action (CTA’s). If you are going to create a more unique design for your buttons, it also helps to add hover effects to avoid any confusion about whether or not your buttons are clickable. In this tutorial, we’re going […]

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Gutenberg development has come a long way since its announcement in 2017. There are still a lot of mixed feelings concerning the new editor, but that hasn’t slowed down its advance. However, plugin compatibility remains one of – if not the most – significant issue when it comes to the new editor. There are thousands […]

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