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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 Web Agency Layout Pack with seven different page layouts that […]

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Remote work is kind of the dream, isn’t it? Sitting at home in your pajamas, doing your work with no boss breathing down your neck, handling all your tasks at your own pace, and sleeping late? Well, that’s only partly true. I am writing this wearing Star Wars pajama pants, zombies-eating-my-feet slippers, and a shirt […]

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Wondering how to easily create Instagram ads? In this article, you’ll discover three easy ways to create Instagram ads. #1: Promote an Instagram Post With the Instagram App If you have an Instagram business account, you can create promotions with…

Divi is a great choice for building professional trades websites – businesses such as white collar work or degreed professions. If you don’t want to build your site from the ground up, and you don’t want to use a child theme, you can use one of the high-quality layouts available to help you get started […]

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Of all the updates introduced in WordPress 4.9, the CodeMirror library being integrated into Core just might have the widest-reaching implications. First of all, it’s a JavaScript library that integrates with the editor to provide error linting, syntax highlighting, and contextual suggestions for code snippets within the WordPress dashboard itself. Essentially, it makes it a […]

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There’s no question as to the popularity of WooCommerce for WordPress. Even with its popularity, WooCommerce product page design is limited. Even with themes such as Divi and Extra, there isn’t much that can be done to change the layout. Fortunately there are several third-party plugins made for Divi that do exactly that. WC Product […]

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One of the most important elements for any online store are its product pages. There are a multitude of aspects that can affect how many sales you make, including which images you use, your page’s layout, and more. To build WooCommerce product pages that sell, you need to use all of the tools at your […]

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The free Copywriter Layout Pack, which is part of our ongoing Divi Design initiative, has illustrations included. These illustrations are part of the entire look and feel of the website that has an orange color as its theme accent color. However, that doesn’t mean this color has to determine the color palette you choose for […]

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Over the past few years, Mozilla has been working hard to get back to the ubiquity and market share it held before Google Chrome became pretty much everyone’s go-to browser. Gone are the days where Mozilla Firefox is the first and only download with Safari, Internet Explorer, or Microsoft Edge. That distinction has moved to […]

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Wondering what advantages Twitter offers social media marketers? Looking for tips on interacting with customers? To explore the opportunities marketers have on Twitter, I interview Mark Schaefer. More About This Show The Social Media Marketing podcast …

Recently, our design team released a professional Photo Marketplace layout pack as one of our free Divi Layout Packs we have been giving away every week. Since this layout is really built to function as a marketplace, I thought it would be a great opportunity to introduce multi-vendor functionality. This is going to be valuable […]

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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…

Image filters are currently a very popular method to add a professional-looking sheen to your photos. If you’re on Instagram or Snapchat, chances are almost every image you see will has been run through a filter of some sort. However, image filters can be a lot more than just a gimmick – they can provide […]

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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 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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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 provide you with 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 […]

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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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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 results-oriented and stunning SaaS Layout Pack with seven different pages […]

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WordPress makes up a little over 28% of the internet. That is a lot of websites. And within the WP ecosystem, there are X number of plugins and Y themes to serve pretty much every market, no matter how niche. WP Dispensary covers one of those niche audiences for WP–medical marijuana distributors. While online dispensaries […]

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Divi is a popular theme for beauty and fashion websites. There are lots of beauty and fashion websites made with Divi to help spark your imagination and several child themes to get your site started quickly. There are also lots of layouts available if you don’t want to build from the ground up or use […]

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In some cases, you may want to run multiple websites using a single domain. It may be that you need a test site, or you want to run a separate WordPress install from your main one. Either way, using a subdomain is your best bet. That is, as long as you know how to create […]

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One of the many advantages of Divi is the ability to import and export your theme settings. This means you can build a site in one location, such as an offline server or test site, and then move those settings to another site. There are lots of ways to move your settings and some are […]

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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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Landing pages are important for business success. They focus on a unique selling point (USP) for products or services and provide one clear call to action (CTA) such as signing up to your offer or making a purchase. A well-designed landing page (through the use of color, directional cues, etc.) will identify your brand and […]

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I am going to take a shot in the dark and say that you take image gallery widgets for granted. I know I do. It’s such a basic feature of web design that most of us don’t even consider it out of the ordinary. But until November 16, 2017, there was no built-in WordPress gallery […]

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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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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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Our weekly FREE layout packs have been a big part of our Divi Design Initiative and so far they have been a huge success. The Divi layout packs are becoming an extremely valuable asset to our Divi community which is awesome! Our ultimate goal for this initiative is to make you (the Divi Nation) the […]

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WordPress 4.9 was a huge update for the platform. Not only did it bring in tons of new functionality and utilities for users, but developers weren’t left out in the cold, either. While devs will absolutely get use from the new code editing updates (now with error linting and line numbers!), one of the more […]

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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 lovely Florist Layout Pack with seven different pages that provide […]

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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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We’ve all hear horror stories, and many of us have experienced them ourselves, where a client (or friend, user, etc.) decided to perform an update or tinker with something in WordPress which resulted in a WordPress catastrophe. At best it just looks different. At worst, you have to spend countless hours trying to fix it. […]

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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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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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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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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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