The way you display contact forms on your website can definitely help increase conversion rates. Besides creating beautiful and user-friendly contact forms, you can also approach it in a more targeted way. In this post, we’ll show you how to create one design with...
“Open source” is a term that’s typically used with software, and it means that the code is accessible to the public and that anybody can inspect, modify, enhance, improve and share it. Source code isn’t commonly seen by us computer users; instead, it’s what developers...
Lifestyle websites provide a wide range of content that includes blogs, shops, and even services. They need a wide range of designs to meet their content requirements. Divi has lots of child themes that are great choices to build any type of lifestyle website. In this...
Despite being one of the more varied careers out there, the term marketing has become almost a buzzword among online businesses and brands. Depending on who you ask, their marketing strategy might not even share aspects with yours. One of the biggest misconceptions...
Creating pop out service descriptions on hover can be an effective way to inform and engage users with additional information. Much like a tooltip, these pop out descriptions will reveal more info about your service on hover. But with Divi, you have the full suite of...
Websites and apps have all sorts of visual elements that have to coexist – buttons, columns, icons, images, lines, media and typography. All of those elements need a canvas (the blank web page), and that canvas needs blank space, i.e., negative or white space. The...
Subtle interactions and hover effects can be useful for creating an eye-catching CTA (Call to Action). The trick is to use effects that make your CTA more attractive and intuitive so users are more likely to take action. And since the end goal of most CTAs is clicking...
Think back to a time when you had so much control and discipline you surprised yourself. Maybe you woke up every morning at the crack of dawn or you stuck to a fitness regime for months. Maybe you quit smoking, started cooking or put your foot down in a toxic...
Throughout all the design trends, footers remain essential. People have gotten so used to them, which in turn makes them highly user-friendly. They help visitors organize their stay on your website and navigate to the precise page they’re looking for. With Divi, you...
Sometimes the traditional YouTube or Vimeo embedded player isn’t what you need. Maybe you are running a membership or media site, or maybe you have any of a thousand other reasons you don’t want your videos uploaded to a major platform. Or maybe you just don’t like...
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...
If you arrived here wondering how to make a GIF with Photoshop, it’s probably because the video you uploaded to your website was slowing down the loading time. Well, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide, we’ll show you how to make a GIF in Photoshop from...
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. For this week, our design team created a brand new Eye Doctor Layout...
Storytelling is the thing that sets brands and products apart from their competitors these days. Your brand probably already uses storytelling in your marketing in some way, but it might not be conscious. You focus on the user and the customer. You tell them what...
A lot of company websites out there share a preview of their approach at some point. When creating an approach section, you can handle it in the traditional way, or you can try to add more interaction to it. If you’re looking for a way to make the second option...
How do you know an idea is great or terrible without testing it? Wireframing, mockups and prototyping are necessary parts of digital design. Visualizing your concepts lets you simulate your designs, try out different user experiences and test various user journeys and...
Divi is an excellent WordPress theme for websites about entertainers and entertaining. There are several well-designed child themes available across the web that was professionally designed to give you a head start on your next Divi entertainment website. All you need...
These days, it’s rare to see websites that don’t promote themselves using multiple channels. You can use social media, traditional online ads, email marketing, and much more. The more channels you implement, the better returns you’re likely to see – but measuring the...
Recently, some additional hover options have been added to Divi–allowing you to create even more cool effects without having to touch one single line of code. You can now, for instance, create amazing gradient background hover transitions. By combining column, row and...
As web designers, we are always looking for new and creative ideas to add to our websites. Thankfully, inspiration isn’t hard to find. For example, retro comic book art always makes a comeback. Sometimes it’s as typography, other times as photo filters. Lately,...
Divi’s Website-Wide Design Editor Manage Your Website’s Default Styles Instead of Customizing Modules Over And Over Again When Building New Pages! Today we are excited to release one of the most important and revolutionary new Divi features ever. It’s...
Divi is not just any page builder. Divi takes the design process to a whole new level with a complete web design system that allows you to design every part of your website visually, without having to depend so much on complicated third party design software (such as...
Are you having trouble with those pesky Facebook banner dimensions? Is your banner or cover photo just not looking right? We’ve got you covered. Your Facebook cover photo says a lot about your brand. For a business to thrive online and have a social presence, it needs...
Modern web design is still about breaking the grid. This is done by staggering elements and design accents in positions that break the normal structure of a grid layout. You can see us apply a lot of these broken grid designs throughout our awesome Divi layouts....
Risk. I love that word. Every wonderful thing that’s ever happened to me has been born of risk. When we talk about risk management in business, we’re not just talking about the bold, brave business moves that may fail but could also take us to new heights. We’re also...
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. This time around, Kenny and his team have created a clean and modern...
JavaScript, along with HTML and CSS, are key programming languages. Nearly every site on the web uses JavaScript, so understanding its native Application Programming Interface (API) is important if you want to become a well-rounded developer. In this post, we’ll...
A unique navigation design can give any website a bit of an edge. 4-corner fixed navigation, for example, is a good way to give viewers more options to interact with your website’s design. In fact, it adds another layer to your UX design throughout the site. In this...
AskNicely lets brands collect net promoter score (NPS) customer feedback at any point in the customer journey and from any channel. The software is for anyone who cares about delivering a great customer experience – support departments (obviously), entrepreneurs and...
Divi Mask is a third-party plugin for Divi that adds a new module to the Divi Builder with some unique styles for images and backgrounds. It places a mask over the image so the image takes the shape of the mask. Everything outside the mask can be any color you want...
Managing downloads from a WordPress site might seem like it would be no big deal, but in reality, a lot goes into the process. While WP does offer basic media control built-in, if you’re offering those downloads as part of a service or business venture, you’re going...
Your page’s hero section usually sets the bar for the rest of the page. It also plays a major role in your visitors’ first impression. With Divi, you can create amazing hero sections using the built-in options only. Now, if you’re looking for a way to make your next...
Social media, gossipy co-workers, and any number of other tempting distractions can easily pull you away from your work. Plus, long hours plugging away at the same tasks can lead to boredom and inefficiency. The odds are really stacked against you when it comes to...
One of the cool features of the new website design of elegantthemes.com is the premade layout pack previews on the Divi product page. What makes this design unique is how each layout pack is featured with three separate images that fan-out on hover. Today, we’re going...
If you pay attention to the latest news from the WordPress community, you may have noticed the recent buzz regarding PHP 7. However, non-technical users may have a hard time understanding what PHP 7 is and why it matters for WordPress. In this post, we’ll introduce...
Throughout all the design trends, the way you design your hero sections remains extremely important. With Divi, you can take on different approaches and create a hero section that stands out and encourages people to extend their stay on your website. To help you get...
When your marketing strategy has a lot of branches, it’s hard to gather all of your insights into one place. But getting up to date, easy to understand analytics and insights is key to keep you and your team on track. That’s where a tool like Databox can be really...
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...
Hey Divi Nation! It’s time for another update on our Divi Meetup Network–and boy do we have a lot to cover this month! We’ve seen a lot of growth lately and lots of new interest that we’re confident will continue to fuel growth for many months to come. And we couldn’t...
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. For this week, Kenny and his team have created a fun and exciting Candy...
Publicity and public relations (PR) are often used interchangeably, but this ignores PR’s broad value and publicity’s focused expertise. To understand publicity vs PR, think of it this way: PR is the umbrella; publicity is one of the many facets that fall under it....
It’s time again for our monthly Divi Showcase where we take a look at 10 Awesome 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...
Divi is a great choice to build websites for virtual assistants. It has everything you need built-in to show your services and provide all the information potential clients might need. Just add or create a layout and style it for your using design. Of course, you...
One of the primary goals of web development is creating an engaging user experience. You’ll often do this by including interactive features and stunning visual elements on your website. However, those aspects aren’t necessarily accessible to every potential visitor,...
Looking for a unique and beautiful way to display images in a gallery on your website? If so, we’re sure you’ll love this post. We’re going to show you how to cut off image corners with Text Modules as part of a beautiful design that remains 100% responsive across all...
How can something as susceptible to change as marketing have any longstanding, golden rules? Modified social media algorithms come out every few weeks. Google keeps getting smarter, putting more pressure on advertisers and content creators. As soon as you’ve mastered...
Divi’s slider module is packed with design options that make it easy to think outside the box and create stunning slider designs. So today, we are going to turn some things around (literally). In the post that follows, we are going to add vertical slider elements to...
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) tools are one of the most helpful parts of your business. Being able to keep track of your customers, lead generation, contact history, and so much more is essential to running an efficient business. Especially an online one....
Gradient backgrounds are nowadays part of almost every modern website you come across. But as soon as you want to create a more complex gradient, you’re probably tended to reach for image editing software. With Divi, there’s an alternative. Thanks to the many built-in...
Adobe Illustrator (AI) is considered one of the best–and certainly one of the most popular–design programs for illustrators and graphic designers. If you need to design something in vector format, then Adobe Illustrator is an excellent tool for the job. Currently, AI...
A lot of companies will include a “get started” CTA on there home page. It’s usually is the primary call to action on the page, since it will lead the user through some sort of intended process. It could be a simple “get started now” button that links to another page....
Bringing on a new team member can be exciting, but also stressful. It’s sometimes hard to strike the right balance between effective employee training and making sure your business continues to run smoothly during the transition period. In this post, we’ll discuss why...
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. This time around, Kenny and his team have created a beautiful Sightseeing...
There are many reasons why you would want to remove the white background from an image. Maybe you don’t have a transparent version of your logo or you need a cutout of your product to create a composite. Thankfully, Adobe Photoshop has plenty of options for removing a...
Section Dividers continue to be a popular Divi design element. There are many divider styles to choose from with helpful options that make it easy to add unique transitions and backgrounds to your page. In this tutorial, we are going to use section dividers a bit...
The WordPress REST API has been around for a while now, but understanding what it is and why it matters may not be immediately clear to newcomers and non-developers. Even so, this tool is a handy one to know for users of all stripes, as it enables you to utilize the...
Divi is an excellent theme to build travel websites. Whether you’re building a website for travel agencies with booking built in or creating a personal blog about your travels, you can build it with Divi. Of course, you can build from scratch or use a layout or child...
The Adobe Creative Cloud is the industry standard for all things design and is the favorite layout design program for desktop publishing. With InDesign, you can create print and digital projects like magazines, books, brochures, and booklets. Some creative...
Divi’s built-in options allow you to use one particular design setting for multiple purposes, which in turn helps spark creativity. Today, we’re going to use section dividers in a unique way to elegantly hide your website’s copy. This is a great way to add extra...
Not that long ago, QR codes had a bad reputation. After their widespread introduction in the mid-1990s, they quickly turned into an ongoing joke. Anyone and their neighbor would create QR code graphics and slap them onto anything. This resulted in sites like WTF QR...
More Options And An Improved UI Now You Have Full Control Over Column Designs And Better Tools For Adding, Deleting And Rearranging Columns Today we are excited to release the new Divi column options and improved column editing interface for the Visual Builder. This...
Animated GIFs and HTML5 videos can be great for animating how a product works on your website. These short animations communicate valuable information to the visitor in a way that is more readily digested than a regular video. Adding these type of GIFs and HTML5...
Customers can make a negative experience public within seconds. I can Tweet about a rude checkout person before the door swings shut behind me or before the customer service chat window is closed. According to the Nielsen Global Trust in Advertising Survey in 2015,...
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...
If you’re the kind of Photoshop user who primarily opens the software to resize and crop images, you might never touch the Brush tool. However, if you’re in Photoshop day-in and day-out, Brushes are likely to be your best friend. Having as many options as possible...
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. For this week, Kenny and his team have created an elegant Art Gallery...
There’s a lot of chatter about video marketing – you need it, your brand has to have it, you will totally fail without it. For some brands, though, video is more of a nicety than a necessity. You’d like to create videos, but you don’t have the budget or the skills;...
There aren’t a lot of Divi child themes that are designed specifically for magazines, but there are a lot of child themes that are great for building magazines. Blogs are similar to magazines in that they produce content and present it with the most recent content...
Understanding serverless computing can be confusing enough. Determining whether or not it’s a good development solution for you gets even more complicated, as there are many pros and cons to consider. In this article, we’ll break down the basics of serverless...
With Divi’s new transform options, you can create beautiful web design while viewing all transform settings happen in real time. And by combining different modules with each other, you can achieve some unique and seamless effects that’ll help elevate the look and feel...
At some point, pretty much every PhotoShop user gets overwhelmed by all of the options. The menus and submenus and panels and panes and context menus…it’s a lot to take in. Adobe, however, knows this, and instead of relegating everyone to clicking forever, they...
Divi Switch is a third-party plugin for Divi that adds lots of new features to Divi that you can toggle on or off at the flick of a switch. Many in the Divi community know of Divi Switch as it’s been around for several years, but their 3.0 update brought lots of new...
The modern world is one where people expect results fast. For example, WordPress core manages to release updates at a breakneck pace due to demand, and they’re not the only software company to do so. If you want your team to rise to this level of efficiency when it...
Switching a background image with an animated GIF on hover can be a great way to bring life to your content while also providing a cool illustration for products or services. For example, if you are promoting the features of a particular software product, an animated...
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is one of the biggest memes on the internet. It’s also the bane of many web designers, as newly introduced technology simply isn’t supported. When Microsoft rebranded IE into Microsoft Edge, there was hope that those days were at an end....
When it comes to background masks, people tend to use image editing software outside of Divi, and then upload the image to the website they’re creating. Although that’s a solid way to customize and personalize your website, it isn’t necessarily the only way to go. You...
There are dozens of image file types you can use for your media. Out of the box, WordPress supports the majority of the more popular image file types, including .jpeg, .png, .gif, and more. However, it doesn’t include any support for vector images. In the past, we’ve...
Web forms are extremely crucial to the success of your website. This makes sense considering most online businesses depend on forms like email optins and contact forms to make money by building email lists and communicating with potential buyers. And, these days we...
Starting your own business comes with plenty of tedious paperwork. Writing out a business plan may seem like an unnecessary step, when you feel you already have a clear idea of where you want your company to go. However, having one in place will definitely pay off...
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. This time around, Kenny and his team have created a beautiful Green Energy...
Words have power. They clarify our relationship with another person. Encourage the first step toward the next step of a career. Provide evidence when evidence is very much needed. Yet, it’s only after a significant conversation is over that we think, “Why didn’t I...
We all know sliders are great for enticing users with featured services, products or pages in one convenient location above the fold. Some sites (I’m thinking photographers) need to feature one or more of their photo galleries on the homepage. Using a slider for this...
A failed payment can be a nightmare for an ecommerce or membership site owner. In fact, any situation that poses a threat to your income can become stressful fast. However, staying calm when you encounter a failed transaction can help you quickly resolve the issue. In...
Divi Dream Tools is a third-party plugin for Divi that adds lots of new customizations and modules to Divi. It includes close to 30 modules, 5 custom post types, and 5 widgets. It also includes lots of custom design options such as pre-loaders, CTA in the menu,...
Development can be a surprisingly personal process. You can ask any group of developers what tools they use, and you’ll likely get many answers. However, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any standout solutions to consider. Using Vagrant for WordPress development can be...
With Divi’s built-in options there are plenty of ways to feature services and/or process steps on your website. To help you get inspired, we’re going to show you how to create sticky notes with expandable content using Divi’s built-in options only. This is a fun way...
Designers everywhere should know about the Golden Ratio. It is a mathematical ratio that creates aesthetically pleasing designs. Since the Golden Ratio exists so frequently in nature, it’s not a surprise that its results are natural-looking. Photo by Bogomil Mihaylov...
All Divi Websites Just Got A Lot Faster! Today’s important performance improvements greatly improve loading speeds for all Divi pages, as well as WordPress admin pages and the Visual Builder. Today we are releasing major performance improvements for Divi that will...
When I stumbled onto Divi, I had no idea of the impact it would have on me. It has become by far the most important tool in my business and one of the most beneficial and life-changing platforms in my professional and personal life. In this post, I’m going to expand...
Marketing online can be frustrating work. Sometimes you may feel like you’re throwing spaghetti against the wall and hoping it sticks. It doesn’t have to be that way, however. Urchin Tracking Modules (UTMs) make it a lot easier to determine the best methods for...
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...
Starting and maintaining a business is no small task. With all the work you’ve poured into your company, the last thing you want is for it all to go up in smoke. Whether you’re facing a natural disaster, a cyberattack, or some other unforeseen emergency, having a...
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. For this week, Kenny and his team have created a beautifully polished...
When a WordPress website is loaded, it runs on code. Once upon a time, that code was strictly HTML. Now, it’s a few different things, typically CSS, HTML and JavaScript. That’s the front-of-the-house, though. The waitstaff that all visitors see. Back-of-the-house runs...
Looking for a cool way to showcase images on your next Divi website? Keep on reading, because in this post, we’re going to handle 3 image transform hover effects that will help elevate the overall look and feel of your page. You’ll be able to follow the A to Z...
A couple of years ago, I made the executive decision to get rid of my couch. I replaced it with a set of chairs and matching ottomans, comfortable but not so tempting I’d plop down and work there all day. This wasn’t quite the same as making a leap to a standing desk,...
Divi’s built in Overflow Options make is super simple to add overflow css properties (ie. visible, hidden, scroll) to any element on the page. This is helpful for creating unique designs and scrollable content with ease. In this post, I’m going to go through what...
Generation Z is defined by those born between 1995 or ’98 and 2010, but to simplify, let’s just say that Gen Z was born between the mid-90s and 2010. That means Gen Z is made up of guys and girls between the ages of 9 and 24. According to this study from WP Engine,...
Divi’s animation options can quickly turn an already beautiful page into an engaging one as well. By now, we’ve all gotten used to the different animations that are built into the various design elements that Divi provides you with. But did you know you can use these...
No matter what your business does, the methodology you employ to make sure quality is high while processes remain efficient is vital to your success. As such, you’ll want to consider your options carefully. The ‘Lean’ methodology is a popular choice, and one that’s...
