Adding text-to-speech functionality to your website can provide greater accessibility and boost user experience. Visitors who can’t read the screen or would rather listen to the content can do so easily. Plus, this feature is easy to set up with the right...
Despite how great your website may be, people won’t just stumble upon it accidentally (for the most part). You have to drive traffic to your site. In addition to paying for advertising, there’s also organic (i.e. non-ad) traffic to think about, which requires search...
Your website’s menu is one of the most important elements on your website because of the direct impact it can have on the way users navigate through your content. A well-designed menu bar can make a big difference by simplifying navigation, highlighting key pages, and...
With Divi’s latest background mask and background pattern feature release, you can create some unique hero sections for your website. A hero section is the first section of your website and is the first thing your visitors see before scrolling through your website, so...
As a website owner, you likely deal with a lot of content and media files. If so, you may want to consider using a Google Drive plugin. Not only can this tool help free up storage space, but it can also create off-site backups of your site and enable you to...
If you are a regular WordPress user, you’ve most likely encountered errors from time to time. The critical error, technical difficulties, or the dreaded WordPress white screen of death can ruin your day and take your site offline, leaving unsuspecting visitors...
Managing your WooCommerce business in WordPress can be a hassle when using a mobile device. Usually, this involves logging in to WordPress and accessing WooCommerce from your site’s dashboard. However, the dashboard is optimized for desktop devices, and not for...
In Divi, you can add background masks to any element in Divi. This creates a great opportunity to boost the design of your website’s footer with Divi. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to easy it is to add a background mask to your footer template using the Divi...
If you’ve been a WordPress developer long enough, you probably see the value in creating websites locally. You can avoid costly hosting fees during development, especially if you plan to develop more than one site at a time. Developing locally with MAMP Pro is a...
Ideally, your WordPress website and its content should be accessible to as many visitors as possible. Among other things, accessibility ensures that vision-impaired users can also navigate and enjoy your site. With WordPress voice search plugins, you can help your...
Image masks are often used to add interesting shapes to images. They allow the image to peek through the shape, giving the page a unique design element. With Divi’s Gradient Builder, you don’t necessarily have to use masks to create shapes. Instead, you can use the...
Divi’s Fullwidth Header Module includes lots of image style options, letting Divi users create beautiful images and layouts for their headers. The header image can be styled in many ways to create interesting layouts and designs. It gets even more interesting when...
Analyzing your traffic can help you evaluate your website’s success. In addition, displaying some of those metrics – such as visitor numbers – can show new readers that your content is high quality. Fortunately, the best visitor counter plugins for WordPress are...
Have you ever made changes to your website and had it completely crash? It’s horrifying! Sometimes your site can break from a routine update of a theme or plugin. Or a site can crash without you having any idea what you did. That’s why it is important to have a...
Weak passwords are some of the biggest security threats to WordPress websites. Once hackers have a password, they can gain access to the site and wreak havoc. That’s why it’s critical to enforce strong password security using a WordPress password policy plugin. In...
Divi Cloud is a great resource for saving time working on Divi websites. Easily export and import your layouts between Divi sites or select a saved layout as a starting point for any Divi build. Divi Cloud is simple to use, and we have several tutorials on the Elegant...
Divi’s built-in background pattern settings allow you to create eye-catching designs and add some flair to the background images on your website. You can use the blend modes settings to fine-tune the way that the pattern blends with the background image. Combine...
When running an online store, it’s important to make sure that your customers can fully understand your products. This means viewing the items from multiple angles and up close. Fortunately, you can use WooCommerce image zoom plugins to optimize the display of your...
Divi and Cloudways make a great team. With the customization features of both Divi and Cloudways, you’ll have a hosting plan perfectly optimized for Divi at your disposal. Our partnership with Cloudways allows us to offer developers a way to streamline their Divi...
If you’ve used WordPress for long enough, you know mistakes and errors can happen. Backups are an essential part of maintaining a WordPress website. With backups, you eliminate any worry about your site being erased or damaged. Being able to backup and restore your...
With so many options for WordPress hosting companies, you might be overwhelmed trying to sift through your choices. If you are a WordPress developer/creative type looking for a new hosting place to call home, HostGator could be a good option for you. HostGator prides...
With the remote workforce growing at a fast pace, it has become increasingly important for companies to have systems in place for successful team collaboration. This is especially true for companies working in web development. Cloudways collaboration tools can benefit...
There are so many options for managed WordPress hosting out there. We understand how it can be challenging to decide which company should host your website. Things like cost, features, and usability are all important factors to consider. As a part of our WordPress...
There are many Content Management Systems (CMSs) that you can use to create your website. However, when it comes to choosing the right platform, it can be difficult to determine which one will work best for you. In this post, we’ll discuss the two popular options –...
An editorial calendar is an organizational tool for scheduling and publishing content on the web. They help you stick to your publishing deadlines and make sure your entire team is staying on track. Whether you’re a solo freelancer or a content manager responsible for...
Comparing WordPress vs. Laravel is complicated because both “platforms” have little in common besides using PHP. However, understanding the differences between both options is essential to determine how to build your next project. In this post, we will talk about who...
The term “gamification” refers to the technique of adding gameplay elements to something that’s not actually a game. Gamification is built-in to video games, of course, so you wouldn’t say that a video game is “gamified,” because it already is by nature. But when...
Those of you who frequently work with WordPress know that problems can arise. There are a number of ways your site could suddenly decide to stop working. For example, you may have installed new plugins only to find that something went wrong during the installation...
Divi Cloud is great for storing layouts to use on any Divi website. Everyone with an Elegant Themes account has access to Divi Cloud. Fortunately, it is easy to access and use. Divi Cloud provides lots of advantages for storing and sorting your Divi layouts, and it...
If you’ve ever built a WordPress website, you know that one tiny tweak can lead to an entire weekend of hunching over your computer to “just fix one more thing.” When mere website-building mortals make plans, the universe laughs. To combat the woes that assault even...
Whether you run a brick-and-mortar store or multiple outlets, showing readers how to get to your business is essential. You can do this by adding a WordPress Google Maps plugin to your website. This way, visitors can find the store that’s closest to their locations...
Creating a printer-friendly version of your site can help make your content more shareable. However, choosing the best plugin for printing can be a little challenging. The key is to select a tool that contains the features you’re looking for and is available at a...
If you are in the marketing business, you know how important emails are. Improving sales, generating more traffic, and creating personalized content are just a few ways to use email marketing campaigns to grow your business. Some folks out there will try to tell you...
WordPress shopping cart plugins are tools that enable customers to add products to a basket and checkout. Those are basic e-commerce features that any online shop needs. Fortunately, there are plenty of amazing WordPress plugins that you can use to implement them. In...
WordPress is generally one of the most stable content management systems available. Widely popular with developers and businesses, it is estimated that anywhere from 44%-65% of all websites are built on it. Despite this, there are times when a problem could arise. One...
Cloudways SMTP is a simple, yet powerful feature available with a Divi hosting plan by Cloudways. SMTP is used by email providers to send emails. SMTP is an internet protocol — a set of rules for configuring and managing data. Almost all online activity uses...
Tapping into your analytics and user behavior can help you improve your site’s SEO. If you’re interested in deepening your understanding of your site visitors’ behavior, then Microsoft Clarity can give you additional insights. Even better, it can help you improve your...
If you test your website’s performance using GTmetrix or Pingdom, you may run into an error that says to “specify a cache validator.” That message means that you’re not leveraging browser caching to its full extent. Unfortunately, this can negatively affect your...
Having customer reviews on your WordPress site is essential if you’re selling products or services. In fact, most customers look at multiple reviews before making a purchase. If you’re looking for the best WordPress review plugins, you’ll be pleased to learn that...
Knowing you need to produce content for your website is much different from knowing what to produce. And it’s far too easy to become paralyzed by thinking about every topic and keyword you could cover. Not knowing where to start is enough to make you not start at all....
Running a secure website is essential to protect your users’ data, maintain your reputation, and avoid SEO penalties. However, not all Content Management Systems (CMS) offer the same level of security. That brings us to the question: is WordPress secure? The short...
The header is one of the most important elements of any website and is central to the user experience. The navigation menu gives your users an idea of what they can expect to find on your website and helps them locate the information they need. Additionally, a...
It isn’t easy to write about topics that haven’t yet been covered. However, there’s a difference between using other articles as sources of inspiration and reproducing their content on your site. Article spinning can land you in hot water, so it’s important to know...
Regularly publishing fresh, relevant, high-quality content on your website is critical for Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Unfortunately, creating large volumes of content on a consistent basis is challenging. Luckily, you can streamline the content creation process...
An often overlooked but essential part of any website is the navigation menu. Navigation is a key element in terms of creating a pleasing user experience. If done correctly, a menu can greatly improve the user experience and make it easy for your visitors to navigate...
Rich snippets can boost your click-through rates and overall performance in the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). However, you’ll need to use structured data to generate these snippets. With schema tools, you can create and test your markup to ensure that it works...
Did you know that over 50 percent of internet traffic comes from mobile devices? That means that the mobile version of your website is extremely important, and may even be the primary way someone will visit your page. Making sure that your website is responsive and...
Lighttpd (pronounced “Lighty”) is high-performance web server software designed for speed, security, and flexibility. It can be an excellent option for environments with minimal resources, dynamic websites, or diverse applications. However, you might be wondering what...
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a critical part of running a successful website. However, determining whether your site is ranking for the right keywords can be difficult. Fortunately, using one of the best keyword tracker tools can make that significantly easier....
Web servers help power the internet, and there are many different options for hosting your website(s) or application(s). One solution you might consider using is Microsoft IIS (Internet Information Services). However, to determine whether it’s the right choice, it’s...
It can be challenging to manually stay on top of WordPress security when you run a large website. However, your WordPress log files can provide valuable information on changes made to your site. Therefore, it’s in your best interests to track your WordPress activity...
WordPress has a built-in feature for sending emails from your email provider, but unfortunately, that email functionality doesn’t always work as expected. When you rely on WordPress, it’s possible that a portion of your emails will never get where they’re going. To...
Site caching can improve your website’s performance and provide a better User Experience (UX) for your visitors. However, you might be wondering exactly how this process works and how important it is for your WordPress site. Caching can seem intimidating if you don’t...
If you’ve been using Google Analytics for a while now, you might have heard the platform is transforming. In 2023, Universal Analytics will no longer process data, and users will need to switch to a Google Analytics 4 property. Fortunately, we’ve put together a guide...
WordPress began as a popular blogging platform and has since grown into a full-scale, open-source content management system (CMS). It’s among the top web platforms available online today and the primary choice of millions of website owners. The Duda website builder is...
Gradient types are part of the new Divi Gradient Builder. The new Divi gradient types give you the ability to add different shapes and colors to your backgrounds. In this post, we’ll compare these gradient types and show you how to use them to create unique...
Speed is crucial to your site’s success. Slow loading times can drive visitors away, resulting in a high bounce rate and fewer conversions. Fortunately, an effective way to boost your site’s performance is to use the WordPress object cache. In this post, we’ll take a...
Divi’s new background pattern and mask options make it easy to create eye-catching and unique call-to-action (CTA) sections on your website. You can combine images, gradients, patterns, and masks with lots of customization options to create one-of-a-kind background...
With so many web servers available, determining the best one for your needs can be difficult. One of the newer options is the Caddy web server, popular for its ease of use, flexibility, and performance. However, is it ideal for running your WordPress site? In this...
WordPress and ExpressionEngine are both Content Management Systems (CMS). That means they’re software designed to help you publish and display blog posts, products, events, and almost any other type of online content you can imagine. However, every CMS approaches...
Background patterns are a great way to give your website some visual flair and stand out from the crowd. Divi’s new background mask and pattern transform settings can be combined in many ways to create those background patterns. In this post, we’ll see how to use...
Managed WordPress hosting with Convesio is for sites that need to scale flawlessly. Companies like Flywheel, Pressable, and WP Engine offer optimized server environments for WordPress, too. Those include user-friendly dashboards and full-featured security suites....
Having a site that performs like a digital superhero is a business imperative, especially when you’re making a first impression with a potential customer researching your organization. The following website performance statistics should strike fear in the heart of...
How Open Source Software Benefits Businesses In today’s technology-driven, fast-moving business environment, more companies are choosing to invest in open source software. Open source offers many advantages to businesses: a quicker pace of innovations, strong support...
The WordPress 6.0 Release Features Enterprise Marketers Can’t Wait to Try Is WordPress’s Gutenberg Block Editor the universal key to content agility, more effective content workflow, and the Fifth Law of Thermodynamics all rolled into one? Maybe, if you ask WordPress...
Trends in web design change drastically year to year. Something that seems to have taken hold and stayed, however, is the use of animation. The more people use mobile devices and apps, the more they expect the sites they visit to use some of the same principles. Using...
Divi’s new Gradient Builder is a powerful tool that creates any type of gradient background you want. It’s easy to use and you can add multiple colors to create gradients that are interesting and unique. However, adding more colors can take more thought in the design...
Divi’s new background masks and patterns feature is more commonly used for sections on a page. But, we can also add them to headers as well! In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to add background masks and patterns to a Divi header template using the theme builder....
WordPress and GitHub Pages offer two very different experiences when creating websites. With WordPress, you get a full-fledged Content Management System (CMS). GitHub Pages, on the other hand, is a hosting service for static content. In this article, we’re going to...
How many times have you opened a tab, only to navigate away from it for a few minutes, hours, or even overnight? When you return to that tab, having to log in again isn’t unexpected. After all, who keeps track of each page’s refresh schedule and log-out timer? Not us!...
Divi’s background options provide lots of ways to create background patterns. You can even create background patterns using only gradients. The Gradient Repeat option makes this simple and easy. In this post, we’ll see how to use Divi’s Gradient Repeat option to...
Having a website without a domain name is like having a house without an address. Only once you have a domain will visitors know where to go to find your website. With SiteGround domain services, you can register and manage a URL so your site has somewhere to exist....
If you’re looking for the right platform for your web development projects, you might have come across CentOS Stream. This server software enables you to develop new applications. However, you may be wondering if it’s the right fit for your needs. Fortunately, we’ve...
Finding the best domain names is rarely easy. Your business might have the perfect name, but that domain might not be available unless you use a lesser-known Top-Level Domain (TLD). If you’re coming up with a company name from scratch, it also needs to be available...
Divi’s Gradient Builder can create lots of interesting backgrounds. The colors work together to create shapes and patterns that are usually difficult to create. Divi’s Gradient Builder includes settings that make creating circular patterns, such as a circular...
Divi’s new background patterns add a lot of visual design options to any Divi layout. These repeating background patterns look great, but they can be used for more than just a repeating pattern. We can also use them as a single background graphic to draw attention to...
For many WordPress website owners, a managed hosting service is a must. Managed hosting services tend to cut down setup time and maintenance, guarantee against downtime, have simple use dashboards, and provide on-demand customer support. Depending on your website...
Cloud hosting is becoming increasingly popular. With this service, your site is hosted on multiple virtual servers, which can help improve performance and maximize uptime. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the leading cloud computing providers, so you might be...
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that Amazon Web Services (AWS) is one of the foundations of the modern web. AWS hosting is the biggest player in the cloud hosting arena, with over 33 percent of the market. Its closest competitor is Google Cloud, which boasts a...
Divi’s new background pattern masks have opened up a lot of design options for backgrounds. They work great with the background colors and patterns to create lots of unique designs. In this post, we’ll see how to create subtle background pattern masks with Divi. We’ll...
You put months into building your website. You spend even more time learning about SEO and how to create valuable, meaningful content for your users. Then you find out that, while people find your site all the time, they don’t stay. Sometimes they leave within...
There are several ways you can use Divi’s Testimonial Module inside your page layouts. Here on the Elegant Themes blog, you’ll find several testimonial module tutorials that help you get to know the module better. Now, to help you get the best out of these tutorials,...
If you’ve come across the LiteSpeed web server, you might be wondering how this software can impact the performance of your WordPress site. You may also want to know how it compares to other servers. Fortunately, we’ve got you covered in our beginner-friendly guide....
Installing an SSL certificate is one of the top security tips you’ll hear over and over if you have a WordPress website. SSL certificates allow for a safe browsing environment, and you can usually tell if a site has it enabled if you spot a padlock in the address bar,...
With Divi Cloud it is easier now than ever before to save, store, and access all of your favorite Divi Builder elements right within the Divi builder. No more manually exporting and importing your Divi Library items, they’re now accessible via the Cloud! This can save...
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an essential ways to boost your website’s visibility and attract more organic traffic. However, it’s a complex strategy that relies on understanding algorithms and leveraging a wide variety of ranking factors. If you’re looking to...
Divi works well with dynamic content. Dynamic content can be used to display text, titles, and lots more. It can even be used in Divi’s testimonial module by combining it with a plugin called Advanced Custom Fields. In this post, we’ll see how to create dynamic...
Blockchain technology is a hot topic, with Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) often at the forefront of the discussion. These digital assets enable people to own online items such as artwork and even domain names. However, these concepts can be confusing to understand. If...
Whether you’re a seasoned website creator, developer, or manager or you’re a newbie, one thing is obvious: the more streamlined the hosting portal, the better. Who wants to spend time looking for a tool that should be front-and-center? And what do you do when you’re...
If you’re ready to transition your site to a cloud-based environment, you might be curious about Google Cloud WordPress hosting. This platform can boost your site’s performance, and it enables you to pay for only the resources you need. However, it can feel daunting...
If you’re planning to change your hosting provider, you might want to consider switching to Google Cloud. This flexible platform enables you to serve content quickly to your visitors, customize your resource allocations, and scale your site as needed. We’ve put...
Divi Cloud is the latest feature for Elegant Theme members that is like a Dropbox for your Divi site. You can easily store, access, import, and edit all of your favorite Divi Builder Elements across all the Divi sites you’re working on that are linked to your account....
Web servers are essential components of your website. They make your content available to visitors who try to access it. However, you may be wondering: what is Tomcat, and how is it different from other server software? Fortunately, we’ve put together a guide that...
SEO experts generally frown on web directories. However, some genuine sites do exist that can help you generate backlinks and referral traffic. The key is knowing which directories are still considered legitimate. By learning more about the available options, you can...
While a mass email service like Gmail is popular, recognizable, and user-friendly, it’s missing one very important thing: your branding. By using SiteGround email along with your domain name, you can have an email address that looks professional and showcases...
Content and SEO go hand in hand — at least where brand marketing and copywriting are concerned. Writing for SEO is the process of preparing, creating, and optimizing content for the purpose of ranking in Google and other search engines. Knowing how to write SEO...
When we discuss responsive options, we usually think of content that changes shape to fit different screen sizes. With Divi, we can take responsive content much further. We can use Divi’s settings to reduce the length of the content or replace the content or styling...
The internet places a plethora of resources and information at our fingertips. However, it’s essential to understand how to identify and retrieve them. To do that, we can use URIs and URLs. While you’re probably familiar with the latter term, you might be wondering,...
Divi’s testimonial module includes several optional elements that you can use or disable. These elements are easy to use and choosing them in different combinations can create some interesting designs. In this post, we’ll look at 8 element display combinations in...
Email plays a vital role in your communications when running a business. Therefore, choosing the best email provider can help you better manage customer interactions. Furthermore, it can save you money on email-related costs and enhance productivity. Figuring out...
