Divi’s Fullwidth Header module makes it easy to design a stunning hero section for your website in just minutes. A hero section is the very first section of your website that your visitors will see, so you’ll want it to be branded, informative, and compelling....
Changing website logos can be a time-consuming process. This is especially true if the website uses different headers for different templates. If you use an image for each one of those headers, you’ll have to manually get in there and change each one of them....
If you’re in the real estate business, you’re probably familiar with Multiple Listing Service (MLS) portals and Internet Data Exchange (IDX) software. Furthermore, if you have a real estate website built on WordPress, being able to pull listings using IDX software...
WordPress and Web.com both offer viable platforms for building a website. WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) for building websites and has been for long time. Web.com is a popular website builder that provides an all-in-one website solution....
Consider using the new Divi Theme Builder Library in your workflow as you build your next website. With its integration with the Divi Cloud, you have the power to take your templates from one site to another. It can get tricky to keep this newfound creative expression...
Did you know that using a signature color can increase brand awareness by up to 80%? While that’s great, color is just one small part of growing a brand and ensuring that it attracts the right customers at the right time in a way that builds trust and confidence....
Virtual Reality (VR) has become increasingly popular in recent years. It enables users to enjoy immersive experiences from the comfort of their own homes. Furthermore, adding this feature to your website can help make your content more interactive, which may lead to...
The Divi Theme Builder Library allows us to do more with the templates that we have created in the Theme Builder. We now have access to tools such as tags, categories, and search. These make the job of keeping our templates organized as we work with Divi on a...
The newly arrived Divi Theme Builder Library allows us to better organize our favorite templates and template sets. When we add the power of Divi Cloud, we are able to create our beloved templates on one website and then bring them across to multiple installs of Divi....
Readability and User Experience (UX) are essential to keeping users engaged with your content. Most visitors are likely to feel turned off by huge walls of text or very long pages and consequently leave your site. However, with a table of contents plugin, you can...
Organization can make a huge difference in the time and effort you put into a task. Having your trusted tools on hand makes the task that you’re working on move faster. This counts when building your website too. With Divi, we make sure you can have all your design...
The release of the Divi Theme Builder Library hands you the power to organize your Theme Builder templates in a deeper way. The Divi Theme Builder Library allows you to save your favorite templates and template sets, along with their assignments. Coupled with Divi...
Your website’s domain and overall URL structure are based on a few technical elements. In this article, we are going to explore using www vs. non-www on your website’s URL and which is better for SEO. Both www and non-www have their pros and cons, but ultimately you...
Divi’s Fullwidth Menu Module gives Divi users lots of control over its design. This includes the ability to make any logo completely responsive. One set of controls, the Logo Width and Logo Max Width, work great together to specify the logo size. With just a few...
WordPress has been the go-to CMS platform for more than a decade. With more than half of all websites built on it, it has basically become the industry standard for content management systems. That being said, there’s a new kid on the block. HubSpot CMS has been...
As you probably know, links play a pivotal role in Search Engine Optimization (SEO). From internal linking and on-page SEO to link building and backlinks, there are many methods to make the most of your SEO links. However, figuring out where to start can feel...
Building a website hero section from scratch or using the Divi Fullwidth Header module are both ways you can build an eye-catching design for your site. In this post, we’re going to look at the pros and cons of using a fullwidth header module versus building your own...
If you’re a website owner, you can’t afford to neglect SEO. Beyond the basics, you need to start using advanced SEO techniques right now. Properly optimizing your website to improve your ranking in the SERPs means more site traffic, more conversions, and ultimately,...
Breadcrumbs offer a fantastic way to make your website easier to navigate. That’s because visitors can use breadcrumbs to jump to parent posts and pages in an instant. As a result, this can help keep users on your site for longer. If you’re looking to implement this...
Divi’s Filterable Portfolio Module gives you two layout options to choose from. Both options have advantages and work great for certain purposes. In this post, we’ll compare the fullwidth and grid layouts in Divi’s Filterable Portfolio Module to help you decide which...
Confused about which website platform to learn and use for your personal and business projects? Both WordPress and Showit offer competitive features, but they are quite different from each other. WordPress is a popular CMS that holds up an impressive one-third of the...
Over the last decade, mobile devices have become the easiest way for people to browse the internet. According to census.gov, more than 68% of American households use a mobile device to search. By the year 2025, it’s estimated that three-quarters of the world will use...
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) are both essential to online success. However, these terms are commonly used interchangeably. Understanding the differences between SEO vs SEM is important for using both strategies to your advantage....
Fullscreen headers take the entire screen, regardless of the screen size of the visitor. This is great for grabbing the attention of users. It’s also great for directing them to your call to action. Fortunately, it’s easy to make a fullscreen header with Divi’s...
Using paywalls and memberships is one of the best ways to monetize your WordPress site. You can offer exclusive content in exchange for ongoing subscriptions or one-time payments. Fortunately, WordPress has some great plugins to help you create a paywall that...
Divi’s Filterable Portfolio Module contains many elements, and each can be styled individually. The filter is one of the most useful elements, but it’s sometimes overlooked. In this post, we’ll see how to style the category filter in Divi’s Filterable Portfolio...
Lead generation is a crucial component to consider when creating a WordPress website for your business. In addition to great design and SEO, you also have to consider what the visitor will do once they’ve arrived. Driving visitors to your website isn’t as valuable as...
Knowing how to Push a WordPress development (dev) site live is crucial for maintaining uptime while updating your site. This is particularly helpful for agencies who manage and update a large number of websites as well as website owners looking to make a significant...
Divi’s filterable portfolio module is a great and easy way to display your work and projects on your website. You can use categories to create different filters for your portfolio module, and it offers an easy way to keep an updated portfolio without having to modify...
How do you know you can trust a new platform for your personal or business website? It can be a difficult decision. In this article, we are going to compare WordPress (the popular CMS) and Tilda (an upcoming website builder). We’ll compare the two platforms in terms...
Building a hero section is an excellent way to call attention to important content on your page. It’s a super-sized piece of content that you can use to tell your story, share information about your work, or highlight a product or service. With Divi’s Fullwidth Header...
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...
