As you can see this blog post has a different style from the regular blog layout with text and a right sidebar. There is no way I could achieve this without having to know code. This particular layout is achieved by using a plugin. The plugin I’m using is Divi Blog Extras developed by Divi Extended. This is my affiliate link. I have used this plugin for two years on my website and on client sites. It is an excellent plugin.
A blog post has to be informative and the content needs to be layed out attractively so it gets read. Too much content is clutter and doesn’t get read. When you set up the blog page you have to decide if you want a side bar or a fullwidth. This post is set to fullwidth.
The title of the post and the meta data is positioned in the center and the blog post content is positioned in the center of the page. This style is particularly attractive for when you want to emphasize information.
Some say you shouldn’t use the Divi Builder because it interferes with the SEO. This hasn’t been proved. The reality is the search engine reads the content on the page not the design. The module is a placeholder for the content. The search engine doesn’t know the difference, it just reads the content.
Too many people have too much to say about what you must and musn’t do when you create content. The volume of content produced is overwhelming and the truth is no one reads it all. It just makes you feel good because you’re creating the content. Is it relevant content? Or the word is it has to be “great content.”
The point of all this is simple. I can do what I need to do with my blog post because I can use the plugin specifically made for Divi. The back end of WordPress is changing and developers must keep pace. The front end users are delighted because they get to use the Plugin made for Divi without having to know how to code.
The shift is happening in technology. Everyone can do it for themselves without having to pay costly fees. All you need is a basic understanding of how the software works so you can manage your website. Whether you’re a small business or a single person, the problem is the same. Without the basic knowledge you can and will be vulnerable.
When someone gives you advice, you want to know what they are talking about. You don’t want them to tell you something is necessary when you don’t need this expensive feature. But how do you know? The problem is we are being sold on the idea of success.
It is empty. No one can guarantee you anything, not even with a trial and your money back guarantee. In fact, the money back guarantee is the warning sign. You don’t need someone to guarantee your success. Only you can based on your efforts. Unfortunately, we have been led to believe it’s quick and easy. It isn’t. Managing a WordPress website has a definite learning curve.
Success isn’t for sale, it is achieved.
The developer created the Divi Framework using the HTML code written to integrate with the WordPress code. The designer conceptualizes the Modules that are able to be used with the Divi Framework. The Divi Library Layout Packs contain readymade layouts. The user can create the content without the complexity of code. The entire team work of the developer, the designer, and the user, creates the Divi Theme. Each person uses it in their own unique way.
A user’s delight, the introduction of the Visual Builder the best way to write a blog post is to see the content as you write.
This is an image of the Visual Builder used to write the content of this Blog Post. As you write the content you can see your edits on the page next to you. This is called the front end of the post. The editing section is the back end of the post. This is where you initate the post settings.
The layout structure shows you the column widths and you can conceptualize how you want the content to look on the page. Each of the sections are clearly visible as you hover over the setting. Now you can focus on the content and not the frustration with not knowing how something works.
Of course there are other details to take care of when you write a blog post. Some settings must be implement in the post editing section. This is the way all Themes work with WordPress.The point of this is to demonstrate how possible using the Divi Theme is, and why it gives you the control you’ve always wanted to have.
No code was used to write the content. All the code works in the background. The Visual Builder gives you the ability to create an interesting Blog Page.
Coming soon is a new way to improve on the already excellent existing backend builder combined with the visual builder.
You can read more about it here.
Ever since the Divi Theme came out in 2013, I have been using it and this is why you see all these articles about Divi. It is the one theme that answered something for me personally. I can arrange the content of a website with any number of layouts and styles. Apart from having a love of art, design, and form, I find the creation of content in a website fascinating.
The Divi Builder is a Page Builder. This is a plugin that when added to WordPress gives you a system of modules to use. The modules have specific functions and are pre-formatted. If you’re using the Divi Theme you don’t need to add the Divi Builder plugin.
The Divi Builder works with most WordPress themes. One thing you’ll find with plugins, they can be incompatible. Anytime you have different teams of people contributing to a main source, there are bound to be collisions of incompatible computer code.
The Divi Builder has the modules built in. You select the specific module you want for the content for the page or blog post. When you open the Divi Builder you’ll see the Divi Builder with a standard section.
There are two ways you can put content onto a web page:
You are not using the default WordPress post editor. All the icons on the tool bar in the default editor will be inside the modules. In our example we’re going to use an image and a text module for a blog post.
You don’t want long text, it has to fit into the context of the image. When text is carefully placed it works well with the image.
The block, or modular system lets you place content without using HTML code. You enter the content into the placeholder, the text module.
To set the background color we have to open the Row Module Settings and locate the Background in the Content area of the Module. There are three areas, the Content, Design, and Advanced tabs which contain all the different settings to style the module.
Did you know there are many people who can see color but are “color blind,” they don’t see the true color but an altered color.
We are selecting a background color to compliment the content and someone with a disability. The content in this row is an image on the left and the text on the right.
Equalize the Column Heights to make sure the content and the image are aligned. The image is in Column 1 and the text in Column 2.
This blog post used the Divi Builder to create the content for this post.
The ability to style the content onto the blog page enhances the reading experience for the person reading the blog post. This might take some extra time but it is worth the extra time to make the content interesting and emphasize a specific point.
Your work isn’t in vain, you can save the layout to the library and reuse it.
A theme has a specific style used throughout the website. A Framework is something used to mold the style.
With the Divi Framework. It is the ideal place to begin to take in the whole concept of building a website. With no knowledge of code, or how a website works, you can build one with the Divi Framework. It is specifically designed for the do-it-yourself take charge person or organization.
We’re faced with a changing world. In the last two or three years we have seen nothing but change. Different ways of doing things. Whoever thought you would order groceries online, or read an electronic book instead of a paper one. We use systems and software constantly. It takes time to get to know the software and how it works.
There is a learning curve with the Divi Theme. But this is the fun part because you have a community of users of the Divi Theme. The Divi Theme is the most used theme in the world, and has been translated into thirty two different languages.
Translated into thirty-two different languages is a fact, not a sales pitch. Divi is so successful it is the go-to Framework for developers and designers to create their Templates.
The whole structure of the framework is a different way to work on a website. This blog post is written using the Divi Visual Builder, as I’m entering text into the text module, I can see how the text looks on the page directly. Of course there is more to building a website than entering text onto a page.
In the Divi Framework you have:
The Divi Library, predefined page layouts
The Divi Builder, layout modules then preview
The Visual Builder, use modules on the page directly
At first you might want to use the Divi Builder to become familiar with how the web page is laid out, and how the sections and modules work.
The framework pulls the components of the website into place. Initially, you can use the premade layouts in the Divi Library. Once you get used to how the modules work you’ll find you start creating your own specific style and layout with the Divi Framework.
The do-it-yourself with Divi isn’t complicated when you know how. Here are the steps for implementing the Divi Theme. You must be a member of Elegant Themes to use the Divi Theme.
You cannot upload Divi to WordPress.com you must have your own domain and an account with a web host. If you haven’t found a Web Hosting Company, read about Website Hosting and what you should know.
I have two recommendations:
The Divi Theme requires PHP 7.0 +. This is higher than PHP 5.6. Some hosting companies limit the memory space because it is cheaper for them.
The DIY person knows better. You are loading a Premium WordPress Theme and this requires more memory. A web host that limits access and charges for more memory is not what you want in a web hosting company.
You will see the current installed Theme which might be the default WordPress Theme.
If you have another Theme installed and you are now wanting to switch over to the Divi Theme, you shouldn’t just leave the previous theme and then install Divi. One thing you will find, themes don’t work seamlessly with each other.
If you’re not running a current theme then you will most probably find the default WordPress Theme, Twenty Seventeen active in the Theme area.
The Twenty Seventeen theme is active. Click on Add New and the button will change to Upload theme.
The DIY person is never in a hurry, if you follow the steps you’ll do it the right way and not have to undo it and get into technology tangles.
Now you’re ready to upload the .zip Divi File you downloaded from your member’s area. This .zip folder will be on your desktop or in your downloads folder.
Click on Choose file, find the file and upload it. Once the file is uploaded the Install Now tab will darkent.
Click on Install Now and the Divi Theme will install. Stay in the Appearance section and this is what you will see.
The Divi Theme is active!
Now you are ready to enable the Theme Options.
Now let’s go to the Theme Options area.
Watch the Theme Options installing video below, it takes you through all the steps of enabling the options for the Divi Theme to work.
Below is a video tutorial on how to enable or disable the options for the Divi Theme. In this video, you’ll be introduced to the silent technology partner you need in real time as you set the Divi Theme Options.
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