TodayweareexcitedtoannouncethattheDiviBuilderhasbeenreleasedintheformofastand-aloneplugin.ThismeansyoucantakethepoweroftheDiviBuilder(previouslyonlyavailableinourDiviTheme)anduseitanywhere!
Finally,italsomeansthatyoucaneasilymigrateawayfromtheDiviThemebyinstallingtheDiviBuilderPluginwithwhicheverthemeyoudecidetoswitchto.
Nope,theDiviThemewillremainunchanged.ItwillcontinuetobepackagedwithourDiviBuilderframework.TheDiviBuilderthatcomeswithDivi,andtheDiviBuilderthatexistsinsidethisnewplugin,are100%identical.PackagingtheDiviBuilderintoastand-alonepluginsimplyopensupnewandcreativewaysfortheDiviBuildertobeused.
TheDiviBuilderisaproductthatwasbornoutofTheDiviTheme,anall-in-oneWordPressthemethatwasbuiltwiththeDiviBuilderatitsverycore.NowyoucanharnessthatpoweranduseitwithanyWordPressthemeyoudesire.
IfyouhaveusedourDiviThemethenyouarealreadyfamiliarwiththeDiviBuilder.NowyoucantakethepowerofDivianduseitinbrandnewways,combiningthebuilderwithdifferentthemesorevencustomthemes.TheDiviTheme,however,remainsawonderfulout-of-the-boxcompletewebsitesolution,augmentingtheDiviBuilderwithastunningsetofcustomizeroptionsandabeautifulfull-widthdesign.Thereisnorightorwrongchoice,justusethesolutionthatworksbestforyou!
TheDiviBuilderishappytoliveinsideofanycontentareaduetoitsfluidandresponsivedesign.TheDiviBuilderwasbuilttoallowyourthemetocontrolbasicstyles,suchasfontsizesandcolors,sothatlayoutswillfeelathome.TakealookatsomeexamplesoftheDiviBuilderbeingusedtocreatestunningblogpostsinsomeofourownthemes:
TheDiviBuildercomeswith20columnstructuresthatcanbecombinedintonsofdifferentways.Inadditionto40+contentmodulesand1000’sofdesignsettings,thepossibilitiesarecountless.
Establishingalayoutandaddingcontenttoyourpageisonlypartofthebuildingprocess.Creatinguniquedesigndecisionsandcustomizingtheitemsonyourpageiswhereyoucanreallydelightyourusers.TheDiviBuildergivesyoufullcreativecontrolovereachpieceofyourlayout.
Addingmodulestoyourpageissimple,andconfiguringthemonlytakesafewseconds.Addyourcontent,controlyourdesignandadjustthelayoutofeachmodulewithease.
TheDiviBuilderLibraryisgoingtoforeverchangeyourworkflowprocessforthebetter.TheDiviBuilderLibraryisyournewwebdesigntoolkit.Withinthelibraryyoucansavelayouts,modulesorcollectionsofmodulesforlateruse.Youcanquicklycreatesetsofultra-customizedlayoutsthatcanbere-usedwhenyoustartnewprojects.Themorerobustyourlibrarybecomes,themoretimeyouwillsaveduringdevelopment.Youcanalsoeasilyexportandimportyourlibraryfromonewebsitetoanother.
Whensavingtothelibrary,youcanalsochoosetoselectivelysynccertainsettings.Thiswayyoucansaveonlythesettingsthatyouplantore-use,suchasdesignelements(colors,fonts,etc).Forexample,youcouldcreateasetofcustomizedmodulesthatmatchaparticularbrandidentitytobere-usedthroughoutthewebsiteduringthebuildingprocess.
Intheexamplebelow,customdesignsettingswereusedtocreateabeautifulCallToActionmodule,includingcustomfonts,buttonstylesandcolors.Thislibraryitemcanthenbeeasilyaddedtonewpageswithuniquetextcontentandimages.
i.e.OnlysavetheAdvancedDesignSettingstabofafullwidthheadermodulesoyoudon’thavetoremembertheexactheight,textstyles,buttonstyles,orbackgroundoverlay,everytimeyouaddaheadertoyourlayout.Thissavesatonoftimeandmakesconsistencyabreeze.
WheneveryousavesomethingtotheDiviBuilderLibrary,itcanbesavedasaGlobalitem.Globalitemscanbeaddedtomultiplepagesthroughoutyourwebsite.Wheneveraglobalitemiseditedinonelocation,thosechangesaremirroredacrossallpages.Noneedtoediteverysinglepagetomakewide-sweepingchangestoyourwebsite.
Ifyouneedtorepeatasingleitemacrossyourwebsite,simplysaveitasaGlobalmodule.Forexample,youcouldmirroraCallToActionmoduleacrossthebottomofallpagesofyourwebsite.IfyoueverwanttochangethecoloroftheCTAbutton,justdoitonceinsteadofdozensoftimes.Thisisahugetimesaver!
i.e.UseaglobalCallToActiononmultiplepages.Updatingthetitle,text,link,orstylingisnowaonetimetask.
CollectionsofDiviBuilderelementscanalsobesavedasGlobalsectionsorrows.UsingGlobalsections,youcaneasilycreateacustomheaderorfooterforyourwebsitethatcanbeeditedonceandupdatedacrossyourentiresite.
i.e.CreateaGlobalSection,addittothebottomofeverypageofyoursite,anduseitasacustombuiltfooter.
GloballibraryitemscanalsobecombinedwithSelectiveSync,allowingyoutocreateasetofmirroredglobalmodulesthatonlysynccertainsettings.Forexample,youcouldcreateaGlobalHeaderModulewithcustomtypographyandcolors,butonlychoosetoselectivelysyncthesedesignsettings.Thismodulecanbemirroredacrossyourentirewebsite,whilestillallowingyoutoinputuniquetitletextoneachpage.Ifyoueverwanttoadjusttheoveralltypographicstyleofyourwebsite,youonlyhavetoeditthisglobalmoduleonceandthechangestoitsdesignsettingsgetpushedtoeveryinstanceofthemodule!
TheDiviBuildermakesiteasytoduplicateitems,savingyouatonoftimeduringthebuildingprocess.Noneedtostartfromscratchwhenasimilarmodulehasalreadybeencreatedonthepage.Justduplicateandstartediting!
Sometimesyoumaywanttolockdowncertainpartsofyourlayoutsothattheyarenotaccessibletoyourclientsorotherauthors.Onceanitemhasbeenlockedbyanadministrator,itcannotbeeditedbyanotheruntiltheadministratorhasunlockedit.
ThereisnoneedtoworryaboutmakingmistakeswhenusingtheDiviBuilder.Everyactionyoutakeduringthebuildingprocesscanbeundoneorredonebyusingourundocontrols,orbyclickingUndo/Redohotkeys(suchasCtrl+ZandCtrl+Y).TheDiviBuilderalsosavesacompletelogofyoureditinghistoryforanygivensessionsoyoucanmovebackwardsandforwardsthroughtimetoanysavedhistorystatewithaclickofyourmouse!
TheDiviBuildermakesiteasytoseewhatyouarebuildingusingitsLivePreviewsystem.Thisgivesyouaquickglimpseatanychangesyouaremakingtoamodule,roworsection.NoneedtosaveyourlayoutoropenupanewtabusingthestandardWordPresspreviewfeature.
Contentisonlyonepartofwhatmakesyourwebsitelookgreat,andwhiletheDiviBuilderalreadyaddsappropriatespacingbetweenelements,italsogivesyouawiderangeoftoolsthatletyoucontrolthespacingwithinandaroundtheitemsonyourpage.
Ifyouwanttotightenthingsupabit,noproblem,simplyreducethestandardSectionandRowheightswithinthebuilderoptions.Youcanincreasethemtoo,givingyourcontentmoreroomtobreatheonlargemodernscreens.
Horizontalspacingcanbecontrolledaswell.Youcanchoosebetweenvariousgutterwidthsaswellascustomcontentwidthsforeachrowinyourlayout.Youcanevenremovespacingaroundmodulescompletelytocreatebeautifulgridlayouts.
Notonlydostructuralelementshavespacingoptions,suchasrowsandsections,butmodulesdotoo.Youcaneasyadjustthepaddingandspacingforeachmoduleusingsimpleinputsliders.
TheDiviBuildercomeswithdefaultrowwidths,whichcanbeadjustedonaperrowbasis.Combiningcustomrowwidthswiththecustomgutterwidthsdescribedearlieryoucancreatetrulymodernlayouts.
ThePortfolioModulesallowyoutodisplayprojectthumbnailsanywherewithinyourlayoutsinanycolumn.Ifagridisnotwhatyouarelookingfor,youcanalsochooseasinglecolumn,gutter-less,fullwidth,orcarouselsliderlayoutforyourprojectthumbnails.
TheDiviBuilderhasbeenprofessionallytranslatedinto32languages.Notonlyhavefront-endelementsbeentranslated,butsohaseverypartoftheDiviBuilderinterface.ThisensuresthatyouandyourclientswillbeabletousetheDiviBuilderwithoutconfusion.
TheDiviBuilderisRTLcompatible,andwillautomaticallyswitchtoRTLmodewhenaRTLlanguageisselectedforyourWordPressinstallation!Noneedtothinkaboutit,theDiviBuilderjustworks.
WhatevercontentyoubuildwiththeDiviBuilderneedstoworkonanythemeonanydevice,sowemadeeverythingcompletelyfluidsothatyourlayoutsnotonlyadapttodifferentdevices,butalsodifferentcontentwidthswithinwhateverthemeyouareusing.
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