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@Eilley-official thanks for your comment. I think there’s a time and place for Shopify but WordPress will also be better in my opinion since Shopify cannot be transferred to another type of content management system which frustrates users wanting to switch to woo commerce on WordPress.

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Elementor stuck on loading even when clearing browser (Firefox) cache

Thanks for your comment! You might look at increasing your memory limit in cPanel through your php.ini file.

@@modernizemysite Thanks

Sweet! Thanks for the feedback! Let us know what ai tools you end up using 🎉

So glad! Thanks for the support ❤

Oh no! That’s ok. That just means this is not a good fit for you. You’ll find your thing!

Hi Tom! Thanks for tuning in. But I respectfully disagree. If you are working for a large company that has the budget for designers and developers then I can see using specific UX software. However I run a web design company catering to small business owners and all the designers I know use Adobe in this space.

@@modernizemysite yeah I’m not really sure what industry you work in and maybe that is the difference. But I’ve worked in software and web development for over 20 years. I worked on pretty much every platform out there, language bases, company apps like Indianapolis Motor Speedway, American motorcycle Association, Salesforce, Motorola, Six Flags, Draft Kings, Airline apps, Papa Johns, both small and large companies, design agencies, consulting companies, as well a contractor, full-time employee and even owned my own businesses. and I’ve seen the number of graphic designers dwindle to pretty much nothing. I have some pretty high-end lead software designer friends in the industry and they haven’t touched photoshop in years. Figma, sketch, Invision are universally used instead as well as most designers are reaching into marketing and SEO tool sets these days. But very few designers are actually creating buttons, graphics and web tools these days from scratch. They are actually using higher in packages that consume already produced tool sets where assets are already given to you and you have to conform to the standards of Adobe, Microsoft or other various open standard design models. For instance if you work in iOS, android or any hybrid mobile space, you aren’t even allowed to cut your own graphics you have to use the standards that are set by those platforms and Apple won’t even allow you to design your own assets you have to use theirs. And most web application development companies that use scripting languages such as react, angular or react native use very specific open source tool sets for design like material-UI, bootstrap, theme-UI, etc; I was a UI UX front end lead dev for years. Every time I tried to get a software team to adopt custom graphics for a project, I would lose out in favor of the lead team project manager or director usually going the way of UI library route probably because they came from a software engineering background. Which is a whole other discussion I could go down that road on. We started to see the end of true graphic design when designers lost control of the web and engineers started taking over around the same time you saw flash player and other rich multimedia design tools going away along with third-party players. It may help to also know that I was a former 3-D modeler artist and used to do 3-D photorealism design and animation for web graphics and that completely went away as well when we lost our 3-D environments and websites got away from rich Internet applications RIAs and we moved into the dumbed down HTML5 territory, but again that’s a whole other conversation I could talk about for hours.

Absolutely. No disagreement there if you are working with corporate clients.

I understand for sure. It seems like a lot of jobs are jack-of-all-trades positions. I personally niched down to web because that’s what enjoy. But there’s power in niching down to what you love, including design. Thanks for your feedback!

u cannot stop them its multimedia nowadays not GD anymore now u have to do all not just graphic sht EVEN IF I HIRE U, U WOULD BE JACK OF ALL TRADES FOR ME LOL AND MAKE SOME MORE VIDEOS!!!!

Hi Paola! Thanks for your comment. Why not do a little of both right now and see what your prefer? It took me a long time to decide to niche down to web design. It doesn’t the have to be an immediate decision. If you have to declare a major you can either code or design in your spare time. I hope that helps!

@@modernizemysite thank you!

Hi Agnese. Thanks for your feedback! I hear you. I love the visual aspect of graphic design and photography too. I found that web design has a healthy dose of that still so it’s a good balance for me. Niching down was one of the smartest decisions I could have made. In that time I’ve partnered with another web design business and we’ve grown exponentially. We build Wordpress websites for small businesses. I’ve also just had my first child. So things have been a bit crazy but in the best possible way. I would love to make a follow up video to this one soon. Thanks again for writing in and best of luck on your journey!

@@modernizemysite wow, congrats, so good to hear that! :) Your story inspires me and I'd love to see a follow up video!

After a few years I’m starting to favor Elementor now. They seem to have better support with WordPress. While I haven’t checked the stats on load time I’m willing to bet Elementor is faster due to support alone. But there are a lot of factors that affect site speed. Having minified code is definitely one of those though.

That depends on a lot of factors like where you live, what the job market is, etc. But starting in a field like marketing is a good way to get your foot in the door as a graphic designer. I would say don’t be scared but instead be the best and you’ll find work with a good work ethic and determination.

@@modernizemysite Thank you. I'll consider it 😊

Thanks for watching and for your feedback!

That’s awesome! Thanks for watching and keep on coding Damola!

I’m so honored you thought so! Thank you so much for tuning in and your very kind words :)

Great spin on things!

Awesome! Thanks for watching!

Thanks for tuning in!

@@modernizemysite welcome!

Hi Steve! Thanks for tuning in! Offhand I don’t. Sorry! Maybe Stack Overflow or Reddit has some insights.

Fantastic! Thanks for watching!

I hear you! Thanks for watching and commenting.

Thanks for watching and telling me about Brizy. I’ve never heard of it but it sparked my interest. Thanks!

Glad to hear that! Thanks for tuning in!

@@modernizemysite waiting for more... mam

Hi @eephilosophy Yes! I couldn't agree more! WordPress offers many types of builders and it's helpful to be knowledgeable in different types so you can use more themes. Thanks for the comment and for watching the video!

That is an AWESOME story to hear! I'm sorry you faced such diversity in the beginning. But, man, good for you! That's an inspiring story for sure!

Yes I love you, I haven't even started working yet but I already know that is the way I need to go. I already feel so unhappy even though I love creating & I'm really good, I feel like working in a corporate setting will suck the life out of me. Especially with the black thing, sometimes the best way is to make your own way.

You became a product designer? How did you enter the field? I love graphic design myself but I feel the field is very saturated and it's difficult to stand out, and I'm a bit burnt out from it all.

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for tuning in.

why ? can you explain it?

@@rafsanjawad108 Sure. Though Elementor is great. Outside of it's mobile settings available in the free version, and a few advanced settings in the free version, I don't see where it exceeds WP Bakery. WP Bakery has better integration with other plugins like Woocommerce for example. I think many of the elements are better constructed and more creative depending on what kind of site you are building. Even custom post types like portfolios, team members, testimonials, galleries, are better in WP Bakery in my opinion. Also, it doesn't have nearly the amount of issues with things like Yoast and automatic post notifications as you have Elementor. Because Elementor is so intrusive, many core WordPress operations don't work without customization. For example, If you build a page in elementor and don't select a featured image and you paste the link in Facebook, he link will show a default empty image. It doesn't gel well in that manner. I will give you that it's a slightly more advanced version of Weebly so newer website builders may find it easy, but it's not necessarily the best in my opinion. I do use it pretty frequently in my work though.

Very well said @terry carter

@@TerryCarter I think why people keep liking Elementor is because they are designers with minimal code experience or no-code experience at all. They just want to drag drop elements whereas you can build a very complex website with WPBakery. You still can with elementor too but it would take forever. I use customized WPBakery 99.9% of the time.

@@1tansu1 I totally agree! You are absolutely right! I also love how you can make theme specific custom elements for WP Bakery!

Right, I run into that too @Igor where I use both Elementor and WP Bakery. You are right! Thanks for tuning in!

Hi Daniel! Not at all. I think it's helpful to have a background in design but it seems the job outlook is even more favorable for those who can combine code + design. If you're interested in learning web design I would start on that path and sprinkle in design classes when you can through online portals like Udemy, Skillshare, LinkedIn Learning, etc. It's helpful to know the basics of layout design, color theory, and typography. Thanks for tuning in!

Fantastic! I'm always on the hunt for new themes. Thanks for your recommendation and tuning in!

Yeah, I completely agree about what you're saying about WordPress. I personally love that CMS and think it's quite flexible. Thanks for tuning in!

Hi Amy & Jen! Thanks so much for tuning in. Hope you enjoy those books. They are great ones! And I had so much fun in Memphis! Haha yes, a reunion would be amazing 🙌

waiting for what?

@@modernizemysite waiting for your upcoming videos, cos it was set on premiere, i liked your previous video wp bakery vs Elementor

@@zeeshanimtiaz1 great! Thanks for tuning in! I'm thinking of doing another video on Elementor.

Ashan, thanks for watching the video and chiming in!

Nice. Thanks for chiming in. I’m hearing so many good things about Elementor.

For sure. But I’m a front end web developer so those languages make sense for my profession. I have picked up books on Python & PHP and would love to learn those too.

@@modernizemysite did JavaScript Didn't enjoy it Very complex and you got very understand it I'm learning figma now. Coding ain't for me

Hey there’s a lot of good jobs in UX. Best of luck!