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You would need to entirely rebuild the site to move it to Bricks. I wouldn’t typically recommend that unless it’s an e-commerce site and Google PageSpeed is failing horribly as this will impact search rankings.

@@chrifur i am not super familiar with Webflow but I think your analysis is correct.

I quit using JetEngine when we started with Bricks because the bloat scares me. And there was overlap between Elementor and JetEngine features that just got really confusing. Especially templates. I think JetEngine is a solid plugin but I don’t currently use it.

I choose my premium plugins very carefully and whenever I can, I will buy whichever version gives me unlimited or one time prices. This gives me fixed costs that I can use predictably to set my monthly pricing. A contact form plugin would totally fit that bill for me, I would buy it, and include it in the monthly cost. Contact Forms are way to important to loose contact form entries over. You can always install from scratch if you like to configure everything, every time. The point of the "blueprint" is that you can configure predictable things like header / footer / home / contact page templates, even create a contact form, and embed it on the page as part of the blueprint, and then your site is so much closer built before you even start. Every week I am finding tweaks that make it back into my blueprint that will speed up the site building process for my next site build. I have mine to the point where I do very little configuration twice anymore.

@@WPTotalCraftThanks for the info. I tried uploading the blueprint but hostinger uses MariaDB instead of the MySQL db that is used by the template. Not sure if I should proceed since it could cause compatibility issues : (

@ that should be fine. Pretty sure my servers are also running MariaDB. It’s cross compatible. Did you get warnings when you tried to install it?

Eh! Yes! WordPress tutorials with a Canadian English accent. I wondered when someone would notice!

I don’t actually have any experience at all with Kadence or Gutenberg. How do you think it compares? I can’t even write a blog post in Gutenberg without going crazy.

@@WPTotalCraft What problems do you run into when writing blog posts? Personally, I might haven gotten so used to it now, that I'm not aware of severe UX issues that others are complaining about. However, while gutenberg alone might not be enough for you, Kadence extends blocks and adds advanced blocks that makes it super powerful. I can't imagine going back to third party page builders that add another layer on top. I had so much headache cleaning all the elementor shortcodes when moving to a different system. So I stick to core as much as possible. It's not perfect but gets better over time. Like pulling dynamic data from custom fields as you showed with bricks is no problem at all. So maybe give it a try

@@tommy-gforce I like the idea of core only a lot. But when I try to write in Gutenberg the only emotion I feel is frustration. Back spacing through stuff trying to delete invisible empty blocks of crap just drives my OCD crazy. Having used WordPress since like 2013 I don’t even know where you would go to make a header and a footer

@@WPTotalCraft I feel ya. it takes time getting used to the block editor. and wordpress team is moving super slow and keeping adding new stuff instead of smoothing out existing things. also the transition phase from customizer to full site editing is a mess when it comes to finding stuff.

@@tommy-gforce I feel like WordPress could have built a nice, fully functional core page builder by now with the effort that has gone into Gutenberg

are you wanting to see tutorials of this being built, or just examples of sites that have been built in Bricks Builder?

Agreed. The amount of bloat and ads and add-ons from Elementor is worrisome to me, especially when they're already the bloated page builder out there. We don't need prompts to install even more bloated plugins.,

I used to use Elementor back when it was first released and thought it was the cats petunia. I soon missed the flexibility that we had enjoyed when we hand coded WordPress templates in the days before page builders and started on a journey. We used Astra Pro templates with Elementor initially, then Elementor templates we custom built, then we explored Oxygen Builder and settled on it for awhile. But it's aging, slow and frustrating even though it's capable. Then we looked at Breakdance, which is better all around than Elementor and in the same range, but it's very limited, like Elementor. When we took Bricks Builder for a spin, we realized it's what we'd been missing. It was modern, faster, the interface didn't piss you off, there was a CSS framework available, like we had been used to in Oxygen builder with Core and WooCore, and it allows us to drop PHP code into a page and run / parse it right in the preview. It's heavenly, I must confess.

Are you building a one off site or multiple sites as an agency?

Kevin Geary is the best: ua-cam.com/video/-huJ-SbO3BI/v-deo.htmlsi=1BOWKZCIWhZy_ib8

Welcome to 2025!

What I wish is that Bricks had a popular free version, so that people wouldn't start as beginners with Elementor Free, then upgrade to Elementor Pro where they face the same challenges I did, as they skill up. Ultimately to end up with Bricks Builder, they need to make a switch in builders to get there, when Bricks is easy to use for easy headers and footers and normal page design as well.

You're correct, we only scratched the surface on dynamic data. There are other videos on my channel that show query loops with repeater fields and 9th of child pseudo classes as well. You can take a look at them on my channel if you like. You're also correct that Bricks is smoother than Elementor. Anything Elementor can do, Bricks can do better. I wish Bricks has a free version, so beginners could get the foot in the door on a better builder, and then graduate to Pro as they skill up.

Elementor is super limited compared to Bricks Builder.

@@hlnhd yep, and it's not even close!

Yes definitely. You can use dynamic data in Elementor. It’s insanely inflexible though. Give it a try in Bricks though and you’ll likely not go back.

We rarely hand over sites to clients, regardless of the builder. Our plans always include maintenance for this reason . . . to keep them out of it. The client who can make home page edits without destroying the site is rare. If we know a client will be editing a site, we have a conversation before we build to determinate exactly what areas they need to edit, and then build those sections using ACF and custom post types so they can simply edit from the back end without getting into the builder. Bricks Builder isn't hard, I'd say it might be easier than Elementor to be honest, even for the customer.

@@WPTotalCraft Thanks for your feedback, I'm going to try it out.

You’re welcome!

@@RR-ok4wz i think the unfortunate part is that Elementor lures people in with a free builder that is on par with Divi, then it leaves people who start to skill up with a frustrating experience in WordPress when if they would simply begin with Bricks from the start it would be smooth sailing as they skill up. This is why I think Bricks is more beginner friendly than many people think.

@ ​​⁠again, not wrong, but as I mentioned they’re not going to “simply start with bricks” if bricks isn’t even on their radar while Divi and Elementor are.

I’m showing examples of what quickly happens in Elementor where the road blocks cause massive frustration. If you’re building simple 1 to 4 page sites with static content you won’t run into these issues. The minute you try dynamic content in Elementor you’ll run into these scenarios and it will be much more difficult in Elementor than in Bricks. Hope that makes it more clear what I meant.

@@WPTotalCraft Thanks for your response. I'll look around and see if I can find a good tutorial that really is for someone new to Bricks...how to just create a relatively simple website.

@@thepurpleufo for basic website building Bricks works literally the same as Elementor. You make a header and footer template and then edit the page contents. In Bricks instead of Elementor. If you’re doing that in Elementor now you’ll have no trouble at all doing it in Bricks.

Yeah exactly. I don’t think he gets that part - it’s not that easy for beginners. LOL

@@RR-ok4wz I actually disagree. As you skill up in Elementor things get really painful. This doesn’t exist in Bricks and ultimately leaves you with a better experience in WordPress. Simple headers and footers are as simple to build in Bricks as in Elementor. It’s not like you need more skill to do basic things in Bricks. It’s that Bricks lets you go way further once your skills increase.

So what I did was buy Bricks Builder Ultimate one time, and I am paying for ACSS yearly. This way the underlying builder cost is fixed for me, and I can switch away from ACSS at any time. So far, what ACSS has brought to the table is consistency in design, right out of the box and I have very junior designers on my team outputting stuff that looks like they spent way more attention to details, just because padding and spacing are consistent everywhere. Obviously Kevin is in the market to make money, but he brings a product to the table that has enough value for me to trade money for. His Page Builder 101 course is gold, just in the sense of it being almost the only complete course in WordPress anywhere on the internet that teaches anyone anything, and my staff can now watch it as a resource. I have not used Core Framework at all. From what I have read, it can do everything that ACSS can, but you need to do the building out on it. So I think it's time vs money maybe.

possibly. I think the main reason though, is that people simply don't know better. I think that tide will turn as roadblocks turn into the frustrations I've felt from using Elementor.

@@WPTotalCraftBricks has a steeper learning curve and I believe that’s also a contributing factor. In my experience most website design projects don’t require the level of detailed customization thats outlined in the video. For example I’ve never experienced the inability to see the preview of a single product design in Elementor. Having said that I can admit that I despise building WooCommerce sites because of the limited customization and functionality but that’s a Wordpress issue.

Thank you!

I haven’t ever used it. I may need to take it for a spin on 2025!

@WPTotalCraft Sure.

Interesting name. Sounds a bit corny, tbh, but now I’m curious! Will def check it out. What do you like/dislike about it?

@ thanks for the feedback. I’ll def check them out. Any UA-cam reviews of it that you would recommend?

Are you wondering how to add a border colour with CSS in Bricks?

You sir, have been on a journey. Congratulations!!

You're welcome! My agency has 3 staff at this point, with lots of bandwidth and room to grow.

Correct! There is nothing Elementor does that Bricks Builder doesn’t do better.

You make my day!!

I appreciate you coming here to say that a lot of thanks!

It's gonna change your life. You will be shocked to learn that there is a world where there are templates that are actually usable starting points that save you time. Check specifically into Bricks, AutomaticCSS, and Frames. Because those templates are built using the ACSS CSS framework, which means the template will even inherit your existing site style and colours.

Thanks! Over here grinding away. Definitely hoping to see things pick up yet.

<rant>I agree with your statement for the most part. I am of the opinion though, that Bricks is more beginner friendly than Elementor is because it actually lets you do stuff the proper way with queries and templates that align with core principles. This means that when you ready online about how to do things in native WordPress templates, that you can actually follow those instructions and build them in Bricks Builder the correct way. Typically Elementor almost always completely derails that process with its own workflow that gets in the way, causing a nightmarish amount of road blocks and "I can get 95% of the way I want to build it but this inflexible widget just won't quite do what I need, now I need to go looking for extra plugins which cause bloat, or I need to get custom code to the front end, God forbid, and now I need to register the code in a plugin, and register a short code to embed the shortcode on the front end which turns into a literal shortcode widget that doesn't parse any code and leaves u guessing on how it looks short of running the page in another browser window, and then guess how well it will go to manually style that code output with CSS because there's no CSS framework" I think . . . Elementor has a steeply harder learning curve than Elementor. </rant>

@@WPTotalCraft I agree on what you are saying, I just think or feel that Elementor feels slightly more intuitive, than Bricks. If you start from scratch, I think Bricks isn't harder to learn, and you will learn it the right way from the get-go. Why my go-to page builder is Bricks. It doesn't require numerous plugins to make it work the way you want.

@@PicSta my next video is going to demo Elementor Pro templates vs Bricks Builder. I'll let you draw conclusions after that :)

@@PicSta it's craze how fewer plugins you need with Bricks Builder.

@@WPTotalCraft I can imagine the result already 🙂

email sent :)

I’m not quite following what you mean, sorry.

I follow now. Good old WP debug

@@WPTotalCraft That's strange, seems to be loading now,, but earlier it was just showing a WP error screen, but seems to be working now, not sure what happened, can't remember exactly what it said but it was a PHP error, it had to do with BricksUltimate, it said it was loading faster than WP, and it said it had to do with the new WP version

@@bob-p7x6j i have noticed this error recently on sites with BricksUltimate. It makes me a bit nervous as BricksUltimate has been doing things like that a few times in the short time I have had it

Our agency pricing is currently structured to include hosting / Office365 / tech support / WordPress updates / about 1.5 hours a month of maintenance. We have two price plans. The location is Canada priced in CAD. 4 pages website - simple function only Hosting + 1 O365 Business Standard license 1900 one time + 199 / mo 10 pages - advanced function like custom posts / repeaters Hosting + 2 O365 Business Standard license 2900 + 299 / mo These prices are about to go up significantly, as we build out new plans that include SEO processes as well. It depends on the size of your team if these prices will work or not. We find small business is able to easily afford these prices if they are short staffed or not able to build their own site.

I’m not understanding your question. That is what this video shows. Where you can turn ACF repeater fields into a table with alternating row colours. Did the video make sense for you to follow?

@@WPTotalCraft Everything is fin and make sense. I'm talking about Nested Repeaters = Repeater in a Repeater. you made Work Fields a Repeater and I say what if you made Hours a Repeater as well, don't look for a reason it's example. But let's say did, and you would put a text field inside the Hours a Repeater. How would you show it in Bricks... the Repeater in a Repeater (Hours a Repeater in the Work Fields Repeater)? Hope that makes sense :)

@@EliasRise do you have an example of a website doing this? I'm not quite sure I follow. And I'm not sure that in Advanced Custom Fields that you can make a repeater inside a repeater can you?

Thanks! Appreciate the feedback and glad it helped you out

Thanks man! Appreciate the comment.

hey thanks so much for commenting to let me know this. I'm just getting the hang of my channel yet, and mentioned this to my editor when I uploaded this video. I'm releasing a video next week that shows how to add repeater fields into the mix yet, and I'm hoping to have fixed those issues on the next video

@@WPTotalCraft Ok, subscribed, yeah, there is a whole top part and sides in grey graph area that would have been useful for a closer look and the zoomed in the better for us with not great eyes, ha ha, but looking forward to more vids, will look at your other ones, but good visuals and sound can make or break channels, just my two cents....sound was fine btw...

Yeah, my editor struggled to pull this video together. it's kind of technical and was hard for him to follow along with editting it, so it took longer than expected, just to get the basics down, then it was time to get it posted