I have just worked through both of Josh's tutorials on Elegant Themes Divi. His calm manner and clear instructions were top rate and in my opinion one of the best I have seen. I would recommend anyone interested in understanding how and what Divi can do, that they watch Josh and learn from a master. Thank you Josh, you are awesome!
this is awesome, i'm a web designer myself and had just bought divi as a theme not knowing what i was in for, this was a GREAT and most helpful video and you sir have earned a subscriber
Josh, this is an outstanding tutorial. Your clarity, detail and sense of calm is truly brilliant. And yes, I have watched every minute of it and built about 65% of my website. Thanks a million for your time and expertise . Best wishes to your continued success.
I watched your other Divi tutorial video last year and because of that I purchased the Divi builder. Divi is fantastic and I love using it, but if it wasn't for your tutorials I would not have had the confidence to get it. This tutorial is even better and has upped my skill level once again. Many many thanks!!!!
+Neil Allen Neil, thanks so much for leaving such a fantastic comment! I really appreciate you letting me know that and I'm so glad you were able to improve your Divi skills!
Hi Josh, Thank you for letting me know about your new tutorial, which is just awesome, as usual. You read my mind...anytime Elegant Themes send me an update, I rush to your UA-cam to see if you have a new Divi Tutorial. Divi advances lately, are really remarkable and I've converted all my work exclusively into it. Again...I never came across of a better learning system. Thank You! Augusto
+Augusto Marini Hey Augusto, thank you for taking the time to comment and I really appreciate your compliment! I completely agree - the Divi theme is remarkable. I have a lot of content for planned for shorter videos demonstrating some of the other Divi features that I hope you'll find helpful as well.
Hi Josh, OMG, OMG and many more OMGs what can i say buddy, you have not only made me finally decide to go create my own website but gave me the confidence that i can do it as well i am a graphic designer but never got involve into any kind of programming or backend or whatever you call it, with ZERO knowledge of website building technicalities but you and DIVI became my "Mentors" and from now on, i wouldn't think twice before building any website :) i still have a few Qs being a designer and that too a very particular one with spacing between or around the elements and objects, i hope i will still manage with wonderful customizing options with elegant themes, but if not than i am sure you are always there :) once again thanks for this wonderful video and all the best
Hi wpSculptor (Josh Jackson), Thank you so much!!! This video tutorial is AWESOME and easy to understand! You explained this theme in very easy to understand details. Thanks for helping me better understand and learn about building my business eCommerce WordPress website. I'm looking forward to learning more from your other video's as well. Great job! Again THANKS, Judy
Hey Judy, thank you so much for your kind words! I'm so glad to hear that you have a better understanding and I wish you the absolute best with your online endeavors!
Your video is perfect. Thank you so much Josh, really enjoyed that. Your tutorial suddenly turned the DIVI theme into worthwile. Will be using your affiliate links from now on. Keep up the great work. Rob
Great Evening Josh. I have truly enjoyed this video tutorial. Oh my goodness, it saved me a lot of headache from trying to figure out setting up my wordpress blog. You are awesome! Thanks so much!
I like the way you cover topics in general terms and then go back to review specific details and try different options. You express yourself very clearly! Tell me I've seen you using other themes in previous tutorials, do you use only DIVI now? Because it seems that it can be used to create any kind of website. Thanks
+Fernando Prieto Hey Fernando, thank you so much for that wonderful compliment! I still use the old thesis theme for my website wpsculptor.com but I'm thinking about redoing it soon, possibly with the Divi theme. It's true, Divi is so flexible that you can really make just about any kind of website with it. Also, its a pretty quick way to setup a custom website.
+Thanaponth Bureesombat Hi Thanaponth, I'm so happy to have finally published this video. It has been quite a process putting it together. I have some other shorter videos planned that will go in tandem with this tutorial and I hope you find those helpful as well. You are very welcome and thank you so much for commenting!
@@wpSculptor i can't wait until you do get time for an extra theme. i'm stumped i have 3 youtube channels i'm wanting to start, but i don't want to do 3 websites for the 3 vlogs it's been really frustrating
My dear brother, you have put a lot of effort preparing this video. I can understand because I myself is a video marketer as well, I know the pains. I would like to request you not to get disheartened by the number of views. I pray and hope that you will soon reach the desired number of views. Thank you for all the hard work.
Josh, thanks for the email. Am looking forward to the new site! Since your early tutorials, I have been sold on Divi. In fact, earlier this year I went for the lifetime package from Elegant Themes. Just downloaded 3.0 but haven't had a chance to dig into it yet. Thanks again! Yes, I joined ET through your affiliate status. Thanks again!
Josh, could I please ask you a question? I have been searching for an answer but to no luck... Please, I have uploaded a video background on to my Home Page (size up to 5 MB) but I get a black background for a short moment while the video loops. Is there a way to overcome this? I´d appreciate your advice :) Thank you!!!
Tom, thank you so much for the compliment! I don't do any consulting or client web design at this time. I do know that the Divi community (i.e.: the guys that answer support questions) are frequently available for hire if you want some custom work done.
i have a question wpSculptor , do you have tutorial in making some thing like airbnb site , close to its function , which theme do you use and or how do even build one like that but on a smaller scale , please could get back to me thanks !
Hi Josh. . . your videos are very helpful! Thank you so much for the work you do. My question is how do you keep the Musical Acquisition logo and menu from being flush with the left and right edges of the browser? Couldn't find that step in your tutorial. Thank you so much. elgin
Hey there, pretty much everything can be customized with Divi. To add CSS to your call to action, open the call to action module up within the Divi builder and there will be a "custom css" tab for you to add code to.
Josh thanks for this brilliant tutorial. By far the best I have seen on the subject and I've seen a good few! Liked and subscribed. I have a question - do you resize or otherwise prepare your images for the site, or does Divi do it all for you automatically? Is there any need to enter image sizes in the gallery section somewhere? Cheers, Ian
Hey Ian, thank you so much for your kind words and for liking and subscribing! I usually just make sure that my image is "large enough" which usually falls around 1280 pixels wide. Then I let Divi take care of the rest. I don't recall having to adjust the image sizes for the galleries.
Is there a way to add a second telephone number in the secondary header? Also is there a way to add LinkedIn in both the footer and the secondary header? Thank you!!!
I do understand this video was made 2 years ago, but I have a question. When changing the theme accent color..my ver of Divi does not have the place to input the hex number. Am I missing something?
Again, this is the best video I've ever watched. Just following the video you can get your professional looking website in 3 hours. Also, I have a question I do have WordPress with Godaddy but I had noticed that don't have all the WordPress tools showing in the video when you are hosted with HostGator. Do you have any idea why? Last for sure my next project will be hosting with HostGator using your link.
+Marco Moreno Hey Marco, thank you so much! Once you get WordPress installed onto your hosting account, you should have the same basic features (of course you will need to purchase the Divi theme to follow along with this tutorial).
Hi Josh, I have a request and this was mention to you in the past. By Jocelyne C. That requested that you make a tutorial on how to put together an e-book in PDF format on a website that will automatically be sent to the client. I'm sure a lot of your fans would appreciate the tutorial on this subject. There are videos on this subject that are 2 to 5 minutes. but none of them have your talents and abilities to explain the how to in your tutorial in a simple language for us to understand the proceeder in creating a website. Thanks for all that you do for us beginners. Gerry.
Hi Josh, Yes, I want to sell an eBook .I'm asked by so many web visitors. if I will have an eBook available that's my question. I have all to content available. I have 19 articles on anxiety and depression and How to conduct yourself under unpredictable stress in your life. Thank you for the 30% off a domain that I register with Hostgator . Regards Gerry. F
Hi Josh, when building a single page website with the Divi theme, do you have to publish the 'Home' page and then use custom anchor tags that link to different sections of the Home page? Just asking because not sure how to get the 'Home' section up there without publishing the Home page first.
+anton g Hey Anton, so sorry for the delay on this! First create your home page and assign it as the front page under your "reading settings" Then yes, you would use "section ID's" that will correspond with your navigation menu. You can also enable "dot navigation" by opening up your front page in the page editor and at the top right click on screen options and make sure "Divi Page Settings" is checked and then you can enable dot navigation that takes you to each section on your page. To setup section Id's that can be used in your navigation menu, click on the section settings button for each section and then click on "custom css" and for css id this is where you put in your section id just don't use any spaces and I would stay away from capital letters. Then to add your sections to your navigation menu, open the menu and use "custom links" and put in the url of your front page (the only page you have) followed by the # symbol and then the section id. I.E.: if your section id is section-1 then the url would be: www.yourdomain.com#section-1 Hope that helps!
I'm can't change the theme accent color to my custom color as you explained in the video. Set the default, published. Changed color, published--no changes. It will change if I choose one of the Divi default colors, but not if I plug in a new color hex code. Thanks!
Hey Rae, from my experience, as long as the default scheme is selected, I am able to change the accent color. I would definitely contact Elegant Theme's customer support with this one.
Thank you for this video, sooo informative! I have a section background video with transparent background on my site as well but I notice yours loads fantastically fast, whereas mine takes a few seconds and also shows a black background first instead of the background image. I used the converter you recommended. Any thoughts on removing the black?
Hey Bev, thank you so much! It may have to do with the size differential. I'm not sure but my video may be a smaller file size. I would contact the Elegant Theme's customer support to see about the black background, there may be a way to show an image instead of a black background while it loads.
Hi Josh - I was working off of another DIVI video you had - was building a website from it. I think the video was from 2014 and it had photos of a lion, a woman in a field and what looked like a coastal village in Italy. You used the orange color scheme..... I was wondering if you could reload it - even though some of the features were out of date - I figured out how things had changed and where they had moved to. But I was working with that format and was about half way through the video....I would have to start all over on a site for my husband. Can you help?? It was still up a couple of weeks ago. Be happy to donate. Thank you!!
Hi Josh, Just finished watching your fab video !!!! I cant wait to start my new website, you instructions are so clear. I would like to add a shop to my website, how would you recommend I should do that. If I do my website fowling your video can I add an eCommerce store at a later date? Thank you :-)
+Barbara Callan Hey Barbara, thank you so much! I'm so glad I finally got this released, I know you were waiting for it probably longer than we both thought haha. You can definitely add an ecommerce store to your Divi site any time you want to. It would involve installing the woocommerce plugin and going through the basic woocommerce settings. Woocommerce will create the necessary shopping cart, shop, checkout, account, etc.. pages that you need for ecommerce pages and then you would just need to add your products. I think I mentioned to you before that I do plan on doing a Divi ecommerce tutorial but it will be a little while before I get to that. Thank you so much for your support!
Thanks so much for your reply, that's good to know I can add an e-commerce plugin at any time. I will consontrate on getting my website up first, then add shop I will have another look at your videos on e-commerce. Many thanks :-)
+anton g Hey Anton, I have several videos lined up but I do believe a one page Divi website tutorial would be useful for a lot people so I'll add that to the list.
the premium still has "WordPress.com Branding" at the footer, could you please explain what that means? does it mean even with my own domain name, i will still see a wordpress.com at the bottom of the page?
love the videos. do have a question for you. I'm looking to build a website but I need it to be access able by paying subscribers for leaving their photos and links. would I be able to do that with WordPress or html? thanks
+manosduras1 Hey there, thank you very much! Pretty much anything can be done with WordPress but some things are much easier than others. It sounds like you definitely will want a membership plugin that will block your content for non paying viewers. Then as far as allowing your paying subscribes to leave photos and links, that could be challenging. You would need to search for a reputable plugin that would offer that sort of functionality. I would start by looking at the functionality included with various membership plugins to see if you can get one that includes everything you are looking for. I know that is a fairly broad response to your question but hopefully it gets you pointed in the right direction.
Hello josh great tutorial. but I have a few questions Id like to ask. 1) How do you remove the Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress from the footer and 2) How can you add more social media widgets.
+Aaron Gremillion Hey Aaron, thanks! To remove the Elegant Themes and WordPress attribution, go to 3:47:13 in the video. You can add more social media functionality with the social media module included with the Divi theme. Also, you can use other social media plugins in the WordPress plugin directory.
Thank you! I'm not sure about making a video autoplayable, you may need to use a video service like "wistia" to accomplish that. As for hiding the menu, there is an option to only show the content you have added to the page in the divi builder so you wouldn't have a header or a footer at all (you can always "create" one using the divi builder). To do this, open the page you want to edit and under "page attributes" change the template to "blank page" and update the page.
Hi Josh, I already bought into DIVI after I was hooked on the Zerif Theme :0) Busy at work and I only just got round to using it and have a question.. what is the 'easiest' way to move my blogs from Zerif to the DIVI theme? When the DIVI child theme loads up all my blogs are at the front - I din't know if it would be easier to make this my blog page? then build the DIVI around it? thanks in advance!
+Charles Woods Hey Charles, if you create a separate page for you blogs and then assign that to be your "posts page" under the reading settings then that should be the only place your posts show up automatically. If you've done that and still have an issue then I would definitely contact Elegant Themes customer support.
Hello Thanks for an as always great video. I got a question i hope you or anyone that read this can answer! I am building a Neiborhod Watch kind of site! And i want to separate it in areas! So Can i have mutiple "blog" sides so that People only will see comments from their area? Best regards Urban Eriksson
+Urban Eriksson Hey Urban, you are most welcome! I would do that by using blog categories that represent each of your areas (so when you create your blog posts, be sure to assign them to also create your blog categories and assign your posts to the appropriate area category) and then you can create pages that display only blog posts from that particular category. If you're using the Divi theme, this can easily be done by creating a new page for each area and using a blog module to add posts from the category you specify.
+wpSculptor Hi again I use Spacious Pro! Hope it works with this theme also. And that other people can make comments in "their" own area! Best regards Urban Eriksson
Hi Josh, I really enjoyed this video as always I'm a big Fan of yours and thank you for taking time in creating this video for all of us beginners.. I have a question for you that's on my mind watching your example .On offering a package and pricing table to customers . Will it automatic connect, example a PayPal account or do I have to included. The URL in each of the pricing table in order to connect to PayPal.That's my question thanks. Gerry.
+168fitz Hi Gerry, thank you for letting me know that, it means a lot to me! If you want to connect your pricing table to Paypal, you would need to first setup a paypal payment page for each of your pricing options and then you would need to link each pricing table button to the specific payment page so that the pricing table button correctly corresponds to the paypal page.
Hi Josh, thanks for this. Excellent tutorial. Just wondering, but if I was to build a WP site with the Divi theme for a client, would I need to make it a child theme first, and how would I transfer it to the client? Do I zip it up and email it to him? How is it done? Perhaps, you could do a video on this... how a completed project is transferred to a client. Many thanks! Tony
+anton g Hey Anton, Thanks so much and good question. The easiest way that I know of would be to create the site on the clients hosting account and if you don't want to use their actual URL until you are ready to launch, you should be able to use the IP address to create the site. Then when you are ready to point the domain name servers to the new site, you'll most likely have to use a plugin like "velvet blues" to change the URL for all your wordpress files from the IP address to the actual domain name. I would contact you or your client's hosting company for more information on this process.
+wpSculptor Many thanks Josh! Appreciate your taking the time to reply. I was actually considering using the Duplicator plugin, but it appears complicated.
Thankyou for doing these type of videos.its really helpful for me and my query is Can I built a dynamic website using WordPress.I want to create a website like,users have to upload the images like FB and comments,email configuration etc..is it possible to do such a website using WordPress if it possible please help me.
Hello Josh, First, thank you very much for this video, I've been looking into changing my websites over to the Divi theme for quite sometime. Question ... is it complicated to make the switch from a standard WordPress theme, (Twenty Ten) over to Divi, and vice versa? Thanks, Dino
+Dino Armani Hey Dino, so sorry for the long delay! I wouldn't say it would be too complicated if you know your way around Divi by watching this video. It would just be time consuming because all of your pages that you created with the other theme (twenty ten) will still be there but they will have been created with the Visual Editor. When you switch over to the Divi builder for each of your pages, it SHOULD but your pre existing content into a "text" module but I would copy and paste your content into a bank document just to ensure you dont loose it while you switch from the visual editor to the page builder. Also, you'll probably have to re create your navigation menu or at least re assign it. I think you will love the flexibility the Divi theme provides.
+wpSculptor Appreciate the feedback Josh ... Since one of the sites has over 100 pages of lyrics, probably best to leave it alone for now, lol, and continue to upgrade the others ... Thanks again for the fantastic education you give freely ... Dino
Hi Josh, Thank you for this awesome tutorial guide. I was wondering if you take jobs proposal. I'm in the jewelry industry and unfortunately, I don't have enough time and skills to build a complex website.
+עובדיה מתן You are very welcome. Unfortunately I don't currently take other job proposal as I focus my time on teaching. I do really appreciate you thinking to ask me.
really nice site, how can I use it for business or things to make money? Is it possible to do some like affiliate marketing or some similar things? thanks a lot
Hello Josh .... I have enjoyed all of your video tutorials and have the highest regard and respect in what you do for all of us who want and need your training. I have One Important Question and Hope I Hear From You Very Soon With Your Answer! Purchasing the premium theme "Divi" I see that it is an annual renewal purchase and also see that there is a lifetime, one time payment offer as well ... My question to you is: If I Subscribe to The Annual Fee and Later Decide I Want The LifeTime Offer, Will I Be Able To Upgrade To That Offer Without Losing My Website Which I Plan To Create Utilizing Your Tutorials? Thank you for your quick reply in advance and appreciate your response on my question! Kenneth
Can I build my website BEFORE I buy hosting? I notice that you downloaded wordpress to hostgator BEFORE you started building your site. Does it matter which order you do it in? Thank you for creating this tutorial btw. I will be purchasing Divi through your link:)
Thank you so much for your support! There are ways to create a WordPress site on your personal computer first but it is very technical and something I've never done nor would I recommend. If you create your site online like I show in the video you'll need a hosting account first to be able to install WordPress onto it. You can add a plugin like "coming soon" to create a coming soon page for our visitors before you are ready to launch it (while you continue to work on it). This is definitely the most easy way to go about it. Hope that helps.
Thanks WP! I have a follow-up question I hope you don't mind answering. So I was initially going to make a site from scratch for a client (following your amazing tutorial), but I've recently found out that they have already bought hosting and downloaded WP onto their hosting. So my question now is: 1) How do I actually edit their site? Can I just log into wordpress.org and use their usernam and login? Or do I have to download worpress.org myself? 2) If I have to download wordpress.org myself how do I access their site? Do I need to add their site as a database? appreciate any help you can offer:) thank you
Josh, I just wants to drop by and thank you so much for this video. I'm new to Wordpress.org and Extra is my very first theme (I like a challenge!!) Your guidance has been invaluable in giving me a crash course in Divi as well as Wordpress as a whole. I've even moved onto tackling a few snippets of code! Thank you again. I have no doubts I'll be returning to this video for refreshers. @SuzyHomemakerUK
I have just worked through both of Josh's tutorials on Elegant Themes Divi. His calm manner and clear instructions were top rate and in my opinion one of the best I have seen. I would recommend anyone interested in understanding how and what Divi can do, that they watch Josh and learn from a master. Thank you Josh, you are awesome!
Robin, you are so wonderful to say that! I appreciate your support so much and I wish you all the best!
Thank you Josh. Your tutorials on Divi are probably the best around. They are both very clear and comprehensive and well organized.
Terrific job.
Thanks Schlomoh, that means a lot!
5 years later(or late depending on perspective). The level of "comprehension" I've gained from video is insane.
As always, you are unmatchable when it comes to tutorial. You do not give a chance to ask question because you cover them all as always. Thanks Josh.
+Sabastian Yalpur Thank you so much Sabastian!
this is awesome, i'm a web designer myself and had just bought divi as a theme not knowing what i was in for, this was a GREAT and most helpful video and you sir have earned a subscriber
Fantastic job WPSculptor!!!!! I just completely overhauled my website- You went over everything in such great detail. BRAVO!!!!!!!
Ed, that is so fantastic to hear! I appreciate you letting me know!
Josh, this is an outstanding tutorial. Your clarity, detail and sense of calm is truly brilliant. And yes, I have watched every minute
of it and built about 65% of my website. Thanks a million for your time and expertise . Best wishes to your continued success.
I watched your other Divi tutorial video last year and because of that I purchased the Divi builder. Divi is fantastic and I love using it, but if it wasn't for your tutorials I would not have had the confidence to get it. This tutorial is even better and has upped my skill level once again. Many many thanks!!!!
+Neil Allen Neil, thanks so much for leaving such a fantastic comment! I really appreciate you letting me know that and I'm so glad you were able to improve your Divi skills!
Hi Josh,
Thank you for letting me know about your new tutorial, which
is just awesome, as usual.
You read my mind...anytime Elegant Themes send me an update,
I rush to your UA-cam to see if you have a new Divi Tutorial.
Divi advances lately, are really remarkable and I've converted all
my work exclusively into it.
Again...I never came across of a better learning system.
Thank You!
Augusto
+Augusto Marini Hey Augusto, thank you for taking the time to comment and I really appreciate your compliment! I completely agree - the Divi theme is remarkable. I have a lot of content for planned for shorter videos demonstrating some of the other Divi features that I hope you'll find helpful as well.
Hi Josh, OMG, OMG and many more OMGs
what can i say buddy, you have not only made me finally decide to go create my own website but gave me the confidence that i can do it as well
i am a graphic designer but never got involve into any kind of programming or backend or whatever you call it, with ZERO knowledge of website building technicalities but you and DIVI became my "Mentors" and from now on, i wouldn't think twice before building any website :)
i still have a few Qs being a designer and that too a very particular one with spacing between or around the elements and objects, i hope i will still manage with wonderful customizing options with elegant themes, but if not than i am sure you are always there :)
once again thanks for this wonderful video and all the best
As always a brilliant tutorial. Your tutorial guide is a stroke of genius.
+Finn Ulbaek Thank you much Finn, that is kind of you to say!
Hi wpSculptor (Josh Jackson),
Thank you so much!!! This video tutorial is AWESOME and easy to understand! You explained this theme in very easy to understand details. Thanks for helping me better understand and learn about building my business eCommerce WordPress website. I'm looking forward to learning more from your other video's as well. Great job!
Again THANKS, Judy
Hey Judy, thank you so much for your kind words! I'm so glad to hear that you have a better understanding and I wish you the absolute best with your online endeavors!
This is the best video I could find about DIVI, thank you so much!
One word to express my personal opinion "Excellent". Thank you very much for share this information. Regards and keep going with your nice job.
As usual another great video. Love your way of showing us building a website in Wordpress.
+Albert Supheert Thanks, Albert. That means a lot to me and you are very welcome!
Yet another AWESOME WordPress video. Thanks Josh.
Thanks Kevin, you are most welcome!
This is an outstanding video! I am using it to create my website. I've watched a few other 2-4 hour tutorials, and this is the best!
Your video is perfect. Thank you so much Josh, really enjoyed that. Your tutorial suddenly turned the DIVI theme into worthwile. Will be using your affiliate links from now on. Keep up the great work. Rob
Feria del Empleo, thank you so much! I appreciate your support more than you know!
Such a fantastic video. You really make it seem doable, even for people like me with no design experience. Thank you!
Your divi videos are fantastic and extremely useful. For the next tutorial I suggest the creation of an online store with DIVI!!
+Paulo Ferreira Thank you so much Paulo, I am planning on doing that at some point and I really appreciate the suggestion.
OMG - This has just saved me!!!!!!! Thank you for such a comprehensive tutorial!!!!
+Jody Rollason You are are very welcome Jody, thanks for commenting!
Awesome! Clear, complete, excellent audio/video. Thank you!
Great Evening Josh. I have truly enjoyed this video tutorial. Oh my goodness, it saved me a lot of headache from trying to figure out setting up my wordpress blog. You are awesome! Thanks so much!
just fabulous, really hope many people will use your links to support your great job
Thank you so much Alessandro!
Congratulations! Another great and interesting tutorial! Greetings from Genoa (Italy)
+Mario Daniele Parodi Thanks so much Mario!
Well done again Josh! Awesome, insightful tutorial! Superbly explained.
Thanks Chris, that means a lot!
This is great and very helpful, Josh!
Best tutorial i seen so far, on WP. Thanks man ! U did an amazing job ;)
+Ádám Tóth Thank you so much, I really appreciate that. You are very welcome!
I like the way you cover topics in general terms and then go back to review specific details and try different options. You express yourself very clearly! Tell me I've seen you using other themes in previous tutorials, do you use only DIVI now? Because it seems that it can be used to create any kind of website. Thanks
+Fernando Prieto Hey Fernando, thank you so much for that wonderful compliment! I still use the old thesis theme for my website wpsculptor.com but I'm thinking about redoing it soon, possibly with the Divi theme. It's true, Divi is so flexible that you can really make just about any kind of website with it. Also, its a pretty quick way to setup a custom website.
Great tutorial and so well explained. Thanks very much for doing this. It really helped me a lot! Thanks again Ric.
Thanks John, I appreciate you taking the time to comment. I'm glad the video was helpful!
Thank you for your help Josh! I found the video to be extremely helpful and useful!
Excellent as always Josh.
+Marie Bernard Thanks Marie, I really appreciate that.
Great tutorial & resources as always. I've been waiting for a long time since the latest tutorial you've done. Thank you very much, Sir.
Thanaponth B.
+Thanaponth Bureesombat Hi Thanaponth, I'm so happy to have finally published this video. It has been quite a process putting it together. I have some other shorter videos planned that will go in tandem with this tutorial and I hope you find those helpful as well. You are very welcome and thank you so much for commenting!
Thanks Josh for your contributions to the "Divi-sphere"
Any plan for coming out with a project on Extra theme by Elegant Themes?
Hey Richard, you are very welcome! Extra is on my radar but I have several other things on the docket first.
@@wpSculptor i can't wait until you do get time for an extra theme. i'm stumped i have 3 youtube channels i'm wanting to start, but i don't want to do 3 websites for the 3 vlogs it's been really frustrating
wow wow wow!!!! amazing!!!! best tutorial ever
Thanks Daniel! I appreciate that so much!
You are a beast man. Love the tutorial. Keep up the good work. Peace
My dear brother, you have put a lot of effort preparing this video. I can understand because I myself is a video marketer as well, I know the pains. I would like to request you not to get disheartened by the number of views. I pray and hope that you will soon reach the desired number of views.
Thank you for all the hard work.
Best tutorial ever !!!!! Thanks Josh.
Thanks Ric, you are very welcome!
Josh, thanks for the email. Am looking forward to the new site! Since your early tutorials, I have been sold on Divi. In fact, earlier this year I went for the lifetime package from Elegant Themes. Just downloaded 3.0 but haven't had a chance to dig into it yet. Thanks again! Yes, I joined ET through your affiliate status. Thanks again!
That is awesome Donn! Thank you so much for your support and you are very welcome!
I always wanted to upgrade my site! Thanks to you its a masterpiece!
+Effectorz | Media Productions That is so great to hear!
Awesome as usual Josh
+Mario Peter Thank you so much Mario!
Wonderfull, fabulous, terrific what more can I say? Great Job Josh, Gosh..!
Haha, thanks so much Fred, that means a lot!
I just LOVE this video! :) Thank you! I am so gonna create my website now :)
Sandra, that is great to hear, you are so very welcome!
Josh, could I please ask you a question? I have been searching for an answer but to no luck... Please, I have uploaded a video background on to my Home Page (size up to 5 MB) but I get a black background for a short moment while the video loops. Is there a way to overcome this? I´d appreciate your advice :) Thank you!!!
You are the BEST online instructor I have experienced. Do you also do consulting or actual website design for clients using Divi?
Tom, thank you so much for the compliment! I don't do any consulting or client web design at this time. I do know that the Divi community (i.e.: the guys that answer support questions) are frequently available for hire if you want some custom work done.
Hi I hover over Divi and go to theme customizer but then the general setting others.
thanks man for this great tutorial, it is just what I need. I create youtube videos myself and know how much work is involved in it.
You're very welcome, I'm glad you found what you were looking for. You're right about that, thanks for the solidarity haha.
Your videos are amazing. Thank you so much!
+Ann Louise Ramsey Thank you Ann!
Very good tutorial would really like to see how to add blogs thanks
Thanks Carl! Check out my follow up Divi Blog video: ua-cam.com/video/gylf-el5rwc/v-deo.html
Ok thanks will do.
Outstanding video. So much value. Thanks!!
i have a question wpSculptor , do you have tutorial in making some thing like airbnb site , close to its function , which theme do you use and or how do even build one like that but on a smaller scale , please could get back to me thanks !
Hi, do you have any idea about booking system
i want to add a booking system in my wordpress website for every item
Great work sir. God bless you
Thank you so much peter! God bless you as well.
Hi Josh. . . your videos are very helpful! Thank you so much for the work you do.
My question is how do you keep the Musical Acquisition logo and menu from being flush with the left and right edges of the browser?
Couldn't find that step in your tutorial.
Thank you so much. elgin
omg nvm I found it! thank you soooooo much!! I was ready to give up creating my website on my own
Hello Josh.........Can we install new font in Divi theme ?
Hello, i want to know how i can change de position of the bottom call de action in divi theme with css code. thanks!
Hey there, pretty much everything can be customized with Divi. To add CSS to your call to action, open the call to action module up within the Divi builder and there will be a "custom css" tab for you to add code to.
Josh thanks for this brilliant tutorial. By far the best I have seen on the subject and I've seen a good few! Liked and subscribed.
I have a question - do you resize or otherwise prepare your images for the site, or does Divi do it all for you automatically? Is there any need to enter image sizes in the gallery section somewhere?
Cheers, Ian
Hey Ian, thank you so much for your kind words and for liking and subscribing! I usually just make sure that my image is "large enough" which usually falls around 1280 pixels wide. Then I let Divi take care of the rest. I don't recall having to adjust the image sizes for the galleries.
OK - thanks for that Josh
Is there a way to add a second telephone number in the secondary header? Also is there a way to add LinkedIn in both the footer and the secondary header? Thank you!!!
I do understand this video was made 2 years ago, but I have a question. When changing the theme accent color..my ver of Divi does not have the place to input the hex number. Am I missing something?
Again, this is the best video I've ever watched. Just following the video you can get your professional looking website in 3 hours. Also, I have a question I do have WordPress with Godaddy but I had noticed that don't have all the WordPress tools showing in the video when you are hosted with HostGator. Do you have any idea why? Last for sure my next project will be hosting with HostGator using your link.
+Marco Moreno Hey Marco, thank you so much! Once you get WordPress installed onto your hosting account, you should have the same basic features (of course you will need to purchase the Divi theme to follow along with this tutorial).
Hi Josh,
I have a request and this was mention to you in the past. By Jocelyne C. That requested that you make a tutorial on how to put together an e-book in PDF format on a website that will automatically be sent to the client. I'm sure a lot of your fans would appreciate the tutorial on this subject.
There are videos on this subject that are 2 to 5 minutes. but none of them have your talents and abilities to explain the how to in your tutorial in a simple language for us to understand the proceeder in creating a website. Thanks for all that you do for us beginners. Gerry.
+168fitz Hey Gerry, so to be clear are you asking about selling a PDF book on your site or giving it away for free?
Hi Josh, Yes, I want to sell an eBook .I'm asked by so many web visitors. if I will have an eBook available that's my question. I have all to content available. I have 19 articles on anxiety and depression and How to conduct yourself under unpredictable stress in your life.
Thank you for the 30% off a domain that I register with Hostgator .
Regards
Gerry. F
That was the best tutorial i ever seen, thank you. One question, does divi theme has a video pop up module?
Thanks! I don't believe Divi has a pop up video feature but you can check out this plugin: wordpress.org/plugins/wp-video-lightbox/
Yet another awesome tutorial! Any chance you can make a landing/squeeze page tutorial with divi? Thanks again A+++
+defyandtri Thanks! I have some other Divi related tutorials on the way but I will add that to the list. Great idea, thanks for the suggestion.
+wpSculptor Awesome! I'll be watching for it... In the meantime is there anything I can do to pay you back for all the great content?
Thank you so much for this awesome tutorial!!
Putting aside price, what would you recommend is the best between Elementor and Divi?
Hi Josh, when building a single page website with the Divi theme, do you have to publish the 'Home' page and then use custom anchor tags that link to different sections of the Home page? Just asking because not sure how to get the 'Home' section up there without publishing the Home page first.
+anton g Hey Anton, so sorry for the delay on this! First create your home page and assign it as the front page under your "reading settings" Then yes, you would use "section ID's" that will correspond with your navigation menu. You can also enable "dot navigation" by opening up your front page in the page editor and at the top right click on screen options and make sure "Divi Page Settings" is checked and then you can enable dot navigation that takes you to each section on your page. To setup section Id's that can be used in your navigation menu, click on the section settings button for each section and then click on "custom css" and for css id this is where you put in your section id just don't use any spaces and I would stay away from capital letters. Then to add your sections to your navigation menu, open the menu and use "custom links" and put in the url of your front page (the only page you have) followed by the # symbol and then the section id. I.E.: if your section id is section-1 then the url would be: www.yourdomain.com#section-1
Hope that helps!
I'm can't change the theme accent color to my custom color as you explained in the video. Set the default, published. Changed color, published--no changes. It will change if I choose one of the Divi default colors, but not if I plug in a new color hex code. Thanks!
Hey Rae, from my experience, as long as the default scheme is selected, I am able to change the accent color. I would definitely contact Elegant Theme's customer support with this one.
Thank you for this video, sooo informative! I have a section background video with transparent background on my site as well but I notice yours loads fantastically fast, whereas mine takes a few seconds and also shows a black background first instead of the background image. I used the converter you recommended. Any thoughts on removing the black?
Hey Bev, thank you so much! It may have to do with the size differential. I'm not sure but my video may be a smaller file size. I would contact the Elegant Theme's customer support to see about the black background, there may be a way to show an image instead of a black background while it loads.
Hi Josh - I was working off of another DIVI video you had - was building a website from it. I think the video was from 2014 and it had photos of a lion, a woman in a field and what looked like a coastal village in Italy. You used the orange color scheme..... I was wondering if you could reload it - even though some of the features were out of date - I figured out how things had changed and where they had moved to. But I was working with that format and was about half way through the video....I would have to start all over on a site for my husband.
Can you help?? It was still up a couple of weeks ago. Be happy to donate. Thank you!!
great video and has helped me a lot. thank you very much . but would like to great a video sharing site but im stack and dont know where to start.
+dickson owusu. and i would be great if you can show me how to use youtube api v3 on my website
+dickson owusu Hi Dickson, thanks for the compliment and you are very welcome! Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the youtube api.
Hi Jac ,it is wonderful tutorial thanks.
Thank you!
Hi Josh, Just finished watching your fab video !!!! I cant wait to start my new website, you instructions are so clear. I would like to add a shop to my website, how would you recommend I should do that. If I do my website fowling your video can I add an eCommerce store at a later date? Thank you :-)
+Barbara Callan Hey Barbara, thank you so much! I'm so glad I finally got this released, I know you were waiting for it probably longer than we both thought haha. You can definitely add an ecommerce store to your Divi site any time you want to. It would involve installing the woocommerce plugin and going through the basic woocommerce settings. Woocommerce will create the necessary shopping cart, shop, checkout, account, etc.. pages that you need for ecommerce pages and then you would just need to add your products. I think I mentioned to you before that I do plan on doing a Divi ecommerce tutorial but it will be a little while before I get to that. Thank you so much for your support!
Thanks so much for your reply, that's good to know I can add an e-commerce plugin at any time. I will consontrate on getting my website up first, then add shop I will have another look at your videos on e-commerce. Many thanks :-)
Thanks for the fantastic tutorial...
You are very welcome! Thank you for the compliment.
Hi Josh, it will be great if you show us how to build a single page website with the Divi theme. Any plans on doing that in the near future?
+anton g Hey Anton, I have several videos lined up but I do believe a one page Divi website tutorial would be useful for a lot people so I'll add that to the list.
+wpSculptor Looking forward to it.
the premium still has "WordPress.com Branding" at the footer, could you please explain what that means?
does it mean even with my own domain name, i will still see a wordpress.com at the bottom of the page?
Divi theme map module is not working for my url
what i can do ?
Great tutorial, thank you!
love the videos. do have a question for you. I'm looking to build a website but I need it to be access able by paying subscribers for leaving their photos and links. would I be able to do that with WordPress or html? thanks
+manosduras1 Hey there, thank you very much! Pretty much anything can be done with WordPress but some things are much easier than others. It sounds like you definitely will want a membership plugin that will block your content for non paying viewers. Then as far as allowing your paying subscribes to leave photos and links, that could be challenging. You would need to search for a reputable plugin that would offer that sort of functionality. I would start by looking at the functionality included with various membership plugins to see if you can get one that includes everything you are looking for. I know that is a fairly broad response to your question but hopefully it gets you pointed in the right direction.
+wpSculptor thanks appreciate it
found it on your website! Thank you!!!
Great, glad you found it Kathie! You are most welcome!
Great work! May God bless you!
I am updating my About page like you show iin your video. How do I make a space between my images and my text?
Thank you very much, it is very clear eventhough English is not my monther tongue
Hello josh great tutorial. but I have a few questions Id like to ask. 1) How do you remove the Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress from the footer and 2) How can you add more social media widgets.
+Aaron Gremillion Hey Aaron, thanks! To remove the Elegant Themes and WordPress attribution, go to 3:47:13 in the video. You can add more social media functionality with the social media module included with the Divi theme. Also, you can use other social media plugins in the WordPress plugin directory.
Great video - Thanks
Hi Man, thanks for awsome job. Is there any option to hide menu and make video autoplayable??
Thank you! I'm not sure about making a video autoplayable, you may need to use a video service like "wistia" to accomplish that. As for hiding the menu, there is an option to only show the content you have added to the page in the divi builder so you wouldn't have a header or a footer at all (you can always "create" one using the divi builder). To do this, open the page you want to edit and under "page attributes" change the template to "blank page" and update the page.
Hi Josh, I already bought into DIVI after I was hooked on the Zerif Theme :0) Busy at work and I only just got round to using it and have a question.. what is the 'easiest' way to move my blogs from Zerif to the DIVI theme? When the DIVI child theme loads up all my blogs are at the front - I din't know if it would be easier to make this my blog page? then build the DIVI around it? thanks in advance!
+Charles Woods Hey Charles, if you create a separate page for you blogs and then assign that to be your "posts page" under the reading settings then that should be the only place your posts show up automatically. If you've done that and still have an issue then I would definitely contact Elegant Themes customer support.
Hello
Thanks for an as always great video.
I got a question i hope you or anyone that read this can answer!
I am building a Neiborhod Watch kind of site!
And i want to separate it in areas!
So Can i have mutiple "blog" sides so that People only will see comments from their area?
Best regards
Urban Eriksson
+Urban Eriksson Hey Urban, you are most welcome! I would do that by using blog categories that represent each of your areas (so when you create your blog posts, be sure to assign them to also create your blog categories and assign your posts to the appropriate area category) and then you can create pages that display only blog posts from that particular category. If you're using the Divi theme, this can easily be done by creating a new page for each area and using a blog module to add posts from the category you specify.
+wpSculptor
Hi again
I use Spacious Pro!
Hope it works with this theme also.
And that other people can make comments in "their" own area!
Best regards
Urban Eriksson
Is this specifically for Divi? That's the theme I'm using.
Hi Josh,
I really enjoyed this video as always I'm a big Fan of yours and thank you for taking time in creating this video for all of us beginners..
I have a question for you that's on my mind watching your example .On offering a package and pricing table to customers . Will it automatic connect, example a PayPal account or do I have to included. The URL in each of the pricing table in order to connect to PayPal.That's my question thanks. Gerry.
+168fitz Hi Gerry, thank you for letting me know that, it means a lot to me! If you want to connect your pricing table to Paypal, you would need to first setup a paypal payment page for each of your pricing options and then you would need to link each pricing table button to the specific payment page so that the pricing table button correctly corresponds to the paypal page.
Hi Josh, thanks for this. Excellent tutorial. Just wondering, but if I was to build a WP site with the Divi theme for a client, would I need to make it a child theme first, and how would I transfer it to the client? Do I zip it up and email it to him? How is it done? Perhaps, you could do a video on this... how a completed project is transferred to a client. Many thanks!
Tony
+anton g Hey Anton, Thanks so much and good question. The easiest way that I know of would be to create the site on the clients hosting account and if you don't want to use their actual URL until you are ready to launch, you should be able to use the IP address to create the site. Then when you are ready to point the domain name servers to the new site, you'll most likely have to use a plugin like "velvet blues" to change the URL for all your wordpress files from the IP address to the actual domain name. I would contact you or your client's hosting company for more information on this process.
+wpSculptor Many thanks Josh! Appreciate your taking the time to reply. I was actually considering using the Duplicator plugin, but it appears complicated.
Thankyou for doing these type of videos.its really helpful for me and my query is Can I built a dynamic website using WordPress.I want to create a website like,users have to upload the images like FB and comments,email configuration etc..is it possible to do such a website using WordPress if it possible please help me.
Hello Josh, First, thank you very much for this video, I've been looking into changing my websites over to the Divi theme for quite sometime. Question ... is it complicated to make the switch from a standard WordPress theme, (Twenty Ten) over to Divi, and vice versa? Thanks, Dino
+Dino Armani Hey Dino, so sorry for the long delay! I wouldn't say it would be too complicated if you know your way around Divi by watching this video. It would just be time consuming because all of your pages that you created with the other theme (twenty ten) will still be there but they will have been created with the Visual Editor. When you switch over to the Divi builder for each of your pages, it SHOULD but your pre existing content into a "text" module but I would copy and paste your content into a bank document just to ensure you dont loose it while you switch from the visual editor to the page builder. Also, you'll probably have to re create your navigation menu or at least re assign it. I think you will love the flexibility the Divi theme provides.
+wpSculptor Appreciate the feedback Josh ... Since one of the sites has over 100 pages of lyrics, probably best to leave it alone for now, lol, and continue to upgrade the others ... Thanks again for the fantastic education you give freely ... Dino
Hi Josh,
Thank you for this awesome tutorial guide. I was wondering if you take jobs proposal. I'm in the jewelry industry and unfortunately, I don't have enough time and skills to build a complex website.
+עובדיה מתן You are very welcome. Unfortunately I don't currently take other job proposal as I focus my time on teaching. I do really appreciate you thinking to ask me.
really nice site, how can I use it for business or things to make money? Is it possible to do some like affiliate marketing or some similar things? thanks a lot
Hello Josh .... I have enjoyed all of your video tutorials and have the highest regard and respect in what you do for all of us who want and need your training.
I have One Important Question and Hope I Hear From You Very Soon With Your Answer!
Purchasing the premium theme "Divi" I see that it is an annual renewal purchase and also see that there is a lifetime, one time payment offer as well ...
My question to you is:
If I Subscribe to The Annual Fee and Later Decide I Want The LifeTime Offer, Will I Be Able To Upgrade To That Offer Without Losing My Website Which I Plan To Create Utilizing Your Tutorials?
Thank you for your quick reply in advance and appreciate your response on my question!
Kenneth
YOU ARE AWESOME
Can I build my website BEFORE I buy hosting? I notice that you downloaded wordpress to hostgator BEFORE you started building your site. Does it matter which order you do it in? Thank you for creating this tutorial btw. I will be purchasing Divi through your link:)
Thank you so much for your support! There are ways to create a WordPress site on your personal computer first but it is very technical and something I've never done nor would I recommend. If you create your site online like I show in the video you'll need a hosting account first to be able to install WordPress onto it. You can add a plugin like "coming soon" to create a coming soon page for our visitors before you are ready to launch it (while you continue to work on it). This is definitely the most easy way to go about it. Hope that helps.
Thanks WP! I have a follow-up question I hope you don't mind answering. So I was initially going to make a site from scratch for a client (following your amazing tutorial), but I've recently found out that they have already bought hosting and downloaded WP onto their hosting. So my question now is: 1) How do I actually edit their site? Can I just log into wordpress.org and use their usernam and login? Or do I have to download worpress.org myself? 2) If I have to download wordpress.org myself how do I access their site? Do I need to add their site as a database? appreciate any help you can offer:) thank you
Do you off one-on-one sections for wp?
+Emmanuel Mannah I do ;) lol
Josh, I just wants to drop by and thank you so much for this video. I'm new to Wordpress.org and Extra is my very first theme (I like a challenge!!) Your guidance has been invaluable in giving me a crash course in Divi as well as Wordpress as a whole. I've even moved onto tackling a few snippets of code! Thank you again. I have no doubts I'll be returning to this video for refreshers. @SuzyHomemakerUK
Hey Sue, that is so fantastic! I'm glad to hear that you dove in headfirst and are already adding your own code! I wish you all the best.
Do you offer one-on-one sections for WP? if so, how much does it cost?
+Emmanuel Mannah Hey Emmanuel, I currently don't provide one-on-one consultations but I appreciate you thinking to ask me.
Thanks for the response
Phenomenal!
Thanks!