Divi Chat

This week is a casual, kickback recap of the awesome time some of us had at WordCamp Orange County 2017. It was the second year in a row for most of us and we came away feeling encouraged, inspired, recharged, and brimming with ideas! We think all WordPress users can benefit from attending WordCamps and […] The post EP33 – Divi Nation Attends WordCamp Orange County 2017 Recap appeared first on Divi Chat.

We’re talking about some of our favorite WooCommerce plugins and extensions that we’ve used on client sites or on our own. Some are free, some are premium, all have proven to be useful and worth checking out for your ecommerce site. Hosts Present: Tim Strifler – Divi Life / FB / @timstrifler Geno Quiroz – […] The post EP32 – Favorite WooCommerce Plugins & Extensions appeared first on Divi Chat.

Aaaahh contact forms, a necessary on practically every website these days. We discuss our favorite contact form plugins we use on our Divi sites and some of their best features. Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Sarah Oates – Endure Web Studios / FB / @endureweb Tammy Grant – Sunflower Creatives […] The post EP31 – Our Favorite Contact Form Plugins appeared first on Divi Chat.

Is knowing CSS necessary to make a stellar Divi site? We don’t think so but it certainly helps. Maybe you purchased Divi thinking you’d never have to touch a line of code but have found otherwise, or have found that it got you interested in learning and now you’ve been bit by the learning-to-code bug! Today we’ll […] The post EP30 – Expanding Divi with CSS appeared first on Divi Chat.

On this week’s chat we had the pleasure of welcoming two newcomers to the show, Melissa Love of The Design Space Co and Michelle Nunan of Divi Soup. As two of the leaders in the training space for the Divi community it was great to have them on along with our regular hosts to discuss Divi […] The post EP29 – eCourses for Learning Divi appeared first on Divi Chat.

Tools! Tools! Tools! We’d be nowhere without them right? Of course we all use Divi and WordPress but we wouldn’t be able to properly run our businesses without so many other great products and services out there. Today we discuss some of our favorite tools, from project management to screencasting and more. We’ll probably revisit […] The post EP28 – Tools We Use Outside of WordPress appeared first on Divi Chat.

We’ve decided to give a little love to the Extra theme even though this is a “Divi” chat podcast. Many in the Elegant Themes community are familiar with it as it is a very robust theme, but we find there’s still a lot of questions surrounding it. Several on the panel have used Extra so today we […] The post EP27 – All About the Extra Theme appeared first on Divi Chat.

Many of us Divi Chat hosts blog ourselves and, of course, on our Divi sites. It’s a great theme to set up a blog on, no matter the size. On today’s podcast we talk a bit about how we got into blogging and share some tips we’ve learned along the way. Resources Mentioned: Default Page Builder Layout (For […] The post EP26 – Blogging with Divi appeared first on Divi Chat.

This week we discuss the Divi library and how awesome it is!! If you’re new to Divi you’ll definitely want to hear how some of our hosts use it in their workflow, and if you’re not new to Divi you may find new ways to use it. As an extra added bonus we’ve got a […] The post EP25 – Using The Divi Library appeared first on Divi Chat.

On this week’s chat we discuss building your business around Divi. Some of us on the panel have done exactly this, whether it be through only using Divi to build their client’s sites or by creating Divi products like premium child themes and plugins. Some even do all of the above! So today we share our experiences on why and how […] The post EP24 – Building a Business Around Divi appeared first on Divi Chat.

SEO. It’s a beast. It’s an often overwhelming part of the web development process for many new to the industry, and even the not-so-new. We try to cover some basics in this episode to help our viewers get a better understanding and address common questions not just about SEO, but about improving SEO on a Divi site. We’ve […] The post EP23 – Divi and SEO appeared first on Divi Chat.

Growing your team can be a huge step in your business. How do you when it’s time? Who can you trust to have the same standards as you? We’ll tackle these questions and discuss our experiences in our own companies and share any tips we’ve learned along the way. Also there’s a few live job […] The post EP22 – Growing Your Team appeared first on Divi Chat.

WooCommerce is the leading eCommerce platform used on websites today* and it works pretty seamlessly with Divi. Divi has it’s own shop module in it’s page builder making it super easy to add your products, and even if you’d like to do a bit more customizing there’s plenty of other ways to do that and a near […] The post EP21 – Divi + WooCommerce: An Overview appeared first on Divi Chat.

Updating Divi, core, or plugins can be very scary and overwhelming, and not just for beginners. On today’s chat we discuss our methods for preparing your site (or your clients’ sites) so that you can be ready for anything. Also included is a PDF with some of our highlighted talking points and an additional PDF […] The post EP20 – Procedures for Updating Divi Sites appeared first on Divi Chat.

In this episode we discuss value-based pricing. Flat rate and hourly pricing are probably the more well known types of pricing structures but there are other methods used in businesses. Competitive and cost-based are other types we touch on. Some good info here! Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc […] The post EP19 – Value-Based Pricing appeared first on Divi Chat.

Aaaah the Divi Visual Builder. Divi 3.0 really changed the game with it’s latest release as even more users flocked to Elegant Themes as word of it’s new frontend page builder spread. Some would argue frontend page builders are the future of web design, and certainly it’s a bit of a no-brainer that ET threw […] The post EP18 – Using the Visual Builder (Or Not!!!) appeared first on Divi Chat.

The third-party ecosphere for Divi plugins has blown up in the past couple years. Divi-specific plugins are really great resources for any Divi site because you know they’ll be compatible. We’re discussing some of our favorites in today’s episode and we’ll list them below. ALSO since we have some Divi developers on our panel they’ve […] The post EP17 – Divi Chat’s Favorite Divi Plugins appeared first on Divi Chat.

Site security is a BIG deal, and in today’s chat we go over a ton of steps and best practices to help secure your Divi site. We’ve also got another great PDF available for download to keep as your checklist, get it here. Hosts Present: David Blackmon – Aspen Grove Studios / FB / @aspengrovellc Kathy […] The post EP16 – Security and Setting Up Your Site Safely appeared first on Divi Chat.

Speeding up your site, a super important issue right!? We discuss the benefits of a fast-loading site, caching, image optimization, hosting and more. Site speed is a pretty big topic we can talk about for hours for so don’t be surprised if this topic comes up again on a future episode, but we’ve tried to […] The post EP15 – Speeding Up Your Divi Website appeared first on Divi Chat.

How to price a custom build. This is a pretty daunting thing when starting out, it’s something your business should really always be refining and fine-tuning. We discuss our different approaches, how our pricing models have changed since starting out, how a business model can affect how you price, and even dive a little into […] The post EP14 – How to Determine Pricing for Custom Builds appeared first on Divi Chat.