Elementor - WordPress WYSIWYG Page Builder
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Elementor is a page builder plugin for WordPress that was created by Pojo Me Digital LTD. It aims to provide a true WYSIWYG editing experience on both desktop and mobile. Key features include a template gallery, the ability to save content as widgets, section dividers, and a simple form builder. The presenter demonstrates how to get started with Elementor by choosing an underlying theme, installing the plugin, and loading a template to edit. While Elementor allows non-developers to build pages, it may not be suitable for all sites due to the large number of options and learning curve involved.
Elementor - WordPress WYSIWYG Page Builder
- 1. Elementor Page Builder WordPress Vienna MeetUp October 11/2017 Rolf Mistelbacher Fresh van Root.com
- 2. •A few slides about Elementor •My highlights > why I like it •How to get started •DEMO •Your experience / discussion 2
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- 4. Elementor • Company: • Pojo Me Digital LTD was Founded in 2014 • „Premium WordPress themes“ • 2015 work on Elementor started • First Elementor plugin release: June 1, 2016 4
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- 7. The business side of it 7
- 10. The „real“ WYSIWYG experience 10
- 11. Real mobile edting experience 11
- 13. Save Content as Widget 13
- 14. Save Content as Widget 14
- 15. Ways to design individual components 15
- 17. Redo / Revert & Revisions 17
- 18. Visibility settings for sections 18
- 24. Full Canvas 24
- 25. Load a readymade template and play with it 25
- 26. Very Basic Concept • Sections (Layout) • Columns (Layout) • Content Components (Content) 26
- 27. Read the blog to keep up with changes 27
- 28. Many tutorials,.. (including my own) 28 (15 months…)
- 29. Demo • Create a Page • Import template • Edit background • Change text • Editing experience mobile vs. Desktop • Show different elements 29
- 30. Use cases • Time2market > quickly build a page for marketing purposes • Prototype your page with Elementor > play around and see whats possible • One scroll / single page layouts • Not meant for building a corporate page with hundred pages • But maybe the tool to build that one special page,.. • It is not a tool to publish • blog posts • Longform text posts / text heavy pages 30
- 31. Findings • If you are completely new to WordPress you will be overwhelmed by the amount of options to design your site – not the best way to get started with WordPress • Newbies will create very ugly pages at first • A webdesigner can get pretty far without touching code • Case of good enough vs. custom made (CI/Branding) • Cant comment on performance of Elementor pages or how hard it is to manage a bunch of Elementor pages long term • If a design trend emerges you can expect that it gets integrated in Elementor (many releases / updates) • UI changes a lot! • If you are a WordPress geek you will have much fun with Elementor! 31
Editor's Notes
- #2: Welcome – Who of you heard about Elementor already? And used it?
- #4: It is a free plugin, can be downloaded on the elementor.com or via the official plugin site directly in wordpress. It is FREE – more about that in a minute
- #7: Loved and praised by its community
- #10: Elementor comes with so many features, here are a few,…
- #11: The „real“ WYSIWYG experience
- #13: Sections can be saved as templates
- #23: At the beginning, Generatepress was recommended
- #25: So you could try out installing Elementor alongside your existing theme and see how that works,…
- #29: They have an affiliate program.. So maybe thats also helpgin to generate that amount of content so quickly…
- #33: I write a blog for entrepreneurs and marketers, and sometimes about wordpress topics – check it out!