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Are Page Builders the Holy Grail of WordPress Design? (39
1.
Page Builders Are
they they holy grail of WordPress design?
2.
Why we like
them • They offer “total control” • They offer “freedom” • They offer a “unique look”
3.
Total Control It’s
true that it gives you control over your own look. But that won’t make you a designer.
4.
5.
Freedom While you
get the freedom to do what you like, you often lose the freedom to change page builders.
6.
7.
Unique Look By
far, most people use these page builders to build the same kinds of pages.
8.
9.
Holy Grail? So
are some page builders better than others? Are some approaches better than others?
10.
Plugins vs Themes
• VelocityPage • Beaver Builder • Visual Composer • Themify Builder • Make / Make Pro • Headway • Pagelines • Builder
11.
Themes Headway ($59)
– takes some time to learn, but gives you ability to draw anything you want.
12.
Themes Pagelines ($99)–
hard to learn, and requires you to purchase a lot of “building blocks”.
13.
Themes iThemes Builder
($80) – powerful and easy to learn, but the child themes don’t look amazing.
14.
Themes Make (Free)
– Is a brilliant theme that doesn’t leave a lot of shortcodes. The Plus plugin ($99) makes it even better.
15.
Plugins Make Plus
($99) – Is a brilliant plugin keeps things simple, but only works with Make (free).
16.
Plugins VelocityPage ($97)
– is another awesome plugin that doesn’t leave a lot of shortcodes.
17.
Plugins Beaver Builder
($99) – gives you pre-designed layouts that help you move quickly while looking great.
18.
Plugins Visual Composer
($28) – gives you TONS of different components to design pages. But leaves behind shortcode hell.
19.
Plugins Themify Builder
($39) – not as numerous options as VC, but has pre-built layouts and lets you edit on back or front end.
20.
Plugins are Better*
You have a shot, with plugins, to change themes and still keep your design. * Make / Make Pro is a pretty amazing combination.
Download now