I've Decided To Take The Plunge!
No I'm not getting hitched ! I did that 24 years ago and so far so good ! LOL
I'm upgrading my home on the internet ! And it's waaay past time !
My website needs remodeling!
My main website is now getting close to 100 pieces of content and has almost 400 images on it. And to say it is slow is like saying it's dark when you turn the lights off! In fact my site is slower than snail slime in January! LOL
I built my site on the Admiral free theme when I started at Wealthy Affiliate. In fact, I built 2 websites and one that I have not been doing anything with, and all are on the same boat anchor theme !
I should have known better! I had multiple people warn me about that out dated theme, but it was easy and looked OK so I ignored them ! I won't do that again!
I had a scare last night !
I was working on my site to try to help the load time(Which absolutely sucks) and I installed the W3 Total Cache Plugin. My site went kaput, and I almost swallowed my head!
I did back the site up before I did it! But I notified Site Support and it was back up within 10 minutes ! The Avengers have nothing on these folks ! Thanks again Site Support!
I have spent some time watching videos and combing the different themes, and I think I'm going to convert to Divi!
Anyone else use Divi?
My project for this weekend is to start on the abandoned site with Divi and learn what I like and what works etc before I tackle my main 2 websites.
I would appreciate it if anyone else who has tried Divi chimed in here and set my mind to ease!
I'm curious about the function ad experience that others have had within the Site Rubix hosting platform with Divi, and if there are any suggestions that I can glean from.
One last thing!
As soon as I have the new theme on my main two sites and finished, I will be publishing my first E book to the Amazon platform!
Hint- If you want to check it out, it will be free on my website as well.
Hope everyone is progressing!
Stay on course and keep working! It might seem like you are progressing slow, but just keep progressing!
I saw a meme on Instagram the other day that summed it up perfectly!
If you are building something that you want to do for the rest of your life, don't quit after a few months" It takes time folks! Hang in there ! You will make it, if you keep working and don't give up!
KEEP ON KEEPING ON!
I hope everyone has a great day and nothing but the absolute best of success to ya!
Mike
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There are many web designers using divi to build websites for clients. I think divi is ideal if you are planning to design websites for clients in the future. Their one off payment of $249 is very very reasonable. Anyways, I think it's not suitable for blogging.
Maybe you want to consider using themes from Studiopress. It looks so clean and professional. It's good for SEO. I'm using a Studiopress theme for on of my websites. Hope this helps and all the best!
-Raynold
I use DIVI theme. But in my opinion, the speed of my sites is critical too.I'm not sure what is the main reason. DIVI or something else. It seems to me that speed is always the problem here around.
Hi Mike, I have a little experience with Divi. In case you are not aware of it, Divi is a short-code based theme, which might NOT be ideal for a site with many blog posts.
If you decide to use Divi, keep in mind that you are more or less "locked in" with Divi. If you switch from Divi to other themes in the future, the Divi theme might leave some short codes in random places throughout your site, which makes cleaning up difficult. It can be a nightmare if you have many posts.
There are short code cleaner (plugins) available, which can clean up short codes after switching, but when I tried, it seemed to me that those plugins only hid the codes without actually cleaning up the mess. So if you disable the plugin, the short codes might show up again.
Maybe you can use a sub-domain site as your sandbox and test it out.
Hugh
Great info Hugh! I had no idea it was all these cons to Divi. Most people like it because of what they've marketed and the aesthetics they promote you can have. Glad you shared what's under the hood.
Hi Tiffany, another reason I like Divi is the availability of the tutorials in YouTube and their website. They have pretty thorough blog posts and videos on some tricks that might be applicable in other drag-and-drop themes as well. :)
Hugh
Thanks for your input Hugh! I really appreciate that!
I knew if I posted this , that I would get some great input!
I'm actually taking a break from watching thrive videos now.
Have a great day, and best of success to you!
Mike
I'll be interested to look at your sites after you have completed installing Divi. I have recently purchased the Genesis child theme, Lifestyle, and am still working out the bugs before using it on my website. I am not sure I will go with it yet. I'll look into Dive, as well.
I used Admiral free theme and it worked out great until about 40-50 posts then I started seeing my page load time and insights go in the crapper.
Choose a nice free theme and you will be fine for a good while. You can change themes any time and it's not difficult at all.
Best of success !
Mike
Mike you are a very funny guy , ha ha I think I know your next niche !
I had a good laugh and man u have a lot of posts !
I looked at Didi and then I looked at thrive themes and I think thrive have more to offer but just a thought Mike
Jerry Huang uses thrive as do a few more leaders here and say it is awesome and I have seen their sites and they rock :)
All the best
Vicki
Since I have started reading the great input I've been getting I have been looking at thrive !
Jerry's website makes me jealous ! LOL
He did an awesome job with it!\
Thanks for your input, it is appreciated!
Best of success to you!
Mike
I've been thinking of the divi theme myself but i haven't tried it yet. I want to experiment with it a bit first to see the possibilities.
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Great post and you have highlighted the pitfalls of using free themes : ) when it comes t oWordPress, it premium or nothing in my book, and I am speaking from experience
You mention DIVI, which is okay and I have used them in the past, but not any longer
I now use a combination of Astra and Thrive Themes, simply because they offer me exactly what I want. I have links to both on my blog, which attached to my profile here and they must do okay, because I am picking up a lot of work on the back of people reading and looking at my blog
Hope this helps
Thank you for the input Dave!
Best of success!
Mike