Web Design Tutorials
From beginner to advanced, these ‘how to’ website guides will help you manage your content with ease.
Premium Kadence Templates, Themes, Layouts & Starter Packs
Let me just start out here by saying that the Kadence library is chock-full of amazing templates available at no extra cost to users. Free Layouts & Templates If you’re on the free Kadence plan there is a surprising amount of free full page layouts, theme designs, pre-made sections and wireframes. However, if you’ve landed…
How to Change Available FedEx Shipping Options in WooCommerce
To update the shipping options available to customers: Login to your site. On the left side, hover over “WooCommerce” and select “Settings“. Atop the screen, select the “Shipping” tab. Select the “FedEx” option in the shipping menu bar. Select “Rates & Services” Select & Save. Use the checkboxes near the shipping method you wish to…
Setting Up SiteGround Web Hosting
Depending on your website requirements, we may advise you to set up your own hosting account for your web development project. In such an event, there is only one hosting company we trust aside from the very expensive AWS (Amazon Web Services), which is SiteGround. Below are some very simple instructions on how to set up…
Solved: Divi Theme Settings Default Color Picker Not Updating
Are Your Custom Divi Theme Color Picker Settings Not Working? Recently while brushing up on my Divi skills I decided to make more use of Divi’s available functionalities. Right off the bat, I was having my first headache. I figured setting the Divi theme’s default color picker would help me save some time during the…
How To Make Epic Divi Video Background Button Elements PLUS Optimizing Background Vids
**April 2022 update: First off, I’m moving on from Divi. As I comb through all my old posts and convert them out of the divi builder and into something that’s simply light-weight and easier to develop with, this is one of few posts that won’t get the royal treatment and here’s why: This awesome background…
How to Change Facebook Business Page Ownership & Admin
Looking to regain control of your Facebook business page? Have you sold the business and need to transfer the management & ownership of the page to a new owner? Did you make a business page for a friend and are now looking to hand over the reins? If your answer is “yes“, or if there…
How to change images on Divi built websites
Watch the video Or scroll down for a step-by-step guide on how to change images on your Divi-built website. We will go over both regular and background images in the video but only regular image modules in the text-based guide below. Step-by-step guide for Divi site image changing/swapping/updating Step 1: Log in You may need…
How To Edit Pages Built With Divi
Ready to really get to editing your site? I go in-depth in this video and show you how to really edit all aspects of any page built with the Divi Builder. -Be sure to have your login information ready to go.-Remember to hit the green check box AND the bottom right “Save” button to save…
Drone Part 107 Practice Links & Tips
Video Production Game Changer If your business is video, a drone is a must-have in 2020. Gone are the days of the thousand-dollar helicopter “one shot to get the shot” days. Now for just a few hundred bucks, anyone can become an areal photography/video footage charger. However, if you want to play it safe as…
Adjusting Data for Scheduled Jobs with Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce
How to change your settings for daily exports Step 1 Login to the WordPress dashboard with admin access Step 2 a) Hover your mouse over “WooCommerce”b) Click on “Export Orders” *Careful, if you’re website has multiple order export plugins you may have similar looking options here. “Export Orders” is the link for the “Advanced Order…
How to add a manager to your Google Business listing
Adding someone to help manage your Google Business listing is an easy process By adding someone who is knowledgeable in the forever-changing google machine to help you manage your Google Business page can help you save a ton of time. If you hire a pro it can be the difference when a customer chooses you…
How to access & evaluate your freshly designed website
Website Development Complete Enter; Evaluation Phase First off, congratulations on your newly designed website! We strive to design and develop each Idea Swell website with the absolute most advanced tech and fully custom graphics. Evaluation & Feedback Prior your site going live to the public we want to make sure you have been given the…
What exactly is ‘Responsive Design’?
Fundamental to user engagement & conversion rates Every user who visits your site needs to be visually entertained and intrigued or they won’t stay much longer than a second. If your site isn’t mobile-friendly you’ll be missing out on over half of the potential leads coming through your website. “Once your page loads, users form…
WordPress SSL Add-on / Integration Is Now Vital
Google drops the hammer As Google has decided yet again to drop the hammer on the world wide web they are now flexing a new muscle thanks to the wide adoption of Google Chrome. Chrome, if you didn’t know is an internet browser such as Internet Explorer or Safari. Chrome now accounts for over half…
Website & Domain Name Transferring
Strategic, surgical, and careful transferring of your domain or website. Different Elements First off, please be aware that these are indeed two different elements. Your website’s domain name might be hosted with company ‘X’ while the website itself is hosted with company ‘Z’. This can be done by modifying the DNS records and is quite…
How to create a post/article on your website
First thing first Write your post in a text editor such as notepad or MS word. When writing your post directly on the website you risk losing your work in the event of an internet or site glitch. Securely log into your website’s admin panel Login to your website via the login page. For your…
How to view your Gravity Forms entries
Step 1 Log into your account. Step 2 Click “Forms” Step 3 Click “Entries” Step 4 Near the top of the page, click the small arrow. This will release a new option. You will then need to again click the drop down arrow on the element that has been made visible. Step 5 Select the…
Divi Builder: Global Elements Management
How to manage your Divi Builder global elements (modules and sections) Divi makes it easy! Instead of using PHP directly, the Divi Builder lets you manage elements that may be utilized in different pages of your site, without having to go into each page to edit those elements. A: This is a global section. To…
Layer Slider – Flashing Screen on slide transitions: Version 6.2.2
Since updating to the most recent Layer Slider (Version 6.2.2), my sliders are flashing in between transitions. Highly annoying. Tested on two sites and both are having the same issue. Current work around was to create timed layers on a single slide but that is an awfully time consuming job. I will post an update…
How to manage your restaurant menu with the Divi builder
No viable plugin solutions for a restaurant menu with WordPress After a thorough search for a plugin that would allow for easy updating of the restaurant’s menu and only finding either highly expensive options or basic, $30 a year type plugins of which I was not a fan of any. Some had not been updated…
How to edit Visual Form Builder Pro: required fields
First up, navigate to visual form builder pro by selecting “VFB Pro” on the left side nav menu in your WordPress dashboard. Next up, click directly on the title of the application you wish to edit. Click on the arrow to the far right of the element you wish to edit. This will open the…
