Posts by Justin Busa
WordPress Customizer Export/Import Plugin
The Customizer Export/Import plugin does exactly what its name implies. It allows you to export or import your WordPress customizer settings from directly within the customizer interface! If your theme makes use of the customizer for its settings, this plugin is for you!
Read MoreBeaver Builder Roadmap – December 2014
At Beaver Builder, our work is never done. We’re constantly pushing to refine our offerings and add new value through our own long-term vision and most importantly, your feedback! We are truly humbled at how passionate many of you have been and really appreciate all of the feedback that has been coming in. Here’s a peek at what we’re currently…
Read MoreWordPress Makes It Easy To Publish Poorly Written Posts
In case you missed it, Jeff Chandler published a post this morning titled “WordPress Visual Page and Website Builders Make It Easy To Create Ugly Sites“. In my opinion, saying that a WordPress page builder makes it easy to create ugly sites is like saying that WordPress itself makes it easy to publish poorly written posts.
Read More3 Ways To Build WordPress Layouts Your Clients Can Edit With Ease
We’ve all seen it done plenty of times. What am I talking about? The WordPress editor, stuffed with HTML or shortcodes to build a custom page layout. That may be fine and dandy if you’re a developer and the only one working on a page, but what if the page you built was for a client that wants to make changes once you’re done?
Read MoreGPL Or Bust
The timing for some of the recent posts regarding open source software, the GPL and how it all relates to WordPress, couldn’t be more perfect. While the much more high profile VersionPress was deciding whether they should adopt the GPL, we were doing the same. Following their story provided a lot of insight and eventually lead to us adopting the GPL for our products as well.
Read MoreCreating A WordPress Plugin Is Easier Than You Think
Until a few years ago, I hadn’t written a single WordPress plugin. I had created and customized many themes for our clients, but for some reason, I kept telling myself that creating a plugin was beyond my capabilities. In hindsight, I couldn’t have been more wrong. If you’ve ever felt this way, let me tell you something. Creating a WordPress plugin is not beyond your capabilities. Anyone that has skills enough to write basic PHP and modify a theme can create a plugin.
Read MoreJune 2014 Update: New Row Backgrounds, Custom Templates and More!
We’ve been hard at work over the last two months incorporating new features, enhancements and bug fixes into the FastLine Page Builder and Automator theme. Many of those updates have been the direct result of customer feedback, so be sure to keep it coming! Read on for a quick overview of what has been done…
Read MoreBehind The Scenes At Beaver Builder
Wow! Where does the time go? It has already been a month since we launched Beaver Builder into the wild and things have been going great! We’ve met some great people, learned a plethora of new things about the WordPress community and released a handful of updates to the Page Builder plugin and theme. In short, it has been a fun ride!
Read MoreTips For Setting Up A Solid WordPress Website
So you installed a fresh copy of WordPress and are ready to build your website. Great! Now what?
When I setup a new WordPress site, I like to follow a simple set of guidelines to ensure that I’m covering all of my bases. Doing so helps to prevent future issues that may arise from ignoring this kind of stuff. Everyone has their own opinion when it comes to how you should setup a fresh WordPress install, this is mine.
Read MoreIntroducing the Beaver Builder Plugin for WordPress!
After months at the drawing board and countless iterations, we’re excited to officially announce the release of Beaver Builder, a Page Builder plugin for WordPress. We’ve enjoyed how easy it was to build our website with Beaver Builder and we hope you will enjoy it as well!
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