Summer Update – Sneak Peaks, New Features, and More
Hi there! Hope you’re doing well. The days are long and the weather is getting warmer. It’s my favorite time of the year! While summer is in full swing, the development team has managed to stay very busy. We have updates and alpha versions across the board—Page Builder, Beaver Themer, and the BB Theme are…
Read MoreListen to the Story & Strategy Behind Our Awesome Knowledge Base
This is a cross post of the How I Built It Podcast featuring the BB team’s very own Nancy Hildebrandt. You can listen to her episode below, on the How I Built It website, or on your podcast catcher tool of choice (Apple Podcasts | Android | Google Play). http://traffic.libsyn.com/howibuiltit/77-nancy.mp3 Let’s Talk Docs In this post, I will try to…
Read MoreHow to Create a Material Design About Page Using Beaver Builder and Hestia
I’m excited to introduce our friend, Karol, from ThemeIsle for today’s post. Karol wrote up a very detailed and thorough tutorial on using Beaver Builder to build an About page with a material design approach. The tutorial features the Hestia theme, but the techniques and strategy can be applied to any theme. Thanks, Karol! Having…
Read MoreHappy 4th Birthday to Beaver Builder
For the last few years, we’ve made a point to celebrate our birthday here at Beaver Builder. It’s hard to believe, since starting this journey from client work to products, a whole four years have gone by. I mentioned a few weeks ago the memory of going to our first WordCamp and, at the time, “page…
Read MoreWhy Beaver Themer is a Game Changer for WordPress
Remember when Beaver Builder first launched? The WordPress Community was excited that there was a page builder to that did not rely on shortcodes to create designs. Smart people noted that this small feature is important for the longevity of your website. You can turn off Beaver Builder and move on to something else without…
Read MoreWhich WordPress Page Builder Should I Choose – Why the Biggest Brands Trust Beaver Builder
Over the last year and a half, conversations around Gutenberg—WordPress’ new editor—have shared a common theme: F.U.D. Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt. As the project has matured and as the WordPress business community has come to terms with the reality that this major, non-elective change is quickly approaching, the uncertainty and fear are slowly starting to…
Read MoreBeaver Builder 2.1 “Redridge” – Inline editing, Gutenberg support, and more
Beaver Builder 2.1 “Redridge” is live! You can download a test copy from your account page and start using it on your sites today. At the end of 2017, we released Beaver Builder 2.0 which featured a visual refresh and an extensive overhaul of Page Builder’s user experience. One of our original mission statements and philosophies for Beaver…
Read MoreBest Image Compression Tools for WordPress – Lossless, Lossy, JPEG, and PNG
Today, we’re going to talk about a subject near and dear to my heart, image compression! I’m half-kidding, but there is something oddly satisfying about shaving huge percentages off an image file size without diminishing any quality. The inspiration for this post stemmed from a very popular post in the Beaver Builders Facebook group. I had…
Read MoreHow to Create a Staff Directory on WordPress – Your First Beaver Themer Project
One of my favorite web design podcasts is the ShopTalk show. A question that often comes up is, “What’s the best way to learn about web design?” The answer is always to pick a subject you’re interested and start building something. There’s no substitute for hands-on learning. In this post, Hashim walks through the process…
Read MoreAsk Us Anything (AMA) — An Update Post
Hey all! We’ve got an exciting update on tap today. A few weeks ago, Billy, Justin, and I went out to Austin, TX to visit with Brent. While we were there, we tried a little experiment. We made a Facebook post asking for folks to send us questions, then we set up a video camera…
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