I wrote a post some time ago called 5 Divi sites that excite and inspire and the purpose of the post was to do exactly that, to excite and to inspire all you Divi theme users out there.
I figured that by now your excitement and inspiration stores may be running low so this post is meant to act as a top up, to give you a few new ideas and feed and replenish your creativity.
The five Divi examples in this post are taken from sites that have been posted in the various Divi Facebook groups.
They are all different, they are all stunning and they are all sites… you really can’t miss.
Before we begin and to make sure that I don’t shatter any egos or lose any friends, the sites are not in any particular order and the truth is, I would be hard pushed to pick a favourite.
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#1 Minlovecat – Responsive Web Design
This deceptively clever and well-crafted site is by Wayne Ooi and it’s the site that inspired me to write this post.
Wayne is a young Singapore based freelance web designer and developer and he brings all his youthful flair, creativity and design skills to this website.
The homepage is mostly in black and white with just enough colour to grab your attention and heighten interest.
The headshot of Wayne, at the top right, personalises the site and lets you know that you are dealing with a real human being… not a two headed code nerd.
And I’m not the only one who thinks that this website is pretty cool, it’s been nominated for Awwwards, who say in their own words:
About Awwwards – The awards that recognize the talent and effort of the best web designers, developers and agencies in the world.
#2 The Fitzgerald Collective – Divi child theme
The site was created by David Blackmon and Cory Jenkins of Aspen Grove Studios so it has a great pedigree and the good news is… it’s available as a Divi Child theme for you to download and use yourself.
This pixel perfect website combines perfectly proportioned graphics with stylish font combinations and meticulous attention to detail. The result is stunning.
This site also has a pretty cool looking blog page and the individual posts are displayed without a sidebar giving plenty of whitespace on both sides of the content.
In short this is a fabulously put together Divi child theme that has both great looking pages and great looking posts.
#3 Offbeat Creative – Brand Experiences
If you’ve ever tried to work with yellow, you’ll know just what a difficult colour it is, but in combination with a rather nice blue, it works perfectly on this site by Andrew Palmer of Somebodyshero.
The homepage has a clean spacious appearance with the main menu and social icons on the right hand side and three large circular links, complete with gorgeous hover effects, in the main body of the page.
The circular links take you to “Why Offbeat”, “What We Do” and “Our Work” pages…. simple. efficient and so easy to use.
If you’re thinking of going big, bold and brash then Offbeat Creative is a site you will definitely want to investigate.
#4 Barking Boarders – Doggie Holiday Centre
Chris Ryan of Hostcat Web design, the creator of this site, described it as:
… just a little site for the client as they are just starting up and don’t have a lot of content.
Well that may be the understatement of the year and even if there isn’t a lot of content, boy oh boy has Chris made the best use of it.
It’s one of those sites that lifts your spirits as soon as you land on the homepage and with just a couple of glances you know exactly what the site is all about… “DOG BOARDING IN GOSPORT” unless I miss my guess.
Super clear navigation, great colour combinations, fabulous top logo and some good looking image links a little further down the homepage: About, Grooming and Terms.
This is a real working small business website, so if you’re a new business with not a lot of content and maybe a limited budget then this is a site that you’ll want to visit often and go through with a fine toothcomb.
#5 Art and Craft Film – What’s it take to catch a fake?
If this were a competition for picking a picture that fitted perfectly the shape of the text, then this site would be the clear winner.
Notice how the “t” in the word “Craft” is level with the man’s shoulder and sits above the briefcase… a perfect marriage of text and graphics.
Note: Yes I know that “Art and Craft” is also a graphic, but why spoil the magic and maybe the designer is giving us fake text on a site about fake art!
There’s a lot to like about this site: a touch of discreet animation, clear and easy to read text and some nice rollover effects all come together to create a professional looking and well-proportioned website.
On the downside: it took me ages to decide what this site is about, it’s actually about a film called “Art and Craft”, which documents forgery in the art world. Maybe that’s just me or maybe it needs a headline, which highlights the Art and Craft forgery film.
And I was only joking about the graphical text, I think that text should always be real text… even on a site about fakes!
Five Divi sites that range from near abstract to pixel perfect
Five sites that wonderfully illustrate the range of site types that can be created with Divi and all share the common denominator of having been posted in the various Divi Facebook groups.
But don’t forget, this post is not just about showcasing high end Divi websites, it’s about providing you with ideas that you can modify and use on your own websites, so head on over to the various sites and when you find something you fancy use my post Firebug, Chrome Dev tools and CSS Hero to examine them, see how they’ve been put together and use a few of the ideas on your own sites.
If you’d like to use these sites as inspiration and harness the power of Divi to create your own site or sites for your clients, then sign up with Elegant Themes, download your copy of Divi and maybe next year one of your sites will feature in one of my 5 Divi website reviews.
Add the power of the Divi Builder to your site… whatever theme you use!
If you want to add the power of the Divi Builder to your WordPress website, but you want to keep your existing theme, then you need the Divi Builder plugin.
The Divi Builder is a plugin, which works with any WordPress theme and allows you to add all the Divi Builder’s functionality to your website.
This is an example of a page created with the Divi Builder plugin, on a Genesis theme website.
I hope that you enjoyed the post and that it’s given you an idea of the range of website types that can be created with Divi. And I hope that it’s fired up your enthusiasm for working on your own sites.
If you have any thoughts about Divi in general or these stand out Divi sites in particular, then please leave a comment and if you’d like to spread the word about this fabulous Drag and Drop theme, please use my social sharing icons below.
Credits:
My thanks and gratitude to all the developers of these fabulous websites and to Elegant Themes for providing the WordPress community with a theme that allows all of us to create… not code.
