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Divi theme showcase: Monterey Premier by Geno Quiroz
I had intended to start 2015 at a leisurely pace and maybe get out a post in about a week’s time and then I saw Monterey Premier, a Divi theme site by Geno Quiroz, and ten minutes later… I was writing this post.
The first thing to say is that my screenshots don’t do this site justice, this is a “must see in widescreen format” website so make sure that you pay Monterey Premier a visit.
The second thing to say is that I could write half a dozen posts pointing out the subtleties and finer points of this site, and still not cover everything. So I’m going to concentrate on the three things that first caught my attention: the logo, the top navigation and the oh so cool contact form.
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Divi theme CSS: Firebug, Chrome Dev tools and CSS Hero
Even with a theme that looks as good as Divi, there will always be things that you want to change, modify or customise… believe me.
Maybe you want to change the size of the font or the colour of the links or maybe you’d like to add a few rounded corners to your text widgets or reduce the gap between a few of the Divi theme Modules.
The good news is that you can do all that using CSS and the even better news is that CSS is pretty easy to understand – it’s made up of: the element you want to target, a big curly opening bracket, all the styles you want to modify and a big curly closing bracket… and this is what it looks like:
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Monarch plugin: getting the most from your Social Stats
With the ability to add social sharing buttons in five different locations, choose from over twenty Social Networks and pick from three automatic pop-up and fly-in triggers, the Monarch plugin provides you with an embarrassment of riches.
Monarch gives you all the great looking technical wizardry but you still have to decide which combination of locations and features will grab your visitor’s attention and get you the most shares.
Fortunately you don’t have to rely on your own social sharing preferences and prejudices because Monarch gives you the tools to make your choice based on solid stats instead of gut feeling.
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Monarch plugin: with the power of Media Social Sharing
We all know about the power of images to grab attention and drive your point home as well as improved SEO via alt and meta tags, but what about the power of sharing images on social media, the power of images in social media marketing.
Are you sharing your images across your social media platforms and more importantly…. are you making it easy for your visitors to share them on theirs?
You’ll get more shares and retweets on Facebook and Twitter if you include an image and image hungry platforms such as Pinterest, Instagram and Tumblr will provide you with a whole new outlet for your Social Media Marketing.
Fortunately the Monarch plugin for WordPress makes media sharing easy peasy.
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Divi theme: a Merry Divi Christmas
Christmas is fast approaching folks and it will soon be time to let your nearest and dearest know what you want Santa to leave in your stocking.
If you’re a WordPress user there are lots of themes and plugins to choose from, but as with anything WordPress related, the choice is mind boggling and you can spend a lot of time trying to find exactly what you’re looking for.
To help you make your choice I’m going to suggest two themes and two plugins that will make building, promoting and customising your site easy, enjoyable and an absolute delight.
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