Elementor series tutorials : Complete Guide to Building a Website with Elementor from Zero Basics (2024)

There are many excellent visual web design tools (Website Builder) on WordPress,And Elementor is the best among these page builders。

passElementor ProYou can bypass common theme restrictions and build your own theme templates,This tutorial covers how to use Elementor to build your own themes and templates。Cross-border Valley will introduce you step by step how to use Elementor to design a website。

Kind tips:This tutorial is long,It is recommended to collect first,Read and practice at the same time。

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Elementor Tutorial:The Complete Guide to Building a B2B/B2C Website (2024)

Learn about Elementor

Elementor is currently the most mature、The most powerful、One of the best visual page editors。

The biggest advantage of Elementor is that it is easy to get started,Very friendly to people who don’t know how to code or who have no basis for building a website.,Its drag-and-drop layout,Option-based appearance adjustments lower the entry barrier。

Zero code website building

No development or coding knowledge is required,All page design and production can be achieved by dragging and setting options.。

Visual editing

Take advantage of visualization windows,Page editing using WYSIWYG method,You can see the actual display effect during the editing process。

Responsive layout

Provides responsive layout effects that adapt to different terminals,It can achieve the effect of editing different terminal settings and display in different terminal modes.。

theme builder

Can be unrestricted by any theme,To build your own theme。

Elementor Basic VS Premium

Elementor has a free basic version,and premium paid version。The features of the free basic version are not as comprehensive as those of the advanced paid version.,To install the advanced version, you must install the basic version.,Otherwise it won't work。

Advanced versions vary according to the number of licenses,Package prices are different,The minimum licensing package for 1 site and 1 year is$59

Elementor Basic Version VS Advanced Version

Elementor Pro Price

official price

Elementor Pro Personal Edition has increased in price on December 1, 2022,New price is $59/year

Elementor Pro Personal Edition Price

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We currently purchase an agency plan of $399/year,You can contact me via WeChat to purchase

Introduction to the main functions of Elementor Pro

1 theme generator

The theme generator can edit any content of the website without relying on any theme,And it is a visual editor of 0 codes。In Theme Builder you can create corresponding templates to display corresponding pages。

Use the dynamic data function to obtain the field content you want to display,Includes fields created via ACF (Advanced Custom Fields plugin)。

You can also set the template display range (Display Condition),Through settings, you can customize separate display templates for content under different categories.。

You can use Elementor’s Hello theme,it's completely free,Extremely fast。

2 Global styling

You can set the global title using [Design System] and [Theme Style] in Elementor site settings.、Text font and color,and button、picture、light box、Form and other styles.

Through global design, you can ensure that your overall style is unified and tidy,And easy to maintain,If you need to change the color of the title later,There is no need to modify each title individually.,Just modify the corresponding color directly in the global style。

3 Responsiveness and page layout

Elementor supports responsive layout,Three terminals are provided by default (PC、Pad、Phone),But in addition, you can add a mobile phone horizontal screen、Pad horizontal screen and other mobile terminal breakpoints。

while using,Just switch to responsive mode,And switch to the corresponding terminal mode and edit to modify the display effect of the corresponding terminal.。

You can also set an element or layout block to hide or change the order in a terminal。

By setting the layout,You can set a fixed content width,When you add a Section segment, you can directly use the default content width you set.,There is no need to set up the Section section separately.。

4 Woocommerce integration

Elementor Pro can be integrated with Woocommerce,With Theme Builder you can create custom product listing page templates、Product details page template。

If you are building a B2C website,If you want to be highly customized like a shopping cart、My account and other pages need to be implemented with the help of Woocommerce extension,It is still recommended to use a more mature mall theme for production.。

5 Elements and widgets

Elements and widgets help you quickly design and build pages,You just need to drag elements and widgets to the corresponding location,and pass【content】、[Style] and [Advanced] settings can be used to modify the content and appearance style of elements or widgets.。

When you need to reuse an already set element widget,You can set an already set widget as a global widget,This way you can directly call this global widget on other pages。

Otherwise you can make a normal section template,Then call this template through the Template element。

6 form

Elementor Pro offers form functionality,You can create an inquiry form through the Form element design,Email reminders via SMTP configuration form submission。

Submission can view the information submitted by the form。

Elementor's Form can also integrate Google's reCAPTCHA to prevent malicious submission of spam information.。

In addition, Form can also be integrated with MailChimp,Implement subscription management。

7 Popup popup box

Pop-up box is one of my commonly used functions,I usually set up a dialog box to pop up after clicking the inquiry button to let the user fill in and submit the inquiry form.。

The pop-up box function can be realized through Theme Builder’s Popup,You can also set the conditions for the pop-up box to display,For example, a dialog box pops up 5 seconds after the user accesses the page.,Or a dialog box will pop up when the user slides down to an element, etc.。

You can display anything in the popup。

8 Custom font、icon、code

With custom fonts you can add a local font to your website,After adding it, you can select this local font when setting the font。

The advantage of local fonts is that they can improve loading speed。The fonts used by Elementor are almost all Google fonts,Need to load Google's font library,If the network is not good, it will easily affect the speed of the website.。

When you cannot find the corresponding icon in the default icon library, you can upload a custom icon,Custom icons are the same as those in the icon library,You can modify the color and size of the icon。This is a different concept than uploading pictures,The color of the uploaded image cannot be modified.。

The custom code function can add additional code to Hader and Body,I usually use this to addGoogle Analyticstracking code。

9 Import and export functions

The import and export function can help you quickly copy the content of the current website to another site.。

However, since import and export are still experimental functions,,There will be a quantity limit on the content,Pages to export、Number of posts and CPTs limited per post type 20 items。

How to install and activate Elementor and Elementor Pro?

The basic plug-in Elementor Page Builder must be installed,Elementor Pro relies on the Elementor base plugin。

Elementor basic plugin is free,You can install it online directly in the website backend plug-in library.,Elementor Pro needs to be installed by uploading the installation package.。

Install the Elementor Website Builder plugin

Directly enter the plugin library in the website backend to search and install the Elementor Website Builder plugin,Enable the plugin after installation,If you plan to use Elementor Pro, you can skip account linking and website settings for now.。

After skipping all,Will automatically enter an Elementor editing window,After editing and publishing, this is the first Elementor page you created.。

If you don’t plan to use Elementor Pro yet,Do you want to try the Elementor base plugin?,You can create a free account and link the account according to the prompts,So that you can access the Elementor free template resource library。

Install and activate the Elementor Pro plug-in

Directly enter the plugin library in the website backend to search and install the Elementor Website Builder plugin,Enable the plugin after installation,If you plan to use Elementor Pro, you can skip account linking and website settings for now.。

After skipping all,Will automatically enter an Elementor editing window,After editing and publishing, this is the first Elementor page you created.。

If you don’t plan to use Elementor Pro yet,Do you want to try the Elementor base plugin?,You can create a free account and link the account according to the prompts,So that you can access the Elementor free template resource library。

Elementor Pro Buying Guide:Precautions and activation tips

1、About why choose Elementor Pro 2、Official purchase subscription and registration 1) Register an official account Go to Elementor official website to register If you can't open it, please confirm,Whether your computer can access foreign websites (generally, it can be opened)。 Prepare an email account,Used to register an account。 After successful registration, log in directly to the management backend. 2) Purchase an Elementor Pro subscription. Click the [get Elementor Pro] button under the [Subscription] page to purchase a subscription. Select the subscription version you want to purchase.,Click the [Buy Now] button below and fill in the billing information,The billing address can be filled in China,VAT number is the tax number used for invoicing,If you are not sure, you can contact Elementor customer service to confirm before purchasing.。 Payment methods include credit card or PayPal.。

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Elementor general settings

After installation and activation are completed, go to [Settings]-[General] to set up。

Post type:Set which content types the Elementor editor can be used for editing,Just check the content types you need to edit with Elementor (if you find that some content cannot be edited with Elementor,You can check if there is no check here)。

Disable default colors:After checking, the Elementor global color will inherit the color you set in the theme (it doesn't matter if you use the Hello theme),Use other themes (check according to your needs)。

Disable default font:After checking, the Elementor global font will inherit the font you set in the theme (it doesn't matter if you use the Hello theme),Use other themes (check according to your needs)。

Improved element sharing data:After checking, the data of your website will be shared with Elementor (usually unchecked)。

Elementor general settings

How to build your own website using Elementor Pro?

In addition to this tutorial,I also wrote some Elementor related tutorials and articles,Organized into the collection below。

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Elementor’s latest related tutorials and articles

In addition to this tutorial,I also wrote some Elementor related tutorials and articles,Organized into the collection below。

how to “Post “Add in gadget “child page of parent page

In the process of building a B2B foreign trade website,Page pages are often used to create product pages using the Elementor editor.,Sometimes there is a need to call subpages in the parent page.,This article mainly teaches you how to call the subpages of the parent page in the post widget.。 Requirements description For example, there is a 10 subpage “Serve “page。need to be in “Serve “Add a “Post “element,and link to each subpage。Now,must pass “Manual selection “to select each subpage。If there are only a few pages,It's okay to do this。But when the list is long or updated frequently,It will be boring。 how to “Post “Add in gadget “Child pages of parent pages. I only recommend this to people with some knowledge of template file editing.。Don't edit the parent theme (in most cases),Make sure you create a child theme。 method one:

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Elementor Global Settings Guide:How to use Elementor site settings for your entire website

Elementor Pro global style settings are an overall setting,Global settings are only available if Elementor Pro is installed,Theme settings for similar themes,It can help you preset the overall website color style,Things like font styles and layout and element presets,These will greatly reduce the workload of your post-production website。 for example,We can set several global colors,Then when setting the content color, you are directly responsible for these global colors. This tutorial will introduce the common functions of the global style and settings of the Elementor web editor.,For example, setting the global font、color、Page content width、Default spacing of elements, etc.。 Enter [Site Settings] after installing and activating Elementor Pro,Enter the Elementor editor window of any page,Click the button in the upper left corner,Then click site settings as shown in the picture below and you will see the following configuration options。 Design System/Design System Set global colors and global fonts。 Global Colors global color settings The biggest advantage of setting global colors is that you can quickly switch the color style of the website,For example, my current website is mainly green,If I want to change to the blue style, I only need to modify the color settings in the global color to quickly switch the website color style.。This requires that when you design and create the page, all colors are configured through global colors.,If the color is added manually,Then you still need to modify it manually。 How to set and use global colors is as follows: You can set the global color through the site settings,Set several common global colors。 The global one includes system colors and custom colors.,There are only four system colors,Cannot be deleted,But it can be modified。 Custom colors can be added and renamed according to your needs。

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Elementor Pro Buying Guide:Precautions and activation tips

1、About why choose Elementor Pro 2、Official purchase subscription and registration 1) Register an official account Go to Elementor official website to register If you can't open it, please confirm,Whether your computer can access foreign websites (generally, it can be opened)。 Prepare an email account,Used to register an account。 After successful registration, log in directly to the management backend. 2) Purchase an Elementor Pro subscription. Click the [get Elementor Pro] button under the [Subscription] page to purchase a subscription. Select the subscription version you want to purchase.,Click the [Buy Now] button below and fill in the billing information,The billing address can be filled in China,VAT number is the tax number used for invoicing,If you are not sure, you can contact Elementor customer service to confirm before purchasing.。 Payment methods include credit card or PayPal.。

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The most comprehensive Elementor Container usage tutorial in history (2024)

Using Elementor’s latest Container element has several significant advantages over the Section element in earlier versions.。The Container element was designed by the Elementor team to improve flexibility.、performance and design capabilities,These improvements mean more powerful and flexible layout options,An important advance for designers and developers。However, it is still difficult for many novices to get started.。If you have learned some CSS, you may understand,In fact, it is flex layout。 one、Benefits of Container 2、How to enable Elementor's Container function from settings,The latest versions of Elementor and Elementor Pro have Grid Container and Flexbox Container enabled by default.,If it is an old version, you can enable it yourself。

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How to create a contact form using Elementor

Create a contact form using Elementor Creating a contact form using Elementor can be achieved by using the form widget in Elementor Pro。Just drag the form widget from the editor panel to your page,Then use the controls to create beautiful and responsive forms on your website。 Edit your table in the editor panel,You can create and edit all fields you wish to capture in your form。Form widgets support most popular field types,For example text、text area、single button、selectors etc.。If needed,These fields can also be made required。 You can style your form to use fields on the same row by setting the column width layout。  Form content content settings Form Fields This section of the Elementor form widget allows you to add and manage each form field that will be included in the form.。Instead of adding content manually,Many options also use dynamic tags。These tags allow you to retrieve WordPress data,Or from plugin sources (e.g. Advanced Custom Fields) or WooCommerce

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Elementor Getting Started Tutorial:Learn to build a website with Elementor from scratch

How to install Elementor? Install via WordPress backend: step 1,Log in to WordPress backend,Search for Elementor in the plugin bar,Click to install and activate now。 Step 2,Create an account。If you currently only want to experience the free version,Please select skip。 Step 3,Install theme。Elementor officially recommends Hello,It is a lightweight WordPress theme,high speed,But as far as building a website is concerned,It will be easier for novices to choose the Astra theme,It is recommended to skip。 Step 4,Add website name,That is, the title of the homepage of the website,Skip here first,Please fill it out during subsequent SEO optimization。 Step 5,Upload website logo。Same as above steps,Skip if not ready,You can upload or modify it at any time later。 Step 6,Learn how to use Elementor。You will see two wizards,On the left is the creation page,On the right is the import template,You can click to view it yourself,If you choose to skip,Will jump to the creation page。 come here,Elementor is installed,The website backend will also add relevant setting options,The next step is to become familiar with its operating interface and how to use it,and use it to create website pages。 Download the Elementor tutorial from the Elementor official website. Using Elementor,You don’t need to learn any programming knowledge,You can build a high-end website。but,Before building a website, it is best to learn its basic operations,Considering these,I will explain step by step how to use it。 1. Create page step 1,First create a new page in the WordPress backend,Then click the Edit with Elementor button at the top。 Step 2,Become familiar with the structure of the editor,There are three parts in total,They are toolbar modules,Visual interface and navigator。 Step 3,Click the plus sign to select the structure you want,Determine approximately how many blocks should be placed in the same row or column。 Then,Drag and drop the module from the left toolbar into the right block,Such as title、picture,button。

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