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Honest Thoughts + Testing to Help You Decide

[ad_1] On the fence about using Divi AI to improve your workflows when building websites with Divi? In our hands-on Divi AI review, we’ll give you a look at how it works and, more importantly, whether it’s any good. To help answer that second question, I’ll also show you the results of some test AI prompts that I ran for text content, images, and code generation.  Divi AI is based on GPT 3.5 and Stable Diffusion, so there won’t be any real surprises there, but it will give you an idea of what it can do (and it will also show you how Divi AI is aware of the content on your site). Let’s start with a basic introduction to Divi AI and then I’ll give you a hands-on look at how it works… Divi AI Review: How Does It Help You? Divi AI can primarily improve your workflows in three key areas: Text content – you can use Divi AI to generate short-form or long-form text content from scratch, with additional tools to control the voice/style of your content. Or, you can also use it to refine existing content. Images – you can generate unique images based on simple text prompts. You can also fully control the image style, size, aspect ratio, and more. You can generate images from scratch or you can feed Divi AI existing images and have it iterate on that. Code – you can generate unique code snippets for custom CSS, HTML and JavaScript. Divi AI is already trained on Divi’s codebase, so you can be confident that the code snippets will play nice with Divi. For example, Divi AI can recognize Divi terminology in your prompts (such as you asking it to style a certain module). Why Use Divi AI Over Other AI Web Design Tools? Obviously, Elegant Themes has not built their own AI models from scratch for these: The text and code generation is based on GPT 3.5. The image generation is based on Stable Diffusion. Here are some of the details that make Divi AI unique, though: Divi AI is already trained on the Divi codebase and you can make it aware of your website’s content. For example, it can factor in the title of your site, the content of the page that you’re editing, and so on. So while it uses the same foundational starting point as many other AI tools, Divi AI is still uniquely well-suited for Divi sites. You can access Divi AI directly from the Divi Builder. This is more convenient than other AI tools, where you would need to work in a separate interface and then manually move the generated content to your site. Divi AI offers unlimited usage for one flat price. This can save you money versus other tools that have monthly limits or charge you extra depending on your usage. I’ll talk more about Divi AI pricing later on. How Divi AI Works: Hands-On Testing the AI With Prompts Now that you understand what Divi AI offers and what makes it unique, let’s take our review of Divi AI more hands-on and I’ll show you what it’s actually like to use Divi AI on a real website. I’ll start with a basic look at how you can access Divi AI.  Then, I’ll go through generating the three main types of “content” that Divi AI supports: For each type of AI generation, I’ll run through a few different example prompts to give you an idea of how effective it is. Let’s dig in… How to Access Divi AI As long as you have an active Divi AI license, you can access Divi AI directly from the Divi Builder. You’ll see a new option in the module settings when you’re editing an area that supports AI content generation. You have a few options to access the AI content. For example, if you’re editing a Text module, you’ll see a Generate Content With AI button to generate the text for that module: The same is true of other areas, such as Image modules, the code editor, and so on. I’ll show you real examples of these different areas over the next few sections. However, I think it’s easier to choose the smaller AI option that appears in individual fields. For example, if you place your cursor in the text editor, you’ll see an AI option appear next to the dynamic content option. I prefer this approach because it lets you actually enter your prompt, whereas the other button seems to take you straight to the refinement interface. Choosing this option will expand a drop-down with a list of options that are pertinent to that type of content. Below, I’ll show you specifically how it works to generate content, images, and code. Generating Text Content As I mentioned above, I think the best way to generate text content is to click the small AI icon in the text field that you want to populate. This will expand a drop-down with a bunch of options. For text content, the two most important options are at the top: Write with AI – generate text content from scratch. Improve with AI – use AI to improve the existing text in the box You’ll also get other quick actions for more specific tasks, such as lengthening or shortening the content, changing the tone, translating it, and so on. For example, if you choose the Write with AI option, it will open a popup where you can choose what type of content to generate, add your prompt, and add context (such as letting Divi AI look at the content of the page, section, or module). If you click the Guide Me option, it will expand more advanced settings for tone of voice, must-use keywords, specific content lengths, and so on. Once you click Generate Text, you’ll see the generated text. You also might get multiple results, which you can browse by clicking the arrows. You can then click the Use This

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Honest Thoughts + Discount Code (2022)

[ad_1] Considering using the Blocksy theme to build your WordPress site? In our hands-on Blocksy theme review, we’ll help you decide if this multipurpose theme is right for your site. If it is, we’ll also share our exclusive Blocksy discount code, which will get you 10% off your purchase. Blocksy is a lightweight multipurpose theme that you can use to build literally any type of website, from blogs to business websites, portfolios, eCommerce stores, and more. In general, I think that it deserves a spot on the list of top options that use this lightweight, multipurpose approach. It’s packed with well-designed Customizer options to help you easily customize your theme. For more advanced users, it also offers strong tools for custom layouts, conditional content, and more. And for WooCommerce stores, you get tons of advanced features. There are a few downsides. For example, while all of its demo sites look amazing, the quantity is pretty limited when compared to similar themes. But overall, Blocksy is a great theme and you certainly won’t be disappointed in using it for your site(s). To help you understand why I say that, here’s everything that we’ll cover in our Blocksy review: ⚙️ Exploring Six Key Features in Blocksy: How to Use It To kick off our Blocksy review, let’s look at some of the most notable features and what it’s like to use Blocksy. 1. 25+ Importable Demo Sites To get started with Blocksy, you can either design your site from scratch or import one of Blocksy’s 25+ pre-built demo sites. While only having 25+ demo sites is a bit limiting when compared to other themes that are offering 100+ sites, the demo sites all look amazing. Basically, while the quantity might lag other themes, the quality is top-notch and equal to or above all the other themes I’ve looked at. You can browse the full collection here: Some demo sites are built with both Elementor and Gutenberg (and a few support Brizy), while others only support Gutenberg. When you import a demo site, you can choose to import just the Customizer settings or the demo content too. If it supports multiple builders, you can also choose your preferred builder. Overall, the demo import process has a very nice wizard, which includes setting up a child theme for you: And just like that, you can have your site looking like the demo in under a minute. 2. Very Detailed Customizer Options To control the general design of your site, you’ll use the native real-time Customizer, along with tons of built-in options. You can use these options to control your blog layouts, colors, typography, headers, footers, and so on. In general, you get a ton of options, so I can’t show you everything. But let’s take a look at some of the most notable areas… Header and Footer Builder To control your header and footer, Blocksy gives you a drag-and-drop builder inside the Customizer. You can use a bunch of different elements to add content to the header grid. You can also use the options at the bottom to customize your header for different user devices: You’ll also get additional options to customize the overall header, as well as individual header rows and elements. Blog Layouts You get a bunch of options to control the layouts for both individual blog posts and your blog archive pages. Blog archive options: Blog single options: Blocksy also has some nice touches, such as giving you dedicated options to customize comments sections, author pages, and category pages. Colors You can set up a unified global color palette to keep consistency. If needed, you can then adjust individual colors when working on specific parts of your site. Typography To control typography, Blocksy has a nice system that lets you set up typography for different types of text: You’ll also get typography options in some other areas, such as dedicated options for the post title, excerpt, and other details. You saw some of these in the blog archive screenshots above. 3. Page-Level Controls In addition to the Customizer options, Blocksy also offers detailed page-level controls that let you control the layout of your posts/pages on an individual level. This gives you full control over the canvas, which is great for both using the block editor or integrating with page builder plugins. Here’s what you can do: Hide the page title. Choose different page layouts. Adjust the background color. Adjust the spacing. Hide other page elements (featured image, share box, header, or footer). Here, you can see all of the Blocksy page-level controls: 4. Conditional Headers, Footers, and Sidebars (Pro) With the free version of Blocksy, you can fully customize your header, footer, and sidebar…but you can only have one version of each element for your site. With Blocksy Pro, however, you can create multiple designs and use conditional rules to display each one. This lets you optimize those elements for different parts of your site. For example, you could create a custom header for a certain post type or for blog posts in a certain category. Or, you could create different headers for anonymous users vs logged-in users or even users with different roles, which is especially great for membership sites, online stores, and online courses. For example, with headers, you’ll get an option to add a new header inside the header builder: You can then design that header just like you created your global header. The one addition is that you’re able to set up conditional rules for that header to control when to use it: Pretty dang useful! 5. Custom Layouts/Hooks, AKA Content Blocks (Pro) Blocksy Content Blocks are a more advanced feature that helps you customize your site. With Content Blocks, you can create three types of custom designs: Custom content that you inject at different spots in your theme using hooks. Popups that you can display on your site. Custom theme templates, such as designing a custom single post template.  If you’re a casual user, you

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