HOW TO EDIT YOUR WEBSITE

This document is intended to speed you through the different features on your website, and how to edit or create each of them.

As this site was a designed as user friendly Divi site, our designers created the tools to make the site incredibly simple to navigate and update.

For ease of use, all modules currently built on the site has been saved into a Library, where you can easily replicate specific modules or even an entire page template.

When editing or creating new pages, if your page is not looking as it should, go to one of these pages mentioned below and click edit. Then view the widget to double check the formatting that was applied to them and apply the same formatting to the element you are working on.

HELPFUL PAGES:

  • Layout Example – Example of most of the blocks use on this site
  • Content Styles – Shows you basic interior page content styles and formatting.
  • Style Guide – Shows you the fonts, colors, and image sizes used throughout the site.
  • Divi – Shows you the building blocks of the Divi builder

CONTENTS:

DIVI (YOUR CMS) BASICS

Divi is a unique theme in our collection. Differing from every other Elegant Theme, Divi is built on a page builder platform that we designed and developed from the ground up. Using Divi’s drag and drop builder you can create beautiful layouts with ease and control over every part of your site.

The builder uses three main building blocks: Sections, Rows, and Modules. Using these things in unison allows you to create a countless amount of page layouts. The basic hierarchy of these elements is as follows:

SECTIONS

The most basic and largest building blocks used in designing layouts with Divi are Sections. These are used to create the top-level areas in your website.There are two types of sections: Regular, and Full Width. Regular Sections are made up of column rows and Full Width Sections are made up of full width modules. See more about rows and modules below.

ROWS

Rows sit inside of Sections and you can place any number of rows in a section. There are many different Row Types to choose from. Once you define a Row Type, you can then place modules into the selected column structure. There is no limit to the number of modules you can place within a column.

MODULES

Modules are the visual elements that make up your website. Every modules that Divi has can fit into any column width and they are all full responsive.

DIVI LIBRARY

WHAT IS THE DIVI LIBRARY?

The Divi Library is your ultimate web design toolkit. Here you can store your favorite layouts, sections, rows or modules for later use. Whenever you save an item to your Divi Library, you can access it easily from within the modal window when adding a new layout, module, section or row to the page. Save yourself hours of design time by creating collections of your favorite module combinations. Why not save all of those customized modules to your Library so that you can use them in the future without having to re-create them!

The Divi Library is more than just a collection of saved layouts. Each library item can also be made “Global.” Global modules are synced and mirrored wherever they are placed. Whenever a Global module is altered, it updates automatically on all of the pages you have added it to! In this sense, Divi becomes more than just a page builder, it becomes a website builder. For example, you could create a Global section that is added to the footer of every page on your site. Update that Global Section once and have the footer of your entire website updated instantly.

Modules in the library can also have their settings selectively synced. For example, if you have customized a module heavily using the Advanced Design and Custom CSS tabs, you can save the module to the library while only saving the settings in these two areas. If his module is made Global, your Advanced Design and Custom CSS settings will be synced, but the General Settings (containing your module content) can be different on each page the module is used on.

  • On the left hand menu, you’ll see Divi – hover over and you’ll see the Divi library. Here is where any layouts, modules or sections are saved for easy addition to your page.  You can edit any layouts here to make it easier to reuse (not recommended for anything currently saved).
  • Sean has populated the Divi library with many of the layouts you’ll need.  Always reference these pages as some of the setting have been pre-populated specifically for your design.
  • To add these to a page, under a section, click +Add from library and all of the saved items will appear

***TIP! You can copy (CTRL+C) and paste (CTRL+V) in Divi!  It’s great to have the content styles open, and you can copy an entire section/row and paste where applicable on your open page.

QUICK ACCESS TO DIVI BUILDER FUNCTIONS

Whenever you right click on something inside the Divi Builder, whether it be a Module, Row or Section, you will get a list of different actions that can be performed. These actions include: Rename, Save to Library, Undo & Redo, Disable, Lock, Collapse & Expand, Copy & Paste, and Preview. You may be familiar with many of these functions already, and they have been added to the Right Click controls for your convenience! This way you don’t have to dig into the module settings to access commonly-used features. Some of the functions, however, are unique to Right Click, and are only available when right clicking. These include: Copy, Paste, Lock, Collapse and Disable.

COPY & PASTE

Copying and Pasting is another function that is only available via Divi’s right click controls. You can copy and paste modules, rows or sections from one area, and then paste it into another area. You can even copy and paste items from one page onto another page. This can save you a ton of time, and it can often be much more convenient than saving items to the library (especially when you only want to re-use that item on a new page once).

PREVIEW

The ability to Preview items within the builder has been added to Divi’s right click controls for convenience. When choosing to preview an item, you can get a quick look at the appearance of a specific element within the builder, instead of having to preview the entire page on the front-end.

RENAME

Any Module, Row or Section can be given a name. This name appears in the builder, and it can be used to identify the item on the page. When editing big pages, this can help you organize elements within the builder. For example, if you have 20 different text modules on the page, you might want to give each of them a name so that you know what they are before opening up their settings window.

SAVE TO LIBRARY

The option to save an element to the Divi Library has been added to Divi’s right click controls for convenience. Using this feature you can save items to the library without having to open up the relevant settings box.

UNDO & REDO

Any action you take within the Divi Builder can be undone, and any undo can also be re-done. Undo & Redo controls, which are also available using the undo and redo button at the top of the Divi Builder interface, can also be accessed when right clicking.

DISABLE

Disabling is an option that is only available via Divi’s right click controls. Any Module, Row or Section can be disabled. Once an item is disabled, it will no longer appear on the page on the front-end of your website. However, the item will remain active inside the Divi Builder interface. Disabling is a way to remove things from the front-end without actually deleting them in the builder. They can then be re-enabled in the future. Items that have been disabled appear at 50% opacity within the builder to signify that they have been disabled.

EDITING INSTRUCTIONS

How to edit pages:

  • Click All Pages
    • Click Add New button to create a new page
    • Click page name to edit an existing page
  • Click the purple use DIVI builder button to activate DIVI
  • Click save draft button (top right in the publish section) if you do not want page to go live yet

Text Modules (WYSIWYG)

  • Type content directly into the wysiwyg in HTML Fields Tab or copy/paste from word processor with ease
  • When copying/pasting, ALWAYS use the clear formatting button!
  • Use special characters button for all special characters.  If not, the coding may be different.

Adding inline images

  • You can add an image within a text module. You may also want to set that image to open in a new tab.
    • Put the curser in the spot you want the image. If the image is to be on it’s one line (with no text wrapping around it) add a hard return.
    • Click on the black button “Add Image” at the top of the WYSIWYG editor. This will direct you to the media library.
    • Upload or select the image you want to add to the text box.
    • Once the image is in the wysiwyg, you can click on the image to set the alignment (Centered, left aligned, etc.)
    • Click on the pencil icon to open additional options. If you want the image to open in a new tab the image must be set in “Display Setting” to Link to “Media File” AND you must open the “Advanced Options” and select “Open link in a new tab”
      • If you do not want the inline image to link/open at all simple select “None” in the Display Settings.
    • In “Display Settings” you can also adjust the size you want the file to show within the wysiwyg. If your image is quite large you may want to set the size to medium or small, but you can also “Custom Size” it.

Font Styles Selection

  • Different font styles, including headers, are chosen from the drop-down menu on the second row of the toolbar.
    • Click within the line of text, then select the header style from the drop-down menu to apply the style
    • To apply the into paragraph style, highlight the text, go to the format menu>format>intro paragraph

Links & Buttons

  • Highlight the word/s which you want to create as a link and clicking on the insert/edit link icon.
  • Enter the destination URL directly into the field or performing search.
  • For internal links, insert page url only (eg: /about).
  • For external links, insert the entire url (http://www.website.com) and click Open in a New Window/Tab box. For telephone “click to call” functionality add tel:phonenumber, and email insert mailto:email@email.com
  • To break a link, highlight linked text and click Remove Link button (broken chain)
  • To make a link a button, highlight the link, and in the format menu select format > button

Like this button

SEO Settings

  • Search Engine Listing Tab (Yoast plugin that appears beneath your wysiwyg editor)
    • Enter Title tags (max. 70 characters)
    • Enter Meta Description (max. 140 characters)

How to add sub-navigation to a page:

  • If your page will have child or sibling pages you will want to use the content block saved in the library that indicates “Interior: sub-nav and text”.
  • This sub-nav module will appear locked. Add this to your page and it will auto add the child pages for the given section.
    • Child pages are the pages that show up in the sub nav. Child pages are assigned to a parent pages within the page editor in the page attributes to the right
    • Reorder the pages in the sub nav by entering numbers into the ‘order field’ within the
    • If Page A and Page B are child pages of the same page, they will automatically show up in the same subnav

Adding Sections

  • To add new saved sections click on the “Load from Library” that appears under each section.
  • Select preferred section from the DIVI library. Every configuration of color background and text alignment is saved so you shouldn’t need to change the BG. Just swap out the content within each module.

How to edit the Media Library

  • Click Media > Library > Add New
  • Drop files into window or click Select Files button
  • To Edit Images or other Media you may view as a list or Media Grid View
  • Inside the Media Grid, media items are displayed in a thumbnail grid for ease of navigation. Click any media item to edit the image directly; however, we recommend that you use photo editing software like Photoshop. In this view, you may also edit the image metadata or media item metadata.
  • Media library can be filtered by type or date and is searchable by title.

How to add/update Menus:

  • In left menu, click Appearance then Menus.
  • In the Edit Menus tab, choose the menu you would like to edit from the drop-down menu and click Select. (primary or social media)
  • To add pages to your menu, select the page from the left using the check boxes and click ‘add to menu.’
  • Add a custom link by selecting the option from the options to the left
    • Enter your link and menu label
    • This links the menu item to whatever url you specified in the url field (off site links, pdfs)
  • Drag and drop each item into the order you prefer and/or click the arrow on the right of the item to reveal additional configuration options (Delete the menu item or rename it)
  • Drag and drop pages under other pages ( with indentation) to list them as sub-pages.
    • This will not appear on desktop, but on mobile after the sub nav disappears these sub-pages will be listed in the mobile menu.
  • Click the red Save Menu button.

Footer

  • To edit the sign up link in the footer, go to appearance>widgets
  • Select footer area 3 from the options on the right
  • click the drop down arrow and edit the content in the editor
  • To change the social links, go to appearance>menu>social nav

 

DO YOU NEED MORE HELP?

Should you need further assistance, you can find specific instructions on the Divi Theme Documentation Website. If you cannot find your answer, submit a ticket to the Orbit Support team for assistance.