WordPress has evolved from being just a simple blogging tool to a tool that can be used to create all types of websites.
Whatever you can think of, someone is most likely already building it using WordPress!
This article will help you learn how to create beautiful web page layouts with drag & drop ease in WordPress websites.
Drag And Drop Content Editors For WordPress
Does The WordPress Content Editor Meet All Of Your Content Creation And Editing Needs?
Using the WordPress WYSIWYG content editor to build or edit complex web site pages can be quite difficult.
(The default WordPress WYSIWYG editor is great for adding, formatting and editing “linear” text and images, but adding complex page elements can be challenging!)
For example, let’s say you want to create something like the content shown below …
To create the above layout, you would normally need to insert short codes into your content for every single element you want to display on the page …
Typically, this is not an issue … unless you need to edit an element in your layout (for example, move some of the content from box 1 into box 2, or replace the button in a box from dark green to purple. Then, you’re stuck having to mess around with page code or html.
The WordPress editor is supposed to give non-technical users an easy-to-use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor, but as you can see, if you are creating with complex layouts, often what you see may not be the same as what you are going to get when the web page is published …
(“What You See” isn’t always “What You Get” … unless you can visualize code!)
In some cases, users could be better off working with the source html itself instead of the WordPress visual editor when trying to build complex page elements …
Even though WordPress is extremely easy to use, this makes it difficult for WordPress users without knowledge of HTML or CSS to fully manage their own content.
The fundamental challenge of using HTML and shortcodes to create content in the default WordPress WYSIWYG editor can be summarized by asking 2 questions:
1) Speed – How long will it take to create a web page using the editor?
2) Abstraction – How closely does the content in the editor resemble the content in the “front end” when you are creating or editing a page?
As you can see from the above, what you see in the content editor doesn’t look at all like what you see in the front end. This means that users have to mentally translate what the content will look like when working with sophisticated layouts. Other solutions require a number of steps before you can begin configuring your page layout, or endlessly going back and forth between tabs and performing updates to see how your content is coming along, which then impacts how fast you can create your content, as you wait for the updates to refresh.
A number of WordPress web developers have come up with various solutions with the objective of addressing this issue. Some of these range from WordPress plugins you can install on your site that add new functionality to the editor, to themes that include built-in features like drag and drop editing …
(WordPress “drag and drop” editors aim to make creating complex layouts easier!)
Some solutions combine so many complex page design features, that users need to learn how to work with complicated-looking front end content editors …
Many of these alternative editors work, but they don’t really address the fundamental challenge of using HTML and shortcodes as described earlier. Adding and editing sophisticated content elements on a web page becomes overly complicated, involves multiple steps and doesn’t match what users expect to see on the “front end.”
If you want your page content to look ”perfect” quickly, this can become very frustrating.
Ask yourself this …
If there were no technical constraints, how would you like your web content builder to work?
Now, visualize the following scenario …
- You see something in the content that needs correction so you, just click on the content and start typing. Your content is then instantly edited.
- You can drag and drop items around the page, and the page looks exactly as it will display on the front end without having to mentally translate HTML or shortcodes.
- You have an idea for a specific item of content you would like to add, so you just start typing, and your page gets built on the fly, with no delays, without switching tabs, and without waiting for new content to republish and reload.
Would this not be the perfect way to create content for your WordPress website? A true WYSIWYG content builder where all you have to do is click-to-edit and drag and drop elements around the pages and posts?
(Imagine being able to create complex page layouts ”on the fly” for your web content with no technical constraints!)
If you are ready to change the way you create content in WordPress site, then here is a plugin that you may want to consider using …
Thrive Content Builder – The Fastest Way To Build Stunning Content And Beautiful Page Layouts In WordPress Sites
Plugin Description
Thrive Content Builder is a revolutionary plugin for WordPress that lets you quickly add amazing content to your posts and pages using a truly visual click-to-edit and drag and drop content editor.
Thrive Content Builder provides WordPress users with a new and incredibly easy way to set up conversion-focused pages on any WordPress website.
Once installed, Thrive Content Builder adds a visual content editor with a menu that lets you click, then drag and drop design elements to your web page …
(Thrive Content Builder adds a new editor to your WordPress site)
Thrive Content Builder And Landing Pages is actually a combination of the Thrive Content Builder and Thrive Landing Pages plugins rolled into one, plus an additional plugin feature called Thrive Lightbox.
Let’s examine all of the above plugins and how these powerful features work together to help you transform and improve your website and create amazing marketing pages, streamlined landing pages and engaging content.
Thrive Content Builder For WordPress
You can easily add complex design layouts to your web pages using drag and drop elements …
Every aspect of your page can be created and edited with ”click-to-edit” and “drag and drop” ease …
Once elements have been positioned on the page, you can then easily edit or customize them without going through additional steps or switching tabs …
The built-in functionality of the plugin also lets you work inside beautiful landing pages that can also be easily edited …
Thrive Landing Pages and Content Builder is simple, easy to use, and ideal for all WordPress users at all levels. In fact, designing web pages and working on content with the plugin installed is so effortlessly easy, that the developers guarantee that once you start using it, you’ll never look back!
Go here to learn more: Thrive Content Builder
Thrive Content Builder and Thrive Landing Pages were created by the same team that developed Thrive Leads, another great plugin for WordPress we’ve previously written about on this site.
To read more about this plugin, see this page:
Benefits Of Using Thrive Content And Landing Page Builder Plugin
Below we have listed just some of the many benefits and advantages of using Thrive Content Builder to speed up your page design and content creation process:
Fast And Easy To Install And Implement. Be Up And Running In No Time.
Thrive Content Builder is quite easy to install. Just upload the plugin file to your Plugin folder via your WordPress administrator login and activate.
Real-Time Content Content Creation
Thrive Content Builder is is not only really simple and intuitive to use, it also lets you build and add content right inside your pages in real-time.
A Truly Visual Content Editor
With Thrive Content Builder installed, what you see on the “back-end” as you work within the content editor – typefaces, elements, page layouts, etc. is exactly what you get in the front end of your site.
Additional benefits include:
- Create Stunning Page Layouts With Drag & Drop Ease: Create any layout you can imagine with intuitive drag and drop functionality.
- Add Customizable Elements With No Shortcodes Involved: With the Thrive Content Builder plugin you not only get an exciting and easy-to-use drag and drop content editor, but the plugin also includes a jaw-dropping collection of functional and eye-catching design elements that you can customizable and insert into your web pages without using shortcodes, for e.g.: tabbed content, table of contents builder, buttons, responsive maps, etc.
- More Enjoyable Content Creation: Not having to constantly switch tabs as you tweak content and then wait for pages to refresh frees up your attention and allows you to be more focused while you build or edit your content or click through multiple layers of menus to get what you need done.
(Create, edit and customize page elements like testimonial boxes, pricing tables, table of contents builder, call to action buttons, responsive video embeds, etc.)
Features
Thrive Content Builder provides many great features to website owners. Here are just some:
- Built-In Editor Functionality Is Still Available: You have access to all of the regular text editing options that you are used to (e.g. bold formatting, centering text, font styles, etc.),
- Drag And Drop Elements: The plugin makes a “drag and drop” table of elements available on your post or page screen for editing content.
- Conversion-Boosting Elements: The plugin comes with a range of eye-catching and customizable elements that will help you increase your sales conversions, including buttons and call-to-action elements, testimonials, and guarantee forms. In addition to being customizable, various elements also offer multiple design options.
- Responsive Element Design: Add responsive columns, guarantee boxes, section dividers, e.g. which will display great on devices with differently sized screens.
- Add Animation Events To Pages: The Event Manager feature lets you create animated page content, trigger lightboxes and more!
(Add Animated Elements To Your Pages)
Thrive Landing Pages Plugin – Landing Page Templates
Thrive Landing Pages provides sets of templates that work together logically and use the same conversion-optimized design language to take your visitors all the way from signup to purchase, product download and more.
(Thrive Landing Pages lets you easily add conversion-optimized pages to your web site)
Thrive Landing Pages – Benefits
- Hosted on your own WordPress site
- Save time and money creating and customizing web pages
- 100% conversion-optimized landing pages
- No tech skills required
- Works with any theme
Thrive Landing Pages and Content Builder not only can be used to create beautiful content in your WordPress posts and pages, but you can also choose from dozens of professionally designed, conversion optimized web page templates and fully customizable …
(Landing page sets that work together logically and use the same conversion-optimized design language)
There are 30+ templates available, with more templates scheduled for future release. In addition to the existing templates, the developers plan to release new templates for email lead generation, sales pages, course pages, personal branding pages, webinar pages and more.
Fully Customizable Landing Page Template Sets
Normally, in order to have a fully customizable landing page template, you would need to either hire a web developer to do the work, or learn how to code web pages and figure out what to do yourself.
As Shane Melaugh, co-founder of Thrive Themes says …
“There are many ways to get a pre-designed page published quickly, but the problem comes with customization. Total design freedom requires either hiring web developers to do the work for you, or learn how to do it yourself, which involves learning how to code or use overly complicated editors. Customizable usually means complicated, expensive or time-consuming. So, you can either have something that is fast and easy to set up, or something that is customizable and flexible. But you couldn’t have both … until now! With Thrive Landing Pages you get the best of both worlds for building conversion-optimized web pages.”
Thrive Landing Pages gives you stunning pre-built web pages that are fully optimized and ready to go, and complete design freedom that allows you to change and edit any aspect of the page …
With the landing page template sets included with this plugin, you can do the following:
- Modify text in all headlines, buttons, bullet points, etc.
- Remove text, images or any other element of your landing page
- Change the background image and edit color
- Change the color of buttons, links, text, etc.
- Use your own fonts
- Use your own images
- Change the size of the content area
- Rearrange the order of web page elements
- Translate pages into a different language
- Add custom content anywhere in the pages
- Use pre-designed, customized pages, or create your own landing pages from scratch and save them as new page templates.
(Change and edit anything on the page templates)
Transform Your Web Site Into A Powerful Marketing Machine With Thrive Lightbox
The Thrive plugin combo also includes Thrive Lightbox, which lets you add fully customizable 2-step opt-in forms and animated objects to your web pages …
(Add lead capture forms and events to your WordPress web site with the Thrive Lightbox plugin)
Thrive Lighbox 2-Step Opt-in Forms
A 2-step opt-in process helps to increase your conversion rates. Visitors click on an image or button, and then they are presented with your opt-in form …
(Opt-in forms can help increase your conversion rates.)
Event Manager
An “event” consists of a trigger and an action. You can make an opt-in form appear when your visitor clicks or hovers their mouse over a button or graphic elements, or when someone scrolls down to a certain point on the page. You can also use the Event Manager to animate attention-getting elements on your page, using various animation effects (e.g. fade out, slide in from left to right, roll in, etc.
(Set up and manage events on your web pages with Thrive Lightbox)
A lightbox and event is created automatically for your landing pages, but you also have complete control over your events, triggers and design.
User Feedback
Below are just some testimonials plugin users have provided for Thrive Content Builder:
“I have had nothing but the best experience imaginable with this tool since I purchased it. This is by far one of, if not the best plug-in I have purchase to date and it has definitely made working with WordPress a whole new experience. Jim Bond”
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“I’m blown away by the plugin. Keep up the incredible, WordPress changing work, guys! Dean Phillips”
Useful Tips
Thrive Content Builder works with any WordPress theme, not just with the Thrive Landing Pages plugin. Note, however, that you cannot use Thrive Content Builder to edit content that was not created with the plugin.
You can add WordPress short codes inside Thrive Content Builder or Thrive Landing Pages and they will display correctly when published.
Thrive Lightbox works with any content built using Thrive Content Builder.
Support
Thrive Landing Pages and Content Builder comes with free updates, new landing pages and upcoming features. The Thrive team is constantly working on adding new features and improving existing ones.
Thrive software is very well-supported, and users get lifetime software upgrades, and 1 year unlimited support with their purchase, backed by a risk-free, thirty day, full refund guarantee.
This is an exciting product for WordPress users that will just keep getting better.
Software Pricing
At the time of writing, the pricing information shown below includes all three components described above (Thrive Content Builder, Thrive Landing Pages & Thrive Lightbox):
- Single Site Edition – This license option allows you to run the plugin on 1 web site only. Cost includes full feature set, unlimited updates and one year of unlimited support. Price = $59.00.
- Unlimited Sites License – This license allows you to set up the plugin on all of your personal web sites. It includes full feature set, unlimited updates and one year of unlimited support. Cost = $87.00.
- Agency License – This license lets you run the plugin on all of your own web sites and your client domains. It includes access to Thrive Content Builder, plus all Thrive Themes & Thrive Plugins. Price = $247.00 per year.
Please Note: The cost of purchasing the Thrive Content Builder product depends on whether there are any promotions or limited-time special offers. Presently, the plugin sells for the prices shown above. This may or may not be the actual pricing set by the software seller when you visit the website and you may be shown additional upsells or one-time offers after your purchase.
Check the plugin’s website for the latest pricing:
Additional Info
The Thrive Content and Landing Page Builder plugin developers repeatedly assert that the plugin’s architecture gives you the “best of both worlds,” and help bring back the “joy of creating content.”
On the one hand, you have the time-saving benefits of ready-made web page elements and templates that help make designing your pages faster, and on the other hand, you have 100% control over the design process and the freedom to edit anything and everything on your page, using the plugin’s click-to-edit and drag and drop features, that allows you to get things done without having to go through multiple steps.
For a demo video of the plugin, including help documentation and tutorials, FAQs, support helpdesk, contact details and more, visit the Thrive plugins website.
Install This Plugin …
If you want to edit something, just click on the element and start editing. If you want to change something, you will see the change happen immediately. If you want to move something, all you have to do is drag it and drop it into its new location. There are no overly complicated steps involved.
If you want to transform and improve your business online and create amazing sales pages, streamlined landing pages and engaging content, this plugin delivers an incredible conversion-boosting package with a single, inexpensive plugin.
For more information, visit the plugin website here:
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