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The Divi WordPress Theme for Beginners (Udemy.com)

Let's build a beautiful, responsive website together - without coding!

Created by: David Sharkey

Last updated March 2019

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What you will learn

  • Create a website from start to finish using the Divi WordPress theme
  • Using the Divi visual builder to design websites in the browser, with changes happening in real time
  • Divi's more advanced features, such as hover effects and animations
  • Quickly navigate the Divi interface for rapid creation of websites
  • Tips and tricks to get the most out of Divi
  • The basics of WordPress - pages, posts, menus, the customizer, and more
  • General web design tips, for making your website as attractive and polished as possible

How it compares

Against the other 102 rated Udemy courses in WordPress on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 72% of them
  • Reviews645#51 of 103 by number of reviews
  • Length4 hoursshorter than 54% of them
  • Last updatedMarch 2019earlier than 79% of them

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Course Description

Take this course if you would like to learn how to use the Divi theme to build a modern, responsive, sophisticated website, all within the browser. No requirement to know HTML and CSS!

Join me in this course and together we will build a 5-page website. Best of all, it will all be accomplished from within your browser.

We will be creating a website for a fictional web design company called Blue Fox Web Design. By following along with this project, you will gain a deeper understanding of the Divi theme, as well as learning techniques that will help you build better websites.

What will I learn?

Although we will be creating the website for a fictional web design company, the skills you will learn can be used for your future projects. Here are just some of the things you'll learn throughout the course:

  • How to install and configure WordPress

  • The basics of Divi, including sections, rows and modules

  • Customising Divi's modules to effectively brand your website

  • Lots of different types of modules, including text, images, accordions, counters, and lots more

  • Amazing scrolling animations - make elements appear when the user scrolls to a certain point on the page

  • Hover effects - make your elements come to life when the user hovers their mouse over them

  • Using Divi's pre-made layouts to save you many hours of work

  • Navigating quickly and efficiently through the Divi interface

  • Adding contact forms, separators, Google maps, blogs, and much much more!

If you're looking for the most feature-packed Divi course on Udemy, you've found it! 


Who are you?

My name is David Sharkey; I have been using Divi for three years, and I've been a web designer for six years. I've used Divi in many real-world projects, and I'm excited to be able to share what I know with you.

Who this course is for:-

Coding a website in HTML and CSS is hard, and it takes a long time. If you are looking for a way to create high-quality, modern websites in a fraction of the time, then Divi might be what you've been looking for.

Divi's revolutionary Visual Builder makes designing webpages a fun, simple experience. Sections, rows and modules can be created in the blink of an eye, then duplicated, re-arranged and edited, all within the browser! 

Websites that can take weeks to create using HTML or CSS can be built with Divi in a matter of hours.

There is no true substitute for learning HTML and CSS, but for projects that require a short turnaround time, Divi provides the tools for you to quickly achieve your goals.

You do not need to know how to code to take this course, but please note we will be using a few snippets of CSS when it's absolutely necessary. I will, however, provide the code which you can just copy and paste into Divi.


**** Student Feedback **** 


"I have never managed to create a nice looking website using Divi, despite several tries, but with this course I am well on my way to having a website I can be proud of. 5 stars - highly recommended."

- John Edwards

"Great course. Every detail was shared on how to complete a stunning website. I am now feeling very confident to get my first one done. Thank you David."

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Megan Thorpe

"This course is an excellent, thorough tutorial on how to begin using Divi. David provides clear and precise instructions on everything you need to get started."

- Matthew Koenen

"So far this course is amazing. I just landed a job as a wordpress developer and the company uses Divi for most of its work."

- Emmanuel


"Perfect, everything is explained very clearly"

- Eva Lopatová


"Very useful course. Best one I've seen on web site development in the WP/Divi space."

- Doug Sire


"The instructor was knowledgeable and the course exceeded my expectations. I will be able to utilize what I learned in the course and implement Divi Builder in Wordpress. Hopefully, the instructor will offer an intermediate course."

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Sue Hawkins



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Instructor Details

David Sharkey

Hi! Thanks for checking out my profile. I'm David, a web design addict from Scotland.

I've been designing websites since the late 90's - first as a hobby and now as a full-time job. I've worked on e-learning websites, e-commerce websites, real estate websites, and other complex projects.

I'm so excited to be on Udemy and to share some of the knowledge I've picked up over the years. I love to teach and interact with people, so this is just the perfect outlet for me.

My specialist areas include: WordPress, HTML, CSS, JavaScript animations, The Adobe Creative Suite, Social Media Marketing.

I'm truly passionate about creating cool things with computers, and I hope that enthusiasm comes through in my courses. I put a lot of time and effort into creating my courses, and I'm excited to be able to share with you what I know.

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Reviews

4.6

645 ratings on Udemy

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By Lydia Godfrey on 4/2/2024

I'm a beginner with WordPress but knew Divi's reputation as an excellent theme, allowing for much creativity. David's course was rich with not just how-to-build instructions, but great context. It was a plethora of information and practical exercises, without being overwhelming.

By Cortlan denti on 4/30/2022

I’m this is incredibly informative. especially if you’re building a web design site. I’m grateful for his attention to detail and easy to learn teaching style. You can plug and play what he’s teaching. I just wish it was a little more ubiquitous. I’m building a site for photography and his portfolio page isn’t relevant for my line of work.

By Ronald Ashworth on 4/30/2021

This course was exactly what I needed to get started on my Website Business site. The site that was built in the lessons of this course has a modern clean design, and the course gives a very good basic knowledge of the Divi theme to those who may be just getting started. A truly good course. I couldn't be happier.

By Aymeric Kirm on 1/22/2021

Formation de très grande qualité. Ne parlant pas Anglais couramment, j'ai tout de même réussi à suivre et comprendre la totalité des leçons. Super bien structuré, clair et précis. Donc je recommande cette formation pour tous les débutants WordPress Divi. Un grand merci à David ! Aymeric.

By Emma Rose on 12/15/2020

David is very clear and goes at a good pace. I have been using Divi for a little while and personally found the course a bit basic but it is a beginners course. I did learn some really useful things that I didn't know though like shortcuts. Would off liked if he touched on making the design responsive for mobile, different uses of px, %, vw etc. Would love a more advanced course!

By Sarah Smith on 8/27/2020

After taking a beginner WordPress class on Udemy, I decided that I wanted to make more appealing websites. This is the third course I've downloaded to learn how to use Divi. It is by far the best on Udemy (and YouTube). The teacher is clear and systematic. He also introduces you to new resources on the web.

By Rob Whitehead on 6/27/2020

This is a great course that I would highly recommend. I had a lot of fun learning. David was really clear in his presentation. I have been a member of Elegant Themes for many years but never did anything with Divi. I plan on recreating my personal website with Divi now that I understand how Divi works.

By Astrid von Frieling on 4/12/2020

Sehr anschauliche Einführung dank des durchgängig verwendeten Beispiels. Die Untertitel sind leider nicht sehr hilfreich, da hätte doch mal ein Mensch Korrektur lesen sollen. Der Teil über das Styling mittels CSS ist zu kurz, das hat mir nicht geholfen, zumal ich nicht herausgefunden habe, wo die "additional CSS" zu finden sind. Schade.

By Lorne Cull on 9/23/2019

A very good overview of Divi's capabilities. It didn't cover all aspects of Divi, but it gave me enough insight and examples that I should be able to figure the rest out myself. I really liked how the course was taught by building an actual website from the ground up.

By Mateusz Hyla on 8/4/2019

Great course. I had no problems with completing it. I was only upset about Google Maps API, that you have to put your credit card details to obtain it but I understand that this is apart from course author, rather a Google policy. I really appreciate the Q&A section and fast support of the course author. Thanks, :-).

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