At Divi Engine, our mission extends beyond providing exceptional products to our valued customers. We are driven by a deep desire to create a positive impact in the world. Four years ago, we embarked on a remarkable journey with the Sozo Foundation, a non-profit organization based in Cape Town, South Africa. This ongoing partnership holds a special place in our hearts.

Recently, our co-founder, Peter, accompanied by our dedicated team members David and Robey, had the privilege of visiting the Sozo Foundation’s campus. This visit provided a unique opportunity for our team to witness firsthand the transformative work being carried out by the Sozo Foundation within the Vrygrond community. The experience left an indelible mark on each of us.

During our visit, we were profoundly inspired by the unwavering dedication, passion, and warmth exhibited by the Sozo staff. Witnessing the positive impact they are making in the lives of the local youth was truly uplifting. We were treated to delightful coffee and a delectable lunch, skillfully prepared by students from their barista and chef school. This tangible display of practical skills being imparted and the potential for creating sustainable livelihoods was truly remarkable.

As we reflect on our four-year partnership with the Sozo Foundation, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude to our esteemed customers at Divi Engine. Every purchase you make contributes to this incredible cause. Your support extends beyond acquiring powerful plugins or a versatile theme for your projects – it plays a vital role in transforming lives within the Vrygrond community.

If you would like to contribute directly, please click the button below.

Your impact over the last 6 months alone:

So, when you utilize a Divi Engine product, remember that you are part of something much greater. You are an integral member of a global community that is effecting real change. Your support enables us to continue our contributions to the Sozo Foundation’s mission and empowers the youth of Vrygrond.

We take immense pride in our ongoing partnership with the Sozo Foundation and eagerly anticipate witnessing how our contributions will continue to inspire and bring about positive change in the Vrygrond community. Stay tuned for further updates on our partnership, and once again, we extend our heartfelt appreciation for joining us on this meaningful journey.

Introducing Divi Form AI, the groundbreaking feature that uses ChatGPT to revolutionize your Divi form-building experience.

It seems like AI and its impact on our future work have become a widespread topic of discussion worldwide. One undeniable aspect of this conversation is the necessity to adapt and embrace this remarkable tool in order to stay relevant. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the industry by storm and revolutionized our workflow here at Divi Engine. It has not only generated incredible content ideas but also assisted in resolving customer issues and played a pivotal role in the development of our plugins.

ChatGPT is undeniably an exceptional tool.

That’s why we are thrilled to announce that we are the first Divi plugin to make ChatGPT available to all our Divi Form Builder users. Prior to integrating ChatGPT into Divi Form Builder, we focused on exploring innovative ways to utilize this technology to benefit both our users and their audience. While numerous WordPress plugins and online tools can leverage AI’s power to generate on-page content such as text and images, there is a tremendous opportunity to provide smarter Divi forms that enhance the user experience.

Today, Divi Form Builder AI is offered as a free update to all our Divi Engine Membership and actively licensed Divi Form Builder users, enabling them to take advantage of its capabilities right away.

Divi Form AI key features:

We are extremely excited to keep innovating and evolving products like Divi Form Builder by bringing you bleeding-edge technologies right to Divi.

Click the button below to try some demonstration use cases of using ChatGPT in your Divi Forms which we hope will get you thinking about all the incredible ways you will use this on your websites.

Divi Form AI in Action:

In our constant pursuit to streamline and simplify the website development process for our users, we’re thrilled to announce the introduction of our premade Loop Layout Templates for our Archive Loop modules in Divi BodyCommerce, Divi Machine, and Divi Ajax Filter.. This new feature is designed to make your development process not just faster, but also more efficient and intuitive.

Our Loop Layout Templates come in a range of styles to suit your needs, including Divi Shop Style, Divi Blog Style, and Background Image. The best part? We’re not stopping here – we have plans to expand this list with even more templates in the near future.

For those of you who are seasoned developers with PHP coding skills, we’ve got you covered too. You’re more than welcome to add your own custom loops to these templates if you’re seeking more control over your website’s look and feel. More on that in the documentation.

One of the key advantages of leveraging these Loop Layout Templates is the potential to significantly speed up your page loading time. By using these templates, you can reduce the loading of extra CSS generated by Divi, resulting in a smoother and faster user experience.

We’re incredibly excited to launch this substantial feature and can’t wait to see how it helps our users jumpstart their site-building process with our plugins.

The good news doesn’t end here – these updates are available right now! All you need to do is simply update your plugin or download it from the ‘My Account’ area on the Divi Engine website. We’re looking forward to seeing the incredible websites you’ll create with this new feature!

Divi Loop Layout Templates in Action

Hey there, guess what? We’ve got some thrilling news for you! We’ve just introduced a game-changing feature called the List/Grid Switcher to Divi BodyCommerce, Divi Machine, and Divi Ajax Filter. We had you, our beloved users, in mind when we crafted this nifty addition that’s about to revolutionize your website-building journey.

So, what’s the deal with this List/Grid Switcher? Well, it hands you the power to smoothly switch between list and grid views for your posts, products, and custom post types – how cool is that? But wait, there’s more! This feature also spices up your grid view with a handy ‘Read More’ button, and it jazzes up your list view with a snippet of text followed by a ‘Read More’ link. Thanks to some CSS wizardry, there’s no need to worry about double-loading elements on your screen anymore.

The real magic of this feature lies in its dedication to customization. It comes loaded with a bunch of CSS classes designed to give you extra control over your modules. These classes help you tweak the display of specific elements based on whether you’re in list or grid view.

Want a little sneak peek of what this feature can do? Check it out below.

We’re super pumped to bring this innovation to Divi BodyCommerce, Divi Machine, and Divi Ajax Filter. We’re confident that it’ll not only make your site-building process a breeze but also offer your website visitors a more captivating browsing experience.

This is probably the most ambitious update in Divi Engine history, so, why not give the new Divi List/Grid Switcher a whirl and see the difference it adds to your Divi toolkit? Your thoughts matter to us, and we’re all ears for the inventive ways you put this feature to use! Just update to the latest versions or download it from your My Account area TODAY!

Divi List/Grid Switcher in Action

What to Avoid

Updates

We urge you to avoid any major updates to any of our plugins, but really, any major updates to your WordPress install. While this is normally horrible advice, an update could trigger an incompatibility of some sort that could lead to things not acting the way you expect them to.

Server Changes

Messing with server settings is a bad idea this time of year when support teams for all the players like hosting, plugins, and themes are trying to spend time with their families. We would avoid upgrading the version of PHP you are using or messing with any PHP settings.

Deploying Sites

I get it, you’ve been grinding hard to get that project done by year-end and that is great, but we suggest you hold off on pushing any staging sites or site changes to production until the full support team is back in action. How sites behave in staging, or even local dev, can often be different from production.

What to Do

Ask the Community

You guys have built an amazing Divi Engine Community where users from all over the world help and support each other with simple to even complex issues that come up. If you have not been there before, definitely check out our very active Facebook group.

Check Our Documentation

We have been hard at work updating our documentation to be as up-to-date as possible and you will find most of your questions answered there. There are new articles added almost daily along with videos to help you as best we can without having to wait.

Definitely use that search function!

Help, I’m Stuck!

Ask for Support!

We are here to help you with any issues regarding our plugins that you encounter. Yes, we might be a bit slower to respond, but we will respond, just please be patient with us.

Use our normal support channels found in your Divi Engine Account Dashboard.

Don’t be like Christmas tree kitty!

Conclusion

We really appreciate all of you awesome customers Divi Engine Family members for your understanding and patience over the next week or so. And please never feel like we’ve abandoned you as we will readily abandon any intent of trying aunty Karen’s deviled eggs. The Divi Engine Team is here for you, and we will be doing our best to get to every question or issue as quickly as we can.

From the entire Divi Engine Team, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Super Happy New Year!

Introducing Divi Machine Accounts

The day has finally come and after much testing and re-testing and re-re-testing, Divi Machine Accounts is finally here and available for purchase or download (Divi Engine Members) right now!

We developed Divi Machine Accounts because we know that there are cases where it is important for you to give your customers a bespoke My Accounts area that extends beyond the stock Divi accounts pages. Great care was taken in choosing the initial features, but rest assured, we plan on making this extension for Divi Machine a massive asset for those projects that need a more personal touch.

 You can check out the product page by hitting the button below, or read on to learn more about the flagship launch features.

Divi Machine Accounts core features:

The entire Divi Engine team is very excited to introduce our new sister company, WP Enhanced, which we will use to focus on development for the broader WordPress ecosystem.

Now, this doesn’t mean anything here at Divi Engine is changing. We will continue business as usual because these two companies will operate independently.

The same awesome support, the same awesome plugins, the same team.

What makes this such an exciting step, is that it cements the fact that we are growing thoughtfully as a company at a pace that makes sure the details are not missed. That said, we realize that some of your folks might have questions, so we put together a fancy FAQ for you at the end of this post, but we also encourage you to use the contact form if we do not directly address your worries.

Besides this admittedly gorgeous logo, WP Enhanced does more than look good, it develops plugins for WordPress and WooCommerce.

We will be launching with 3 plugins that we acquired from Square One Media, with the flagship being Free Downloads WooCommerce Pro.

Let’s take a look at the initial plugin suite:

As times go on, this suite will of course grow, as well as the features found in this initial plugin selection, so keep an eye out for updates.

Frequently Asked Questions

With version 1.2.5 of Divi Form Builder, you can now swap out boring radio buttons and checkboxes with fancy images to give you the ability to create a whole new range of forms in Divi.

Think of things like customer surveys and swapping out ancient number ratings with engaging emojis to express how much they love you. Or maybe you offer various services or lessons and you want a visual representation of each option, Divi Form Builder has got your back.

Here is Peter to tell you more.

Divi Form Builder radio & checkbox image field types in action:

We are extremely excited to announce an entirely new support experience for all Divi Engine products that is available right now!

The entire Divi Engine Team gets it that building amazing products is only one part of the equation to you getting the ROI you deserve with our range of products. We already have industry-leading support where we address your tickets within 4 hours of you submitting them, but as with anything, there is always a little wiggle room for improvement. That is why we are investing in you by offering a solution to support that is simply put, a heck of a lot better!

Let’s take a look at the key enhancements.

👩🏽‍💻 Self-Service Portal

No more lost support issues due to emails getting trapped or flat-out rejected by spam filters. You now have a portal where you can log in and track all of your past and active support issues.

We totally get that feeling like your issue has been ignored is a terrible experience and we know that this feature alone will ease that frustration going forward.

🧾 Better Ticket Submission Experience

With options like attaching images or recording Loom videos, clearly expressing your issue has never been easier, and will absolutely help get a solution to your issue much quicker.

Other enhancements such as recommended knowledge base articles based on your input and being connected to the right support ninjas are all extra steps we implemented to make your support experience buttery smooth.

Using the NEW Support Portal is as easy as 1️⃣-2️⃣-3️⃣

Step 1️⃣ ⮕ Sign Up

Head over to diviengine.atlassian.net/servicedesk/ and sign up. We know that signing up might be a pain, but just imagine all that ticket tracking goodness.

Step 2️⃣ ⮕ Open a Ticket

To open a new ticket click on “Raise a request”. Be sure to be as descriptive as possible and don’t be shy to record a Loom video.

Step 3️⃣ ⮕ Track Progress

You can log back in at any time to track the progress of your ticket. No more feeling like your support issues disappear into the abyss, you can and should hold us accountable.

It is just as simple as that! We really believe that this new support experience will make a huge difference to you amazing folks!

Conclusion

We really hope that this is a welcome investment into you, our customers, to help ensure an even better experience when you encounter something unexpected or maybe need a little extra help getting the result you want.

Please let us know what you think in the comments below as it is very valuable to hear from you whether we are making changes that you love and support.

Thank you.

We are super excited to announce our brand new feature request page where you, our amazing users, get to vote on the features and new products you want most.

This means that if you have a specific need for a project, or find that one of our plugins do not have a pretty common feature, that you can request we add it. Not only that, if you have a pretty awesome plugin idea that you think we should build, you can even request that we look into that.

Nobody uses our plugins more than you do and we know that you are the best folks to direct us with our various existing and future plugins.

We really can’t wait to see all of your creative ideas.

🗳 Vote for the Features you want!

How to request a New Feature:

Step 1

Head over to feedback.diviengine.com and sign up. You don’t have to register, but this makes it easy to return to track your requests, vote for other requests, and share more comments.

Step 2

Click on New Feature Request.

Step 3

Fill out your form starting with the title, selecting the plugin, adding a detailed description, your email(if not registered), and clicking New Feature Request to submit your request.

Step 4

Scan the other request then vote and comment on any other ideas that you would like to see implemented.

NOTE:

If while filling out the form it suggests a feature similar to the one you want, it is 100% better to rather click on that and detail your specific need in the comments. The more votes these feature requests get, the more likely they are to be implemented.

Conclusion

As you can see it is dead simple to request new features in our plugins, vote on other requests, or even submit new plugin ideas. We encourage you to use this extensively because we want to make sure that we keep delivering plugins that you love!

Thank you.

Undoubtedly, Visual Builder compatibility has been one of those things that just makes designing a site in the Divi Theme a breeze and we are proud to announce that along with a slew of new additions, improvements, and fixes, Divi Ajax Filters now have full Visual Builder compatibility.

You can now see your design come to life as you build the perfect filter. And yes, I hear you all asking about the Ajax Filters that come packaged with Divi Machine and Divi BodyCommerce, they are now also fully Visual Builder compatible.

Here is Peter to tell you more.

Divi Ajax Filters Visual Builder Support in Action.

Conclusion

Our Customers(yes, you!) have enabled us to provide the following:

How to Save 20%?

David

Customer Support & Research Analyst

You have probably seen his name around but today we want to introduce David to you. We love your brain and the way it works, constantly ticking and analyzing how we can make processes better. The way you think is on another level and we are so happy to have you part of the team!

Tell us about yourself and how you got here.

I am living in South Africa at the moment. I have a wife Pam and two sons, Jaxon and Maximus. My family has lived in Taiwan, the UK, and South Africa. I started building WordPress websites in 2017 and found that I enjoy helping people develop awesome websites. I started using Divi Engine plugins in 2019 and through making one or two videos for Divi Engine I came on to work for Divi Engine in 2021.

What are you most looking forward to?

Helping people and learning more about coding.

Why did you join Divi Engine?

To help people build websites.

Seen as though we are an engine that powers Divi, what is your favorite car, bike, boat, or any other engine-powered machine?

I love petrol and fumes. Anything that is loud and smelly and oily. Motobikes, Lawnmowers, Jet packs. You name it.

What to Avoid

Updates

We urge you to avoid any major updates to any of our plugins, but really, any major updates to your WordPress install. While this is normally horrible advice, an update could trigger an incompatibility of some sort that could lead to things not acting the way you expect them to.

Server Changes

Messing with server settings is a bad idea this time of year when support teams for all the players like hosting, plugins, and themes are trying to spend time with their families. We would avoid upgrading the version of PHP you are using or messing with any PHP settings.

Deploying Sites

I get it, you’ve been grinding hard to get that project done by year-end and that is great, but we suggest you hold off on pushing any staging sites or site changes to production until the full support team is back in action. How sites behave in staging, or even local dev, can often be different from production.

What to Do

Ask the Community

You guys have built an amazing Divi Engine Community where users from all over the world help and support each other with simple to even complex issues that come up. If you have not been there before, definitely check out our very active Facebook group.

Check Our Documentation

We have been hard at work updating our documentation to be as up-to-date as possible and you will find most of your questions answered there. There are new articles added almost daily along with videos to help you as best we can without having to wait.

Definitely use that search function!

Help, I’m Stuck!

Ask for Support!

We are here to help you with any issues regarding our plugins that you encounter. Yes, we might be a bit slower to respond, but we will respond, just please be patient with us as we wipe the fruit cake off our faces first.

Use our normal support channels found in your Divi Engine Account Dashboard.

The 2021 Family Talent Show is Going to Rock!

Conclusion

We really appreciate all of you awesome customers Divi Engine Family members for your understanding and patience over the next week or so. And please never feel like we’ve abandoned you as we will readily abandon any intent of trying aunty Karen’s deviled eggs. The Divi Engine Team is here for you, and we will be doing our best to get to every question or issue as quickly as we can.

From the entire Divi Engine Team, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Super Happy New Year!

This topic has been a point of some contention for a number of our awesome customers, and we hear you. Having all of our modules at the top of all of the other Divi Modules can be annoying, especially when you have to scroll to the bottom to find what you are looking for. And what are the (dots) anyway, file extensions? We get it. And believe it or not, there is some method behind the madness due to the complexity of plugins like BodyCommerce and Divi Machine.

The good news is that we are going to fix this shortly with all of our plugins going forward, so let’s just quickly first review that method in the madness I mentioned earlier, and then take a look at the road forward.

The Infamous “dot” Prefix Explained

So these prefixes came to life because in the olden Divi days the modules were sorted in a different way and it made sense to clearly distinguish the Divi Engine modules from the stock Divi Modules. Trust me, we tested this with our customers and this was the solution voted by your peers. That doesn’t mean that this is the best way going forward. 

We put careful thought into the naming convention for our modules because of their versatility. Some modules can be used on a loop layout and on the product page, so what is the best way to represent that?

Let’s deconstruct the madness.

The Road Forward

So here is what we are changing:

After

A dot has been crossed and we are fixing it…

Conclusion

And that is it, folks. We will always continue to listen and evolve as we hear your constructive feedback, but more than anything, want to continue supporting you in getting the most out of your investment in any of our plugins. We are here because of you folks, so please never stop sharing your thoughts and struggles around any Divi Engine plugin or service.

If you have any other suggestions, please send them through the support channels available to you. 

You can also check out the documentation on our Module Naming Conventions.

The Divi Team has done it again and released yet another update that further deepens the already fantastic WooCommerce functionality and integration. It feels like Christmas is early with all these updates, but hey, we are not complaining at all. Clearly, the folks at Elegant Themes want to finish the year with a bang.

Now this update was not limited to adding some new WooCommerce modules, it also brings some smart UI changes that simplify navigating the ever-growing number of modules. In today’s post, we will talk about the main changes brought with Divi 4.14, then also how it affects BodyCommerce.

Video Update

What was Added?

Divi added 8 NEW WooCommerce modules to help you build better-looking Cart and Checkout pages using the Divi Theme Builder. Just as you were using the Divi Theme Builder to create your Product pages, you will now just use the designated modules for cart and checkout.

Cart Modules

Woo Cart Products
Displays all the products that have been added to the cart.
Woo Cart Totals
Shows the total amount due and allows you to advance to checkout.
Woo Cart Cross Sells
Allows you to Cross Sell related products on the cart page.

Checkout Modules

Woo Checkout Billing
Allows the user to endter their billing address.
Woo Checkout Shipping
Allows the user to endter their shipping address.
Woo Checkout Details
Shows the user a brief summary of the items in the cart.
Woo Checkout Information
Allows the user to add additional notes or information on the order.
Woo Checkout Payment
Displays your configured payment options.

UI Changes

The Divi Engine Dev Team is so excited by one of the UI updates, that they decided to already include it in the latest versions of BodyCommerce and Divi Machine. The UI allows you to sort different modules into folders instead of just having them all displayed by default. This is a much cleaner approach that will help users get to the content they want faster.

After

Does this affect BodyCommerce?

The Divi Engine Team was lucky enough to get our hands on the new update in advance to make sure that there would be no issues or conflicts with the new Divi update. In our testing, we only came across one issue when you attempt to use a custom template in the Divi Theme Builder in conjunction with one of our custom checkout templates. Don’t do that…pretty please. It still works perfectly if you use either/or, but you will have some issues if you try and use BOTH.

Other than that, we did NOT find any bugs, but that doesn’t mean you won’t. Please let us know if you find anything misbehaving and our dev team will get right on it.

That said, we are excited for this new update as it plays well into Divi BodyCommerce and the 100’s extra features it brings to Divi and WooCommerce. This new update gives you a little bit of extra freedom, but if you want full control over how your WooCommerce store looks and functions, definitely take a look at Divi BodyCommerce.

The Divi Team releasing another new set of features…

Conclusion

We are always excited when there is a new Divi update that adds new features and functionality. It just shows what a great community we are a part of. Hopefully, this quick overview of the new Divi Update was helpful and interesting for you. What is your favorite feature? Tell us in the comments below!

Also, definitely check out the official post by Elegant Themes to see firsthand what the new Divi Update brings.

There is a lot of great stuff coming from the Divi Engine development team this month, but that does not mean we do not have love for our existing plugins. Today we are proud to introduce the all-new Google Maps Clustering and View Post Modal features for Divi Machine. 

We worked hard to get these amazing features to you and can not wait to see what you create using them. Let’s take a quick look at what these features do.

Google Maps Clustering in action…

Instructions

This is so easy, you don’t have to do anything, your pins will automatically cluster.

View Post Modal in action…

Instructions

This new feature builds on what is already available in the .View Post Btn module.

Take a look below to see the new settings.

Conclusion

These awesome new features are available to you TODAY as part of the Divi Machine 4.1 update. We are excited to see what all of you will create with the new Google Maps Clustering and View Post Modal features.

If you’d like to know more about how to use these features definitely check out our documentation site for Divi Machine. For any unresolved issues or questions, definitely feel free to contact the support team and we’ll be sure to try and help you out as soon as possible.

Until the next awesome feature!

Check out the Announcement Video below to see what you’ll be creating!

We hope you’ll join on November 2nd when it kicks off.

Robey

Business Development Manager

Today we want you to meet Robey, you probably have heard his voice in our tutorial and documentation videos – but here is a little more about him. Robey we love your ideas, passion and expertise – we are truly blessed to have you as part of our team!

Tell us about yourself and how you got here.

Born and raised in South Africa, I always had a passion for technology and how computers worked. I started tinkering with coding with Turbo Pascal in high school and eventually studied Computer Science in Chicago. I’ve been super lucky in that I won a green card which eventually netted me an American passport.

Another love of mine was finance and how financial markets worked, so I spent 12 years in the US financial machine starting as a bank teller, and eventually working my way up to becoming a stockbroker. After investing 12 years of my life in the financial markets, I realized that money is not everything and decided to look for something that suited my goals in life better, so I quit.

Since then, I’ve found myself back working with technology while traveling the globe and enriching myself with experiences instead of lining my pockets.

What are you most looking forward to?

The next destination, the next milestone, the next new thing learned. I just want to continue growing as a person as well as a member of the team here at Divi Engine. Seeing how my experience and contributions directly correlate to the success of Divi Engine would give me a great sense of pride.

I’m also looking forward to the challenges that I’ll be presented with and turning them into opportunities, but probably most of all, I’m looking forward to getting to know my peers and learning from them.

Why did you join Divi Engine?

I first came to Divi Engine as a customer and really felt that personal touch when working with Peter and the team which it seems so many companies have neglected. That left me thinking, what a wonderful place it must be to work. Fast forward a few years and I saw an opportunity to do just that and I did not hesitate. The atmosphere here is that of mutual respect, doing the right thing, and putting the customer at the center of all we do.

Seen as though we are an engine that powers Divi, what is your favorite car, bike, boat, or any other engine-powered machine?

Ducati Monster

Welcome to the Winners Circle!

Our 2021 SUMMER SALE is over along with our first Official Raffle and you guys did AMAZING!

Today is a great day because we get to announce our 8 WINNERS and we couldn’t be more excited.

If you are one of our WINNERS, be sure to check your inbox because your prizes have been emailed to you. Even if you didn’t win, maybe there is a little something waiting in your inbox also 😉

Congratulations to all of our awesome WINNERS!

Definitely keep an eye on our socials and your inbox to stay updated with all our sales and new plugin releases! Another great way to NEVER miss a deal is to sign up for our newsletter.

We have had some reports of Divi Search not working well with WooCommerce and BodyCommerce – it displays a white page. Upon investigation, we discovered that it is actually an issue with the Divi Theme and not something related to our plugins.

We did not want to leave you guys hanging, so we dug a little deeper and found a solution.

Problem

The Divi Theme Builder is not working when searching for products, for example: /?s=shirt&post_type=product

This works fine on older versions of WooCommerce, but NOT in the latest update which is WooCommerce 5.5.1

Solution

The solution is to download the file below, unzip it and upload to the directory: \wp-content\plugins\woocommerce\includes\class-wc-query.php

Here is the code we changed for your reference

You read that right folks! We have some amazing news for your eyeballs today. We just launched some much-requested features to both Divi Machine and BodyCommerce that will knock your socks clear off. Admittedly, I did a small whoop whoop when I got the word.

Ready to know what it is? Are you? Let’s get into it!

Divi Infinite Scroll in action…

Use Cases

Infinite Scroll

Store pages where you might be listing a ton of products would be a great use of Divi Infinite Scroll as it frees your visitors from having to click through and wait for pages of products to load. Also if they wanted to go back to an item they like on a previous page, not having infinite scroll will cause more clicks and more wait times. Clicks and wait times have been proven to lead to lower conversion rates and that makes your bottom line sad.

Using the awesome power of Ajax you will secure each sale on your Divi sites running Divi Machine or BodyCommerce with this awesome feature.

Attribute Previews

This BodyCommerce feature will greatly enrich both your store and product pages with visual cues that give your visitors more information without needing to click around. Easily display attributes like a given brand on the product page, or show what color options are available for a given item visually before they click through to the product page. This creates brand recognition in familiar logos and intent when the visitors click around on your site because they have all the information they need to make a purchase before they click.

Show your customers what they want to know and associate with, in a compact and effective visual manner.

Setting up Infinite Scroll of Attribute Previews

Ok, now it is your turn…

Conclusion

You can start using Divi Infinite Scroll today in Divi Machine version 3.5 and BodyCommerce version 6.2, all you need to do is update your install in your WordPress Admin, or download the update from your My Downloads section here on diviengine.com.

These features are brand spanking new, so for sure let us know if you run into any kinks so that we can button those up in no time.

Peter

Co-Founder

Today we want you to meet Peter, you probably have heard his voice in videos – but here is a little more about him.

Tell us about yourself and how you got here.

I was born in South Africa and lived there till I was 17. I then moved over to the UK with my parents as was an opportunity to experience something new. Over the years I was not sure what I wanted to do. I started to study Dentistry, did an Art and Design course (specialising in Photography), and finally did a little bit of everything from Web Design to Graphics and even dived into Video Game making. All this was great but I never really got anywhere as did too much and did not specialise.

The point when it changed, was when I decided to specialise in Web Development. Building plugins to help do specific tasks for my customers, I thought… why not sell them? So I started Divi Engine back in 2017. Quitting my then job when I was earning £500 a month off Divi Engine, to now has been an amazing journey, and cannot thank our customers enough for this opportunity to build plugins to help you!

What are you most looking forward to? 

I have a passion for helping people. Life is not about making money (well you need to live), but end of the day when you die, the money turns to dust. Divi Engine has been a tool to create flexibilty in my life. The plan has always been to make Divi Enigne a tool to help support us in helping others. My wife, 3 boys and I recently moved to Wales (in the UK) to fufill something along the lines of helping people. We are not certain what it is yet. The idea would be that Divi Engine can help fund something that blesses and helps people (marriage, homeless, fostering, adoption.. who knows). All I know is I am excited by this.

So what am I looking most forward to?
1) Seeing what happens here and how Divi Engine can fuel something great
2) Growing Divi Engine to hire more staff and help people this way too
3) Making better product and services for our customers
4) Carry on supporting charities like the Sozo Foundation

Why did you start Divi Engine?

It was not intentional if honest. Just created Divi Nitro (first plugin) and thought it was awesome and others needed to have it too.

Seen as though we are an engine that powers Divi, what is your favorite car, bike, boat or any other engine powered machine?

Ford Mustang, 66.

Welcome, Fernando

Marketing & Sales

We love your brain and all the clever ideas you have. Such a great asset to the team on how we can keep producing great content for our customers!

Tell us about yourself and how you got here.

I have been building Divi websites for 4 years, one day I needed to optimize the speed of my Divi websites. I found Divi Engine’s YouTube channel and Divi Nitro. I decided to buy the plugin and got really nice results! I saw Romans 8:1 in the footer of the site so contacted Divi Engine and built up a friendship.

One day I proposed that I could help him with making Spanish videos if he wants, he agreed and we started to work together on this project. At this time I also had my own job, and after a couple of months, I lost it because COVID-19. Peter offered a position to work for Divi Engine and that’s how I joined the family. I am so happy and grateful to Peter for giving me this opportunity.

What are you most looking forward to?

I love creating marketing strategies so my goal here is to create amazing ideas that help us reach more future customers and open the Spanish market. Not only will this get more customers but it will also provide more content and free resources for our current customers.

Why did you join Divi Engine?

I built up a great friendship with Peter, love the values of the company, and of course love Divi and all the Divi Engine plugins! They are amazing and are of great quality, so I decided to join the team and continue learning new things and keep improving my abilities.

Seen as though we are an engine that powers Divi, what is your favorite car, bike, boat or any other engine powered machine?

I love the BMW Z4

Ok so we are a bit late with this post and for good reasons, we have been so busy planning and doing development for our plugins. This past year was a great year, our company grew in many aspects. Most significant is the new staff members Kris, Jeff and Fernando. These three key parts of the business (support, development and marketing) will help create better products, offer better support and give you better content and resources in the coming years. Apart from new members to the team, we have been busy in other ways – see below! 

2 New Divi plugins 

Divi Machine

Divi Ajax Filter

Freebies (layouts)

Bodycommerce!

• Furniture Shop layout 
• Restaurant Shop layout
• Backpack Shop layout 
• Tech Shop layout
• Coffee Shop layout

Divi Machine

• Car Listing Pack layout
• Documentation Pack layout 
• Team member Pack layout
• Estate Agent Pack layout 
• Recipes Pack layout 

Divi Mega Menu 

Different Mega Menu Styles 

Divi Mobile Styles 

6 Different Mobile Menu Styles 

New Blog Articles 

Divi Engine User Facebook Group

Sozo Foundation

Thank you! 

We have been supporting the Sozo Foundation now for 1 and a half years – what an impact you guys are all making – thank you!

In this time we have given:

• 2332 hours of tutoring for school children
• 485 sessions of a 10-week skills course for a school child
• 555 School lunches
• Internet access for 483 school children for project research
• 516 training sessions for a student to be a baker
• 192 Educentre sessions for a school child

WOW – so amazing, thanks again for all you have done to enable this to happen. We are helping make such a difference to these peoples lives

Check out a few links
Educentre
Skill Courses

Our response to this time

Welcome, Jeff

Senior Web Developer

The name’s Bond, Jeff Bond… Our secret agent when it comes to complex coding and bug fixing. Welcome Jeff, we are so excited to have you as part of the team to push the boundaries and make our plugins/code better every day!

Tell us about yourself and how you got here.

I have been a web developer for the past 8 years and love coding. For personal problems, I worked as a freelancer for many years. While working as a freelancer, Peter reached out looking for extra help, I had a chance to work on Divi Machine.

As a WordPress developer, I was really happy to work on it, as plugin development is exciting work, and I did my best. When I was offered the job, I decided it would be a good thing for my career as I like to make plugins and Divi Engine plugins are good.

What are you most looking forward to?

As a developer, I am always focusing to make products with the best quality and performance. I am looking forward to improving the plugins continuously, which will make our customers happy to use them.

Why did you join Divi Engine?

Peter has great sense and ideas in developing plugins. I really like his thoughts on his plugins. He is very kind and friendly, so I decided to join the team and be part of the family of Divi Engine.

Seen as though we are an engine that powers Divi, what is your favorite car, bike, boat or any other engine powered machine?

Mercedes-Benz GLB-SUV white.

Welcome, Kris

Head of Client Services

Today we are excited to introduce you to Kris. Enthusiastic, hard-working, friendly and always happy to listen even when you are having a bad day, he is such a great asset to the team.

Tell us about yourself and how you got here.

I have been using the Divi framework for a while and I joined a few Divi related Groups on Facebook. One day I came across the Divi Engine website through a post. When I visited Divi Engine, I saw Romans 8:1 in the footer. I was surprised and felt happy to find a company that is Christian at the core. So, I sent a message to the Divi Engine page and that is how I came to know about Peter.

From then onwards, we kept chatting from time to time and Peter helped me with a lot of information regarding tech. After a few months or maybe after a year, I was just chatting with Peter and I told him that I am out of work because of COVID. Then Peter asked me if I am interested in working for him to take care of Customer Service. I was excited and happy about the offer. I joined as a part-time and now I am working full time for Peter. I must say, there is a lot to learn as the Divi Engine extensions are robust and rich. Peter is not just a brilliant developer but a great teacher. I am delighted to be a part of his team and especially a great fellowship.

What are you most looking forward to?

I am looking forward to learning and mastering the plugins myself so that the customer service will be faster, smoother and flawless. I am looking forward to making posts and videos so that our customers can benefit. My aim is to give personalised customer service to our customers who believe in us and purchased our plugins for their businesses. This is very serious and important for us.

Why did you join Divi Engine?

Firstly, I joined Divi Engine because Peter has become a good friend. Next, I am amazed at the plugins that Divi Engine has developed. They are serious plugins and I loved them. So, when Peter asked me if I am interested to join Divi Engine and take up support, I went for it without thinking twice. There is a lot to learn and master and it is an ongoing process.

Seen as though we are an engine that powers Divi, what is your favorite car, bike, boat or any other engine powered machine?

Honda Activa Scooter, black color.

Just a little update from us about Covid-19

As many of you know that we give a gift on your behalf to The Sozo Foundation to help fund the brilliant work that they are doing there for the students. As the coronavirus epidemic sprung up, we wanted to make sure our money was going to the right people who needed it most. We can tell you that The Sozo Foundation are certainly doing this – below is a message from Anton, explaining what they are doing to help the local community.

“
The situation in Vrygrond is pretty dire, to be honest. I describe the Covid-19 situation as being a crisis within a CRISIS. Prior to Covid-19 we estimate Vrygrond ( 45000 residents ) unemployment to have been around 55-60%, this would now have escalated to at least 80%.
– Sozo has formed a partnership with Siyakhula and Healing heart foundation and are currently providing food relief for approximately 1200 residents per week. This is growing weekly.
– We are also providing hygiene packs ( soap, body cream toothpaste and sanitary towels ) to more than 100 youth beneficiaries and will roll this out to another 150 within the next two weeks.
– We have launched a campaign to ensure we provide winter immune-boosting health vitamin and mineral Supplements to 250 youth beneficiaries for the whole winter season ( May – Aug) see more details here.

We are also launching a new campaign to employ a full time professional Phsyco-social Trauma caseworker to deal with the imminent growing mental health issues as a direct result of Covid-19 trauma. See more details here.

We have been on total lockdown for more than 4 weeks (28/04/2020) and will have slight changes starting next Friday but this will be in slow phases. Sozo is very well prepared regarding our risk and distracted management protocols which cover all the government guidelines to ensure health and safety at our centre. In the meantime, we have gone online via WhatsApp with all our school students ( 105 ) providing them with tutorials and education support daily.

Our team have been amazing and I suppose one huge benefit of being based in the middle of a very volatile environment is that we have quite a bit of experience of dealing with and managing crisis situations.

We remain optimistic, hopeful and committed to serving our young people now more than ever to ensure they have every possible opportunity at achieving their goals and reaching their dreams and we know that when it comes to adversity, they always rise above! God is with us!

Thanks again for your continued care and interest and for partnering with us because without people and businesses like yours we can’t do what we do. We are all collaborating to see young people being transformed through unconditional love.
“

Just wow…

They are doing so much and during this time we will continue to keep supporting them and the people of Vrygrond.

See a video he made about the winter immune-boosting below.

Thanks again for helping the guys in South Africa!

It has now been one year since we started giving a gift on your behalf for every purchase to the Sozo Foundation in South Africa – what a year it has been. We feel so fortunate that we can even do this and all the thanks go to all our customers – so thank you!

What we have learnt over this year? No matter how small the gift is, when multiplying it can make such a massive impact. As you can see from the numbers below, we know that you all have made such a difference in peoples lives in South Africa, so well done!

Here is what we have given over this year on your behalf:

• 1394 hours of tutoring for school children
• 264 sessions of a 10-week skills course for a school child
• 355 School lunches
• Internet access for 301 school children for project research
• 263 training sessions for a student to be a baker
• 84 Educentre sessions for a school child

Some of you might have noticed that we are adding VAT to our products at checkout now. As of the 1st March 2020, Divi Engine have become VAT registered. We thought it would be a good idea to write a post about this and explain the good and the bad points to this.

The Law

We are a company based in the UK and when the company turns over a certain amount, we have to charge VAT on all our products. This is something we have been trying to hold off for as long as we can but have to do this now.

The Bad

The bad news is that if you live in Europe, we have to add VAT on all purchases, so our plugins have become more expensive. If you are VAT registered in the UK or Europe, this would not really affect you – it is the private individuals that affects the most and these are the ones we least want it to. Unfortunately there is nothing we can do.

How does it work?

If you are outside Europe: No changes, we do not charge you VAT
If you are inside the UK: We charge you VAT
If you are inside Europe and are a private individual: We charge you VAT
If you are inside Europe and are a company with a VAT number: You give us your VAT number and we do not charge you VAT

The Good

The good side to this is that Divi Engine is growing. This means more security for you. There is longevity in our plugins and services, so when you buy – you can buy with confidence in knowing that we will be around for the long run to help support and keep offering outstanding plugins for you to use.

We do hope you understand and carry on with us – we appreciate all of you and can’t wait to see what the future brings.

Any questions please comment or get in touch!

As we come to the end of the decade, 2019 has truly been a year to remember for us at Divi Engine. 

We truly appreciate all of you and so thankful for all our new customers. We thought it would be good to look back at the major things that happened over the year. 

Forum website

In February we launched our forum website, the idea is for general support, chat and feature requests. Our main form of support is emailing su*****@di********.com or filling out our form, but the forum has definitely helped in building up the community.

Better support, switched from tickets to email

We made a big change in how we offer support. We removed the sluggish way of using a ticket portal. It just took too long to log into the website and write a response and then log in again to answer. We changed to using email. It is much more personal and effective as we offer what we think is brilliant support from this.

Better documentation website 

In March we re-did all our documentation. We changed platforms to make it easier to update and keep on top of the fast updates we provide. We feel this has been a success.

Started to give money to the Sozo Foundation for every purchase 

In April we started our giving scheme. When you make a purchase at Divi Engine, we will give a gift on your behalf to the Sozo Foundation! You can read more about it here: https://diviengine.com/every-purchase-we-give-a-gift-to-the-sozo-foundation/

April 19 – Dec 19 we have given:

• 1115 hours of tutoring for school children
• 200 sessions of a 10-week skills course for a school child
• 269 school lunches
• Internet access for 228 school children for project research
• 196 training sessions for a student to be a baker
• 68 Educentre sessions for a school child (http://thesozofoundation.org.za/educentre/)

Added lifetime licenses for all plugins 

We had many customers asking for lifetime licenses for our plugins. We have this option on all our plugins now. Some you can still have annual, but if you are an agency and do not want recurring payments, you can order a lifetime license.

New plugin, Divi Mobile

We launched our newest plugin, Divi Mobile towards the end of the year. It is one of my favourite as is simple and makes the mobile site so much nicer.

Plugin Updates

We have added the following (major features) to our plugins over the year. The list is too long so we will leave the minor modifications out

Divi BodyCommerce

• Input field customiser
• Added sharing icons
• Added ability to design the thank you page using the builder
• 20+ modules added
• Added ability to customise the password reset steps
• Added ability for you to create the layout for the “view order details” in the account area
• Ability to customise the notification boxes globally
• Custom checkout page
• Full Visual Builder compatibility
• Added ability to specify the template for the attribute archive page
• Added the ability to use a shortcodes to display various
• New Slide in Mini Cart
• Added the ability to choose the “primary” category for the custom layouts
• Added compatibility for the product sliders to have lightbox and variation image change
• Ability to import and export the settings for BodyCommerce to use on other sites
• Added ability to make an “out of stock” custom badge
• Custom Pagination
• Added ability to add custom CSS and JS to your website
• Payment Methods layout in account

Divi Nitro

•  Added leverage browser caching
• Added Gzip compression
• Added Enable keep-alive
• Added Disable Image Hotlinking
• Automatically defer section background images
• Ability to export/import settings in Nitro Settings
• More SPEED with Asynchronous CSS
• Added ability to disable comments.js file
• Added ability to disable jquery migrate

Divi Mega Menu

• New module added – Mega Drop-down
• Compatibility with Divi 4
• Better JS

Divi Protect

• Made it so that when you enter a password it will go back to the original position
• Added ability to specify multiple passwords comma seperated in another input box
• Added the password show/hide icon on the password section
• Ability to choose if you scroll to the location of the form after submission

As you can see it has been a fruitful and busy year. We are so greateful for developing plugins to help you all. It is exciting to see what we did last year and what might happen this year. We wish you all the blessed and happy year, full of joy and purpose. Enjoy and remember to make time for those you love!

We want you to be involved in the process so are going to release a triennial report (every 4 months) with the figures so you can keep up to date. So here it is for April 2019 – July 2019.

• 570 hours of tutoring for school children
• 92 sessions of a 10-week skills course for a school child
• 52 school lunches
• Internet access for 101 school children for project research
• 81 training sessions for a student to be a baker
• 32 Educentre sessions for a school child (http://thesozofoundation.org.za/educentre/)

We feel so blessed that we can help such a fantastic organisation, it is all down to you all – thanks so much!

A few snapshots of what The Sozo Foundation has been up to over these 4 months

In May, they released an annual report so if you are interested you can read all about what they did from 2017-2018 here

Here is a video of one of the Educentre’s alumni who took every opportunity and hardship life threw at him and turned it into a living dream

A new minibus was purchased and know it will be a huge blessing to the community. See here

The building had a new look, fresh paint – shows a real sense of pride for the local people. See here

Well, after the first month the results amazed us – we gave so much to them altogether. It is amazing how when we all get together we can do big things. When you made a purchase you might have got a certificate like below, thinking it made a difference, but when we put all the purchases together it really makes a HUGE difference.

So we would all like to thank you so much for the support and putting your trust in us so we can bless The Sozo Foundation in a way that really makes an impact!

Our aim is to keep you close to what is happening and sending out a report every quarter, maybe with news back from them how it helped – what do you think?

So without further ado here is what we did for The Sozo Foundation in April

• 146 hours of tutoring for school children
• 25 sessions of a 10-week skills course for a school child
• 13 School lunches
• Internet access for 24 school children for project research
• 14 training sessions for a student to be a baker

This gives me goosebumps – WOW – what a difference we are all making together, and yes it is you that makes this possible so thank you again!

This is something we are very excited about!

When you make a purchase at Divi Engine, we will give a gift on your behalf to the Sozo Foundation!

What is the Sozo Foundation?

The Sozo Foundation is a non-profit organisation based in the impoverished Cape Flats community of Vrygrond, Cape Town, South Africa.

Their vision

They want to see the community of Vrygrond living with dignity, purpose and hope. They hope to do this by opening up opportunities for holistic development in three key areas:

1. Education
2. Skills
3. Social Enterprise

What they’re doing?

Sozo runs five core projects that work to promote Education and Skills for Youth in Vrygrond. Here are just two of them:

The Sozo Educentre
The Educentre is their after-school tutoring and mentorship programme for high school learners from the Vrygrond community. It provides a safe space for 100 high school learners between the ages of 13 – 18 years to be equipped and empowered within their own community to achieve their full potential.

The Sozo Youth Cafe.
The Cafe provides a safe, creative and vibrant space for unemployed young people between the ages of 16 – 26 years. Here they are equipped, trained and mentored so that they can find viable employment.

Sozo also offer an eight-month programme that provides young people with skills development training. They partner with businesses and organisations inside and outside of Vrygrond who can offer internships for young adults, which will lead to work experience and full-time jobs.

 You can read more about them on their website or on social media – if you feel stirred to support them further please get in touch with them.

How does it work and how does it affect me?

We believe in giving, money can be good but the love of money is not. As part of our fight with the love of money; giving away some helps us to realise what is important in life – give back to others. We want to make it clear that this is OUR initiative and does NOT affect you.

• Every time you make a purchase, depending on the monetary value, we will give a gift to the Sozo Foundation. This could from a meal for a school child to a session of a 10 week skills course.
• We make this gift on your behalf – you do not pay extra for this.
• The money used to pay for this gift comes out of our profits
• When you make a purchase, you will get an email with a certificate of gratitude explaining what we gifted on your behalf. Please feel free to print this and put it on your wall 😀

We hope you enjoy this and any feedback or questions please do comment below!

Have you seen these two cool features that BodyCommerce can do for your online store?

We thought it would be helpful to visually show some of the features that BodyCommerce can help with. The following are only a small selection – a full list of what it does can be found on our Documentation site.

1) Flip Image

Have you seen online shops where you hover of a product image on the category page and it changes to another view? Well with the thumbnail module in BodyCommerce you can add this feature.

2) Product Slider

We have created a module called “DB Product Slider” which utilizes the Divi slider to showcase your products.

3) Ajax Add To Cart

Ajax add to cart improves the UX of your store by reducing the reloads and waiting time for the customer.

This list will grow as we get time to create gifs on all the visual features.