Elementor for Beginners: Web Design Tutorials from Scratch in 1 Second!

If you are a WordPress sitebeginning studentElementor is a powerful page builder plugin that makes it easy for anyone to design beautiful, responsive website pages with drag and drop. Next, we'll start from scratch on how to design a website using Elementor.

1. Install the Elementor plug-in

Before you can use Elementor, you first need to install it, as follows:

• Install Elementor Free Edition
  1. Log in to your WordPress admin backend.
  2. switch to Plugins > Install PluginsThe
  3. look for sth. ElementorClick mounting, and then activate the plug-in.

• Install Elementor Pro (optional)
  If you want more features, you can buy Elementor Pro, which installs in a similar way:
  1. Visit the Elementor website to purchase and download the Elementor Pro Plug-ins.
  2. Go back to the WordPress backend and go to Plugins > Add PluginsClick Upload PluginTo upload a ZIP file of the Pro plug-in, click the "Upload" button on the left side of the screen.
  3. After installation and activation, use your license key to activate the Pro version.

2. Create a new page

Now that you have installed and activated Elementor, you can start creating pages. Here we'll take the example of creating a new page:

1. In the WordPress backend, go to Pages > New PageThe
2. Enter a page title, such as "Home".
3. strike (on the keyboard) Edit ElementorTo do this, go to the Elementor editor screen.

3. Understanding the Elementor Editor Interface

The interface of the Elementor editor is divided into three sections: the left toolbar, the live preview area in the center, and the navigator on the right.

• Left Toolbar: This is where you can select different widgets and layouts.
• Right Preview Area: You can view and edit page content in real time.
• navigator (on a computer screen): The new version is calledframeworkThe structure of the containers on this site makes it easy for you to view them.

4. Adding and editing page elements

Elementor provides a rich set of widgets that you can drag and drop to create pages. Common widgets include:

• text editor: Used to insert text content.
• photograph: Insert a picture or gallery.
• buttons: Add button to support setting links.
• video: Embed videos such as YouTube or Vimeo.
• image library: For displaying photo galleries.
• Delimiters and spacing: Used to adjust the page layout and add blank areas.

5. Containers and structures using Elementor

The most important structure of Elementor is the concept of the container, an element used to layout and organize content, which helps you to control the arrangement of elements on the page more flexibly.

• responsive design: The Flexbox and Grid layouts of containers make pages behave more consistently and smoothly across devices and screen sizes. You can adjust the behavior of containers for different devices to optimize the display on mobile or desktop.
• Flexible layout control: Containers support Flexbox and Grid layouts, making it easy to adjust the alignment of your elements.Flexbox layouts are particularly suited to responsive design, allowing you to adapt the alignment of your content to the size of the screen.
• Nesting and Hierarchy: Containers can contain other containers or any other elements, which makes building complex layouts much easier. For example, you can create a main container with multiple sub-containers nested inside, each of which can contain different content or modules.
• Design control: Container provides independent control options for each element, you can set spacing, alignment, background color, borders and more. It gives you the ability to control the page layout as finely as you would design a web page.

6. Customization styles

Elementor offers powerful styling and design customization options, so you can easily adjust fonts, colors, backgrounds, and more.

• Fonts and Colors: You can find the following in the left toolbar type Set font, size, color, alignment, etc. under the tabs.
• contexts: Select the paragraph or column and go to type tab, select a background color, picture, or video background.
• Borders and Shadows: You can also add border and shadow effects to each element to enhance the visual effect.

7. Use of pre-built templates (Template)

If you don't have design experience, you can use the Elementor providedPre-built templatesElementor has many professional page templates built-in to help you build pages quickly. You can choose a template, import it to a page, and then edit it as needed.

1. In the editor click on Add TemplateThe
2. Choose a template (e.g., business homepage, blog layout, etc.).
3. Import the template and start editing.

8. Publishing and viewing results

When you're done with the page, click the bottom right corner of the post button to publish the page to the website. You can always go back and edit it to change the content or design.

9. Elementor Pro functionality (optional)

If you choose to Elementor Pro, In addition to the basic editing features, you will also get many advanced features including:

• Theme Generator: You can design templates for the header, footer, article pages, etc. for your entire website.
• popup builder: Create pop-ups with high conversion rates.
• Paid elements: More rich widgets with Loop Grid, Off-Canves and more.

concluding remarks

I hope that with this tutorial you can master the basic steps of creating a website with Elementor. I sincerely hope you can create your own website with this tutorial! If you have any questions, or if any of the instructions in this article are unclear, you can leave a comment in the comment section below and I will answer the comments daily.