Building beautiful Divi layouts shouldn’t take hours of trial and error. These five techniques will transform how you work with the Divi Builder, making your design process faster and your sites more professional.
First, master section and row structure. Understanding how sections, rows, and columns interact gives you complete control over your layouts. Use full-width sections for hero areas, regular sections for contained content, and specialty sections for unique designs. Divi Machine takes this further by letting you create dynamic section templates that populate automatically.
Second, leverage spacing options strategically. Padding and margin settings control the breathing room in your designs. Use consistent spacing values to create visual rhythm. The key is establishing a spacing scale—like 20px, 40px, 60px—and sticking to it across your site.
Third, utilize global colors and fonts. Define your brand colors once, then use them throughout your site. When you need to update your color scheme, change the global value and watch your entire site update instantly. This saves hours of manual updates and ensures design consistency.
Fourth, build with mobile-first thinking. Start your designs on mobile, then enhance for larger screens. Divi Mobile extends these capabilities with advanced mobile controls that give you pixel-perfect control over how your site looks on smartphones and tablets.
Fifth, create reusable layouts and save them to your library. Build a collection of section templates for common page elements—headers, pricing tables, testimonial blocks, contact forms. This speeds up future projects and maintains consistency across multiple sites.
These techniques form the foundation of efficient Divi development. Master them, and you’ll build sites faster while producing better results.