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The Hidden Costs of Page Builders: What You Don’t See Is What They Get Slides: naga.co.za/pb
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Also: What They See Is Not What They Wanted
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Also also: What You Do Now Will Change Later
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On balance, Page Builders mean a less good site. We should use them a bit less.
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We are not saying: never, ever, under any circumstances, use a Page Builder. They are evil.
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We are saying: be aware of the potential costs. They can be not so good.
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Steve Barnett FED & UX @maxbarners Deb Butler WordFED @startumproject
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Development Design Changes
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What we won’t be talking about Gutenburg, AI design, every single Page Builder
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PageWhatNows?
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Visual Composer
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UX Builder (Flatsome)
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Divi Builder
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Page Builders! Page Builders? Page Builders.
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What You Don’t See Is What They Get Development
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Pro Don’t need to learn how to code
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Con Do need to learn this thing
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Con The code it makes is not so good.
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Con Making responsive sites is (more) difficult
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Con The code it makes combines content and presentation
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What’s one thing you agree with? What one thing you disagree with?
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What They See Is Not What They Wanted Design
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Pro Look different from your competitors
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Con Different isn’t always good
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Con Lets not-designers do design
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Pro Lots of options, things to pick from
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Con Lots of options, things to pick from
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What’s one thing you agree with? What one thing you disagree with?
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What You Do Now Will Change Later Changes
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Pro Freedom from developers, designers, (& more!)
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Con Tricky to leave this Page Builder
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Con Tricky to go back to regular WordPress
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Con Updates can break things
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What’s one thing you agree with? What one thing you disagree with?
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Recap! Development Design Change
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On balance, Page Builders mean a less good site. We should use them a bit less.
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Page Builders! Page Builders? Page Builders.
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Thank you! ✌ Questions? Slides: naga.co.za/pb
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It depends! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯