Unless you have some VERY basic one page design, theres no way you build a site with Elementor and score an A.. sorry Im just not believing it! With all the unnecessary bloat that Elementor loads just by default alone causes a failing grade.
Just wanted to say, Dave, what a great video. Common sense, balanced, clearly well thought through and planned beforehand, really well explained, and kept my attention from beginning to end. I can't say that about a lot of WP tutorial vids! Brilliant.
I'm moving away from Elementor to Bricks, there are still a lot of issues with Elementor that could be easily fixed and improved but instead they are focussing on Hosting
Hi, i have a question. I built a local news website with elementor and wanted to move to bricks builder, how do i move all my contents that built with elementor to bricks builder ?
@@Hassanakora Ok, I'll look for that release. Anything specific in Bricks I should highlight? Making a video on an entire page builder is a lot to ask people to focus on.
@@dave-swift 1) Performance and Speed. 2) Most website can be made without plugin. 3) Class based system. Interaction dynamic visibility. 4) Development Speed. 5) Open roadmap for upcoming features 6) Listening to community through form and good support 7) Very good support. 8) LTD Price.
@@dave-swift I use GP + GP. Kadence blocks I use as well for TOC + Accordions + Lottie files. GB will have accordions + pop up in feature updates. Hopefully TOC, too. I use Kadence blocks to fill the gap for now. Generateblocks has more flexability. I can do almost everything with it. Create testimonials, pricing tables, quote blocks... Its great, when you have made a template.
Definitely... two options for you: Complete sites: generatepress.com/site-library/?ref=2607 Patterns using their block plugin: generateblocks.com/library/?ref=4
Based on my limited experience, I’m liking the Bricks Builder so far. Built a 1 page landing page and got a near perfect 100 score in lighthouse and GTMetrix. Worst score was 97 performance score for mobile in lighthouse. Bricks is less mature than Oxygen but it’s built using modern code and is a lot more smooth. Bricks appears to care about web accessibility a lot more than Oxygen. A couple more major updates and I think I won’t miss Oxygen.
But I got a perfect score with generate press! Clearly it’s better. 😂 From a users point of view their is a lot of good options right now. Almost too many.
@@dave-swift I’m not knocking Gutenberg (Generatepress) in the performance department. It’s more about that Bricks is on par with Gutenberg performance. In my experience, I prefer non-Gutenberg builders for complex page layouts because they are just easier to work with. I love Oxygen because it gives me the ability to do dynamic data, conditions, etc. with ease. The drawback is the builder interface is not the most pleasant to use. You have to be attentive to build accessible websites. The developers don’t seem to implement what their users are asking for. Bricks is still early on in its development but it’s surprisingly mature. Within the next couple major releases, it should have most of the features I consider essential in order for me to replace Oxygen. In many instances, Bricks implements these features better than Oxygen. I love using the Automatic CSS framework. It’s really accelerated page development and overall layout consistency across the whole website.
@@kakenetit2 yes, all sites I’ve built in the past 3+ months are using Bricks. In fact, I rebuilt an Oxygen site using Bricks. High Lighthouse scores are easy to achieve. 92+ without breaking a sweat.
You need to try Greenshift blocks + Greenshift Theme combo. You will be surprised to find that this combo is even Faster than GeneratePress + GenerateBlocks.
@@dave-swift much better to host your own and save having another http request for the full font from Google. All helps to get your content on the page quicker.
People get really bent out of shape about mobile PSI scores. I don't put much value on them when they're still simulated (lab data). Google doesn't either -- there is no impact on search engine visibility until the scores are based on field data. Lab vs. field data often have drastically different results. I'm not saying it doesn't matter, it just isn't as important as many hype it up to be.
GeneratePress has been my default since making this video. Playing around with others like Bricks, but GP is still my goto. I don't think I made a build out video. Don't remember much interest.
