EITC/WD/EWP Elementor for WordPress is the European IT Certification programme on front-end web design in WordPress Content Management System based on Elementor, a visual web builder plugin.
The curriculum of the EITC/WD/EWP Elementor for WordPress focuses on knowledge and practical skills in visual web designing techniques from the front-end’s perspective based on WordPress CMS Elementor plugin organized within the following structure, encompassing comprehensive video didactic content as a reference for this EITC Certification.
The Elementor website builder allows WordPress users to create and edit websites by employing the visual drag and drop techniques, with a built-in responsive mode. In addition to a freemium version, Elementor also offers a premium version of its WordPress website builder — Elementor Pro, which includes additional features and over 6 add-ons. As of 2021, Elementor is a leading WordPress visual web builder, available in over 57 languages and is the 5th most popular WordPress plugin overall, with over 5 million active installations worldwide. It is an open-source, GPLv3 licensed platform which powers estimated 2.24% of the top 1M websites in the world.
Elementor is a drag & drop visual web editor. It is considered to be one of the most intuitive editors in WordPress. Simply drag, drop and customize. It allows users to choose from over 300 individually crafted templates, designed to fit every industry and need. It features dozens of widgets to create any content of web sites: buttons, headlines, forms, etc. It also features integrated responsive editing, enabling users to switch to mobile view, and tweak every element to make it look perfect on any device. It has a Popup Builder, which gives the freedom to create pixel-perfect popups, including advanced targeting options, a Theme Builder, which is a visual guide to the website creation, giving immediate access to each site part, right within the editor. It also features the WooCommerce Builder enabling to take control over the WooCommerce online store by utilizing the power of Elementor.
The workflow of the Elementor includes following features:
- No Coding: Reach high-end designs, without any coding. The resulting page code is compact and optimized for every device.
- Navigator: Navigate between all page elements or layers, quickly glance custom changes and easily access them via indicators
- Full Site Editor: Design your entire site from one place, including your header, footer and content.
- Finder: A search bar that offers easy navigation between different pages & dashboard settings.
- Hotkeys: Hotkeys are keyboard shortcuts that save you time when performing various actions.
- Shortcut Cheatsheet: A window that pops out and shows you the full list of shortcuts.
- Redo Undo: Quickly undo any mistakes with a simple CTRL / CMD Z.
- Auto Save: No more need to click save. Your work is continuously saved and backed-up automatically.
- Revision History: With Revision History, your entire page creation process is saved and can be easily re-traced.
- Draft Mode: Published a page and want to continue working on it? No problem, simply save it as a draft.
- Copy Paste: Quickly copy any element and paste it to a different place on the page, or to an entirely different page on your site.
- Copy Style: Copy the entire styling from a widget, column or section and paste it to another element with a click.
- In-line Editing: Use the in-line editing feature to type directly on-screen, and make blog post and content writing an easy and intuitive process.
- Global Widget: Save your favorite widget settings and reuse the widget on any page with a simple drag and drop.
- Dark Mode: Elementor Dark Mode feature allows you to design in darker environments, saves power and is great for the environment.
- Site Settings: Control all global elements of your site from one convenient place – including site identity, lightbox settings, layout and theme styles.
The design features of the Elementor include:
- Global Fonts: Set your choices for all fonts on your site – from titles, paragraphs, and even button text. Access and apply them wherever you need, in just one click.
- Global Colors: Define your site’s design system with global colors. Save them once and apply them to any element on your site.
- Global Custom CSS: Add custom CSS globally and apply them throughout your entire site.
- Background Gradients: With Elementor, it’s easy to add background gradient colors to any WordPress page or post.
- Background Videos: Make your background come alive by adding interesting background videos to your sections.
- Background Overlay: Add another layer of color, gradient or image above your background.
- Enhanced Background Images: Customize responsive background images per device, and set its’ custom position and size.
- Background Slideshow: Create a slideshow and use it as the background for any section or column on your site.
- Elementor Canvas: Switch to the Elementor Canvas template, and design your entire landing page in Elementor, without having to deal with the header or footer.
- Blend Modes: Mix up backgrounds and background overlays to create spectacular blend mode effects.
- CSS Filters: Using CSS filters, you can play around with the image settings and add amazing effects.
- Shape Divider: Add striking shapes to separate the sections of your page. Make them really stand out with a variety of SVG, Icons, and texts inside the shape divider.
- Box Shadow: Set custom made box shadows visually, without having to deal with CSS.
- Absolute Position: Use Absolute Positioning to drag any widget to any location on the page, regardless of the grid.
- One-Page Websites: Create a one page website that includes click to scroll navigation, as well as all the needed sections of a website.
- Motion Effects: Add interactions and animations to your site using Scrolling Effects and Mouse Effects.
- Icons Library: Upload and browse thousands of amazing icons
- SVG Icons: Create smart, flexible and light icons in any size. The behavior of SVG icons allow them to be super customizable.
- Theme Style: Take over your theme design, including heading, button, form field, background, and image styles.
The use cases of Elementor also features dedicated marketing elements, such as:
- Landing Pages: Creating and managing landing pages has never been this easy, all within your current WordPress website.
- Form Widget: Goodbye backend! Create all your forms live, right from the Elementor editor.
- Popup Builder: Popup Builder gives you the freedom to create pixel-perfect popups, including advanced targeting options
- Testimonial Carousel Widget: Increase your business’ social proof by adding a rotating testimonial carousel of your most supportive customers.
- Countdown Widget: Increase the sense of urgency by adding a countdown timer to your offer.
- Rating Star Widget: Add some social proof to your website by including a star rating and styling it to your liking.
- Multi-Step Form: The Multi-Step feature allows you to split your form into steps, for better user experience and greater conversion rates.
- Action Links: Easily connect with your audience via WhatsApp, Waze, Google Calendar & more apps
To acquaint yourself in-detail with the certification curriculum you can expand and analyze the table below.
The EITC/WD/EWP Elementor for WordPress Certification Curriculum references open-access didactic materials in a video form. Learning process is divided into a step-by-step structure (programmes -> lessons -> topics) covering relevant curriculum parts. Unlimited consultancy with domain experts are also provided.
For details on the Certification procedure check How it Works.
Download the complete offline self-learning preparatory materials for the EITC/WD/EWP Elementor for WordPress programme in a PDF file
EITC/WD/EWP preparatory materials – standard version
EITC/WD/EWP preparatory materials – extended version with review questions