Designing a website with a limited effort at a very low cost- this dream comes true with the rapid advancement of development tools and techniques. Now, using page builders like Elementor you can build a professional WordPress website in a few clicks only.
Moreover, you’ll find a large number of Elementor add-ons available in the market to enhance your design skills and customization options. Happy Addons is one of the most prominent and feature-rich add-ons you must try on your Elementor site.
The most amazing fact about Happy Addons that it always tries to bring helpful and trendy features for its users. Today we’ll show you another new addition to this design tool- the Post Grid widget.
Below we’ll describe how to build a blog archive page in 10 minutes with Happy Elementor Addons. But before that let me answer you-
What is the Elementor Blog Archive Page?
While visiting a blog website, you usually see a list of published articles. Actually, you’re viewing the archive page. An archive page generally includes blog preview, author name, date, category, comment number, social share, tags, or any other taxonomy. Perhaps the design layout may differ depending on your niche and writing subject.
Fortunately, Elementor has lessened your hassle in terms of creating a blog archive page. So, now you can design an archive page in just a few clicks. Moreover, Happy Post Grid Widget makes this process simpler and smarter including some new features and design tools.
Introducing Happy Addons’ Post Grid Widget
Using this pro widget of Happy Addons, you can arrange your blogs in an organized yet stylish way. Also, the unique appearance of the blog preview will encourage visitors to jump into the details.
Scale your blog archive page with the HappyAddons Post Grid widget. It features predefined skins, so you may spend less time designing your blog page.
In addition, you’ll find many pre-built templates on the HappyAddons demo page. This will definitely simplify your task. Apply the Happy LiveCopy feature to use these inspirations on your website directly from demos. In a fraction of a second, you’ll get your design ready for further customization. It’s as easy as pie.
There is an example below:
Find all the demo designs here!
Move forward and design a blog achieve page using post grid widget from scratch. It won’t take more than 10 minutes at all!
How to Design Blog Archive Page in Your WordPress Website
These are the pre-requisites to create your archive page:
- A WordPress Site
- Elementor (Free)
- HappyAddons (Free & Pro)
Let’s assume you have successfully configured your WordPress site and installed all the required plugins including Elementor & HappyAddons. If you are working for the first time inside Elementor check this beginners’ guide for an easy start.
Firstly login to the WordPress dashboard using your personal credentials. Now, navigate to Pages → Add New.
Next, enter a page title and select Elementor Canvas option from the right-side template dropdown.
Finally, click on the button “Edit with Elementor” and start working with the most powerful page builder.
Basic configurations are done. Let’s show you the use of Post Grid Widget step by step:
Step One: Add the Widget to Your Blog Archive Page
Now, add the widget to the page you wish to customize.
After getting into the Elementor editor, search for your required widget from the left side editing panel. Then just drag and drop the widget on the screen.
After adding the widget, all your blog posts will appear immediately on your editor. Not only that, you’ll get a number of customization options for this particular widget as well.
Step Two: Stylize Your Widget Using Different Design Patterns
At the left side bar, you’ll find 4 specially designed customization options for Post Grid Widget. They are:
- Layout: You can select 7 different skins to ensure a better look for your blog post view.
- Query: Choose the post type from here – Posts, Pages, Manual Selection.
- Pagination & Load More: Pick your desired pagination style from 4 different options available here
- Wrapper Link: add links to any sections, columns, widgets with this amazing Happy Addons’ feature.
In short, you’ll get all the elements that give a unique look to your design. Here your limitation- it’s only your imagination.
Step Three: Make Your Website Design More Engaging
Inside Elementor, you can customize every tiny detail of your design. Using HappyAddons you can broaden the array of customizations to infinity.
In order to stylize your Post Grid Widget tap on the Style Button.
Give you the preferable size for the column and row.
Furthermore, you can customize other details from Item Box section. Such as-margin, padding, box-shadow, border, border-type, border-radius, height, and width, etc.
Similarly, you’ll find multiple options to stylize the badge, Content, Meta, Button, etc. By utilizing these resources you can mold your thoughts in reality.
With the Elementor and Happy Addons duo, you’ll get many options to portray your design. From there you can pick any of the combinations as per your requirements.
Here is the final look we got after all the customization:
Bonus: Take Your Website’s Design to The Next Level with Happy Effects
Happy Addons is one of the most promising WordPress plugins attracting Elementor users since it has been launched. The reason behind its immense popularity is- always includes helpful and unique features depending on users’ demand.
Click on the Advanced tab to explore some extraordinary Happy features like motion effects, happy effects, background, or make it responsive and more intriguing. However, the ‘Advanced’ is a default feature of Elementor. But with HappyAddons you’ll get some extra advantages which aren’t available inside Elementor.
You can apply these effects on any Elementor widget you want to!
Check the full documentation on HappyAddons Post Grid Widget for better understanding.
Hit the Jackpot by Giving Your Website an Efficient Look!
Elementor makes the entire web development process easier than ever. It speeds up the workflow and reduces the pressure too. In addition, Happy Addons helps you to automate amazing designs for your website.
Above we’ve shown you how to design a beautiful Elementor Blog Archive Page in just a few minutes. Similarly, you can create any type of modern design inside WordPress without being a professional indeed.
If you have any further query regarding website design with Elementor or working process of HappyAddons, do use the comment section below!
![Black Friday and Cyber Monday are around the corner, and people are waiting for these festivals to grab the best product deals. That is why giving an attractive look to your website during this festive season is very necessary. But, creating a whole new landing page might be difficult in a short period of time. Don't worry. By using Happy Elementor Addons Black Friday and Cyber Monday Landing Page templates, you can easily develop a whole new landing page in a few minutes. In this today's blog, we are going to show how to boost your website design using HappyAddons templates during this festival season. Before that, we'll talk a bit about these two festivals and why they are important to online business communities. What are Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Black Friday is the immediate following of the famous Thanksgiving day. This is when people start shopping to celebrate the Christmas festival. Since the late 1980s, retail sales on this day have constantly been suppressing the past volumes. See the graph below. Source: Salecycle.com The first Monday following Thanksgiving day each year is called Cyber Monday. It was first introduced in 2005 by the USA National Retail Federation to encourage people to buy online. Though this festival originated in the USA, it is celebrated globally today. See the stats below. Source: Salecycle.com It indicates customers' buying behavior around this day is growing up over time. Many customers today keep a budget to buy products on these two days. So, why won’t you prepare a Cyber Monday landing page if you have an online store? Importance of Designing Landing Pages for Black Friday and Cyber Monday Festival Having a well-design website is one of the major checklists if you are running an online business. Most importantly, you have to make sure that your website remains up-to-date to boost your sales. That is why you need to redesign your website or make a new landing page during the Black Friday and Cyber Monday festivals. Because most online product & service-based businesses promote special deals during these two festivals. Here are some remarkable ways dedicated landing pages during these festivals can positively impact the performance of your online business. Boosts your product salesIncreases conversion rateOpportunity to collect potential email leadsGrabs users' attention toward your siteReduces bounce rateIncreases website visitors. Elementor Black Friday New Seasonal Kit is Already Here! Source: Elementor To make this Black Friday more enjoyable, Elementor has launched a New Seasonal Kit that includes landing pages, sections, pop-ups, and vector assets. All these design elements are made by the Elementor team so that one can easily use them on their website to ensure more sales and conversions. New Elementor Black Friday Seasonal Kit offers: 3 Landing pages6 Sections 6 Popups A collection of stickers & animations You can only get these ready-made Black Friday landing pages and sections if you have Installed Elementor Pro on your site. However, if you are looking for templates that are outside of the box, you can go with Happy Addons, the fastest Elementor Addons on the market. It's very easy to use, flexible and has tons of advanced features and widgets that can ease your website design journey. Also, you'll get several festival landing page templates & blocks. Moreover, you can use free Black Friday and Cyber Monday design blocks and templates to decorate your site. Most importantly, these templates and blocks are easy to customize and can be used for multiple purposes. Now let's see how you can use the Happy Addons templates to design your website according to the Black Friday theme. Pre-Requisites to Use HappyAddons Templates to Design Black Friday and Cyber Monday Landing Pages You must have the following plugins installed on your site to get access to the HappyAddons Template library. Make sure you’ve installed and activated the Happy Addons Free & Premium version of your website. Elementor (Free)Happy Addons (Free)Happy Addons Pro If you are new to Elementor, check this Step By Step Guide For Beginners. If you want to explore the readymade templates of HappyAddons before installing these plugins, you may visit by clicking on the button below. Check out Happy Addons Templates How to Design Black Friday Landing Page on Your Website Once you have the plugins (mentioned above) installed, your website is ready to follow the tutorial guide explained in this section. Get ready now! Step 1: Open a New Page with Elementor Create a new page or open the existing page with Elementor. Next, you have to select the Elementor Canvas option.Unless you select Elementor Canvas, you may watch the header, footer, and unnecessary other texts on the page. These might be irritating to you.Once you open the page with Elementor Canvas, your page will be completely clean. Watch the video below on how to do it. Step 02: Go to HappyAddons Library Click on the HappyAddons Library Icon. It will open up a modal popup. Here you'll find numerous stunning premade Blocks and Pages created by the Happy Addons team. Kindly explore them to create a list of your favorite items. Step 03: Import a HappyAddons Black Friday Template Go to the Page tab on the modal popup.Select Black Friday from the left-side filter option.You will several good-looking templates on your screen.Take your cursor on the one you like and hit on the INSERT button. Wait for a while to finish the installation process. You will get the template on your screen with editable sections and options. Step 04: Set the Black Friday Campaign Deadline A deadline creates a sense of urgency in customers' minds. So, better if you add a deadline section on the page to show your Black Friday deals. The good thing is that if you select the template as we did, you will automatically get a deadline or countdown option. You have to customize it as you want. Step 05: Show Image Carousel Slider on Your Black Friday Landing Page Using the Image Carousel, you can slide show demonstrating discounts on your product categories. Drag and drop the Image Carousel widget on any landing page section. Next, from the Elementor panel, you can add photos and text to the widget. Do it accordingly. Thus, you can add more sections and options on the landing page. Hope you can do it yourself. Step 06: Make the Black Friday Landing Page Mobile Responsive Making a web page mobile responsive with Elementor is super easy. You'll get the mobile responsive option on the Elementor footer section. Clicking on it will open up the option to view your landing page on different device screens. We have explained the process in the video below. Note: Don't delete any widget or section while customizing your landing page for any particular device. Because if you delete a widget or section on any device screen, it will also be applied on other devices. However, you may change their position or alignment or hide them. It won't make any impact on other devices. Step 07: Final Preview of Our Landing Page Here is the final interface of our Elementor Black Friday landing page that we've designed using the Happy Addons' ready-made Template. Get Happy Addons to Add a Black Friday Theme Landing Page on Your Website How to Design Cyber Monday Landing Page on Your Website You will require the same prerequisites (Elementor and HappyAddons Plugins) to design the Cyber Monday landing page on your website. Hope you have them ready on your website. Now, let's get into the tutorial part. Step 01: Import a Cyber Monday Readymade Landing Page Template Go to the HappyAddons Template library.Choose the Cyber Monday template you like.Click on the INSERT button. Wait for a while to finish the installation process. You'll get a page design like the following image below. Step 02: Edit Different Sections of the Page In the first tutorial, you saw the deadline/countdown option was already embedded in the template. But this template doesn't have it. So, you can bring it to your page? Very simple. Create a new section by clicking on the plus icon.Type Countdown on the Elementor search bar.Drag and drop the widget on the section. Customize the Countdown section from the Content and Style tabs of the Elementor panel. Using the Heading widget, we have added the FLASH DEALS text next to the countdown to make it more meaningful. Thus, you can use other exciting widgets on the template to make your landing page super gorgeous. Step 03: Promote Products on the Landing Page Promotional landing pages usually include a section to showcase some hot-selling products to generate instant sales. Using the Image and Button widgets, we have created this section under the FLASH DEALS.You may customize it more as you wish. Step 04: Make it Mobile Responsive We already showed you the process in the first tutorial on making a mobile web landing page responsive. Hope you can do it here as well, following the same guideline. Click on the Responsive Mode icon and do the rest yourself. Bonus: Black Friday and Cyber Monday Landing Page Design Key Considerations Whenever you design a landing page, you need to consider why you need to design this page and what elements they should keep on the page. Because if you are not adding all the necessary features to your page, it will not serve its purpose. This is why you need to focus on a few things before designing your Black Friday landing page. Here are some points you must consider in designing Black Friday and Cyber Monday landing pages. Add Black Friday textSet deals deadlineShow your best-discounted productsAdd coupon code Focus on responsive page designMake your page visually appealingImprove your page user experience or page structureSet a proper website navigation FAQ on Black Friday and Cyber Monday Landing Page Design Now, we'll answer some common questions on Black Friday and Cyber Monday Landing page designs commonly found online. How much does it cost to design a landing page?The cost of designing a landing page varies depending on the complexity of the design, the level of customization required, and whom to hire for the page. A simple landing page can be designed for as little as $25, while a more complex design with multiple customizations can cost upwards of $2,00.However, if you have Elementor and HappyAddons installed, you can design unlimited landing pages at a minimal cost. But like any other tool, you must have a kind of enterprise on them. As they are drag-and-drop builders and their numerous tutorials and documentation are available, they won't take you more than a month to be used to. Check out some wonderful YouTube tutorials on these two plugins. Hope you will enjoy them.How many hours does it take to design a landing page?It mainly depends on the level of design complexity and your web design skill. However, both in Elementor and HappyAddons, you will get countless readymade templates and block sections. You can design a beautiful landing page in 3-5 hours by making a proper combination of them.Can I design Black Friday and Cyber Monday Landing pages with Elementor and HappyAddons free versions?Surely, you can design Black Friday and Cyber Monday Landing pages with Elementor and HappyAddons free versions. But only with the pro versions, you can't add too many exciting features to your pages. For example, free versions will give you access to only a limited number of readymade templates.If you are just a beginner-level designer, free versions are enough. But if you are a professional designer or have a web designing agency, pro versions are a must. Are You Ready To Design Your Black Friday and Cyber Monday Landing Page? Customers look forward to this kind of occasion to buy their favorite products at a minimum price. Naturally, they are drawn to websites that look good and give a festive vibe. That is why adding a Black Friday and Cyber Monday landing page during the festival season will give you an extra edge over the competitors. The above guide shows how to design your Elementor Black Friday Landing page using the Happy Addons' Black Friday Templates and how it can help boost your holiday sales. So if you have any queries regarding this blog, you can comment on us in the below box. If you like this post, then share it on your social channel. 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4 Responses
Hi there,
I am looking to use this plugin but having trouble understanding how to actually set this new page as the default for my archive pages using elementor (free). Could you advise me on how this should work?
Thanks
Nathan
Hi Nathan,
Gobinda here from team HappyAddons. Thanks for stopping by.
Unfortunately, if you are using Elementor Free only, you cannot set or recreate the default archive pages. You will need the Theme Editor feature to customize the archive pages, which is currently available only in Elementor Pro.
Thanks,
Gobinda
Team HappyAddons.
It’s sad that the post grid lack a essential feature and I can not use it in category template. Because it has not filter for current category, either show all category or specific category. It can not be used in the theme builder for archives.
Hello JIng,
Sorry to hear that. Can you please share a bit more, about what actually you mean by “current category”? Can you give any references? Thanks & regards, Gobinda.