WordPress powers over 40% of the web, and one of the reasons for its popularity is the wide range of themes-both free and premium-that allow users to quickly build beautiful, functional websites. However, when it comes to choosing the best approach for your business website, it’s essential to understand the role of premium themes, and why at S-Tier Dev, we take a more tailored approach.
S-Tier Dev Approach
At S-Tier Dev, our primary approach is to develop custom websites using our proprietary S-Tier Framework. Every project presents its own set of challenges, requirements, and as we’re sure, the future ones will have some too therefore, custom solutions provide unmatched flexibility and performance.
Fitted to Your Business: While premium themes offer many options, they are built to appeal to a broad audience. Custom solutions, like those in our portfolio, are designed specifically for your business and optimized for your unique goals.
Performance-Driven: Many premium themes are packed with features that might not be necessary for every business. These extra features can slow down a website, which is why we focus on lean, high-performing sites built from the ground up with speed in mind.
Scalability: As your business grows, so do your website’s needs. Custom solutions give you the ability to scale your site as needed without the limitations imposed by pre-built themes.
However, we do recognize that not everyone has the need for a custom website. There are businesses that are just starting, and their first website does not need complexity.
On the other hand, there are clients with the limited budget, and can’t afford fully custom solution.
We do exclusively work with S-Tier Framework, but we do not want to leave anyone in need high and dry; Enter Divi 5.
Why Divi 5?
While we make custom Gutenberg Blocks for our clients using the S-Tier Framework, Divi comes with the Divi Builder, which comes with pre-built modules that make building simple websites
Divi Builder is not the only WordPress page builder on the market; in our opinion, it is the best and most versatile one.
There are well-known and more popular page builders that have been present on the market for a long time, such as Elementor, WP Bakery, Divi.
And there are modern ones like Bricks that are fairly new, but gaining popularity due to modern architecture and the technology they are built on, which are contributing to increased performance and usability of the builders themselves.
We mentioned before that we consider Divi to be the highest tier among page builders, but being around for more than 10 years and being built with the technology and framework that was good at that time, it became bloaty and hard to scale over time.
Luckily, Elegant Themes shared our view, and for the last year and a half, they have been working on the new, modern version of the Divi Builder that kept the versality, all the features that made it a great page builder, but relying on the new technologies to greatly improve performance, stability, and much more.
At the moment, Divi 5 is still not officially released and is currently in the Public Alpha phase.
We had a privilege to be a part of the Dev Beta program and have tested it extensively for the past few months, and another crucial part of why we decided to include it in our offer are the results that came out of our tests.
While we will continue to use our S-Tier Framework for most of our clients, we see Divi 5 as a fantastic addition to our toolbox and solution for smaller clients who are just starting their online journey or have limited budgets. Here’s why:
Blazing Fast Performance: Divi 5 has been re-engineered with speed in mind. which ensures that your website loads quickly, offering a smooth experience for your visitors.
You can read more about the performance of the Divi 5 in the Elegant Themes official post.
Perfect for Small Businesses: For smaller clients who may not yet require a fully custom solution, Divi 5 offers an excellent alternative. It allows for beautiful, professional websites that can be up and running quickly, without sacrificing performance.
Affordability without Sacrifice: For clients with smaller budgets, we want to provide an affordable solution that doesn’t compromise on quality. Divi 5 is an ideal choice because it delivers high performance at a lower cost.
Conclusion
Affordability without Sacrifice: For clients with smaller budgets, we want to provide an affordable solution that doesn’t compromise on quality. Divi 5 is an ideal choice because it delivers high performance at a lower cost.
