Divi and its built-in options allow you to use one particular design setting for multiple purposes, which in turn helps spark creativity. Today, we’re going to use section dividers in a unique way to elegantly hide your website’s copy. This is a great way to add extra interaction to your page without the need for custom code. We’ll recreate a beautiful example from scratch and you’ll be able to download the example’s JSON file for free as well.
Let’s get to it!
Preview
Before we dive into the tutorial, let’s take a quick look at the outcome across different screen sizes.
Desktop
Mobile
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Let’s Start Recreating!
Add Section #1
The first thing you’ll need to do is add a new regular section to the page you’re working on.
Add New Row
Column Structure
Continue by adding a new row using the following column structure:
Add Text Module to Column
Add H2 Content
The first module we need in this row is a Text Module with some H2 content.
H2 Text Settings
Move on to the design tab and change the H2 text settings.
- Heading 2 Font: Playfair Display
- Heading 2 Font Weight: Regular
- Heading 2 Text Alignment: Center
- Heading 2 Text Size: 70px (Desktop), 40px (Tablet), 30px (Phone)
Add Divider Module to Column
Visibility
The second and last module we need in this row is a Divider Module. Make sure the ‘Show Divider’ option is enabled.
Line
We’re also changing the line color in the design tab.
Sizing
Move on to the sizing settings and apply the following settings:
- Divider Weight: 5px
- Width: 27%
- Module Alignment: Center
Add Section #2
Background Color
Add the second regular section to your page, open the section settings and change the background color.
- Background Color: #f7f7f7
Overflow
Make sure you hide the section overflow in the advanced tab as well. This will make sure nothing surpasses the section container.
- Horizontal Overflow: Hidden
- Vertical Overflow: Hidden
Transitions
Later on this post, we’ll create a hover transition. To make sure this runs smoothly, we’ll increase the transition duration in the advanced tab.
- Transition Duration: 800ms
Add New Row
Column Structure
Continue by adding a new row using the following column structure:
Sizing
Without adding any modules yet, open the row settings and allow the row to take up the entire width of the section container by applying the following settings:
- Use Custom Gutter Width: Yes
- Gutter Width: 1
- Width: 100%
- Max Width: 100%
Add Text Module #1 to Column
Add H3 Content
Time to start adding modules, starting with a Text Module. Enter some H3 content of your choice.
H3 Text Settings
Move on to the design tab and change the H3 text settings.
- Heading 3 Font: Playfair Display
- Heading 3 Text Alignment: Center
- Heading 3 Text Color: #000000
- Heading 3 Text Size: 3vw (Desktop), 6vw (Tablet), 7vw (Phone)
Add Divider Module to Column
Visibility
The second module we need in this row is a Divider Module. Make sure the ‘Show Divider’ option is enabled.
Line
Change the color of the divider as well.
Spacing
And add some custom top and bottom margin to create space.
- Top Margin: 2vw
- Bottom Margin: 2vw
Add Text Module to Column
Add Content
The next module we need is another Text Module. Add some paragraph content of your choice.
Text Settings
Move on to the design tab and change the text settings.
- Text Font: Open Sans
- Text Alignment: Center
- Text Color: #777777
- Text Size: 0.8vw (Desktop), 1.7vw (Tablet), 2.2vw (Phone)
- Text Line Height: 1.8em
Spacing
Add some custom margin values next.
- Left Margin: 3vw (Desktop), 7vw (Tablet), 10vw (Phone)
- Right Margin: 3vw (Desktop), 7vw (Tablet & Phone)
Add Button Module to Column
Add Copy
The next and last module we need in this row is a Button Module. Enter some copy of your choice.
Alignment
Change the button alignment in the design tab.
Button Settings
Continue by styling the button settings.
- Use Custom Styles For Button: Yes
- Button Text Size: 1vw (Desktop), 2vw (Tablet), 3vw (Phone)
- Button Text Color: #000000
- Button Border Width: 1px
- Button Border Radius: 0px
- Button Font: Playfair Display
Spacing
And add some custom spacing values as well.
- Top Margin: 2vw
- Top Padding: 1vw
- Bottom Padding: 1vw
- Left Padding: 3vw (Desktop), 6vw (Tablet), 8vw (Phone)
- Right Padding: 3vw (Desktop), 6vw (Tablet), 8vw (Phone)
Additional Section Settings
Default Top Divider
Once you’re done adding all the modules to the section, it’s time to go through some additional section settings. Open the section settings, go to the design tab and add the following top divider:
- Divider Style: Find in List
- Divider Color: #e8e8e8
- Divider Height: 7000px
- Divider Flip: Vertical
- Divider Arrangement: On Top Of Section Content
Hover Top Divider
Change the divider height on hover.
Bottom Divider
Add a bottom divider as well.
- Divider Style: Find in List
- Divider Color: #5c26ff
- Divider Height: 600px
- Divider Arrangement: On Top of Section Content
Hover Bottom Divider
And remove the divider height on hover.
Spacing
As you can notice in the preview of this post, we’re turning this section in a circle. To do that, we’ll first need to add some custom margin and padding values across different screen sizes:
- Left Margin: 10vw (Desktop), 11vw (Tablet), 0vw (Phone)
- Right Margin: 47vw (Desktop), 11vw (Tablet), 0vw (Phone)
- Top Padding: 8vw (Desktop), 15vw (Tablet), 16vw (Phone)
- Bottom Padding: 8vw (Desktop), 15vw (Tablet), 16vw (Phone)
Border
Continue by adding ’50vw’ to each one of the corners to transform the section into a circle. We’re also adding a border using the following settings:
- Border Width: 1px
- Border Color: rgba(255,255,255,0)
Hover Border
Change the border color on hover.
Clone Section Twice
Once you’ve completed all section settings, you can go ahead and clone the section twice.
Modify Duplicate #1
Change Top Divider Color
We’re going to modify both section duplicates, starting with the first one. Open the section settings and change the top divider color.
Change Bottom Divider Color
Modify the bottom divider color as well.
Change Spacing
Then, go to the spacing settings and make sure the following values apply:
- Top Margin: -20vw (Desktop), 0vw (Tablet & Phone)
- Left Margin: 47vw (Desktop), 11vw (Tablet), 0vw (Phone)
- Right Margin: 10vw (Desktop), 11vw (Tablet), 0vw (Phone)
Modify Duplicate #2
Change Top Divider Color
Open the settings of the second duplicate and change the top divider color.
Change Bottom Divider Color
Change the bottom divider color as well.
Change Spacing
And modify the spacing values here too.
- Top Margin: -20vw (Desktop), 0vw (Tablet & Phone)
- Bottom Margin: 7vw
- Left Margin: 10vw (Desktop), 11vw (Tablet), 0vw (Phone)
- Right Margin: 47vw (Desktop), 11vw (Tablet), 0vw (Phone)
Preview
Now that we’ve gone through all the steps, let’s take a final look at the outcome across different screen sizes.
Desktop
Mobile
Final Thoughts
In this post, we’ve shown you how to elegantly hide your copy below sections dividers. This is a great way to use some of Divi’s intuitive built-in options in another way than you’re used to. We hope this tutorial inspires you to create your own alternative designs using this technique as well. If you have any questions or suggestions, make sure you leave a comment in the comment section below!
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