Beaver Builder February Update - Say Hello to Beaver Themer

Beaver Builder's February 2017 Update [View this email in your browser]( February Update The Beaver Themer alpha is here! Hey, all! Gosh, the months seem to go faster and faster. We’ve got some really exciting news this month. After over half a year in development, we released an alpha version of our new extension: Beaver Themer! Also, we have an update on our forum and a few plugs and notes. Enjoy. As per usual, our newsletters are a shorter version [of our update blog post](. Beaver Themer is Finally Here We’ve been hinting that we’re working on our very own extension for Beaver Builder. Beaver Themer is a Theme Builder for WordPress. It allows you to build theme parts like headers and footers. It also allows you to build templates with Beaver Builder that you can apply to all of your blog posts or custom post types (like WooCommerce products). We are releasing Beaver Themer as an alpha download and, if you’re a current customer, you can access it from [your account page](. After the alpha/beta period, we are planning to release a paid subscription for updates and support for Beaver Themer. The price is still TBD. Also, being an alpha, we do not recommend using it on a live site! How can I learn more? Thanks for asking! Justin created [a very thorough Facebook post]( explaining the product and sharing a few walk-through videos. We’re going to try to keep the discussion about the alpha on that Facebook post. For bug reports, please [submit a standard support request]( so they get filed appropriately. We're Moving the Forum to Reddit Ever since switching our support system from a forum to HelpScout, it’s felt like there’s been something missing. We tried to fill that void by creating a Stack Exchange forum proposal. Sadly, the SE proposal format is extremely involved and cumbersome. We asked everyone to help us with the proposal process, and my fear is that, after everyone’s hard work and time commitment, we won’t make it to the next stage. So, we’re going to scrap the Stack Exchange idea and try a Subreddit instead! It’s barren at the moment, but here is the link: [( Thanks so much to everyone that participated in our Stack Exchange proposal process and I apologize for the false alarm. Meet Nancy Hildebrandt Last month, I started a tradition of writing about a member of our community and a member of our team. This month, I want to shine the spotlight on Nancy (in an effort to keep our blog posts relatively short, I think we’ll switch off between our team and the community). Nancy’s been with us since the summer and she’s been the architect and mastermind behind [our new Knowledge Base](. Nancy’s also been [writing a ton about Beaver Themer](. She has a Ph.D. in neurolinguistics and she speaks Japanese. Nancy resides in Oregon and we like to attempt to out do each other with pictures of our mountain skyline views (she usually wins). If you’ve ever benefitted from our Knowledge Base, feel free to leave Nancy a thanks in the comments. New Beaver Builder Integrations This month, I wrote a bit about two new integrations. One is [a plugin from our friends at PurposeWP]( that makes it really simple to add Give donation forms to Beaver Builder pages. The other is an upgrade to [WPML]( that adds Beaver Builder support to their one-screen translation editor. Head on over and see the videos and [read the full write-up on the blog post.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Footnotes WPBeginner Page Builder Review WP Beginner updated [their page builder post for 2017]( and Beaver Builder is still getting high marks. Woot! We had an opportunity to get to know the man behind WP Beginner, Syed Balkhi, at CaboPress. He’s a cool guy with impressive business acumen. You should check out some of his other products like [OptinMonster]( and [WPForms](. BobWP Reviews Beaver Builder The last time I chatted with Bob Dunn of BobWP, he was tried to talk me into coming out to Las Vegas with him. Needless to say, I like him a lot. 🙂 He recently published [a video review/post about Beaver Builder](. Thanks, Bob. If you’re not familiar with his blog, it’s a good one! StudioPress Launches StudioPress Sites There’s a lot of overlap between the Genesis and Beaver Builder communities. Our friends over at StudioPress recently released[a hosted WordPress service called StudioPress Sites](. It would be a severe understatement to say I am proud they included [Beaver Builder Lite]( as one of the select few plugins that can be automatically installed on their platform. Woo-hoo! In Clos... *drops mic* I’ve been using the “In Closing” heading to cap off our update posts for a few months now. It feels like a cop out. I should come up with something more creative but, at this point, I am usually tired of writing, lol! Okay, I fixed it. With Beaver Themer out in the wild, I feel like this post deserves a proper mic drop. Thanks for reading, everyone. Until next month! Wishing you the best on behalf of the entire BB team, Billy, Justin, & Robby [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences](