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Balancing an Agency and a Premium Plugin (Beaver Builder), with Robby McCullough – WPCAST041
Our guest for this episode is Robby McCullough, one of the co-founders of the Beaver Builder plugin and the FastLine Media agency. Beaver Builder is a great drag and drop page builder, which we've used ourselves.
The Core
* Available as either a plugin or theme
* Free version: https://wordpress.org/plugins/beaver-builder-lite-version/ (https://wordpress.org/plugins/beaver-builder-lite-version/)
* Pro and agency versions: https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com (https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com)
* Better than hacking together a combination of shortcodes, widgets, and custom HTML
* Especially useful for clients, who can make edits visually without understanding code
FastLine Media: The Company Behind Beaver Builder
* The company is primarily a design agency
* Located near San Francisco in Campbell, CA
* Beaver Builder started as a "scratch your own itch" project, launched in April 2014
WordPress Networking
* WordPress meetups at meetup.com (http://meetup.com)
* WordCamps at central.wordcamp.org (http://central.wordcamp.org)
* In the news: Automattic acquired WooThemes (http://www.woothemes.com/2015/05/woothemes-joins-automattic/), could mean big changes to WordPress.com and WooCommerce
Connect with Beaver Builder
* Beaver Builder Website: https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com (https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com)
* Agency: http://www.fastlinemedia.com (http://www.fastlinemedia.com)
* Twitter: http://twitter.com/fastlinemedia (http://twitter.com/fastlinemedia)
* Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/FastLine-Media/106732702687887 (http://www.facebook.com/pages/FastLine-Media/106732702687887)