Considerations for Theme Builder compatibility

Although Elementor Pro's Theme builder La función se puede usar con cualquier tema de WordPress que se adhiera a los estándares de codificación de WordPress, hay algunas cosas a considerar que pueden afectar qué tan bien se integrará un tema en particular con nuestro Creador de temas.

Si no está seguro de si su tema es totalmente compatible, diseñe sus headers y pies de página juntos

If you decide to use Elementor Theme builder To create a header or footer, you should ideally use it to create both, rather than one or the other. If you prefer to use Theme Builder to create just the header but keep the existing footer of your theme, or vice versa, you want to use Theme Builder to design a new footer, but keep the existing header of your theme, you must submit this guide to the developer of your theme.

What is the developer guide about?

Elementor proporciona una API de ubicaciones de temas para desarrolladores de temas. Aunque Elementor puede editar encabezados y pies de página de forma predeterminada en la mayoría de los temas, aún es necesario que los temas register additional locations para permitir a los usuarios editar otros componentes del tema con Elementor Theme Builder. Los desarrolladores de temas pueden optar por admitir todas las ubicaciones principales, solo algunas o incluso crear sus propias ubicaciones personalizadas. Por ejemplo, si los desarrolladores de temas desean permitir que los usuarios editen las bars laterales con Elementor, simplemente pueden registrar la ubicación de la barra lateral a través de nuestra API.

What could happen if you only design a header but not a footer with Elementor Theme Builder (or vice versa)?

WordPress theme developers often tie together header and footer code by opening a div in the header and then closing that div in the footer. If Theme Builder replaces the header but not the footer, or vice versa, the opening and closing tags may not match. If a tag is not closed, the structure of the code is broken and the page will also be broken.

Summary

Many themes have chosen to fully integrate Elementor placements into their themes. You can see a list of themes that have been specifically designed to work well with Elementor.

Elementor Theme Builder can allow you to replace headers and footers of almost any theme that has been written with the implemented WordPress coding standards. If these themes haven't yet used the Elementor Theme API to register Elementor locations, you should probably use Theme Builder to replace the theme's header and its footer at the same time. Replacing just one or the other with Theme Builder could cause your page to break.

However, if you design both your header and footer with Theme Builder, your newly designed header and footer will replace both the theme header and your footer code. This ensures that all the div tags in the header and footer will open and close properly, and your page will not break.

If you prefer to design just the header or just design the footer with Theme Builder, you should ask the theme developer to use our Theme Locations API to register locations. Similarly, if you want to use the Elementor Theme Builder to design other areas of the theme, such as the sidebar, ask your theme developer to register those locations as well, using the Theme Locations API.