Need help understanding how to use this

User 2666774 Photo


Registered User
4 posts

Hi
I paid for this many hours a go today and still can not get it to do anything.

I pull in a html file sample into coffee html editor and i can not see how to change out any of the images or any placeholders with real images and content .

Also when it is the editor it no longer has a size it spans full screen now when it is previewed in a browser.
I played around with it for using it for wordpress the only reason i got it and that is so confusing to get it to do anything i can do it 100 times faster right in wordpress and using a layout builder plugin.

I have a test site up here
http://destinvacationguide.com/testone/
with the wordpress template installed but it has no layouts in it just a blank page with placeholder top image and a footer area. I see no way to edit the placeholder or the footer area in wordpress ???

I tried pasting in html in a page here
http://destinvacationguide.com/testone/run/
You can see none of the color areas work and it looks a mess. as expected

This is what i am trying to do in the layout maker and have it working in wordpress this is a test site as well using another program and i was able to get this much done in less then 2 hours. I have a real version of the site up under the real name
http://destinvacationguide.com/testtwo/
But with the layout maker i can not seem to get anything done

Here is a real site i did for a customer all wordpress and responsive. I have done a lot of responsive wordpress sites like this.
http://www.americanlocksafe.com/
I got him onto page one with in a week for a search for - pensacola locksmith - in google.

I was hoping to be able to do this kind of layout in the layout maker and be able to do it faster and be able to have more color areas running down the page as the more i add the harder it is to get them working with what i have been using.

Also it is harder to get them working on extra pages

I don't understand why the layout maker is not a editor as well so you can put in your images text and everything to create real working pages. Seems like that would be very easy to add in to this and make it a finished product.
When i edit in word press i use layout plug ins or ones that are built in to the theme and all of them are drag and drop what you see is what you get and then i just need to click save and its live with a working page in any layout i want all responsive.
But none of the layout plug in editors so far let you create all the different color areas easy. I was hoping this would be the fix for that. But if it takes longer doing it with the layout editor then working it out with in wordpress then i am not seeing the benefit here.

You need to add in some kind of export to wordpress ready.. so it is all ready to go and be uploaded as a theme that works.

But then still how do i edit it in wordpress after that??

Other then being able to add many background color text areas down the page layout maker dose not seem to be able to do even half of what a layout wordpress plug in can do as they all offer full editing of the layout including images, videos and anything you want right as you are working on the layout some you can work on the layout on the live site updating as you go all live.
Unless i am missing something?
User 187934 Photo


Senior Advisor
20,187 posts

Hi Eddie,
Read this and see if it's any clearer.
http://www.coffeecup.com/help/articles/ … out-maker/
I can't hear what I'm looking at.
It's easy to overlook something you're not looking for.

This is a site I built for my work.(RSD)
http://esmansgreenhouse.com
This is a site I built for use in my job.(HTML Editor)
https://pestlogbook.com
This is my personal site used for testing and as an easy way to share photos.(RLM imported to RSD)
https://ericrohloff.com

Have something to add? We’d love to hear it!
You must have an account to participate. Please Sign In Here, then join the conversation.