Before you can add a Summary module to your page, you must first access the Divi Builder. Once the Divi theme installed on your Website, you will notice a button Use Divi Builder above the post editor whenever you create a new page. By clicking on this button, you activate Divi Builder, which gives you access to all the Divi Builder modules. Then click on the button Use Visual Builder to start the generator in visual mode. You can also click the button Use Visual Builder when you browse your Website upstream if you are logged into your WordPress dashboard.

Once entered into Visual Builder, you can click the gray plus button to add a new module to your page. New modules can only be added inside rows. If you are starting a new page, remember to add a row to your page first.

Find the Summary module in the list of modules and click on it to add it to your page. The list of modules is searchable, which means you can also type the word "Summary" and then click enter to automatically find and add the descriptive text module! Once the module is added, you will be greeted with the list of module options. These options are divided into three main groups: Contents , Design et Advanced .

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Since the Summary module combines both images and text to showcase certain features, you can use it to add a list of your business services to your home page. The Blurb module also allows you to turn your image / icon and title into a link to your service page. For this example, I'm going to use the Blurb module to add four featured services to a homepage.

To add the four Blurbs to your page, use the visual builder to add a standard section with a four column row. Then add a Blurb module to the first column of your row.

Update the Blurb settings with the following:

Content options

Title: [enter service title]
Contents: [enter a brief description of the service]
URL: [add a URL to the service page]
Use the icon: YES
Icon: [select an icon that illustrates your service]

Design options

Icon Color: # 42bb99 (make the color that compliments the design of the site)
Use the Font Size icon: YES
Icon Font Size: 68px (adjusts icon size)
Text Orientation: Center -
Head Font Size: 24px
Font size: 18px
Body Line Height: 1.5em

Now your first introductory text is finished.

Now duplicate the Summary module you just created three times and drag each of the duplicated summaries onto the other three columns. Since your design settings have been integrated into your duplicate modules, all you need to do is modify the contents (header, content, icon, URL, etc.) and modify the colors to adapt them to each of your services.

Summary Content Options

In the content tab you will find all the content elements of the module, such as text, images and icons. All that controls what appears in your module will always be in this tab.

Title

Give your text a title that will appear above the text in a bold text style. The URL option located under the Title field will allow you to make your title a hyperlink.

Contents

This field is where you can enter the body content of your text. Blurb Text will also cover the entire width of your column up to 550px.

URL

Place a valid web url in this field to turn your Blurb title into a link. Leaving this field blank will just leave your title as a static element.

Opening URL

Here you can choose whether or not your link will open in a new window.

Use icon

When using Blurbs, you can choose to use an icon or an image with your text. If you select “Yes” for the “Use icon” option, you will be offered the following options to customize your icon. If you don't choose to use an icon, you'll be prompted to upload an image instead.

Icon

If you have chosen “Yes” for the “Use icon” setting, this option will appear. This option presents you with a list of available icons that you can use with your blurb. Just click on the icon you want to use and it will appear in your text.

Image

If you did not choose to use an icon, this setting will appear. Place a valid image url here, or choose / upload an image via the WordPress media library. Images in the Summary module always appear centered in their columns and span the entire width of your column up to 550px. However, your image will never be larger than its original upload size. The height of the presentation image is determined by the aspect ratio of your original image. It is therefore advisable to place all your presentation images at the same height if you place them side by side.

Background color

Define a custom background color for your module or leave blank to use the default color.

Background picture

If set, this image will be used as the background for this module. To remove a background image, just remove the URL from the Settings field. The background images will appear on top of the background colors, which means your background color will not be visible when a background image is applied.

Admin Label

This will change the module label in the generator for easy identification. When using the WireFrame view in Visual Builder, these labels will appear in the module block of the Divi Builder interface.

Summary module design options

In the Design tab, you will find all the module styling options, such as fonts, colors, size and spacing. This tab allows you to modify the appearance of your module. Each Divi module has a long list of design settings that you can use to tweak just about anything.

Icon color

If you have chosen “Yes” for the “Use icon” setting, this option will appear. This option allows you to customize the color of your icon. By default, icons are set to your theme's accent color.

Circle icon

If you have chosen “Yes” for the “Use icon” setting, this option will appear. This option allows you to place your icon in a colored circle. If you select "yes" for this setting, you will be offered additional options to customize the color and border of your circle.

Color of the circle

If you chose "Yes" for the "Circle Icon" setting, this option will appear. Here you can choose a color to use for your circle. This color is independent of the color of your previously selected icon. Your icon, in its color, will appear inside a circle with the color you select here.

Show the border of the circle

If you chose "Yes" for the "Circle Icon" setting, this option will appear. This option allows you to activate a border for your circle. If this option is selected, an additional option will appear to select your border color.

Circle border color

If you chose "Yes" for the "Show Circle Border" setting, this option will appear. Here you can adjust the color of the border of the circle.

Image / icon placement

Here you can choose the location of your image/icon. It can either appear above the text or to the left of the text. By placing the image/icon to the left of your text, the image will be smaller than if placed on top.

Use icon font size

If this option is enabled, you can enter a custom size for the icon displayed above or two to the left of your blurb.

Text color

If your blurb is placed on a dark background, the text color should be set to “Dark”. Conversely, if your blurb is placed on a light background, the text color should be set to “Light”.

Text orientation

This drop-down menu lets you specify the orientation of your text to be left-justified, centered, or right-justified.

Header font

You can change the font of your header by selecting the desired font from the drop-down menu. Divi comes with dozens of awesome fonts powered by Google Fonts. By default, Divi uses the Open Sans font for all the text on your page. You can also customize the style of your text using bold, italic, capital and underline options.

Header font size

Here you can adjust the size of your header text. You can drag the interval slider to increase or decrease the size of your text, or you can directly enter the desired text size value into the input field to the right of the slider. The input fields support different units of measure, which means you can enter "px" or "em" depending on your size to change its unit type.

Header Text Color

By default, all text colors in Divi appear in white or dark gray. If you want to change the color of your header, choose the color you want from the color picker using this option.

Header letter spacing

Letter spacing affects the space between each letter. If you want to increase the space between each letter of your header text, use the interval slider to adjust the space or enter the size of the space you want in the input field to the right of the slider. The input fields support different units of measure, which means you can enter "px" or "em" depending on your size to change its unit type.

Header Row Height

Row height affects the space between each row of your header text.If you want to increase the space between each row, use the range slider to adjust the space or enter the desired spacing size in the input field to the right of the cursor. The input fields support different units of measure, which means you can enter "px" or "em" depending on your size to change its unit type.

Body font

You can change your body font by selecting the desired font from the drop-down menu. Divi comes with dozens of awesome fonts powered by Google Fonts. By default, Divi uses the Open Sans font for all the text on your page. You can also customize the style of your text using bold, italic, capital and underline options.

Body font size

Here you can adjust the size of your body text. You can drag the interval slider to increase or decrease the size of your text, or you can directly enter the desired text size value into the input field to the right of the slider. The input fields support different units of measure, which means you can enter "px" or "em" depending on your size to change its unit type.

Body text color

By default, all text colors in Divi appear in white or dark gray. If you want to change the color of your body text, choose the desired color from the color picker using this option.

Spacing of body letters

Letter spacing affects the space between each letter. If you want to increase the space between each letter of your body text, use the range slider to adjust the space or enter the size of the space you want in the input field to the right of the slider. The input fields support different units of measure, which means you can enter "px" or "em" depending on your size to change its unit type.

Height of the body line

Line height affects the space between each line of body text. If you want to increase the space between each line, use the interval slider to adjust the space or enter the desired space size in the input field to the right of the slider. The input fields support different units of measure, which means you can enter "px" or "em" depending on your size to change its unit type.

Use the border

Enabling this option will place a border around your module. This border can be customized using the following conditional parameters.

Color of the border

This option affects the color of your border. Select a custom color from the color picker to apply it to your border.

Width of the border

By default, the borders are 1 pixel wide. You can increase this value by dragging the range slider or entering a custom value in the input field to the right of the slider. Support custom units of measurement, which means you can change the default unit from "px" to something else like em, vh, vw etc.

Border style

Borders support eight different styles, including: solid, dotted, dotted, double, groove, ridge, inset, and start. Select the style you want from the drop-down menu to apply it to your border.

Maximum image width

Applying a maximum width value here will limit the width of the presentation image. This only affects blurbs that are not in icon mode.

Custom Margin

The margin is the space added to the outside of your module, between the module and the next element above, below, or to the left and right of it. You can add custom margin values ​​to any of the four sides of the module. To remove a custom margin, remove the added value from the input field. By default, these values ​​are measured in pixels, but you can enter custom units of measurement in the input fields.

Custom Padding

Padding is the space added inside your module, between the edge of the module and its internal elements. You can add custom padding values ​​to any of the four sides of the module. To remove a custom margin, remove the added value from the input field. By default, these values ​​are measured in pixels, but you can enter custom units of measurement in the input fields.

Advanced options Summary module

On the Advanced tab, you'll find options that more experienced web designers may find useful, such as custom CSS and HTML attributes. Here you can apply custom CSS to any of the module's many elements. You can also apply custom CSS classes and IDs to the module, which can be used to customize the module in your child theme's style.css file.

CSS ID

Enter an optional CSS ID to use for this module. An ID can be used to create a custom CSS style or to link to particular sections of your page.

CSS class

Enter the optional CSS classes to use for this module. A CSS class can be used to create custom CSS styling. You can add multiple classes, separated by a space. These classes can be used in your Divi theme Child or in the custom CSS that you add to your page or your Website using Divi theme options or Divi Builder page settings.

Custom CSS

Custom CSS can also be applied to the module and any of the module's internal elements. In the Custom CSS section, you will find a text field where you can add CSS directly to each element. The CSS entries in these settings are already embedded with style tags. So you just have to enter CSS rules separated by semicolons.

Image / icon animation

This controls the direction of the lazy loading animation.

ALT text from image

If you did not choose to use an icon, this setting will appear. Other Text provides any information needed if the image is not loading, displayed correctly, or in any other situation where a user cannot see the image. It also allows the image to be read and recognized by search engines.

Visibility

This option allows you to control the devices on which your module appears. You can choose to deactivate your module on tablets, smartphones or desktops individually. This is useful if you want to use different modules on different devices or if you want to simplify the mobile design by eliminating certain elements from the page.

That's it for this tutorial. We hope to have shown you how to use the summary module on Divi.