0:04 one of the great things about using
0:05 elementor pro
0:07 is that you don't need a bulky theme
0:09 while you can use nearly any theme
0:10 together with elementor
0:12 elementor pro comes complete with its
0:14 own theme builder which we'll review in
0:17 detail shortly so all you'll need to use
0:19 elementor pro is our super lightweight
0:21 theme named hello
0:23 let's see how to install and set up the
0:25 hello theme for our website
0:29 in the dashboard go to appearance themes
0:34 click add new sort the themes by popular
0:37 you'll see the hello theme displayed
0:40 click install and activate it to change
0:41 the theme to hello
0:43 there's no need to customize the
0:45 appearance of hello like you would with
0:46 most themes
0:48 all the necessary theme settings can be
0:50 applied directly from elementor
0:51 so now that we've installed and
0:53 activated the hello theme let's take a
0:55 look at the elementor theme builder
0:57 and see how we can use it to structure
0:59 and streamline our website building process
1:00 process
1:02 to get to the theme builder go to templates
1:03 templates
1:06 theme builder try now
1:08 in the theme builder you'll see all the
1:11 essential site parts of your website
1:14 including the header footer post templates
1:14 templates
1:17 and more by the way this is how your
1:18 theme builder will look
1:20 after completing this course the theme
1:22 builder gives you a bird's eye view
1:24 of your site and enables you to quickly
1:25 preview thumbnail
1:27 images and manage each part of your
1:30 website from one dedicated place
1:32 each site part is saved as a template
1:34 and can be designated to appear
1:36 anywhere on the website changes made to
1:38 the templates will be implemented
1:40 wherever they are displayed clicking on
1:42 any part will show a preview of it
1:44 as well as relevant information about
1:45 that part
1:48 the green dot here indicates that this part
1:49 part
1:52 is active below are the instances which
1:53 designate where the site part will appear
1:54 appear
1:57 and an option to edit conditions you can
1:59 click here to edit the template design
2:03 or here to export delete or rename it
2:05 you can manage and add new site parts
2:07 from the left panel
2:09 or create a new site part from the add
2:11 new button here
2:13 and you can import a pre-existing
2:15 template into the theme builder by
2:17 clicking this icon
2:19 now we'll take a look at how to add and
2:21 design a header and footer from theme builder
