The Biggest KrafterPro Confusion Finally Explained!
In this video, I explain exactly how KrafterPro works, what is included, and why you do not need to panic every time a new update is released.
If you are using Divi 5 and you are building websites for clients, KrafterPro gives you a complete design system and workflow toolkit so you are not starting from scratch every time.
You’ll learn:
- What KrafterPro actually includes
- The difference between the design system and the workflow toolkit
- How updates work
- Why your existing client websites will not break
- When to use merge vs replace
- How to back up and export your design system
- How starter sites, frames, style guides, handoff documents and theme builder templates fit into the workflow
- Why you can start building now instead of waiting for version 3.0
KrafterPro is designed to help freelancers and agencies build Divi 5 websites faster, keep projects organised, and hand off websites to clients more professionally.
If you have been confused about KrafterPro updates, starter sites, design systems, or whether you should wait before starting your next project, this video should clear things up.
Hello Mak,
Thank you so much. This video is very clear and worked perfectly for me. Thank you for responding rapidly to my request. I really appreciate it as I know you are overloaded.
Yet, setting up and understanding your system is definitely a first step required to providing a great user experience right from the start.
Norm
I watched this video and it does answer questions about using the KrafterPro design system going forward. But, it does not answer questions about what to do with websites developed during the pre-release of KrafterPro 2.1.8, using earlier versions of KrafterPro. It seems that those sites must all be manually updated after deleting all the old variables and presets and re-applying all of the new ones. Unfortunate for me (and probably others) because I used those pre-release versions on many, many, websites, assuming that I would always be able to update and upgrade to the newer releases. I think this is what others are also experiencing and are asking questions about how and what to do.
Randal Birkey
Maybe I have an anwser Randal. I had a previous version when we had only a jason file. I did the update with the merge option and it updated the jason file and kept my website perfect. All I had to do is deselect colours and fonts. The rest updated the former presets and added the new one with an appending to the description as follow. Not totally clean... but it works. Not sure what I should do next to clean it up but it is working. I hope it helps
Normand, yes, thanks. I have done this as well... but as you pointed out, there are many old presets that are now mixed in with the new ones, and it's still a lot of work to figure out which ones to use, and if/how to clear out the old ones. Just not really a great situation... especially if you have to explain this to a client.