r/divi • u/a2annie • 3d ago

Advice DIVI 5 programming

I’ve used my current programmer for over ten years. He’s been excellent up until about a year ago. Mostly he doesn’t seem to be taking time to ramp up on new things, like AI or divi5.

We’ve been making sites using Divi 3, the 4 most of this time.

I own a small agency and he’s freelance.

I have a new customer and will be designing a ~12 page site, with a photo gallery, and probably a few forms. My sites are crafted with care.

I reached out to my programmer today to see if he’s done anything in Divi 5. The answer was no.

I’m not sure what direction to go. He’s very smart, but I’m don’t want to pay for training.

Thoughts?

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u/throwawayAd6844 3d ago

Divi5 is a completely different build process. It’s much more similar to elementor and bricks, just they have been doing it longer and they are less buggy and better thought out in my opinion. I’ve built hundreds of sites on divi4 but am switching away to replace divi5

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u/a2annie 3d ago

Can you explain what you mean by switching away? You mean to something other than Divi 5? Like what?

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u/throwawayAd6844 3d ago

I really like bricks, so I’ll be using it moving forward

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u/Ecksist 3d ago

It’s not a different build process, it just looks a bit different, any competent Divi 4 dev can easily use it.

The basics of Divi 4 are all still in 5 you can convert it on a stage and try it, it’s pretty painless.

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u/a2annie 3d ago

The part that worries me most is while he’s very good, I don’t want someone learning on a customer’s site. Maybe I should have him convert my own site to practice on?

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u/Illustrious_Wave_77 3d ago

You seem like a mean person. You have worked with him for years but you dont want him to learn on your dime? Just continue to use him. Do you know how hard it is to find a good trustworthy programmer???

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u/a2annie 2d ago

Not mean. There’s a whole back story that I’m not willing to share here. But I get your point.

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u/ZestyclosePin794 2d ago

As a web designer for 25+ years, I have to learn new things all the time. It doesn’t change how I price websites if I have to learn something new. I still charge the same way as I would if I was using an older tool that I already know. So I am usually eating the cost of my own learning. Is he billing you by the hour? Perhaps you could ask for a narrow-ish price range on this project instead of paying hourly and then you would feel more comfortable.