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Impact: The Ultimate Webpage Builder Plugin for WordPress

September 28, 2010 - Last Modified: October 22, 2012 by Famous Bloggers Editor 4,543

Web Page Builder

A few weeks ago, WPBeginner and ProBlogger held a contest where they gave out 10 free copies of the Impact Webpage Builder Plugin to the winners who tweeted about the contest.  I was one of the lucky 10 out of +85 entries.  So I went a little trigger happy with my mouse and built my first template from scratch using Impact, which is the only post in my blog with an entirely different web page design.

What is Impact Web Page Builder?

impact web page builder

The Impact Webpage Builder Plugin is a premium WordPress plugin created by where you can have a unique web page design for each post or page.  The templates created using Impact are totally independent from your original blog theme as you are given an option in your WordPress text editor whether or not to apply the new template.

This allows for total control over how we design our pages, whether we want a splash page, an e-commerce page, a maintenance mode page or a simple info card page displaying all our social media accounts.  You can have pages in your site that look totally different from each other!  If you are a creative web page designer, the possibilities of this plugin are endless with the many template options that are easy to use with changes that can be viewed on the fly as you edit your theme.

Features of Impact Web Page Builder

Lots of changes were made since version 1.0  Here’s a list of the awesome features of Impact as of their latest version 1.1.2:

  • Template Builder. Fun and easy to use theme editor inside the dashboard where you can edit and preview your theme in realtime.
  • Impact Hooks and Widget Areas.  Your Impact theme can have up to 15 active widget areas where you can add text, CSS, Javascript or HTML.
  • Nuts and Bolts. Here you can import/export an Impact theme to be transferred to another site.  This calls an opportunity for an Impact Marketplace to offer professionally designed themes.
  • Brand New Image File Uploader/Manager.  Version 1.0 uses the built in wordpress media uploader.  They have added a fully featured uploader to Impact to support the import/export feature.
  • Custom Menus for Impact
  • Second Sidebar.  For those who have single sidebars on their original themes, Impact gives you a second sidebar to experiment with.  The two sidebars can be placed on either side or both on one side.
  • Custom Title Link.   You can have a custom title or an image logo for your site other than your main website title
  • New Impact Hook.  The new head_tag hook allows you to add more content to your Impact page’s head tag like adding new scripts.
  • Container Left/Right Padding.  Allows you more control for your content spacing on Impact pages.
  • Automatic Updates.  Although the first installation of the plugin needs to be done manually, future updates of this plugin can be upgraded via the WordPress plugins page.
  • Total Search Engine Optimization for every post and page that uses Impact.

A Walkthrough on Impact Web Page Builder

Simple web page design templates are really fun to create using Impact.  If you want to learn how to create a quick template in just a few minutes, you can follow this walkthrough to familiarize yourself with how Impact works.  You’ll see how easy it is to create simple web page designs using Impact.

The Template Builder is where you will adjust all settings for your template.  Clicking on ‘Show Template Options’ will give you a menu where all the attributes are organized and easily identified through vertical tabs compared to a regular CSS stylesheet.  Here you can set a flat color or an image for a background and the drop down menu lets you choose how to align it.  You can look up W3Schools for quick reference if your are not too familiar with CSS. If you want to do more customization like edit font styles, you can use the Template Custom CSS tab.

impact page builder tab

I used Active Widget Areas on the tabbed menu instead of Impact Hooks because they do the same thing: add active widget areas to your Impact theme, except Impact Hooks don’t support adding PHP  code inside your editor while Active Widget Areas can if you have the PHP code widget.  So for example, you want a widget before the content of your Impact theme, enable the ‘before content’ option so you can preview in real time where your hook is located.

impact page builder widget

Save your Impact webpage design template and give it a name, then go to your Dashboard Widgets.  You’ll find your saved hook just below the default hooks from your original theme.  You can now drag your widgets to this hook from your dashboard or customize it with Text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript or PHP.

impact page builder content

Before you can hit publish to display your fresh, new web page design, you can still take full control on Impact SEO options inside your post editor.  Your Impact page can have its own title, meta description and keywords, an option whether or not to apply noindex and nofollow, plus additional header and footer scripts.

impact page builder

This is basically all you need to know to create a new web design template with Impact, whether you are new to setting up a blog or a skilled web developer. The only issue I have with this plugin is that CommentLuv function doesn’t work the Impact theme yet even if you have the plugin on by default. I’m currently active in the Impact forums to suggest improvements as they are working on a version 1.1.3.

If you bought the Impact Page Builder Single Site License for $49, you can upgrade it to $39 to use it on more than one site,  or purchase the Unlimited License initially for $88.  This will also grant you to access to their forums where you can download Impact plus full forum support.  Seth answers all questions regarding the plugin and he’s glad to help out with your site if you need it.

I love this plugin because I can concentrate on the design aspect of my page while Impact does most of the coding job in just a few clicks. You can read more Resources for Impact so you can take advantage of Impact Page Builder to its full potential.

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{ 54 Responses }

  1. Andrew Thomas says:
    Thanks for sharing this post. Glad to read and find this relevant information. Somehow this really helps me when I'm doing for my maintenance mode page and do add some email security virus. Cheers more on you.
  2. Mark says:
    Wow! I didn't even know that anything like this even existed, Cindy. Much thanks for pointing that out...:) To date, I have just spent time hacking up the code of my theme and posts to make it look the way I want on my blogs. This might make it easier. I'll definitely check it out...:) Thanks, Mark
  3. Prasenjit says:
    Hi Cindy, Does this plugin help in designing only wordpress pages? Thanks, Prasenjit.
  4. Jakes says:
    Hi Cindy, This one is quite an old post. I regret due to the fact that I missed your first guest-post in here as I was one who was always longing for your awesome posts. As usual this is a great post and keep it coming. Wish you all the best!!!!!!!!!!
  5. Norbert says:
    Thanks for sharing. I was looking exactly for a plugin like that. Great work!
  6. Latief says:
    Always love the free stuffs sister, hope you can find one ;)
  7. chandan says:
    The plug in is really very nice, I have seen your website and look very nice. This plug in helpful for people who want to make website using WP plug in. I will also have to try for it. Thanks Hesham.
    • ZK says:
      Friend ... Cindy ( http://z3olyte.com/ ) wrote this article.
  8. JamestheJust on Elance says:
    Cindy - Wow - that's CHEAP. Much cheaper than most premium WP themes - and for someone like myself, I'd LOVE that thing - Reason being that you can create landing pages on a blog that you could then promote independently, apart from having a new domain. So, say you wanted to promote an IM tool or what have you - you could create a landing page and link to it without linking out, or perhaps have a squeeze page you could promote. In such cases, you wouldn't require uniformity. The uniformity vs. custom debate assumes that a reader/visitor has read your other pages. However, if you wanted to promote another line of tools and use your same domain - you could do so and give it another look. Lastly - if you wanted to run AdSense or other ads that were out of sorts from the main template - you could do so. The applications seem really endless - the assumption that your visitor reads more than one page versus this stand alone pages isn't always true... Anyhow: great idea, and plugin! Thanks for sharing it.
  9. ZK says:
    This is simply boon for those people who do not know designing and coding. Many people go for blogspot at early stage because they got similar kind of liberty in designing part.
    • Cindy says:
      hi ZK, a lot of bloggers start with blogspot, but eventually move to wordpress to take advantage of more features to enhance their online presence. I had blogspot before and I had to hard code everything and still look incomplete. Its more practical to have an early head start with wordpress to avoid the hassle of transferring content from blogspot. Just look at the sample blog post I did where I used Impact. Thats the header, content and footer only.. thats only 3 parts. If newbie coders and designers mix elements together wisely, they will end up with a great looking template :)
  10. Michael Pehl says:
    Good article, but what I don't like that there is no "trial" version. It seems I have to build my blogs on a framework like Carrington and code the CSS myself. I do not want to spend so much money just to see if it's useful for me or not ;)
    • Cindy says:
      looks like a good feature to suggest in the Impact forums. I'll see if I get Seth to add a trial version so people can have a hands on with the plugin. Thanks for the comment, Michael!
      • Michael Pehl says:
        Anytime :)
  11. Prasenjit says:
    This seems to be really a strong plugin. Well how much does it cost?
    • Hesham says:
      It's mentioned on the post ;) Single Site License for $49, you can upgrade it to $39 to use it on more than one site
  12. Rammesh Perumal says:
    Handy plugin, Since I just created my 1st wordpress blog recently its worth to get to known this plugin. Thanks for sharing Cindy.
    • Cindy says:
      hey Rammesh, youre welcome!... good headstart for you to to use Impact to customize your site while its new... easier for you to upgrade and make future templates if needed :)
  13. Imran says:
    It looks like a very handy plugin for those who cannot design their wordpress. I will also give a try. Very Nice Share Cindy Imran
    • Cindy says:
      Thanks, Imran. have fun with Impact! You wont regret it :)
  14. Lennart Heleander says:
    Hi Cindy, I have search around on Google and Impact Webpage Builder Plugin have get a very good and positive critic on many websites and blogs, a plug-in who I’m going to look more over.
    • Cindy says:
      Hi Lennart... yes a lot of Impact users agree that it is indeed a great plugin to build your webpage. Thanks for the comment!
  15. Julius says:
    Hey Cindy, that definitely sounds like a great plugin. To be honest I have never heard of it before. But thank you for this review.
    • Cindy says:
      Youre welcome, Julius :)... I read about Impact last month from a tweet, and tested it right after got it.. definitely worth a try.
  16. Ben Lang says:
    That's such a neat plugin. Thanks so much for sharing all of this info. Great to connect with you Cindy :)
    • Cindy says:
      youre welcome, Ben.. glad to connect with you too! :)
  17. Paul says:
    I think the best feature is the template builder for people like me. I always like to edit the themes I use in my wordpress blogs
    • Cindy says:
      Hi Paul, you can do a lot already with the Template Builder alone. You can design the main background, header, content and footer with it and save the active widgets for later after you have the main look for your site.
  18. Bryan says:
    Hey Cindy, I can imagine some great uses for your own website, like maybe customize some pages on your blog and adding some cool designs specific to certain pages. Lucky of you to get this plugin for free. I'm still inclined to use Thesis but this plugin is a great consideration as an addon to Thesis IMO
    • Cindy says:
      Hi Bryan.. there were a lot of entries, so I got really lucky. There are many possibilities with this plugin that are limited only by your creativity :)
  19. Suresh Khanal says:
    This looks great freedom for blogger to layout the pages. Must be useful for certain pages where a blogger wishes to put emphasis rather than on all the regular posts. Congratulations on wining the contest.
    • Cindy says:
      Hi Suresh... yea you can use this for example if you are holding a contest on your blog and you want a template that's attention grabbing and would draw your readers to participate, then Impact would come in handy :) Thanks Suresh!
  20. Devesh says:
    Hey Cindy, Great Plugin. The plugin looks awesome. Will going to check it out. Thanks for sharing this great Plugin.
    • Cindy says:
      youre welcome Devesh :) I use a lot of plugins to for customization but share only ones that people will benefit a lot. I hope you enjoy the plugin too!
  21. Dennis Edell says:
    A different look for every post?
    • Cindy says:
      yes, Dennis ;) You can create more than one template with Impact and you have the option to apply it or not in any of your posts or pages and.. choose which Impact template to apply :)
      • Dennis Edell says:
        While it sounds really cool, and I'm sure could look awesome, isn't that a real big design no-no? I'm no designer, I outsource it regularly. But, I do know one thing all designers say is a must is "uniformity".
        • Cindy says:
          Lets say we or our designers make these templates for our blog, we also need to consider wisely which pages that are necessary for a different template to be applied. We cant just change template on every post whenever we like without a purpose, otherwise our readers will just notice this as something regular and 'ordinary' that we do - changing templates often ;) I do agree with uniformity, and major changes are done only when necessary... a good example can be if someone has their own website and they want to promote an iphone app with a totally different web layout for it. Some clients these specific requests and they want the look of this page to be bold upon launching of the app. Something like that.
          • TJ McDowell says:
            I'm with Dennis on this one. It sounds like you'd be sacrificing a consistent look on your posts for making a cool design on a single post. It also seems like you'd be losing out on the time saving awesomeness of re-use. I could see this being a great tool for designing a new look for a blog, but maybe not so much for individual pages.
            • Cindy says:
              Hi TJ, Thats also another option. You can also do an entire blog redesign with Impact to replace your current wordpress theme. Its much quicker and your old theme isn't affected or deleted at all since that and your Impact theme are totally independent from each other. So you can either design based on specific page content; or Make a design to apply to all blog pages for uniformity. It gives the user a lot of options based on what he needs.
  22. Caleb says:
    This would be good for creating specific landing pages for posts that are meant to sell affiliate products, but I am not sure I'd want it for other posts as I would not want to throw readers off by changing the pages up so drastically? I want to keep a clean even flow to my blog, but again it seems excellent for affiliate marketing ;)
    • Cindy says:
      Hi Caleb, yes its perfect for affiliate marketing... and if you want, you can use a different Impact template for every affiliate product you sell.
  23. element321 says:
    Hi Cindy! Nice to see you here. This looks like a great plugin. This could come in handy if you need a simple custom built theme for a client that doesn't want to play for a total custom theme but wants the look of premium theme. I don't think its as good as Thesis but will help build some good looking themes.
    • Cindy says:
      Hi James thanks, yes finally :) It'll come in handy for sure. Adding and removal of sidebars are just a click away, and there are limitless themes you can create with Impact that you can offer your client.
  24. Mike says:
    These template builders can only use to build simple Wordpress themes, I think. So, there's some use of it to replace what's so called "premium themes" for affiliate sites. However, I don't think this builder can replace quality themes like Thesis and other beautiful themes where you need to have a designer :)
    • Cindy says:
      Hey Mike, yes nothing replaces the design and functionality of Thesis. You can use Impact if you want additional customized pages done like a snazzy maintenance mode page, with a 'Subscribe to Newsletter' option below it and throw in a little php code. You can do a lot with Impact if you are very imaginative, and it hardly affects if you have Thesis or other premium themes installed. Thanks for the input, Mike :)
  25. Kharim says:
    Wow, didn't know there was a plugin like that. It looks pretty great, I must try it out. Thanks for the share.
    • Cindy says:
      Hi Kharim... yes its a new plugin. It was just released this August. Its a great plugin and theyre still working on a newer version to make it greater. Thanks for dropping by, Kharim :)
  26. Stephen says:
    This seems like a really handy plugin, especially for people who would like to take a bit more control over theme designs without digging too deeply into the coding side of WordPress.
    • Cindy says:
      Hi Stephen, I agree with you on that.. I used to manually import my code from the parent theme before I'm able to do edits. It can be a bit tiring process if done repeatedly. Most of the much advanced coding you want to do in Impact is in the Template Custom CSS which is found in the same tab. Thanks for the comment, Stephen!
  27. Steve says:
    You make this seem like a pretty interesting piece of software. I can definitely see some use for it. Thanks
    • Cindy says:
      Hi Steve, yes I enjoy using this plugin because I dont have to code manually and you can easily switch tabs to add an image or to fix code. Its pretty handy. Youre welcome!

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