as far as theme builders go, i used to think wp visual bakery was where it was at. then i discovered dive by elegant themes and i feel like it was heaven-sent.
sure, there are things about this builder that are going to drive you crazy – it’s highly customizable, but to a point, and it doesn’t always integrate exactly how you want it to.
as with most tools, there’s a learning curve but it’s not steep and there is a lot of information online, tutorials and video walkthroughs and so forth.
note that divi doesn’t seem to like shortcodes too much, at least within the builder itself. when you are working with the visual editor, you kind of have to hope for the best but in most cases the final result can end up looking like what you want.
i had trouble with slider revolution and smashballoon (Instagram and social sharing platform) not wanting to display or looking really out of proportion, pushing things out of balance on the page while i was editing and then on the front end it looked perfect. in fact, my Instagram feed doesn’t even show up in the editor but looks great when the page loads. have faith, is what i’m saying.