The Best Is Still Yet To Come
The Avada Website Builder
Roadmap Update
Say hello to Avada 7.1, the follow on update from version 7.0, 6.2, 6.1, and 6.0, which formulates our vision for the future of designing and building websites with WordPress and Avada.
The Avada Website Builder is feature-packed with a vast array of tools and style options that will complete your toolkit, ready to take on any project. Build any website layout to suit your business needs from the header down to the footer. Build bespoke forms, menus, layouts, and take advantage of the latest Flexbox technology to create mobile-friendly designs across all devices from desktop to mobile. Continue reading below to discover more.
BUILD YOUR OWN FORMS
Introducing The Avada Form Builder
Brand new for Avada 7.1 is the Form Builder, created exclusively in-house by our team, with several key facets in mind: Flexibility, control, and choice. Using the new Form Builder allows you to eliminate the need for another 3rd party plugin.
Website owners can use forms for more than just a standard contact form; forms should work for you. Use them for marketing campaigns, customer surveys, opinion polls, reservations, events, and so much more. We have also created the option for forms to integrate with the free HubSpot CRM. Make sure the time and effort you spend acquiring leads pay off in the long run. Automatically send leads that you generate via the Avada Form Builder to the HubSpot CRM and create personalized opportunities for your marketing strategy.
YOUR FORMS YOUR WAY
Full Design Control
Building your online forms could not be any easier with Avada’s Drag & Drop Form Builder. There are 19 dedicated Form Elements that give you immense flexibility when building forms for your Avada website. What’s more, using the new Form Builder allows you to eliminate the need for another 3rd party plugin.
11 READY TO USE
Prebuilt Forms
Our team has created a collection of 11 prebuilt forms for you to use with your Avada website. Each prebuilt form can be used as is out of the box or further customized to suit your business’s specific needs. Use them for marketing campaigns, customer surveys, opinion polls, reservations, events, and so much more.
CONNECT TO A CRM
Hubspot Integration
Forms can be integrated integrate with the free HubSpot CRM. Make sure the time and effort you spend acquiring leads pay off in the long run. Automatically send leads that you generate via website form submissions to the HubSpot CRM and create personalized opportunities for your marketing strategy.
TWO BRAND NEW PREBUILT WEBSITES
Stylish, Lite, Highly Customizable.
Importing any Avada prebuilt website is as simple as clicking a button and is highly flexible. You can choose to import a full website and parts of any other or anything in between. Choose pages, posts, portfolios, images, sliders, theme options, widgets, or to uninstall as you prefer.
PERFECT FOR THE REMOTE PROFESSIONAL
Virtual Assistant
Avada Virtual Assistant is a new prebuilt website that you can import at the click of a button. Use this prebuilt site as is or customize to best suit your website project needs by adapting it to fit any industry niche. It is lightweight, bright, and vibrant and will undoubtedly get your branded message across to your target audience.
FRESH, MODERN & CLEAN
Financial Advisor
Avada Financial Advisor is a new prebuilt website that you can import at the click of a button. Use this prebuilt site as is or customize to best suit your website project needs by adapting it to fit any industry niche. It is lightweight, minimalist and will undoubtedly get your branded message across to your target audience.
CONTINUED VALUE
Noteworthy Additions
We do not rest on our laurels, that is for sure. Growing and evolving the Avada Website Builder into the ultimate website building toolkit is core to our focus as a team. Everything from third-party compatibility for your essential plugins to the continued improvement of existing Avada assets is always central to our development strategy for the future of Avada.
WooCommerce 4.5
Avada is compatible with WooCommerce 4.5
Choose Lazy Loading Method
New Global Option to choose preferred image lazy loading method (Avada / WP native / disabled).
Auto Update Support
Auto Update is now supported for Avada and Core Plugins.
Font Awesome 5.15
Avada now features Font Awesome 5.15 (1609 Icons)
New Alert Element Options
The Alert Element has been updated with new options
New Title Element Options
The Title Element has been updated with new options.
New FAQ Element Options
The FAQ Element has been updated with new options.
The Complete List of Avada 7.1
New Features, Fixes and Improvements
The whole team here at ThemeFusion work tirelessly to bring you the very best page building experience available, and we stand firmly behind our endeavours, and are proud to say that we believe in what we have delivered and think it to be the best on the market.
In true Avada fashion, below is a full, comprehensive and detailed outline of what we have fixed, improved and added to the Avada Website Builder for the 7.1 release.
NEW FEATURES
- NEW Financial Advisor Prebuilt Website
NEW Virtual Assistant Prebuilt Website
Avada Form Builder our fully integrated form solution
Added 19 form input elements to create virtually any form
Added a new Global Option to easily choose the image lazy loading method
Added text shadow option to the Title element
Added margin option to the Alert element
Added a filter to the prebuilt websites page, so that imported websites can easily be seen at once
Added “None” choice to the tooltip option in Social Links element
WordPress native auto updates for themes and plugins are now supported
Compatibility with WooCommerce 5.5
FIXES
- Price and popularity ordering clauses on the WooCommerce shop page, specifically for variable products
WooCommerce cart icon not correctly highlighting, when the cart is not empty in legacy headers
Compatibility issue with WooCommerce bundled products plugin and quick view
HTML tags in product titles not being correctly displayed on the WooCommerce cart page
WooCommerce placeholder image linking to current page in Avada’s image gallery
Fatal error happening on prebuilt website import, if the website uses WooCommerce but the plugin is not active on local
“Open Portfolio Links In New Window” option not working for the linked post title in the Portfolio element
“Custom Link URL On Archives” option not working for the post image when rollover is disabled
HubSpot plugin activation not working correctly from the prebuilt websites install modal
Flyout menu item background image option is missing if mega menu is disabled in Global Options
404 assets error when using the WordPress Customizer
Avada Slider alignment being incorrect on RTL sites, when using the slider assignment through Page Options
RTL animation issue with slide animation in Avada Slider
Title element left/right position being wrong on RTL sites when using no separator
Title element not correctly centered when using center alignment with animations but without before/after text
A few backend dashboard alignment issues for RTL sites
Compatibility issue with Yoast, when saving a custom layout while WooCommerce is active causes a fatal error
Compatibility issue with Dokan plugin
Compatibility issue with LearnDash plugin when using the Layout Builder
Compatibility issue with MediaVine plugin when using the Layout Builder
Main menu button in custom header not displaying sub-menus when in mobile mode
Main menu button icon in custom header displaying incorrectly when in mobile mode
Sticky visibility option not working in Menu element
Menu item image being squeezed when using vertical mode in Menu element
Icon only menu elements and cart icon position being to high in Menu element
Custom search icon having incorrect padding when using icon only option in Menu
Lightbox script causing a JS error, when image source is missing
Second highlight part becoming invisible in Title element highlight animation when loop is turned off
Special menu item options also being displayed on sub-menu levels
Line breaks not working in Text Block element when used in a Global element
ACF fields set for a specific post category not being available in dynamic content options
Visibility options not working in Image Before & After element, if fade animation is used
Generic class name “large” causing potential compatibility issues with other plugin
Popover element arrow being misplaced
Drop shadow getting removed in Image element when border radius is set to 50%
Center alignment choice in Video element causing a CSS issue, leading to incorrect alignment and size
Image sizes sometimes being loaded incorrectly after a a layout section like header or page title bar
SON file upload not working for Lottie element unless activated through a plugin
Anchor scrolling animation being double invoked on Content Boxes element title, causing a slight animation delay
Live search not working when using an apostrophe in the search term
Archive element infinite scroll not correctly working for portfolio and other CPTs
PHP notices on blank page placeholder, when using PolyLang
PHP notice on archive pages when using the layout builder
A few compatibility issues with old PHP versions (5.6.x)
Layout Builder global layouts not being translatable in WPML and PolyLang
Carousel element images cropped when using WordPress lazy loading (fixed through a new Global Option)
Related Posts layout element misses related CSS and JS if Image Carousel element is disabled in Avada Builder options
“Avada Builder Library” string not being translatable
WCAG issue with search form missing aria label
WCAG issue where tab focus is not trapped within the open lightbox
WCAG issue with lightbox icons missing role
WCAG issue with mobile menu sub-menu expand icons missing focus
Border radius set on Column element cutting Avada Live UI for Nested Columns element
Slider Revolution causing a JS error when using post slider option but no slides could be found
Switch options displaying 0/1 instead of no/yes in the descriptions in Avada Live
Items disappearing in Blog element in Avada Live, when title, excerpt and met data are disabled
Read more symbol in Blog element not working on re-render in Avada Live
IMPROVEMENTS
PERFORMANCE: Made sure Slider Revolution custom Avada styles database queries are not performed on every admin page load
IMPROVEMENT: CPT taxonomies are now supported in Avada Live editor using a filter
IMPROVEMENT: Changed the source order for self-hosted video backgrounds in Container element for better browser loading
IMPROVEMENT: Image element using post image as dynamic data now displaying the post’s image even in archives
IMPROVEMENT: Updated several option descriptions and dependencies for better usability
UPDATED: Custom jQuery code to resolve warnings with the jQuery migrate plugin
