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[Resolved] Does Toolset work with the Avada theme?

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Last updated by AlexV7701 4 years, 11 months ago.

Assisted by: Nigel.

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Tell us what you are trying to do?

We are looking for a way to build templates. We tried Blocks, but the design options are too limited for us at this point.

Can we use thee Avada theme to create custom templates and archives? Ad if yes, what is the best way, through Toolset or through Avada with custom fields?

Thank you very much,
Terry

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I haven't been able to test Avada since they introduced their own templating system to comment on how well it works and how well it supports using third-party content as dynamic sources. I expect it will be able to use raw custom field values, but may not know the particulars of Types custom fields. So when you output a Types image field, for example, you can output it as an img tag and specify the size etc. But the raw value saved in wp_postmeta is just the image URL, and that is likely what Avada would have access to, though I'm not sure, you would need to try it and see. (Note that Types custom fields are stored with a wpcf- prefix, e.g. "my-field" would be stored with a key of "wpcf-my-field".)

We don't have any current open issues with Avada, so the traditional integration whereby you can design Toolset's content templates with Avada remains the other option, see https://toolset.com/documentation/recommended-themes/toolset-and-avada-theme-layouts-and-custom-templates-without-coding/

I suggest you try both approaches on a test site and see which suits your workflow best.

#1530185

Thanks so much, Nigel, for your helpful reply. We are going to try and test the first method.

#1530189

My issue is resolved now. Thank you!