[Resolved] Not using Layouts, but just use Views shortcodes
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I am building a site with Toolset. The site uses the Avada theme. I have installed the Toolset-Avada integration plugin. However, I run into different kinds of issues regarding the styling of items.
I was wondering:
Is it possible to not use Layouts at all, but just use the View shortcodes directly into the Avada theme builder?
I tried it with one page and it seems to work fine: the page is building correctly and the Views shortcode is building the view.
If I am able to use these shortcodes, then why should I use Layouts and the Avada integration at all? There might be good reasons which I am not thinking of now. If so, please let me know 🙂
Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.
Well - it will work but the main difference is that you can use Layouts to design any part of your website and not just per-page templates. This means you can create custom designs for all your archive pages, such as author, category, and blog. You can also design your home page, apply layouts to whole post types and even design your custom Error 404 Page.
So basically layouts replace your page, so you can build and design your layouts as you need and customize any section of page using layouts.
Thank you for your clear response. I see Layouts is useful for the archive pages, which I will use it for. However, that means I have to solve some issues I have with the styling of the pages with Layouts activated. I use the Avada theme, with the Layouts-Avada integration. All plugins and themes are the latest versions.
The page content does not align correctly with the Layouts plugin activated. The site is not live yet, but I made an image that shows what I mean.
The red vertical bar is added by me to show that the left alignment is not correct. As soon as I use Layouts, the main body content shifts to the left. Without Layouts the alignment is correct.
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I see that you have deactivated the "Toolset Avada Integration" plugin. If you just dont want to use integration plugin you do not need layouts plugin. Are you willing to use Avada integration plugin?
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Thank you for your solution, I will try it and I will let you know.
Just wondering - could you find what causes this issue? Since the site is only using an unmodified Avada theme and unmodified Toolset plugins, is it a bug in the Layouts-Avada integration plug-in?
Thank you and I will let you know if your solution works.
