Avada 7.9 Released

Avada 7.9 has been released! This significant release is packed with feature-rich workflow advancements and new features. The list is long, so for starters, here are the 46 new features, or take a look at the complete changelog. Also, check out some possible breaking changes that offer significant improvement.

1. NEW: Added a full Mega Menu builder, using the builder UI and saving to the Library for easy re-use
2. NEW: Added maintenance and coming soon mode including settings
3. NEW: Added a user role manager to easily manage which user roles have access to the different areas of Avada
4. NEW: Added Table Of Contents element with various design options to easily auto-render all headings on a post/page
5. NEW: Added options to display text decorations (like underline) to text links across the site
6. NEW: Added the possibility to re-order Avada Layout cards
7. NEW: Added several advanced transition animation options to full-screen scrolling sections
8. NEW: Added a Submenu element with full set of design options for easy usage in the new Mega Menu builder
9. NEW: Added Circle Info element allowing stylish and interactive presentation of short blocks of content
10. NEW: Added Stripe Button element for easily selling products through Stripe
11. NEW: Added text hover effects to Button element
12. NEW: Added advanced transform options, both regular and hover to Column and Nested Columns element
13. NEW: Added a new color swipe animation type to all element Animations
14. NEW: Added a delay option to all element animations
15. NEW: Added mouse scroll design options to Post Cards element
16. NEW: Added extensive options for easy styling of navigation in Post Cards element
17. NEW: Added image sorting option to the Image Carousel element
18. NEW: Added an option to disable the post name on breadcrumbs
19. NEW: Added a form label font size option to Avada Forms
20. NEW: Added a Live Editor preview background color option for Avada Forms
21. NEW: Added Consent Field element to Avada Forms to easily get explicit or implicit user consent
22. NEW: Added support for HubSpot’s advanced GDPR tools to Avada Forms
23. NEW: Added support for passing data to Mailchimp depending on the new Consent Field element in Avada Forms
24. NEW: Added option to Avada Forms Password element to show a password reveal icon
25. NEW: Added new “must match” options to Avada Forms Email and Password elements to enable classic sign-up forms
26. NEW: Added a starting value option to Avada Forms Text and Email elements
27. NEW: Added options for ordered lists to the Checklist element
28. NEW: Added more icon-related child options to the Checklist element
29. NEW: Added border radius option and responsive padding options to Tabs element
30. NEW: Added global padding option to the Sharing Box element
31. NEW: Added padding options to Toggle and FAQ elements
32. NEW: Added options to style the Load More button in Post Card Archives element
33. NEW: Added options to have stacked sub-menu mode and additional preferences to Menu element when used in vertical mode
34. NEW: Added option to the Menu element, that allows choosing between Toggle and Accordion mode when opening sub-menus on mobile
35. NEW: Added link color and target, height, typography, and border-radius settings to the Newsticker element
36. NEW: Added margin options to the individual boxes of the Content Boxes element
37. NEW: Added z-index option to Off-Canvas
38. NEW: Added an option to display “All Events” link on single Events Calendar posts
39. NEW: Added Snapchat to social links
40. NEW: Added user avatar to dynamic data options
41. NEW: Added support for ACF select field (multi) in dynamic data options
42. NEW: Added comment status and comment count to the conditional rendering engine
43. NEW: Added a filter for easy extension of conditional rendering
44. NEW: Added a filter for easy extension of Avada Forms actions
45. NEW: Added a filter for file upload handling in Avada Forms
46. NEW: Added a filter to prevent dynamic CSS generation