WordPress: The Avada Theme

What are You Going to Make Today?

Within the DSA there are two primary WordPress themes. The older theme is Avada while the newer theme is Genesis. The Genesis theme is more up-to-date on standards for Accessibility, but moving to Genesis is not required at this time. Not all of the DSA’s departments have moved to the Genesis theme.

For departments still using the Avada theme, We have assembled a series of videos from the Avada Theme Fusion website that can get you started with making and editing pages. Besides the videos we have here, there are a lot of other tutorial videos, how-to documentation, and other resources accessible at the Avada Theme Fusion site.

Avada’s introduction to their page builder, known as the Avada Builder, helps to familiarize beginners with the basic design principles of how to build pages, create layouts, and add features to an Avada page or post.  Check it out by clicking the button above.

In addition to the normal Avada Builder in the intro video, Avada has another way to create web pages. Using Avada Live you can see what the page looks like as yo are building it. You can even see and customize different settings for different size screens in real-time. We recommend using this approach for beginners once you’ve watched the intro video.

Avada In-Depth

Now that you’ve got the basics of both the Avada Builder and Avada Live, it’s time to get into some more detailed stuff. Below is a series of videos -some are oriented towards Avada Builder, while others towards Avada Live. All of them are useful no matter which method you prefer.

Avada Builder Right Click Features Button

Using the Right Click Features in Avada Builder

Cloning, copying, and moving elements in Avada Live.

Button for a page to look up Avada Elements

Avada Page for looking up different elements and how to use them.  A very handy place to have.

Using the Avada Library Link Button

Using the Builder library, saving and applying containers & columns from one page to the next.

Using the Global Library link Button

Advanced Avada – Using the Global Library.  Making changes to one item and having it carry across multiple pages, automatically.

Additional Avada Resources Page

Explore more with the hundreds of articles and videos at the Avada Theme Fusion Support Page!

In addition to the videos and resources above, we have a few additional articles that we have selected to help you get started with WordPress. From walkthroughs to create your first post, to overviews of aesthetics and guidelines, for essential pages these contain comprehensive information. Check them out to become even better with Avada.