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Enfold is a clean, super flexible and fully responsive WordPress Theme (try resizing your browser), suited for business websites, shop websites, and users who want to showcase their work on a neat portfolio site. The Theme is built on top of the fabulous Avia Framework and offers support for the WPML MULTI LANGUAGE plugin, just in case you need it
It comes with a plethora of options so you can modify layout, styling, colors and fonts directly from within the backend. Build your own clean skin or use one of 18 predefined skins right out from your WordPress Admin Panel. Font, background and color options as well as the dynamic template builder will help you create the Website you need in no time. In addition to the global options you can set unique styling options for each entry as seen in the theme demo
Key Features Overview
- Clean, Modern Design can be used for any type of website
- Unique Drag and Drop Template Builder, built only for this theme. Almost any layout imaginable is possible. Also comes with a ton of Unique elements for the template Builder:
- Columns, Slider, Buttons, Gallery, team, Tabs, Toogles, Accordions, Pricing and Data Tables, Call to Action Buttons, Testimonials and many more. (To avoid confusion: this is a Content Editor. Header and Footer are not managed this way)
- Ajax Instant Search: user get results while typing
- Translation ready with mo/po files
- WooCommerce Ready: add your own Shop and sell anything from digital Goods to Coconuts
- WooCommerce Bookings Support for time and date based bookings
- WPML plugin ready:WPML Plugin, in case your business needs a multi language site
- Responsive designs that addapts to smaller devices (iphone, ipad)
- Retina Ready: Looks beautiful on smarthpones and tablets
- Deactivate responsive features with one click in your backend
- WordPress Multisite enabled
- Mailchimp Newsletter Integration
- Events Calendar and Events Calendar Pro Integration
- 2D + 3D Layerslider Slideshow (Layerslider Plugin included)
- 2D Easy Slider for slideshow creation in seconds
- All slideshows optimized for mobile devices (hardware accelerated CSS3 slider)
- Post Format Support: Standard, Image, Video, Gallery, Link, Quote
- Multiple Slideshows possible. You can add multiple to each post, page or portfolio entry
- 20+ predefined skins, easy to edit and modify. Any number of skins possible
- Video Support: Supports Videos from any major video hosting service
- Video Slideshows with support for Youtube, Vimeo and self hosted videos
- Visual Shortcode editor with preview function, tons of shortcodes like pricing tables, columns, buttons etc
- Unlimited Color Options with Backend Color Picker for any kind of gorgeous color settings.
- Unique unlimited sidebars for each page/category possible
- User Manual, short videos and professional theme support by me and my team to fix any kind of problems
- Unlimited Portfolio Pages. Also supports Ajax Portfolio
- Free Lifetime Updates and access to our support forum
- Growing community in our support forum:over 50000 registered users, 85000 Topics, 350000 Posts. We do care that your site works and answer every post!
- jQuery 100% unobtrusive wich degrades gracefully if javascript is turned off
- Contact Form Builder: Modify your contact form from your backend: add/remove/modify the available inputs, textareas, dropdowns and checkboxes
- SEO Optimized: our Code is built with SEO best practice in mind: headings, heavy internal linking, google rich snippets and so much more
- Advanced Typography Options
- Wide & Boxed Layout Versions
- Advanced Header Options
- Child theme support for easy customization, that is not affected by theme updates. You can download a very basic child theme here
- more than 30 PSDs included with almost every page template you see in the "Enfold Default Demo"
- RTL stylesheet for languages that are read from right to left like Arabic, Hebrew, etc
- 20+ different Language Files included:
- English
- German
- Czech
- Danish
- Spanish
- French
- Italian
- Japanese
- Dutch
- Portugese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Swedish
- Turkish
- Korean
- Arabic
- Norsk
- Persian
- Simplified Chinese
- Traditional Chinese
- Clean Programming: Well organized, commented & clean code
- Focus on typography, usability and user-experience
- Tested with WPML, Gravitforms, WP Supercache and many other common plugins
- Extensive documentation
- Growing Video Tutorial Library– A great place to start are our narrated HD Video Tutorials
- The option to decide what updates the theme will receive next by suggesting and voting on features: http://www.kriesi.at/support/enfold-feature-requests/
SEO (Search engine optimization)
The theme is built with SEO best practices in mind. It uses clean, semantical and valid HTML code and CSS so search engines can index the content of your site with ease. Important content is always placed before unimportent in your source code (eg: Blog Post content before Sidebar), Headlines are wrapped in heading tags (h1, h2, h3 etc) to signalise their importance to search engines.
The site also uses heavy internal site linking, which is also of vital for search engines (related posts, primary and secondary navigation menus, footer navigation, etc) With this WordPress Template you are well equipped to get a high google ranking and attract visitors to show them your fantastic work
This is a responsive theme, able to adapt its layout to the screen size of your visitors. (try resizing the screen and see for yourself) The Slideshows for this theme are also touch enabled and hardware accelerated, which means they are working super sleek on mobile device like ipad or iphone
Support and Documentation
The theme comes with an extensive help file to help you understand how it works. If you encounter any problems or have questions once you purchased the theme feel free to drop us a notice at http://www.kriesi.at/support
We have 12000 registered members that often help out faster than we can. Nevertheless you will always recieve a response from me or my support team. More than 100000 Posts show that we do care that your site works fine
A short notice: The reasons I have chosen to use my own forum are quite simple:
- Themeforest support threads are not searchable. Since most questions are asked over and over again a searchable forum will greatly enhance your experience since the answer to your question might already be there.
- Second Reason: people can't respond to each other at themeforest to help each other out, which often happens on the support forums.
Hope you are happy with the theme. Have fun editing it
Best regards
External scripts and resources used
- Layerslider WP
- Main Icon set: Entypo Icon Font
- Some Iconsets made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com
- flickr creative commons library pictures by: codyR, kretyen, mescon, obskura, freya23, amir K, Tambako the Jaguar, jaeWalk
- dribbble Portfolio Pictures by Dash
- Please Note: Most images in the theme demo are stock photos from photodune which are not part of the theme
January 24th 2024 – Version 5.6.10
tweak: CSS improvements linebreak in sort buttons in ALB accordion tweak: fix problem with broken layout after updating plugins due to cached and/or merged theme css files tweak: CSS in ALB image - overlay overflow covering columns on hover tweak: vulnerability fix changed link "http://gmpg.org/xfn/11" to https:// tweak: added screen reader tag to menu items on the menus screen of mega menu added: ALB contact form option to limit datepicker in future dates only fixed: CET Masonry Load More Button not working when items per page locked fixed: ALB video hide video controls (html5 or self hosted) if selected in option fixed: ALB gallery thumbnails CSS alignment issue on Safari and Firefox on macOS fixed: added CSS rule background-attachment local to ALB gridrow cell to center image in cell fixed: Uncaught TypeError: aviaPostCssManagement::handler_wp_save_post() - removed type check updated: Layerslider 7.9.7 - vulnerability fixes updated: sync all language files (5.6.10) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.6.10 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.6.10, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) DEVELOPERS: tweak: changed access from protected to public for avia_font_manager::zip_flatten() added: filter 'avf_toggle_sorted_tags' - allows to change sort order of filter tabs in ALB accordion (https://github.com/KriesiMedia/enfold-library/blob/master/actions%20and%20filters/ALB%20Elements/Toggles%20(Accordion)/avf_toggle_sorted_tags.php) added: filter 'avf_skip_upgrader_process_complete' - allows to skip our actions added: filter 'avf_tab_subsection_image_size' - filter image size for tab section tab image
December 7th 2023 – Version 5.6.9
tweak: added support for special character translation plugin v1.1.2 to ALB OSM-Leaflet Map element tweak: improved accepted e-mail links in ALB (also for obfuscate): [mailto:]email@example.com[?subject=your_subject&body=your_body] tweak: CSS fixes for WooCommerce Cart and Checkout when using blocks tweak: add info message to theme options for inactive special pages to remove info in page list PHP 8.3 compatibility.: added required function argument to get_class() feature: duplicate post link for all post types (also for custom post types) fixed: Image element Zoom on hover animation fixed: ALB in block editor hides sidebar in fullscreen mode fixed: CSS to display svg images in ALB backend (modal popup and canvas) - no frontend support yet fixed: pagination shows page 1 of 0 when selected "all posts" and "pagination" in various ALB elements updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.6.9, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: French language files fr_FR (version 5.6.8 provided by comkapi - Patrick) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.6.9 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) DEVELOPERS: updated: Enfold Special Character Translation Plugin to v1.1.3 (https://github.com/KriesiMedia/enfold-library/tree/master/codesnippets%2C%20tricks%2C%20plugins/Enfold/integration%20plugins/Enfold/Special%20Character%20Translation) added: theme support 'avia-no-duplicate-post' - does not show action links to duplicate posts added: filter 'avf_ignore_duplicate_post_types' - add post types that do not need a duplicate action link from Enfold (e.g. WooCommerce Products) added: filter 'avf_duplicate_post_capability' - set user capability to allow duplicate link added: filter 'avf_duplicate_post_new_post_author' - change post author for new post (defaults to current user) added: filter 'avf_duplicate_post_new_post_taxonomies' - change taxonomies to copy to new post added: filter 'avf_duplicate_post_new_post_meta' - change post meta to copy to new post added: action 'avf_duplicate_post_added' - fired after duplicated post had been added
October 24th 2023 – Version 5.6.8
fixed: improved CSS for chrome bug accordion toggles do not close properly and leave white space updated: Layerslider 7.9.1
October 24th 2023 – Version 5.6.7
tweak: replaced old Twitter icon with X-Twitter icon tweak: WP media element was loaded on pages with image slideshows (av_blog and av_postslider still force loading) tweak: added inputmode="none" to datepicker in contact forms to hide default mobile keyboard tweak: added support for public and unlisted Vimeo links to lightbox script avia-snippet-lightbox.js tweak: ALB in Block editor when in fullscreen mode hides sidebar and uses full screen (same as in classic editor) added: TikTok and Square-X-Twitter icons and social links fixed: added timeout to curl request when loading svg image for inline fixed: CSS for broken caption alignment in ALB slideshow featured image in ALB Tab Section and not streched layout fixed: PHP 8.2.4 warning - Creation of dynamic property Avia_Gutenberg_Dynamic_Styles::$typos is deprecated fixed: PHP 8.2.4 warning - Creation of dynamic property JSqueeze::$local_tree, JSqueeze::$used_tree is deprecated fixed: PHP 8.2.4 warning - Creation of dynamic property avia_slideshow::$service is deprecated fixed: font hover color of Menu Links in overlay/slide out fixed: Loading="lazy" attribute missing for some ALB elements fixed: CSS for chrome bug accordion toggles do not close properly and leave white space accessibility: added missing role="menu" and role='menuitem' to ALB element 'Fullwidth Sub Menu' accessibility: added tabindex='-1' to scroll to top button security: added shortcode "av_email_spam" to tinyMCE magic wand button to obfuscate E-Mail links YOAST compatibility: fixed fatal error on Yoast Sitemap.xml when called with custom or special page like 404, .... updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.6.6, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) DEVELOPERS: removed: usage of charmap-compat.php removed: line sourceMappingURL=dotlottie-player.js.map in dotlottie-player.js to avoid console warnings added: filter 'avf_custom_main_classes' - add custom classes to main tag in base templates added: filters 'avf_obfuscate_email_link' and 'avf_obfuscate_email_link_hex_encoding' for ALB links
August 29th 2023 – Version 5.6.6
tweak: reduce gap in select box for parallax speed from 10% to 2% (ALB modal popup) tweak: Move transparent logo option to general theme options below Logo fixed: ALB Image is not circle when shadow is enabled on Chrome (browser update issue) fixed: broken html when "no logo" is selected in theme options (since 5.6.5 ???) fixed: backend custom widget box displayed twice when minified scripts selected fixed: Warning Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property in Avia_Popup_Templates fixed: OpenstreetMap Marker Popup shows double "br" fixed: ALB column row margins not applied for individual height row layout updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.6.5, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: Layerslider v7.8.0 (fixes broken dynamic layers ) DEVELOPERS: added: filter 'avf_relevanssi_ajax_search' - change amount of ajax search result
July 26th 2023 – Version 5.6.5
accessibility: added 'aria-haspopup': 'true', 'aria-controls': 'menu2' to burger menu "ul" tag accessibility: added 'role': 'menuitem' to burger menu items accessibility: added aria-label='title" or "alt" or "Logo" to logo "a" tag accessibility: added role, title and alt attributes from media library to svg images accessibility: added aria-label to a.avia-image of ALB image fixed: Warning: Undefined array key "term_rel" in .../config-templatebuilder/avia-shortcodes/blog/blog.php line 562 fixed: small typo "Missing intagram user name" fixed: Enfold WooCommerce CSS override custom CSS or child theme CSS settings fixed: possible vulnerability in ..\framework\php\class-media.php line 114 with $_GET['avia_label'] updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.6.4, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: Croatian language files hr (version 5.6.4, provided by NUIT d.o.o. - firstname.lastname@example.com ) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.6.4 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: Some fixes in de_DE_formal translation (Du -> Sie) DEVELOPERS: added: filter 'avf_avia_logo_link_aria_label' - modify complete aria-label for logo link "a" tag added: filter 'avf_avia_logo_link_title' - allows to add a link title to logo link "a" tag added: filter 'avf_ignore_svg_aria_attributes' - allows to ignore adding aria attributes to svg image added: filter 'avf_set_svg_aria_attributes' - allows to remove or add attributes to svg image
July 14th 2023 – Version 5.6.4
feature: ALB Countdown option to display message when finished feature: option Multiple Categories/Terms Relation to query posts only if in multiple categories ( cat a AND cat b ): Blog Posts Masonry Portfolio Grid Post Slider Product Grid Product List Product Slider tweak: ALB Special Heading allow responsive font sizes for "Default Style" SEO Optimization: Allow to add a custom link title attribute to various elements Animated Numbers Catalog Contentslider Cell Fullwidth Button Fullwidth Sub Menu Heading Headline Rotator Icon Icon Circles Icon Box Icon List Magazine Promo Box Timeline fixed: ALB Gridrow cell padding for other devices does not work when default padding is not set fixed: 3-rd party shortcode with \ breaks regex in class-shortcode-parser.php fixed: ALB Testimonial replace wrong single quotes on Testimonial link breaking HTML updated: Layerslider v7.7.10 (security patch) updated: sync all language files (5.6.4) DEVELOPERS: added: filter 'avf_testimonial_single_target' - change default behaviour of target="_blank" added: filter 'avf_testimonial_single_rel' - change default behaviour of rel="noopener noreferrer"
June 26th 2023 – Version 5.6.3
performance: remove no longer needed vendor related CSS rules ( -webkit- -ms- -o- -moz- ) fixed: hide selectbox to change CET base in modal popup when "admins only" selected in theme options for non admins fixed: missing translation in frontend admin bar fixed: broken Mailchimp Signup - updated to support Mailchimp API 3.0 added: theme option Performance -> Show Advanced Options -> Old Browser Support to load the removed rules again WooCommerce compatibility: ajax cart dropdown not working with 7.8 WooCommerce compatibility: hide ajax cart on cart and checkout page (new in 7.8) - use filter 'woocommerce_widget_cart_is_hidden' to change TEC Pro compatibility: minor CSS fixes for broken footer layout for series post type WooCommerce/YOAST compatibility: product snippet button and variation products break backend on update product updated: Lottie Player js component (https://dotlottie.github.io/player-component/) - reverted back as version seems to be buggy updated: French language files fr_FR (version 5.6.2 provided by comkapi - Patrick) updated: Czech language files cs_CZ (version 5.6.2 provided by DemonioCZ - https://github.com/KriesiMedia/enfold-language-files/pull/50 ) updated: German language files minor translation errors updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.6.3, provided by BigBatT - email@example.com) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.6.3 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) DEVELOPERS: tweak: added false to class_exist() function added: filter 'avf_old_browser_support' – allows to overwrite theme option "Support old browsers" when selected added: action 'ava_framework_before_print_admin_page_styles' – fired before framework outputs styles added: filter 'avf_portfolio_cpt_tax_args' - allows to modify $tax_args arguments
May 10th 2023 – Version 5.6.2
fixed: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function apply_filter() in class avia_masonry
May 8th 2023 – Version 5.6.1
tweak: add a fallback to class aviaElementManager in case of broken internal data structure tweak: improve logic of loading of language files tweak: use WP local language for reCaptcha by default fixed: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function did_filter() during update process added: post type depending class to article of class avia_post_slider updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.6, provided by BigBatT - email@example.com) DEVELOPERS: updated: filter avf_combo_box_image_size - added parameters
May 2nd 2023 – Version 5.6
feature: Fold/Unfold option for: Textblock Grid Row Sections Columns feature: Reading Progress Bar below header feature: ALB section - set custom section height depending on screen width tweak: added theme option to enable ALB debug mode tweak: Options to show posts meta data in theme widgets Combo Widget, Latest News, Latest Portfolio tweak: ALB Countdown layout and CSS improvements tweak: escaped copyright text for ALB masonry elements to avoid breaking of layout due to nested anchor tags - use filter 'avf_alb_masonry_copyright_text' to allow HTML tags tweak: extend theme option to allow 6 columns in footer tweak: fallback for a broken array structure in database in class-element-manager.php tweak: extend theme option -> Header -> Shrinking Amount to start from 1% fixed: responsive CSS for retro clock (animated countdown) fixed: CSS with 1/1 column in Grid Row growing on mobile devices (e.g. in Parallax Demo) fixed: ALB video element preview/fallback image not showing fixed: ALB contact form make text "Error in fields" translatable fixed: CSS for ALB Before-After Image invisible when outside of layout element fixed: WooCommerce default shop page does not use "Layout" metabox settings fixed: ALB Post Metadata removed unset($this->post) to avoid deprecate notice fixed: touch behavior for ALB Before-After Image removed: old, unused deprecated code and files WP compatibility: replace calls to deprecated function get_page_by_title() (v6.2) WP compatibility: not existing language files cause a large hit in WP object cache (v6.1) Gravity Form compatibility: fix in backend Add Form button not visible with classic editor plugin WooCommerce compatibility: added filter 'avf_wc_30_gallery_lightbox_use_max_image_size' - restore/remove WC 3.0 gallery limitation of sizes for lightbox WooCommerce compatibility: allow multiple steps for product quantity ( https://github.com/KriesiMedia/enfold-library/pull/24 ) updated: Layerslider v7.7.0 updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.5, provided by BigBatT - email@example.com) updated: sync all language files (5.6) updated: translation errors in de_xx files updated: Croatian language files hr (version 5.6, provided by NUIT d.o.o. - firstname.lastname@example.com ) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.6 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: Hungarian language files hu_HU (5.6, provided by Földesi Stúdió - Földesi Mihály ) DEVELOPERS: feature: Search results can be displayed as postslider grid (use filter 'avf_search_result_layout') tweak: add getter functions for protected member of class avia_widget_loader tweak: class avia_post_slider added to pass a filled WP_Query object in constructor added: filter 'avf_show_reading_progress_bar' - allows to hide on certain pages added: filter 'avf_widget_front_instance' - allows to change widget settings on page basis added: filter 'avf_alb_masonry_copyright_text' - allows to modify copyright text e.g. to remove anchor tag to avoid nesting added: filter 'avf_wc_parallax_banner_tag' - allows to change h1 tag for shop banner description container added: filter 'avf_fold_top_offset' - alter place to scroll when top of fold container out of viewport when folding (default 50px from top)
March 22nd 2023 – Version 5.5
feature: new ALB Element Lottie Animations (supports .lottie and .json) feature: new ALB Element Before-After Image (image difference) feature: added swipe feature to lightbox feature: added swipe feature to single post pages (including portfolio, products) feature: ALB Gallery options for navigation arrows to scroll through images without lightbox (include support for swipe feature) feature: Theme option to set a custom shrink factor for shrinking header feature: ALB Animated Countdown new styling options (flip numbers, retro clock) feature: ALB Events Countdown new styling options (flip numbers, retro clock) tweak: added a few more theme option colors to css variables fixed: ALB fullwidth easy slider youtube controls blocked by overlay (CSS fix) fixed: ALB modal popup only shows first image after opening in gallery, .... fixed: burger menu does not close when click on current page (subitems visible) Relevansi comp.: added support to use avia_product_slider and avia_masonry on search page updated: Layerslider v7.6.9 updated: sync all language files (5.5) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.5 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: Hungarian language files hu_HU (5.5, provided by Földesi Stúdió - Földesi Mihály ) updated: Croatian language files hr (version 5.5, provided by NUIT d.o.o. - firstname.lastname@example.com ) DEVELOPERS: added: filter 'avf_lottie_placeholder_url' - change link to custom placeholder animation added: filter 'avf_lottie_alb_backend_player' - change HTML of backend canvas player added: filter 'avf_post_nav_swipe_support' - change theme option added: filter 'avf_header_shrink_factor' - change shrink factor on page basis added: filter 'avf_enable_enqueue_dotlottie_script' - allows to force loading of basic dotlottie player js by 3rd party elements
Jan. 23rd 2023 – Version 5.4
Security/Performance: Improve backend for portfolio permalink settings (register-portfolio.php) Security Improvement: add user capability check to ajax callbacks feature: image copyright to more elements Easy Slider Featured Image Slider Fullscreen Slider Fullwidth Easy Slider Team Member performance: added compressed version of png to enfold/images/background-images/... performance: add passive listeners to jQuery touch and mouse wheel events performance: added theme option "Performance -> Show Advanced -> Custom Font Loading Source" - supress loading of custom uploaded fonts from default location tweak: split copyright toggle into content toggle and styling toggle for consistency tweak: ALB Image move link toggle to top in advanced tab tweak: add option "Page Element Filter" to ALB Post Slider tweak: add option to display an alert message box for empty required fields on ALB Contact Form fixed: notice caused by loading Google Fonts because of missing https: in class-style-generator.php fixed: theme option background image (General Styling Tab) breaks e.g --enfold-main-color-img in dynamic CSS fixed: CSS ALB Gallery big preview with thumbnails below and no scaling image distorting when mixed portrait and landscape fixed: Theme option Advanced Styling -> Menu Links in overlay/slide out missing added: note for ALB Blog Post that ALB pages/posts/.. only display Excerpt With Read More Link updated: Croatian language files hr (version 5.4-dev-2, provided by NUIT d.o.o. - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.4-dev-2, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.4-dev-2 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: sync all language files (5.4-dev-2) DEVELOPERS: tweak: Make functions overrideable in various plugins config-* folders tweak: clean up code in config-wordpress-seo/config.php added: filter 'avf_gmaps_no_google_fonts' - allows to supress loading Google Fonts by GMaps added: filter 'avf_combo_box_image_size' - allows to change image size in widget Enfold Combo Widget added: filter 'avf_postslider_posts_meta_data' - allows to show/hide post meta data in ALB Postslider/ALB Blog Posts added: filter 'avf_postslider_posts_meta_data_show' to override old behaviour in ALB Postslider/ALB Blog Posts (return true or false) added: filter 'avf_show_tags_meta' to override old behaviour in loop-index.php (return true or false)
Dec. 21st, 2022 – Version 188.8.131.52
security improvements: prevent changes to portfolio permalinks by non authenticated users security improvements: added user capability check for sidebar operations security improvements: added user capability check for various ajax requests fixed: YOAST fatal error explode() must be of type string array given (config-wordpress-seo/config.php:230)
Dec. 20th, 2022 – Version 5.3.1
WPML comp.: fix notice "Trying to read non existing property in class avia_superobject: wpml" updated: Google Maps API to 3.51 updated: Layerslider v7.6.7 updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.3, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: Croatian language files hr (version 5.3, provided by NUIT d.o.o. - email@example.com) DEVELOPERS: tweak: improved filter 'avf_alb_element_animation' - allows any top value 0 - 99 in returned class "av-custom-animated-top-xx" https://github.com/KriesiMedia/enfold-library/blob/master/actions%20and%20filters/ALB%20Elements/Animations/avf_alb_element_animation.php
Dec. 14th, 2022 – Version 5.3
feature: new ALB chart element feature: added option "Page Element Filter" to exclude page content from ALB subqueries for various elements: Blog Magazine Masonry Entries Portfolio Postslider Product Grid Product List Product Slider feature: option to display image copyright text from media library Masonry Masonry Gallery Horizontal Gallery performance: minify dynamic created css files in folder dynamic_avia (if WP_DEBUG is not set and file merging/minify is selected) tweak: move post-css files from ../uploads/avia_posts_css/ to ../uploads/dynamic_avia/avia_posts_css/ (old folder is kept for backwards comp. with cache plugins - can be deleted manually) tweak: move demo downloaded files from ../uploads/avia_demo_files/ to ../uploads/dynamic_avia/avia_demo_files/ (old folder is kept for backwards comp. only - can be deleted manually) tweak: move custom shape files from ../uploads/avia_custom_shapes to ../uploads/dynamic_avia/avia_custom_shapes (folder is moved in theme update routine if new folder does not exist) tweak: allow to upload variable google fonts - https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/typography/#using-variable-fonts - Support currently only for "named instances" tweak: add info for Envato Market Plugin - WP_CLI update support tweak: added a note to exclude page with contact form from cache tweak: replace theme options page icons png with svg tweak: added alt and title and schema.org to icon circles logo tweak: load 3rd party scripts unminified with WP_DEBUG only (waypoints, aviapopup) added: Option for icon to link to WooCommerce account/register/login page to menu (top header) added: Option to save video preview thumbs in media library (Youtube and Vimeo) - ALB Video element added: Option "Short description for backend" to various ALB elements fixed: ALB Contact Form hidden label and dropdown select box show placeholder fixed: Argument 1 passed to Avia_Gutenberg::handler_display_post_states() must be of the type array, bool given (caused by a plugin) fixed: advanced styling background color for "Small bar above Main Menu" not working on transparency pages fixed: hiding WPML langauge flags in extra elements menu by theme option not working fixed: bug with merge of minified css files - broken background image urls fixed: WP 6.1 CSS fix for underlined links fixed: WP 6.1 CSS fix additional margin with figure tag fixed: TEC display publish date instead of events date on single event blog element (since 6.0) fixed: CSS for light & dark transparent color schemes in ALB contact form fixed: broken frontend when ALB Blog queries a custom taxonomy (e.g. portfolio - portfolio items) and these are using ALB fixed: cannot redeclare av_upcoming_events_fallback() fixed: WooCommerce quantity pickers stop working when changing shipping method fixed: PHP 8.0 notice protected __destruct() in class-sub-item-query-base.php fixed: PHP 8.0 compatibility with indirect access to properties - class-popup-templates-responsive.php fixed: PHP 8.0 Deprecated: html_entity_decode(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) fixed: missing dependency warnings in YOAST and RankMath WPML: make ALB icon circles logo translateable IMPORTANT: ========== Custom uploaded type fonts and icon fonts via theme options page: - New sites or sites with no uploaded fonts use ../uploads/dynamic_avia/avia_type_fonts or ../uploads/dynamic_avia/avia_icon_fonts - Existing sites with uploaded fonts will keep ../uploads/avia_fonts due to risk of breaking sites because of database entries. - To switch to new directory structure delete all fonts first and then reupload them again (can be done any time after update) updated: Layerslider v7.6.1 updated: jQuery in documentation folder to v3.6.1 updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.2.1, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: sync all language files (5.3-dev-4) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.3-dev-4 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.3-dev-4, provided by BigBatT - email@example.com) DEVELOPERS: tweak: make all functions overrideable in enfold\config-woocommerce\config.php tweak: make all functions overrideable in enfold\config-woocommerce\config-woocommerce-bookings\config.php tweak: make all functions overrideable in enfold\config-wordpress-seo\config.php tweak: make all functions overrideable in enfold\config-rank-math\config.php tweak: enfold\config-woocommerce\config.php move filter hooks outside function_exist() check (was not consistent before) added: filter 'avf_css_strip_whitespace_dynamic_files' - allows to supress minify of dynamic files in production environments added: filter 'avf_dynamic_files_upload_folder' - allows to use a custom dynamic folder in WP uploads directory added: filter 'avf_disable_grid_cells_responsive_padding' - allows fallback (for old sites) to ignore responsive setting added: filter 'avf_el_styling_responsive_styles_ignore' - allows to use only default setting of styles (fallback for old sites) added: filter 'avf_loop_index_meta_time' - allows to change meta data publish date in loop-index added: filter 'avf_events_single_event_publish_date_format' - modify meta data single event start date format in loop-index added: filter 'avf_video_thumbnails_path' - modify path where uploaded video thumbnails are stored (youtube, vimeo) added: filter 'avf_google_recaptcha_apiurl' - allows e.g. WPML to redirect to current language of the page added: filter 'avf_google_recaptcha_apiurl_lang' - allows e.g. WPML to change to current language of the page added: filter 'avf_alb_element_animation' to some elements - allows to change start of animation when element comes in viewport added: new waypoint animation classes for filter 'avf_alb_element_animation' added: filters to allow dynamic charts (see docu https://kriesi.at/documentation/enfold/chart-element/ for examples how to use): - avf_chart_dataset_data - avf_chart_dataset_label - avf_chart_labels - avf_chartjs_config_object removed: global $woocommerce in enfold\config-woocommerce\config.php ( replaced by WC() ) deprecated functions in framework modified access to methods and properties of some framework and templatebuilder classes added a fallback when user accesses protected properties in framework and template builder classes - deprecated notice with WP_DEBUG deprecated and moved enfold\framework\php\class-queryfilter.php to enfold\framework\php\legacy\class-queryfilter.php
Oct. 22th, 2022 – Version 5.2.1
fixed: typo in enqueue_style slideshow.css in config-templatebuilder\avia-shortcodes\slideshow_fullsize\slideshow_fullsize.php
Oct. 18th, 2022 – Version 5.2
Performance feature: option to load minified js and css files instead of original js and css files (no file merging) CSS feature: added css vars for theme options "General Styling" tweak: clear theme update cache when validate/revalidate Envato token tweak: CSS image container fix on image blur hover effect tweak: version number added to scripts now based on theme version fixed: button and fullwidth button now show title attribute when linked to image in lightbox title fixed: CSS selectors for ALB Testimonials fixed: CSS selector for ALB Headline Rotator so Advanced Styling does not override element setting fixed: ALB Table bug in wp_enqueue_style parameter list (rendered false for version) fixed: slideshow buttons on mobile not working (Fullwidth Easy Slider and Fullscreen Slider) fixed: display issue on single event mobile view when Event Tickets plugin is active fixed: added a version check to avoid notice: Tribe__Events__Pro__Main::enable_recurring_info_tooltip is deprecated since version 6.0.0 fixed: added a check for Telegram social icon to avoid having to save theme options fixed: added a note that editing Custom Elements is not possible when fullscreen mode is enabled fixed: ALB gridrow responsive settings ignored when cell reverse or individual sorted fixed: ALB Contact Form multiple select label is selectable when labels are hidden updated: Layerslider 7.5.3 updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.2, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.2 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen) updated: French language files fr_FR (version 5.2 provided by comkapi - Patrick) updated: Spanish language files es_ES - minor changes only DEVELOPER: tweak: updated config-templatebuilder\avia-template-builder\php\external\JSqueeze.php to support ES6 class keyword fixed: filter 'avf_verification_password_field' and added new return value for readonly added: filter 'avf_ignore_min_file_for_merge' - allows to ignore .min files during merge on file basis added: filter 'avf_templ_archive_tab_portfolio' - allows to change table title "Portfolio" on archive template page added: filter 'avf_supress_css_theme_variables' - allows to supress generation of CSS vars
Sept. 1st, 2022 – Version 5.1.2
tweak: ALB Icon Grid add background images to front and back tweak: ALB Icon Grid added CSS flexbox model for better stylings tweak: ALB sticky toolbar in Block Editor fullscreen mode tweak: change CSS order of uploaded typefonts (woff2, woff, ttf, svg, eot) tweak: YOAST support for Tribe Events Calendar tweak: new ALB Image hover effects: - fade to alternate image - Grayscale - Smoothen (blur()) added: Telegram social share button fixed: Block editor ALB is not draggable in fullscreen mode fixed: conditional option fields in Partner/Logo Element not hidden fixed: minor CSS with padlock symbol in CET fixed: function_exists() check for avia_social_share_links_single_post fixed: minor CSS fixes on WC account page updated: LeafletJS to v1.8.0 updated: Layerslider 7.3.0 updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.1.2, provided by BigBatT - email@example.com) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.0 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: sync all language files version 5.1.2-dev-0 (close to final release) DEVELOPER: added: filter 'avf_fallback_avia_sc_icongrid' - load the old icongrid for fallback (ignores the new implementation) added: filter 'avf_css_rules_blur' - modify css rule added: filter 'avf_wc_product_hover_default' - allows to change default selection for option "Hover effect on Overview Pages"
July 28th, 2022 – Version 5.1.1
fixed: ALB Content Slider broken fixed: Block Editor in full width layout title field not visible
July 27th, 2022 – Version 5.1
feature: add media query for desktop to responsive options like fonts, transform, position, ...... (default is still used for all screens and allows to override theme default setting) feature: added responsive font sizes, responsive margin and padding to: Button Button Row Catalog Countdown Fullwidth Button Columns Sections GridRow Cells Special Heading Headline Rotator Post Meta Data Search Events Countdown Upcoming Events feature: SEO support for YOAST Analysis tool feature: SEO support for RankMath Analysis tool feature: new ALB Element Icon Circles feature: ALB Editor Fullscreen Mode with sticky elements bar in Block Editor feature: add mask support to ALB image (image and gradiant) tweak: display sortable attachment ID in WP media gallery list view (based on code of Guenni007) tweak: added support for plugin https://github.com/KriesiMedia/enfold-library/tree/master/integration%20plugins/Enfold/Slider%20Video%20Controls%20Fix (see readme.txt) fixed: attachment id for custom svg shapes are ignored fixed: CSS for disabled animations on mobile devices fixed: notice Undefined array key "nav_visibility_desktop" with WC product grid fixed: 6 columns masonry CSS bug with FF fixed: CSS Grid Row removed bottom margin 20px only between 767px and 989px jQuery 3.0 comp.: Remove deprecated .focus() updated: Layerslider v7.2.5 updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.0.1, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) DEVELOPER: added: filter 'avf_media_list_view_id' - supress display of ID in media list view added: filter 'avf_default_lightbox_no_scroll' - block default lightbox and body from scroll added: filter 'avf_disable_columns_responsive_margin_padding' - fallback to ignore responsive margin padding on page/site for columns added: filter 'avf_exclude_maintenance_ids' - exclude page id's from maintenance mode (provided by https://kriesi.at/support/topic/exclude-pages-from-maintenance/) added: filter 'avf_mask_overlay_images'- add url to a custom mask image to theme default images added: theme support 'avia_disable_seo_analysis_delay' - allows to reduce analysis delay in classic editor added: theme support 'avia_block_editor_disable_fixed_tab' - disable fullscreen mode in Block Editor deprecated: several functions in class-popup-templates.php for responsive font settings - are replaced by Avia_Popup_Templates::font_sizes_icon_switcher in theme moved: several responsive functions from class-popup-templates.php and class-popup-templates-callback.php to class-popup-templates-responsive.php
Jun 21st, 2022 – Version 5.0.1
tweak: add fallback units to css transform rules in class-element-styling.php tweak: clarify selectbox description for columns mobile breakpoint position tweak: Block editor support - added theme.json file fixed: CSS for tribe events calendar plugin fixed: 0 in multi input fields ignored in some elements (not interpreted as 0px, e.g. special heading) fixed: v5.0 - Fullscreen Slider Button links not working fixed: Lightbox images not responsive on WooCommerce single product page gallery fixed: CSS for WooCommerce variations buy box table elements developer-feature: ALB typography improvement in font_sizes_icon_switcher (in beta) - change selectboxes to input fields for advanced users (theme option Layout Builder -> Typography Input Fields) updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 5.0, provided by BigBatT) updated: French language files fr_FR (version 5.0 provided by comkapi)
Jun 8th, 2022 – Version 5.0
New demo: https://kriesi.at/themes/enfold-parallax/ feature: added position options (responsive) to: - Image - Button - Columns feature: added "Curtain Reveal Animations" (found in Animations Dropdown) to: - Image - Columns - Masonry - Masonry Gallery feature: added Animations Dropdown to: - Button feature: added parallax option (responsive) to: - Image - Columns feature: added transform options (perspective, rotate3d, scale3d, skew, translate3d) (responsive) to: - Image feature: added options to scale (zoom) and opacity for images when slide becomes active: - Easy Slider - Fullwitdh Easy Slider feature: minimum column height in % of surrounding layout container feature: theme option to disallow background image parallax and delayed animations on mobile (Performance Tab) - changed to be allowed by default feature: added swipe to all devices supporting touch screens (not only to mobile devices) feature: Extended Animations Dropdown with "Advanced Fade Animations", "Special Advanced Animations" feature: ALB Horizontal Gallery added rotation and styling options feature: ALB PostSlider added Navigation Dots feature: ALB Testimonial Slider added navigation styling and animation options feature: Adjusted options (and new options) for most sliders - under progress: - Slider Control Styling - Show Navigation Arrows and Dots (or none) - Custom colors for Navigation Arrows and Dots - Transitions and speed - Autorotate, end with last slide - Disable/Enable manual rotate (hide corresponding Navigation Arrows) feature: WPML global layout theme options - keep in sync options for all languages feature: added support for RankMath SEO plugin (active beta) tweak: CSS Burger Menu - remove space above mobile menu in landscape orientation and mobile devices tweak: support image links for slideshows with first slides caption as permanent caption tweak: option to add "alb templates" to top of page (not only to bottom) tweak: add option "Use custom link (fallback is image link)" to ALB Masonry Gallery tweak: ALB Tab Section new option "Deeplink String" (Advanced Tab -> Developer Settings) to set a custom link hash fixed: Block editor and ALB Tab Section have strange behaviour in backend fixed: Accordion Slider division by zero if no entries or images fixed: Anchor column link not working when set to open in the same window fixed: Block editor typography letter spacing not working fixed: Google Search only allows 1 tag FAQPage tweak: jQuery 3.0 remove deprecated $.proxy in all theme files: - enfold\config-gutenberg\js\avia_gutenberg.js - enfold\config-templatebuilder\avia-shortcodes\slideshow\slideshow.js - enfold\config-templatebuilder/avia-shortcodes/slideshow_accordion/slideshow_accordion.js - enfold\config-templatebuilder\avia-shortcodes\slideshow_fullscreen\slideshow_fullscreen.js - enfold\config-templatebuilder\avia-shortcodes\menu\menu.js - enfold\config-templatebuilder\avia-template-builder\assets\js\avia-tab-section.js - enfold\config-templatebuilder\avia-template-builder\assets\js\avia-tooltip.js - enfold\js\avia.js - enfold\js\shortcodes.js - enfold\framework\js\avia_sidebar.js - enfold\framework\js\conditional_load\avia_google_maps_api.js - enfold\framework\js\conditional_load\avia_google_maps_front.js - enfold\framework\js\conditional_load\avia_google_recaptcha_api.js tweak: jQuery 3.0 remove deprecated $.fn.focus() in js\aviapopup\jquery.magnific-popup.js updated: sync all language files version 5.0 (close to final release) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 5.0 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) DEVELOPER: tweak: support json string for slideshow options in HTML (data-slideshow-json="...") added conditional body classes: - 'pointer-device-undefined', 'pointer-device-fine', 'pointer-device-coarse', 'pointer-device-coarse-only', 'pointer-device-none', - 'touch-device', 'no-touch-device' added: class aviaPopupTemplatesPlugins added: filter 'avf_css_rules_position' - allows to alter position rules top bottom left right added: filter 'avf_css_rules_animation_duration' - allows to alter animation-duration rules added: filter 'avf_css_rules_animation_delay' - allows to alter animation-delay rules added: filter 'avf_css_rules_transition_duration' - allows to alter transition-duration rules added: filter 'avf_el_styling_responsive_styles_skip' - skip creating rules on element basis added: filter 'avf_get_global_option_keys' - modify global options key attributes before adding to internal logic added: filter 'avf_is_global_option' - remove a global option attribute deprecated: AviaHelper::css_4value_helper() no longer needed removed: $.AviaParallaxElement - replaced by AviaObjectParallaxElement in enfold\js\avia-snippet-parallax.js renamed: function sonar_keyframes -> keyframes renamed: filter 'avf_css_rules_sonar_keyframes' -> 'avf_css_rules_keyframes'
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updated: Layerslider Version 7.2.1
April 28th 2022 – Version 18.104.22.168
fixed: Custom elements showing up in search results fixed: ALB Special Heading CSS Subheading - remove opacity for custom color fixed: typo .av-builer-button-disabled fixed: ALB Widget Area selected Footer Columns not displayed fixed: ALB Icon Grid Font Size Selection ignored in frontend results in wrong padding compatibility: WPML - broken layout in WPML pages compatibility: WPML - masonry landscape and portrait tags on posts for "Perfect Manual Masonry" mode not displayed correctly updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 188.8.131.52, provided by BigBatT - email@example.com) DEVELOPER: added: filter avf_wpml_ratio_check_by_tag_needs_translate - backwards comp when wpml does not translate get_term_by( 'slug', .... ) added: filter avf_blog_entry_markup_helper_exclude - modify which structured data you want to exclude from output deprecated: function avia_translate_check_by_tag_values replaced by Avia_WPML()->handler_avf_ratio_check_by_tag_values() deprecated: function avia_wpml_sync_avia_layout_builder - no longer needed since 3/2018
March 23rd 2022 – Version 4.9.2
fixed: WooCommerce single product page: Uncaught Error: Call to a member function get_id()
March 23rd 2022 – Version 4.9.1
tweak: added a check to make ALB av_uid unique after editing a page/post/.. tweak: added a check for array when filter avf_default_iconfont does not return an array (PHP 8.0 related) fixed: jQuery Not Defined error in WooCommerce when jQuery loaded in footer fixed: content slider duplicated due to not unique id fixed: Contact form submit button needs to be clicked twice when reCaptcha is enabled due to JS error fixed: background image set in theme options->"General Styling" overrides Color Section custom background color fixed: cart icon not clickable on mobile due to z-index issue when Logo center, menu below option is selected fixed: CSS with header sidebar overrides advanced styling font size for menus fixed: avia_masonry() called with parameter $sc_context = null (= missing ) fixed: WooCommerce SKU info doesn't change when selecting a different variation in ALB Product Purchase Button fixed: broken layout in ALB Icongrid after 4.8.8 when option Items Padding set to 0 fixed: broken layout when ALB fullscreen element shortcodes inside icon grid textbox when icon grid not in section or column updated: Layerslider v7.1.3 updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 4.9, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 4.9 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 4.9.1 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: French language files fr_FR (version 4.9, provided by comkapi - firstname.lastname@example.com)
Feb 21th 2022 – Version 4.9
tweak: add font-display option to google webfonts link feature: new options for ALB Elements: - Accordion - html tag for toggle title - responsive font sizes - Animated Countdown and Events Countdown - custom colors for numbers and description and title - Animated Numbers - custom colors for numbers and description - Team Member - Responsive Font Sizes - Testimonials - Responsive Font Sizes added: ALB Icon Grid responsive breakpoint options for 50% and fullwidth fixed: problem with uploaded google fonts not working after 184.108.40.206 (#3707) fixed: ALB Gallery Meta ContentURL Value and remove displayed post title fixed: curtain footer with left/right sidebar for mobile devices not working fixed: ALB slideshow duplicate image of first slideshow - use add_theme_support( 'avia_post_css_slideshow_fix' ); fixed: Sidebar shadow still visible on mobile view for blog compatibility: fix WPML post grid query for untranslated terms to display only public post types as fallback tweak: Enfold widgets can be used in Block Widget Editor - disabled by default and is in unsupported beta and backend preview is not properly supported added: use add_theme_support( "avia_enable_widgets_block_editor" ); to switch to new block widget editor deprecated: $avia_config['use_block_widget_page'] important: custom sidebars cannot be added and removed in Block Widget Editor - switch to old widget page DEVELOPER: added: action 'avf_product_slider_html_list_before_item' - allows e.g. to call do_action( 'woocommerce_product_thumbnails' ); Performance/Security: widgets not needed can be removed and php code is not loaded moved: widget classes in seperate files enfold\framework\php\widgets\widget-classes introduced: namespace aviaFramework introduced: namespace aviaFramework\widgets\base\ added: filter 'avf_widget_loader_base_classes' - add custom widget base classes loaded before widgets added: filter 'avf_widget_loader_widget_classes' - add custom widgets or remove widgets and do not load php code added: filter 'avf_font_display_google_fonts' - change theme option Custom Font Display Behaviour for google web fonts added: filter 'avf_google_fontlist' - new parameters removed: function avia_get_post_list (deprecated since 4.4.2) removed: function avia_get_comment_list (deprecated since 4.4.2) removed: function avia_google_maps::handler_print_google_maps_scripts (deprecated since 4.4) removed: function avia_google_maps::print_map (deprecated since 4.4) removed: file enfold\framework\php\class-framework-widgets.php -> enfold\framework\php\widgets\class-widget-loader.php removed: widget class avia_tweetbox (moved to enfold\framework\php\widgets\legacy\class-avia-tweetbox.php) deprecated: function avia_option() -> avia_get_option() deprecated: function avia_check_custom_widget() - no longer needed deprecated: function avia_is_dynamic_template() - no longer needed deprecated: function avia_backend_get_dynamic_templates() - no longer needed deprecated: function avia_show_menu_description() - no longer needed
Feb 7th 2022 – Version 22.214.171.124
tweak: add schema meta contentURL to ALB gallery image object tweak: change display name for 500px (from five_100_px) fixed: some webfonts not applied when used in Theme Options -> Advanced Styling fixed: Load More button not working for ALB Masonry elements fixed: Theme options override Slider caption title custom color options fixed: CSS slideshow controls hidden below 767px - removed fixed: Tab Section arrow not getting Tab Section background color fixed: CSS for layout with 1/4 columns when setting columns to no margin on tablet (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 989px) fixed: little typo in helper-privacy.php file (refuseing -> refusing) compatibility: WooCommerce One Page Checkout plugin not working properly updated: Italian language files it_IT (version 4.8.9, provided by BigBatT - firstname.lastname@example.com) updated: Dutch language files nl_NL (version 4.8.9 provided by EZWebdesign - Roger Hoen ) updated: German de_DE_formal translation error broken link DEVELOPERS: added: filter 'avf_post_metadata_excluded_taxonomies' - exclude taxonomies in ALB Post Metadata


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It's Lazada's 5th Birthday and the company is celebrating it with yet another big bang! What to expect in the upcoming Lazada 5th Birthday Celebration Sale? Awesome EXCLUSIVE flash sales, AMAZING brand deals, and discounts up to 90% OFF await online shoppers this coming March 21st at 12AM to March 23rd at 11:59PM.
When it comes to variety, no other Philippine e-commerce platform comes close to Lazada, with 6.3 million items under a wide variety of categories including electronics, fashion, home & living, travel, toys, grocery items, and even pet goods.
Convenience and service are best in class with 24/7 access via website or mobile app, free shipping around Metro Manila and nationwide with a minimum purchase of P1,000, and free returns. Lazada also innovated through a wide variety of payment options, including credit and debit cards, and the highly popular cash-on-delivery option.
Lazada's upcoming anniversary, dubbed 'Lazada's 5th Birthday Surprise', has been marked as the biggest shopping event of the season. From March 21-23, Lazada will be showering online shoppers with sitewide discounts of up to 90%, low denomination Peso Sales, and time based Flash Sales. There will also be exclusive offerings from its most popular brands, and raffle prizes like vacation packages and real world treats.
Make your summer sizzle with hot deals this upcoming Lazada 5th Birthday Sale such as the Delsey 4-wheel trolley for only P3,507; JBL on-ear headphones for only P699, and Nyx Lip Lingerie for only P490. Also in the lineup are customer favorites such as the VR Box 3D Glasses for only P95, Keds sneakers for as low as P999 and assorted Nestle Dolce Gusto capsule packs with free Nestle Dolce Gusto Oblo machine for only P3,400.
For a very limited time, Lazada will also be offering top items at markdown prices: The inflatable Banana Bed for only P199, Nivea shower gels for only P68, and a CKK Inspire mobile phone with a 5.0 mega pixel camera and dual sim capability for only P999. Other fierce items include an Avision24" HD LED TV and a Matrix Air Conditioner at P4,999, and a car stereo Bluetooth player for only P699.
No birthday will be complete without giveaways! For lucky customers who shop from March 21-23, Lazada will be raffling off a trip to Taiwan for two from KKDay. Foodie customers also get free booky.ph subscriptions worth P1,500 with every minimum purchase. Finally, every minimum purchase of P1,000 becomes a true treat, because customers get a P10 discount on FamilyMart's famous Twirl.
So mark your calendars, make your checklists, and make room for more stuff because Lazada 5th Birthday Surprise is going to be the main event on your March calendar! Celebrate with Lazada by visiting Lazada.com.ph or downloading the Lazada mobile app for free today.
About Lazada Birthday 2017
It is Lazada's 5th birthday this March and everyone is invited! Brands, sellers and other e-commerce partners are joining Lazada to surprise shoppers with all the perks of online shopping. Starting from March 13 with hot deals and preorders to whet the appetite of eager shoppers, Lazada's birthday celebrations will peak on March 21 – 23 presenting limited-time 'flash' sales, exclusive product launches, irresistible deals on branded products among many birthday surprises. Shoppers can join the celebrations on www.lazada.com.ph or download the official Lazada shopping app on Android or iOS.
About Lazada Group
Lazada Group operates Lazada, Southeast Asia's number one online shopping and selling destination, with presence in Indonesia (www.lazada.co.id), Malaysia (www.lazada.com.my), the Philippines (www.lazada.com.ph), Singapore (www.lazada.sg), Thailand (www.lazada.co.th) and Vietnam (www.lazada.vn).
Launched in March 2012, Lazada is pioneering e-commerce in the region by providing customers with an effortless shopping experience with multiple payment methods including cash-on-delivery, extensive customer care and easy returns. Lazada features a wide product offering in categories ranging from consumer electronics to household goods, toys, fashion and sports equipment.
Lazada offers brands and sellers a marketplace solution and an ecosystem of partners providing direct access to about 560 million consumers in six countries online.
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Please note that the Youth Leadership Summit's guidelines and eligibility requirements have changed in order to accommodate students' schedules for the summer. Please read this page carefully.
Sister Cities International (SCI) is pleased to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2021 Youth Leadership Summit (YLS). The Youth Leadership Summit is designed to engage future leaders and expose them to important global challenges. Through the Summit, SCI empowers young people to think globally, spurring a new generation of citizen diplomats and volunteers who become instrumental in promoting peace, mutual respect, and prosperity. This Summit allows high-school aged youth around the world to meet like-minded peers and mentors to develop decision making and leadership skills, including but not limited to positive and visionary change, resourcefulness, and community cohesiveness to bring diverse community elements together.
This year's YLS theme is "Solving Today's Problems to Build A Better Tomorrow." With the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, communities around the world are experiencing more problems than before. Left unaddressed, these issues will grow exponentially and harm more communities in the upcoming years. However, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) can provide a roadmap to tackle the majority of global challenges. During the Summit, students will learn more about the UN SDGs and develop community solutions with their peers.
This year's Summit will take place virtually and have two components:
A workshop focused on Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) beginning August 2nd (limited to 50 students selected through the application process)
A 1 Day Public Forum that will take place on August 12th, 2021
While the 1 Day Public Forum will be open for all to attend, up to 50 students will be selected for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Workshop.
There is no cost to attend the Youth Leadership Summit.
Before you begin the application, please ensure that you meet the eligibility requirements. Once you confirm your eligibility with the categories listed, proceed to the application below.
Applicants must be able to participate in all of the weekly sessions, including the orientation, SDG training workshops, and the public forum days. Students must also be able to commit and complete assignments on their own time, if needed, outside of the workshop and the Summit hours.
For the first component, up to 50 students from around the world will gather to work in small teams to identify local solutions, utilizing SDGs, to critical global issues. For the second component, students will join a Public Forum that will be open to outside participants. During the Forum, youth delegates will have the opportunity to present their proposals and gain a representative voice as they participate in various speaker discussions and explore the importance of passion, fact-based decision making, and open mindedness.
Students participating in the Youth Leadership Summit will be chosen through a competitive application process.
As part of the Training Workshop, students will choose from five pre-selected SDG tracks designed to solve real-world problems using their own initiatives. The pre-selected SDGs include:
SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being
SDG 7: Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities
SDG 12: Responsible Consumption and Production
SDG 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Students will be required to attend six workshop sessions and the August 12 Public Forum during the Youth Leadership Summit.
The Summit sessions will be held on the following dates:
Week 1
Day 1 – Monday, August 2nd – start time 11 AM EDT (Washington, DC time)
Day 2 – Tuesday, August 3rd – start time 11 AM EDT (Washington, DC time)
Day 3 – Thursday, August 5th – start time 11 AM EDT (Washington, DC time)
Day 4 – Friday, August 6th – start time 11 AM EDT (Washington, DC time)
Week 2
Day 5 – Monday, August 9th
Day 6 – Thursday, August 12th (Public Forum)
Day 7 – Friday, August 13th
From Day 1 to Day 5, students will participate in a 2.5 hour workshop starting at 11 AM EDT. Students will use a portion of each day to work in small groups on a group project. On Day 6, students will attend the Public Forum, for approximately 4 hours, and present findings from their group projects. The Summit will conclude with a closing ceremony and networking session on Day 7.
Please check back on the website to see updated titles, panels, speakers, and more.
If you are passionate about contributing to global understanding and enhancing your voice as a young leader in your society, fill out the application form below to be part of this unique experience.
Up to 50 students will be chosen through this competitive application process. Applications must be submitted by June 18th, 2021.
Selected candidates will be notified by July 2nd, 2021 and the first weekly session will be on August 2nd, 2021.
Have a question? Please feel free to contact us at [email protected].


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I recently listened to the audiobook of Michael White's Tolkien: A Biography, and I was struck by the fact that he was motivated to write The Silmarrillion as he believed that the English did not have a proper mythology in the same way as perhaps the Celts, Finns or the Norse have with works such as the Mabinogion, Kelevala and the Sagas and Edda.
Beowulf was also mentioned, but I guess that most of the Anglo-Saxon literature only alludes to a pre-Christian past and we are left to guess that they had a similar mythology to the Norse, but that is all. But Tolkien either wishes that such a mythology existed, or perhaps realised that the English were such a disparate culture in many ways – with confusion over Englishness and Britishness, the input of Norman culture etc, that we were left with no unified national mythology in the same way as these other Northern European cultures.
That left me thinking about King Arthur. Surely the Arthurian legends are a pretty strong mythology aren't they? They tell of a powerful leader who unites the country and makes it great. What more could you ask for?
Well I suspect that Tolkien had a few problems with the Arthur legend. Firstly the legend was probably not English enough for him – the sources being primarily Welsh or Romano-British, with the main opponents being the Anglo-Saxon's, the very English that Tolkien wanted to mythologize. And the second issue I think was that Arthur was really a Christian King and although there are some allusions to magic and folklore there is very little of the pagan past in the Arthurian legend.
Quite ironic really that Tolkien was so interested in creating an English mythology that relied on paganism, when he was actually a very devout Catholic.
But apart from Tolkien, I would say that the Arthurian legend has been pretty wholeheartedly accepted by the English and the British as a sort of national myth and legend – the Plantagenets and the Tudors were happy to use the legend for its unifying power and the implication that Britain was the source of true chivalry, and of course the Victorians with their Pre-Raphaelite art adored it. And perhaps Arthur is a healthier legend than trying to recreate an Anglo-Saxon myth based on Norse paganism, it certainly allows for a more unified image of a varied British culture, and gets rid of the depressing violence and doom of Germanic myth.
Related articles
- Odin, Thor, and our Christianized paganism (geneveith.com)
- E3 2011: King Arthur 2: The Role-playing Wargame – that's really what it's called (King Arthur II: The Role-Playing Wargame) (gamesradar.com)
- Review: Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur by Tony Lee and Sam Hart (csilibrarian.wordpress.com)
- Arthurmania (bbc.co.uk)


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Mining Complex Text, Grades 2-5
Using and Creating Graphic Organizers to Grasp Content and Share New Understandings
- Diane Lapp - San Diego State University, USA
- Thomas DeVere Wolsey
- Karen Wood - University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA
Corwin Literacy
English/Language Arts Common Core | Literacy (Primary/Elementary) | Reading (Primary/Elementary)
"How many times have you heard 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' . . . In this text, Lapp, Wolsey, Wood, and Johnson make a vital connection between reading words and the role of graphics. They demonstrate how teachers and students can blend the two such that great learning occurs in every classroom, every day."
Coauthor of Rigorous Reading
Imagine you are a fourth grader, reading about our solar system for the first time. Or you're a high school student, asked to compare survival in Suzanne Collin's The Hunger Games and Elie Wiesel's Night. Reading complex texts of any kind is arduous, and now more than ever, students are being asked to do highly advanced thinking, talking, and writing around their reading. If only there were ingenious new power tools that could give students the space to tease apart complex ideas in order to comprehend and to weld their understandings into a new whole.
Good news: such tools exist. In the two volumes, Mining Complex Texts, Grades 2-5 and 6-12, a formidable author team shares fresh ways to use the best digital and print graphic organizers in whole-class, small-group, and independent learning. Big believers of the gradual release method, the authors roll out dozens of examples of dynamic lessons and collaborative work across the content areas so that we see the process of using these visual tools to:
- Help students read, reread, and take notes on a text
- Promote students' oral sharing of information and their ideas
- Elevate organized note-making from complex text(s)
- Scaffold students' narrative and informational writing
- Move students to independent thinking as they learn to create their own organizing and note-taking systems
Gone are the days of fill-'em-in and forget-'em graphic organizers. With these two volumes, teachers and professional development leaders have a unified vision of how to use these tools to meet the demands of an information-saturated world, one in which students need to be able to sift, sort, synthesize, and apply knowledge with alacrity and skill.
"How many times have you heard 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' Visual, graphic information is important because human brains are hard-wired to attend to images. The challenge is that students still have to read words to achieve success. In this text, Lapp, Wolsey, Wood, and Johnson make a vital connection between reading words and the role of graphics. They demonstrate how teachers and students can blend the two such that great learning occurs in every classroom, every day."
"Lapp, Wolsey, Wood, and Johnson have written a book that will become the resource for using graphic organizers across disciplines! With careful attention to the details teachers crave in order to design meaningful lessons, the authors guide teachers on a journey that takes them far beyond the traditional uses of graphic organizers—jotting notes and organizing information—and show teachers how these visual tools lead students to independent thinking and inquiry, as well as support the Common Core reading and writing standards. What I love about this book is that it fosters original thinking among students as they design graphic organizers that enable them to unpack meaning from complex texts and develop arguments for essays."
"Professional books have long urged teachers to use graphic organizers, but most of these books are dreadfully short on specifics. Diane Lapp and her colleagues have addressed this problem in an admirable fashion. They examine with care the kinds of organizers available to teachers, together with when and how to use them. And by showing how organizers transcend disciplinary boundaries, the authors pave the way for a school-wide focus for professional learning. Educators endeavoring to meet the challenges of the Common Core should mark this title as a must-read. This engaging book is long overdue and I recommend it enthusiastically!"
"For educators looking for ways to implement graphic organizers in their classrooms, this is the resource for you. The numerous types of graphic organizers, the research behind them, and the how and why to use them with students are all at your fingertips. I envision this book being especially helpful for teachers new to the field just learning about graphic organizers."


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- T&L companies in Asia-Pacific are under pressure from rising customer expectations, the shift to B2C and the arrival of new, asset-light competitors.
- The most forward-thinking executives are aligning with changing consumer needs, resetting costs and uncovering new revenue sources.
- Data is a hidden asset at incumbents, but there is no one "big fix" in technology, just an urgent need for more agility.
Consumers are getting used to diverting parcel deliveries to another address when they need to go out unexpectedly. Residents of Singapore may soon take this a step further, by rerouting an active delivery not just to a nearby street but to another Southeast Asian country. The service, planned by Singapore Post, is part of a broad range of strategic responses that are emerging across Asia-Pacific as transportation and logistics companies try to ease the pressure on their business models and meet evolving customer needs.
Times are challenging for the sector globally, particularly for companies with a predigital history that stretches back decades—or in SingPost's case, 160 years. For established businesses, the opportunities brought by digitalization have often been outweighed by the negatives. Volume growth that ends up hurting margins and cash flow. Rising consumer expectations. Competition from start-ups and asset-light players. The power of major online retailers, both as customer and as rival logistics operator. T&L groups often make it worse by investing too little in technology.
Asia-Pacific has not been immune to these global trends. In Australia, for instance, heavy capital investment in new distribution centers may have improved automation and IT systems, but it has also put pressure on margins by adding to overcapacity, compounding the cash flow hit. Operators in the region must also contend with patchy infrastructure and vastly differing population densities, from the crowded cities of Southeast Asia to the scattered farms of rural New Zealand.
Yet Asia-Pacific remains an industry growth engine, thanks to its robust economies. At the region's incumbents, meanwhile, the most forward-thinking T&L executives are harnessing the sector's rapid changes to aid their corporate transformation efforts. In doing so, they are targeting three types of strategic action: aligning with changing consumer needs, resetting costs and uncovering new revenue sources. The reward will depend on the company's starting point. For some, it might mean surviving while rivals wither; for others, it could be a profitable new chapter (see Figure 1).
Key trends have potential to reshape industry profit pools; impact will depend on strategic response and investments
Enhanced services, productivity gains and new business models
SingPost's willingness to reroute deliveries across borders rather than just postal codes is a strong example of the first strategic priority, which involves enhancing services to meet changing consumer needs and win back pricing power—or, at the very least, maintain it.
In certain C2C and B2C business models, the most demanding customers are willing to pay a premium for higher service levels that simplify their busy lives or offer them more visibility into deliveries. The same is true for some B2B customers that are prepared to pay more for the visibility gains that result from integrating T&L data into their own systems. Less-picky customers may not be willing to spend in quite the same way, but they will still require service improvements to stay loyal.
SingPost's bid to keep up with its most footloose users relies on a new proprietary logistics software platform, which integrates last-mile delivery services—including courier services and parcel lockers—from other providers in the region, as well as its own. Machine learning and artificial intelligence tools are being introduced to alert customers half an hour before the parcel arrives. SingPost believes this is a significant advance on the vague guidance given in dense cities such as Bangkok and Jakarta. The payback for tangible enhancements such as these? Renewed pricing power.
The second priority is investment in technology and automation to create productivity gains that release funds for projects that can fuel profitable growth. Dynamic routing software is one of the tools that can achieve this. The software can save operators time, fuel and maintenance expenses by removing the need to manually plan routes, reducing the number of runs that trucks need to make, cutting the distances they cover, and adjusting routes to real-time conditions (see Figure 2).
Dynamic routing means adjusting runs according to daily order volumes and delivery times
In some parts of the world—notably the US—such software has become ubiquitous. Not so in Asia-Pacific, which, like South America, has been slower to adopt it. That lag means that dynamic routing can help operators in those regions hold their ground as the sector digitalizes; it could even offer a fleeting competitive advantage. One Asia-Pacific transportation and logistics company logged a 13% increase in pickup and delivery productivity soon after piloting it.
Cutting-edge automation of package-handling processes can generate productivity savings of up to 30%, meanwhile, as extensive deployment in the US has shown. It is not just tasks such as scanning and weighing that are done faster by machines. FedEx, for instance, has rolled out self-driving tuggers in the US that are better able to transport oversize items around its hubs. While they might not have the same scale as their US counterparts, Asia-Pacific operators will also benefit from investing more in automation. The key to justifying the capital cost will be a shrewd assessment of the interplay between volume growth and payback period.
The third priority is the creation of new business models to unlock promising markets. This can take the form of diversification into completely new territory, as was the case with New Zealand Post's four-month pilot scheme to deliver KFC meals to homes in the provincial city of Tauranga. The pilot emulated food delivery start-ups, relying on separately contracted drivers who used their own vehicles rather than postal vans. Even though NZ Post chose not to continue with hot food, the experiment yielded insights into on-demand deliveries. Another of its food partnerships has gone further. The company is working with meal-kit subscription service My Food Bag—a collaboration that required NZ Post to build capacity for Sunday deliveries.
Technology can aid T&L companies as they target promising new markets. Drones, for instance, have the power to transform the industry's presence in rural areas in which it has been hard to operate profitably. As part of a broader push into logistics, Chinese online retailer JD.com has more than 200 people working on a drone delivery program that has involved test flights to rural shoppers.
Fatigue is a risk as challenges abound
Staying focused on the opportunities as well as the challenges is not easy for any established player in the transportation and logistics sector. The demands from customers are multiplying—and meeting them is often a means just to stay in the game rather than win it.
T&L operators bear some of the blame. Historically, the sector hasn't prioritized investing in technology, preferring to channel profits into physical assets rather than software. In an era of rapidly rising customer expectations, this is no longer tenable. Lucrative corporate customers such as retailers and industrial groups are perfectly willing to ditch old logistics partners and place their business with newer, more flexible digital platforms that can provide a more customized fit (often by selling aggregated access to those same established operators).
Customers expect shorter delivery times, with more deliveries achieved in full and on time. They want greater pricing transparency and the ability to track operations in real time. Data is also a priority: It must be presented to customers in an easy-to-analyze format. This means that the software interface provided by any logistics partner must be cutting edge, while also integrating phone notifications, GPS tracking and myriad other applications. That is a huge undertaking. And even if a company is prepared to spend heavily to upgrade its IT, there is no certainty that the customer will stay. On the contrary, the uncertainty created by large IT projects can scare customers into the arms of a digital upstart that already has a slick, modern platform.
Another complication is the way logistics has tilted toward a business-to-consumer model. Companies that have traditionally focused more on business-to-business relationships have been sucked into the fierce battlefield that is the last mile to consumers' homes. The disproportionate growth in residential deliveries has hurt some logistics groups, notably in the US. The trend partly reflects the shifting behavior of retailers such as New Zealand's The Warehouse, which used to rely on customers trekking to its shedlike stores for furniture and other goods but has now embraced home delivery. T&L operators handling such bulky consignments need to train drivers in installation and customer service, while also coping with the reduced economies of scale available in the more fragmented B2C delivery patterns.
The last mile has also become more competitive as a result of the arrival of new players that are more focused on technology and customer experience than on physical infrastructure (see Figure 3). In Asia-Pacific, these asset-light outfits include Sendle and Instatruck, start-ups that own no vans but offer low-cost deliveries by buying untapped capacity in other courier networks at a discount. While innovative, this model is limited by the physical networks of traditional players. It also gives incumbents a strategic opportunity to fill spare capacity.
Asset-light models—three ways digital innovators in Australia are breaking with T&L tradition
As well as keeping up with the latest software advances, established groups must also contend with the fact that gains from technological improvements are constantly becoming commoditized. Today, technology is optimizing revenue and costs through the value chain—from sales and marketing to warehouse automation and dynamic routing. Executives must harness these advances, but they will not be a source of lasting competitive advantage on their own.
What will distinguish companies from the competition in the long term is not their one-off decision to adopt technology A over B, but rather their ability to make a succession of adoption choices as new technologies emerge and enter the mainstream. At the same time, they will need to keep developing new technologies of their own that can offer a proprietary edge in the market.
Success is still possible over the long haul
To tackle all three strategic areas with impact, it is vital to start the transformation journey early. That will often involve working with what you have, not what you wish you had. Happily, established operators are sitting on a hidden asset that will be invaluable in this battle: data.
Most of the data needed to power a strategic transformation is already captured within the organization. Productivity improvements can start with basic data analytics, coupled with operational discipline. The mere act of feeding sales teams the basic facts about business performance—such as profitability by account and the true cost to serve that customer—can be the catalyst for higher margins.
At the Asia-Pacific transportation and logistics company, senior management found it difficult to hold teams accountable because data weaknesses meant there was always an excuse for why performance was not improving. The data needed to track operational success was mostly available, but the way it was handled varied across depots, and managers had little confidence overall that the figures were correct. The data was also hard to obtain because it was spread across multiple locations and often stored in Excel files.
The company was able to move to a single, reliable version of the operational "truth" by building a dashboard using data visualization tools. The dashboard contained all the key depot-level metrics from across the organization. Senior managers' oversight of performance evolved in a similar way, with new governance structures and meeting rhythms. The measures helped generate more than $100 million in cost savings.
The digital challenge facing T&L companies can lead to a temptation to focus solely on old waterfall approaches to IT and an obsession with finding one "big fix." Doing this can slow down the rollout of technology improvements that customers are demanding today, rendering them obsolete when they do appear; budgets can balloon at the same time.
Incumbents need a twin-track approach to technology instead. On the one hand, they need to maintain the robustness of their core platforms with a waterfall approach, but they also need to follow an Agile method for the more innovative, customer-focused systems. In practice, this means that leading companies in the sector are increasingly adopting a phased approach to technology, one based on a constant leapfrogging and revisiting of priorities. They are also happy to build capabilities by partnering with or buying digital players, instead of always trying to develop technology assets in-house.
Another powerful approach is to place selective bets on new technologies that could drastically alter the industry. Australia Post has already made progress with just such an incubation strategy, developing a service called Digital iD, which allows Australians to verify who they are by using their smartphones and facial recognition software that compares their selfie with their passport picture. Another venture it has been nurturing is Fulfilio. Aimed at small to medium-sized businesses that have not always been happy with mainstream postal services, the start-up offers warehousing and order fulfillment within the Australia Post network, competing directly with Amazon.
The fact that the global e-commerce leader is still a relative newcomer to logistics services in Australia—Amazon only opened its first fulfilment center there in December 2017—underlines how much remains to play for in Asia-Pacific. The future is still being shaped across the region's transportation and logistics industry. By enhancing services, improving productivity and finding new business models, established players can survive—and even thrive.
Marco D'Avino and Gabriel Guedes are members of Bain & Company's Supply Chain practice. Marco is a partner based in Sydney; Gabriel is a principal in Sydney.


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HAPPY NEW YEAR almost. And thank goodness for an end to 2005… and i welcome 2006 with open arms and a dash of skepticism. But all in all, Notcot has been one of the best things to happen this year, and here's one of those tasty best for last of the year posts…
Designer Joey Roth (remember his Garden Geta and Shika posts back in the day?) - has done it again with his Totemo, winning the a Red Dot Award in Productivity this year. The Totemo is described as Strip down to cool. The growing importance of silence in computing mirrors a large-scale shift in the way people think about the products they use. The Totemo is designed with recording studios in mind, but is a computer case equally suited for the home or office environment. The omission of LED's, molded plastic and cooling fans firmly differentiate Totemo from the many computers of today. Its concentration is based on the concept of stripping down the computer case to its bare essentials.
Modest designer that he is, Joey Roth wrote a feature article for Notcot, but just happen to leave out a description of his own project! So take a look at the Totemo on his site, and then read more about his favorite projects and stories from the Red Dot Awards which took place in Singapore recently.