Please improve the header builder for mobile view. We can't chose the left sliding menu type or the colors for the mobike menu etc. The background color we chose on desktop view doesn't work on mobike view for the rows. Currently it is useless. Thank you.
I love the multiple sizes of images available in Masonry Flat, but need the spacing available in Masonry Minimal. It would be great if Masonry Minimal had all the size options you have in Masonry Flat.
It would also be great if Masonry Minimal allowed you to control the space distance between the images, if you just want a thin spacing between images, or a really large space between images.
Atleast, having the facility to load a custom icon font like FontAwesome is appreciated. Rather than uploading it in our own server, it is so much easier to use their link,
Please add the possibility to shrink the section, so we can easily drag and order the sections much more easy. Drag a section with many elements inside is very difficul.
In the breadcrumb, the link is set to the server's domain name instead of the value set for that WordPress site. This is problematic in multisite configurations because multisites have different domains and is not the same as the SERVER_NAME in the server configuration.
I suggest an improvement for the next BeTheme update. It consists in that in different pages with "portfolio projects" you can choose how you want them for example "Deactivate details | Only pop-up image" or "Project website | Open in the same window".
1. Connect/Integrate Clients section with Portfolio. For example: I did multiply projects for the same client so I want that people can click on the client name inside my portfolio item so they can see all the projects i did for this particular client.
2. Extend Clients section. I wish to have some short description of my clients. Just a plain field where i can post some text with html tags and shortcodes.
3. It would be great to have a small pop-up block with short client description, that appears on when you hover the mouse on Clients name/logo with a link to all the projects in the portfolio connected to this Client.
Having the menu hide reduce the user experience on the website and will create frustration, is something that should be mandatory at least for when"Dropdown submenu" is active and a theme "Creative: Always Open." selected, basic a sub menu display under menu category where menu is always present on the website.
The ability to create round images and buttons. The ability to create different colored translucent layers over background photos. The ability to customize photos in MB to add borders/frames. The ability to see where, in the Builder you can change something when you've clicked on the wrap, the item, the section, etc... and the bloody thing is still there - and, you've changed every color setting so the one that mistakenly shows is still there. grrrrrrrrrr
When image backgrounds are used behind text, sometimes users set very bright images as the background, which makes the text in front of it very hard to read. And users cannot be expected to know how to use Photoshop to dim images prior to uploading.
So the theme should build in being able to set a color value and opacity for an overlay that sits on top of the background image (but behind the foreground content).
There should be more specific settings available (not grouping headers for example). It is annoying to have to overwrite everything in css. In fact, I'd rather only write css instead of flipping through all of the settings here... so maybe just make an advanced tab, let the coders code and have that code autopopulate the wyswyig settings... I'd be happy with that throughout the settings options - then I wouldn't need to flip and do every single size and color etc. very annoying...
It takes forever to set because you have to manually scroll to the font. You should have the most recently selected google fonts listed at the top of the list in a different color for quick selection.
You should be able to type the font name in yourself so that it automatically scrolls down the list to what you want to select.
There should be an option to add other web fonts from other sources - adobe fonts for example. I know you can get around this by adding a plug in, but why not include it in the theme itself?
- Please use this crtique and apply it to the other features as well. I believe the UX could be much better and faster.
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Side note: to those who want to install a child theme, there was no information up front. Seeing as this is a decision that needs to be made after install, I suggest having a section with all revelant information on the about screen where the purchase code must be added. That would have saved me so much trouble...
Case in point, please also cater to those who can (and or are willing to learn the) code and not only those who want to take the easy way.
Also please look into gallery types and the whole portfolio concept. I see the portfolio as rather redundant when it takes so long to set up pages. What if every page should be a portfolio page? There could definitely be some optimization here.
I am also wondering if it might be nicer not to try to pack too much into a theme and instead develop corrolating plug-ins for better optimization and so that the users can have a better selection of features.
For example, I have yet to find a nice Pinterest-looking photo gallery. At the very least the plug-in must be smart enough to recognize if a Picture is vertical or horizontal and allow the user to manually rearange the photos within the grid. Otherwise you get wierd crops and unplanned arrangements.
Maybe I am thinking wrong, but developing a ton of different themes to use the same super great plug-ins just sounds smarter to me... I know you are already kind of doing that, but for me as a designer it is way too limited to what theme and what pre-made website you are using. I would like to see a thought process that allows for more freedom upfront - like the muffinbuilder. I find that it sets a structure with allowing you to build what you want and I am asking myself, but why aren't the photo galleries like that?
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Atleast, having the facility to load a custom icon font like FontAwesome is appreciated. Rather than uploading it in our own server, it is so much easier to use their link,
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://use.fontawesome.com/releases/v5.7.2/css/all.css" integrity="sha384-fnmOCqbTlWIlj8LyTjo7mOUStjsKC4pOpQbqyi7RrhN7udi9RwhKkMHpvLbHG9Sr" crossorigin="anonymous">
If we could simply put this in our custom font option in a text field, things would've been easier.
For example: I did multiply projects for the same client so I want that people can click on the client name inside my portfolio item so they can see all the projects i did for this particular client.
Semi-transparent overlay for images