What's New with Starter Templates

Hello everyone!

Great news! With the new Starter Templates version 3.5.7 – we’ve brought back the old templates that went missing after the 3.5 release.

Now, alongside patterns and pages, you’ve got all your traditional templates right under Kits. Plus, you can save your favorites!

Wait! There’s also some stuff that we have improved significantly:

WordPress Dashboard Banner

We’ve improved the visibility of the WordPress Dashboard banner, making it even easier for you to navigate and use.

PHP 7.4 and Above!

To keep things running smoothly, we’ve streamlined compatibility by saying goodbye to support for PHP versions below 7.4.

Template Kit Library Compatibility Bug Fixes

• No more persistent customizer CSS issues in non-adaptive mode within the Template Kit Library – we’ve fixed that up. 
• Also, enjoy enhanced compatibility in the Template Kits Library, ensuring a consistent display even if Spectra is activated midway through the import process.
• Some users were running into a little issue where a clash in the Template Kit library was causing a 503 Error when using the Gravity Form plugin. We’ve fixed that as well.

Upgrade now to Starter Templates 3.5.7 to access this handy fix.

We’re here to make sure your website looks its best! So if you come across any issues, please let us know.

Cheers,

Team Starter Templates

Hey there! 

Starter Templates just got an update to version 3.5.5, and we’ve significantly improved our Template Kit Library. Here’s some of the stuff we worked on.

Template Kit Library – Looks Better!

We made the Template Kit library easier to use and prettier to look at. We want things to be smooth for you.

Download Images Easily

Now, when you’re setting up the Template Kit library, you can download chosen images straight to your media. Simple!

Simplified AI Options

The Disable AI option in the Template Kit library now works just like the Manage AI feature in Spectra. We’re keeping it easy to understand.

Update on the Quick Non-Adaptive mode

Switching to non-adaptive mode has become simpler. Just update the Disable AI option based on your choice in the Template Kit library.

Fixed Non-Adaptive mode 

If the non-adaptive mode wasn’t sticking after a page reload, don’t worry – we fixed it. Now, it works as it should.

Upgrade to Starter Templates 3.5.5 for an even simpler time in the Template Kit library. 

We’re here to keep things easy for you! Reach out to us if you face any issues.

Cheers,

Team Starter Templates

Starter Templates version 3.5.4 has been released with the following bug fix:

Fix

• Generate Content with the AI button was not showing in the Template Kit library if a user is already authorized to ZipAI.
• Patterns & Pages preview from Template Kit was not compatible with RTL.
• Fixed an issue where the translation was working on some screens.

We’ve added non-adaptive mode option in the template library. Now, if you don’t want to inherit the styles from theme, you can enable the ‘Non-Adaptive Mode’.

What is Adaptive Mode and Non-Adaptive Mode?

Our templates are designed to seamlessly integrate with your website. They adjust to match your website’s existing design elements.

For example, on your website, the H1 tag might have specific properties like:

– Font size: 30 pixels
– Color: blue
– Line height: 1.6 em

These properties are usually determined by your website’s theme.

If you are using the Astra theme, you can customize these properties through the customizer, as explained in this guide: https://wpastra.com/docs/typography-free/

When you import a template from our library, it automatically inherits these values from your theme. This feature ensures that your website maintains a consistent and branded appearance.

In the future, if you wish to make changes to colors or sizes, you only need to adjust your theme settings. These changes will be reflected throughout your website. Our templates are deliberately designed to adapt to your website by utilizing the values from your theme.

By default, all templates in our library are displayed in adaptive mode. This means that you get a preview of how a particular template will appear on your website once imported.

However, there may be instances where the preview doesn’t align well with your website’s existing design, especially if your theme settings differ significantly. In such cases, you might prefer to view the original design of those templates.

This is where the non-adaptive mode comes into play.

When you activate non-adaptive mode, the template previews will be displayed with typical, standard values. This allows you to see how the templates are designed to look under standard conditions, helping you better understand their original design.

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New

• Introduced Non-adaptive mode option in Template Kit library.

Improvement

• Added default line-height to heading tag in Template Kit library for a better preview of patterns and pages.

Along with the conventional templates, Starter Templates now includes AI-driven building, powered by ZipWP. It will require connecting the user to their ZipWP account and providing their business details, after which it will generate content + images for patterns and pages based on the specified business details.

People get dummy content and images with conventional templates, but with AI, they get business-specific content and relevant images generated by the AI. Building a website will be more than 10 times faster.

New

• All new AI based Template Kit library.

Fix

• Revert to Template Kit library v1.3.3

New

• All new AI based Template Kit library.

Improvement

• Update Essential and Business Toolkits instead of Essential and Business Toolkits.

Fix

• Fixed an issue where the WooCommerce description & short description are not displayed.
• Removed the alert box that pops up when a user tries to leave the page after import process is done.

Improvement

• Added a filter to remove the page builder selection screen and automatically select the Block Editor.
• Ability to remove Elementor as a Page Builder from the selection list.

Fix

• Prevented CartFlows plugin redirection when import is in progress.
• Handled usage of deprecated function get_page_by_title.

We’re excited to announce that we’ve released another batch of Elementor templates that have been converted to the new container system. This update will improve the speed and performance of these templates, making them even faster and more efficient for your use.

The following templates have been updated:

• https://websitedemos.net/deli-restaurant-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/coffee-house-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/coffee-shop-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/dentist-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/freelance-copywriter-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/law-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/pet-sitting-02
• https://websitedemos.net/party-planner-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/locksmith-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/mountain/
• https://websitedemos.net/fitness-trainer-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/online-courses-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/musician-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/musical-instrument-maker-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/wedding-02/
• https://websitedemos.net/vlogger-02/

To access the updated templates, simply browse the templates from Appearance->Starter Templates or here.

We are continuing to work on converting other Elementor section templates to the container system in the near future.