jackstall
And we're now on the 22nd September 2018 and we're still awaiting basic features to be added such as mobile / tablet / desktop padding variants without having to write CSS.
I personally think every paying JA Builder member needs to have their subscriptions extended to at least 3 months after the new release of JA Builder. There has been nothing but bug updates for a year and we need to renew to stop our clients sites from breaking (being unable to edit without subscription). I honestly feel like I've paid like £120 or whatever it costs for a complete waste of time. It's far from complete and needed to be updated weekly like Divi or something. I've even been considering moving to gridbox, but the thing that's stopped me is that JA products are really good once they're complete - but it's a matter of when now, I have approx. 3 to 4 websites to build each month and can't reasonably use JA builder any longer on my clients sites.
The reason I can't use it on any of my new sites is because the builder needs a major upgrade to include some basic functionality, here's a short list:
- Mobile / Tablet / Desktop Separate Styling Options - We need to be able to change everything from padding to background image etc for each device.
- Heading Sizes - You can't change the heading sizes to your desired px height anywhere without CSS
- Mobile Menu Styling - Yup, we can't change anything without CSS
- No CSS Editor - We are reduced to writing CSS in a blank notepad format, really sucks, needs to be like notepad++ or at least have markup
- Backgrounds - Some blocks allow images, some do not, it's pot luck on the block selection
- Block Style Copy - We need to be able to style one block / element then copy the styling and apply to other blocks / elements
- Block Library - We have page library, but no block library so you can't import your favourite blocks
I could go on, but these are just an example of some really basic elements of a page builder.
I wonder if we'll ever get an answer, or if we'll all be forced into renewing every year until they bring out the new version.
It also annoys me a bit because the page builder is actually pretty good apart from the obvious missing bits. They have a great tool in the making, they just don't seem to be making it any longer...