Joomla Pagebuilder & off-canvas menu

jonc1

Hi, is it possible to create an off-canvas menu position to use on pages created with Pagebuilder. It looks from the documentation as if the integration with T3 templates should make it possible but I'm not sure how this can be achieved / enabled. When it comes to editing styles beyond very simple activity I'm a nervous dabbler. My site is still under development on localhost so access is not possible but I'm hoping you'll be able to provide some guidance / code snippets.
Many thanks

saguaros

Hi jonc1

In case that you want to have off-canvas like that, you can consider to us JA Page Builder with a Joomla template which supports off-canvas like T3 / T4 based templates.

With this way, you can create pages via JA Page Builder and in the menu item settings of this page builder, you can assign that menu to T3/T4 template style so that the header + footer sections will be from templates, the main content will be the content you added from JA Page Builder.

Regards

jonc1

Thanks for the response however I am keen to use the JA Page Builder headers and footers (I've already created those and only came across the problem when I was doing testing on different devices) rather than use pre-existing templates. The site is using the JA Social II template for some pages so T3 is installed and available but I would prefer to not restart the work on the other parts.
Is there any way to build one of the T3 components into the JA Builder header to enable the off-screen menu using the custom CSS capability?

saguaros

jonc1 I understand but I'm afraid that at this moment, the header in JA Builder doesn't support off-canvas yet.

jonc1

Is there any possibility of it being in a future release. In fact are there ANY plans for further releases of JA Builder or is it considered to have 'end of life' status. Should I assume that the absence of any product roadmap for it implies there are no plans to assign development resources to it in the forseeable future.
Does the T4 PageBuilder product have the capability already and would it make more sense for me to start using that for future projects. Is there any functionality in JA Builder that is not in the T4 product and what would be the downside of transitioning the work I have already undertaken?
I will have to release the work I've already done in order to meet some deadlines anyway so will have to live without the off-canvas initially but would like to understand what work I need to plan in order to implement an off-canvas capability by the end of 2021.

saguaros

Hi jonc1

To be honest, there is no new feature implemented for JA Builder right now. We're focusing on T4 Builder but we still keep JA Builder up-to-date with Joomla new versions.

You can check out this info page of T4 Builder: https://www.joomlart.com/t4-builder/t4-joomla-page-builder and for new project, I recommend you to try with T4 Builder.

Regards

jonc1

Thanks Saguaros, not the news I was really hoping for but it does clarify the situation for me. I'll look at the alternatives and figure out how best to move forward.
I am happy to close the ticket.
All best

saguaros

jonc1 Let me know if you need any further help then.

Have a good day!!!