{"id":7156,"date":"2011-10-29T22:07:59","date_gmt":"2011-10-29T21:07:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.machinimatrix.org\/?page_id=7156"},"modified":"2025-12-12T10:27:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T10:27:41","slug":"features","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/avalab.org\/avastar\/300\/features\/","title":{"rendered":"Avastar &#8211; Features"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/blog.machinimatrix.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pumpkin-1.png&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||||false|false&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;100%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;100%&#8221; height=&#8221;8em&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; 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