=== Ace News ===

Contributors: ascendoor
Tags: custom-background, custom-logo, custom-colors, custom-menu, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready, theme-options, footer-widgets, full-width-template, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, news, blog
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 1.1.6
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

== Description ==

Ace News is a WordPress theme designed for news, portal, and magazine websites. It boasts a clean structure, a minimalist aesthetic, and a user-friendly interface. Notably optimized for performance, this WordPress theme is characterized by its tidy, adaptable, and responsive design. Catering to online magazines, newspapers, bloggers, journalists, and various informative platforms, it is expertly organized for multiple layouts. This theme is versatile and lends itself to customization, enabling alterations to the visual style through color changes and widget additions. Its agility and responsiveness are well-crafted to enhance the website's search engine ranking, ensuring that users can easily access news content across different devices and browsers. Check the theme documentation at: https://docs.ascendoor.com/docs/ace-news/ and demo at: https://demos.ascendoor.com/ace-news/

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button.
2. Click Upload Theme and Choose File, then select the theme's .zip file. Click Install Now.
3. Click Activate to use your new theme right away.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

The theme is integrated to work with following plugins:
* One Click Demo Import: This plugin is recommended to use for demo importing purpose.
* Contact Form 7: This plugin is recommended to use for contact forms on contact page.

== Changelog ==

= 1.1.6
* Added: Social Media Icons
* Updated: Tested up to WordPress 6.9

= 1.1.5
* Updated: Tested up to WordPress 6.8

= 1.1.4 =
* Fixed condition to check post category in related posts section
* Updated language file
* Tested up to WordPress 6.6

= 1.1.3 =
* Added condition to hide the image div if there are no post thumbnails
* Fixed primary and secondary widget area responsive issue
* Fixed single page and post's pagination issue
* Fixed archive page's pagination issue
* Tested up to WordPress 6.5

= 1.1.2 =
* Fixed news ticker design issue
* Fixed fontawesome icon issue
* Tested up to WordPress 6.4

= 1.1.1 =
* Upadated fontawesome 6.4.2
* Fixed banner slider navigation issue
* Fixed rtl design issues

= 1.1.0 =
* Upadated flash news section
* Added flash news speed controller
* Fixed rtl design issue

= 1.0.1 =
* Fixed enable homepage content repeat issue

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release

== Images Screenshot ==

Header Image and Advertisement Image: Self-made

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== Credits ==

* Based on Underscores https://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2020 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
* normalize.css https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2018 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
* class-tgm-plugin-activation.php https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation [GNU General Public License v2.0]
* Breadcrumb Trail: https://github.com/justintadlock/breadcrumb-trail, [GNU General Public License v2.0]
* Slick: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/, (c) 2017 Ken Wheeler, License: MIT license
* Font Awesome Free 6.4.2 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com, License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License)
* jQuery.Marquee: https://github.com/aamirafridi/jQuery.Marquee/blob/master/licence, (c) 2017 Aamir Afridi http://www.aamirafridi.com, License: MIT license
* Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/, License: Apache License, version 2.0
* Webfonts Loader: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader, License: MIT, https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE