=== Appliance Ecommerce Store ===
Contributors: ThemesPride
Tags: wide-blocks, block-styles, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, three-columns, four-columns, grid-layout, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-background, custom-menu, custom-logo, editor-style, featured-images, footer-widgets, featured-image-header, full-width-template, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, post-formats, threaded-comments, flexible-header, e-commerce, portfolio, blog
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6
Stable tag: 2.3
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==

The Appliance Ecommerce Store theme is a modern, fully resposive, multi-purpose solution built on Bootstrap and CSS3, designed to help you create a professional online appliance store with ease and flexibility. It is ideal for retailers selling home appliances, kitchen electronics, smart home gadgets, household electronics, and electric appliance products, including refrigerators, washing machines, microwaves, dishwashers, air conditioners, and other smart electronics. With a clean and elegant layout, this theme ensures every product is showcased in a visually appealing way that enhances customer engagement and boosts conversions. Fully compatible with WooCommerce functionality, it enables smooth product category management, featured product sections, best-selling highlights, and efficient inventory handling. Customers benefit from advanced product search, smart filtering options, secure checkout flow, shopping cart features, and multiple payment gateway support, making the overall shopping journey seamless and convenient. The theme also allows you to highlight special offers, promotional discounts, and trending products directly on the homepage to maximize visibility and sales performance. Built with SEO optimization and mobile-first design principles, it ensures fast loading speed and consistent performance across desktops, tablets, and smartphones. Customizable headers, footers, and flexible page layouts help you align the store design with your brand identity, while additional features like image galleries, customer reviews, newsletter integration, and social media connectivity strengthen customer trust and online reach.

Installation

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Appliance Ecommerce Store in the search form and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard.
3. Click on the 'Activate' button to use your new theme right away.
4. Go to # for a guide on how to customize this theme.

== Changelog ==

= 0.1 =
    * Initial version released.

= 1.1 =
    * Added get started.
    * Added footer link.
    * Added documentation link in customizer.
    * Added "Pro" link in the relevant section.
    * Added demo import.

= 1.2 =
    * Resolved theme css errors.

= 1.3 =
    * Added post meta order option for single post display.
    * Added option to customize the date icon in single posts.
    * Added option to customize the author icon in single posts.
    * Added option to customize the comment icon in single posts.
    * Added option to customize the category icon in single posts.
    * Added option to customize the time icon in single posts.

= 1.4 =
    * Resolved theme css errors.

= 1.5 =
    * Updated to the latest WordPress version.
    * Added editor styles in theme functions.
    * Added setting to change footer widget title text transform.
    * Added setting to change footer widget title font weight.
    * Added setting to change footer widget position.

= 1.6 =
    * Updated content.

= 1.7 =
    * Updated the Get Started button text.
    * Resolved an issue where tab loading was taking too much time.
    * Reorganized section layout by moving content below and placing tabs above.
    * Added three action buttons after successful demo import.
    * Fixed issues with the top notice buttons so the notice is permanently dismissed after closing.

= 1.8 =
    * Fixed `appliance_ecommerce_store_scripts()` function:
      - Corrected multiple `wp_add_inline_style()` calls with proper handle and CSS parameters.
      - Removed unused `$appliance_ecommerce_store_menu_font_family` variable.
    * Removed multiple stray closing `div` tags causing unbalanced structure.
    * Resolved get started css errors.
    * Added font weight setting for copyright text.

= 1.9 =
    * Added sale badges position setting shift to woocommer option section.
    * Added padding controls for top/bottom positions of product sale badges.
    * Added padding controls for left/right positions of product sale badges.
    * Added font size control for product sale badges.
    * Added border radius control for product sale badges.

= 2.0 =
    * Updated fontawesome-all.css.
    * Fixed responsive CSS issues.
    * Resolved menu CSS errors.
    * Corrected homepage CSS errors.

= 2.1 =
    * Resolved theme css errors.

= 2.2 =
    * Added show/hide setting for slider section animation effect.
    * Added show/hide setting for about section animation effect
    * Added show/hide setting for footer section animation effect.

= 2.3 =
    * Updated theme content.

== Resources ==

Appliance Ecommerce Store WordPress Theme, Copyright 2025 ThemesPride
Appliance Ecommerce Store is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

Appliance Ecommerce Store WordPress Theme is derived from Twenty Seventeen WordPress Theme, Copyright 2016 WordPress.org
Twenty Seventeen is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

Appliance Ecommerce Store bundles the following third-party resources:

CSS bootstrap.css
License: bootstrap is licensed under the MIT License
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
Source: https://getbootstrap.com/

JS bootstrap.js
License: bootstrap is licensed under the MIT License
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
Source: https://getbootstrap.com/

Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
License: Icons: CC BY 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/blob/6.x/LICENSE.txt
Source: https://fontawesome.com/icons

Owl Carousel v2.3.4 Copyright 2013-2018 David Deutsch
Licensed under: SEE LICENSE IN
https://github.com/OwlCarousel2/OwlCarousel2/blob/master/LICENSE
Source: https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2/

Webfont-Loader
License: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE
Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader

TGMPA, GaryJones Copyright (C) 1989, 1991
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Source: https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation/blob/develop/LICENSE.md

Google Fonts : 
Poppins  
    License: [Google Fonts Licensing](https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/licensing)  
    Source: [Poppins on Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Poppins)  

League Spartan  
    License: [Google Fonts Licensing](https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/licensing)  
    Source: [League Spartan on Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/League Spartan)  
    
Pxhere Images
Source: https://pxhere.com/
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Url: https://pxhere.com/en/license

Pxhere Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1237753

Pxhere Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/682808

Pxhere Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/759456

Pxhere Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/939772

Pxhere Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1195166