=== Bam ===

Contributors: pubudu-malalasekara
Requires at least: 4.5
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 5.3
Stable tag: 1.3.6
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Bam WordPress theme is a great flexible theme for blogging sites. Even this is a free theme you will find most of the advanced theme customizer options that you may find only on premium themes like, typography options, header layout options, advanced color options, blog layout options, social media options, etc. Just install the theme and customize it as you like.

== Description ==

Bam is a great flexible theme for blogging sites.

== 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? =

Bam supports all the major plugins.

== Changelog ==

= 1.3.6 =
* New: Added more social media icon options.
* Fix: Added the styles previously provided by theme.css to blocks.scss, as WordPress 7.0 and later no longer load them via add_theme_support( 'wp-block-styles' ).

= 1.3.5 =
* New: Upgraded Font Awesome to version 6.7.2 (from 5.15.4).
* New: Added a filter to modify the related posts query arguments.
* New: Updated Twitter icon.

= 1.3.4 =
* New: Added Popular Posts widget which displays popular posts based on the comment count.

= 1.3.3 =
* New: Added support for Yoast Breadcrumbs, Breadcrumb NavXT and Rank Math Breadcrumbs. ( Appearance > Customize > General Settings > Breadcrumb Source )
* New: Added new hooks - bam_before_article_content, bam_after_article_content, bam_before_entry_header, bam_after_entry_header

= 1.3.2 =
* New: Improved keyboard navigation support for menus.

= 1.3.1 =
* Fix: Invalid ARIA role on tab widget.
* New: Added version to the stylesheet url on functions.php.

= 1.3.0 =
* New: Option to display article updated date instead of the article published date.
* New: Option to display article published/updated time in "time ago" format.

= 1.2.9 =
* New: Added Telegram icon to the top bar social menu.

= 1.2.8 =
* New: Added an option to enter the number of days to display popular posts on Bam: Popular, Recent, Tags, Comments widget.

= 1.2.7 =
* New: Added Top Bar social menu options - Tiktok, Discord, Twitch, Mastodon
* Tweak: Moved the social media options into the "Top Bar > Social" section of the customizer.

= 1.2.6 =
* Tweak: Hide the customizer option "Load Google Fonts Locally" when the "Disable Google Fonts" option is active.

= 1.2.5 =
* New: Now the Google fonts can be loaded from locally to comply with GDPR law.

= 1.2.4 =
* Fix: When the body text color is white the text cannot be seen in the Gutenberg editor.

= 1.2.3 =
* New: Now it is possible to select System Font for any element. 
* New: All the customizer typography options applies to the Gutenberg editor now.

= 1.2.2 =
* Fix: Heading fonts do not display properly on Gutenberg editor. 

= 1.2.1 =
* Fix: CSS issue on tablet devices.

= 1.2.0 =
* New: Support for jetpack infinite scroll.
* New: Accessibility improvement on tab-widget.js
* Fix: two slashes in the font awesome font URI.
* Fix: Input range slider control issue in customizer.
* Fix: Footer widget area links color issue.

= 1.1.9 =
* Fix: System font stack applied incorrectly for site title and heading tags when the google fonts are turned off.
* Fix: Social Media button styling tweak on default social icon block.
* Removed spanish translations since complete translations are availabe on WordPress.org for Bam.

= 1.1.8 =
* Updated font awesome font from 4.7 to 5.15.4

= 1.1.7 =
* Added a new block style for gutenberg heading block to be used as widget title.
* Added a style for search block.
* Fixed the horizontal scroll bar issue that appears when the search widget has no label.

= 1.1.6 =
* Fixed a JavaScript issue with the search box toggle.

= 1.1.5 = 
* New: All jQuery replaced with vanilla JavaScript.
* Added support for responsive embeds on gutenberg.
* Tested the theme with WordPress 5.8 successfully.

= 1.1.4 =
* Fixed few jQuery deprecation issues.

= 1.1.3 =
* Bam successfully tested with WordPress 5.5
* Fixed menu toggle color not applying issue.
* Fixed footer widget title color not applying issue.
* Fixed single post line height control not working issue.
* Few fixes related to the Theme Check plugin.

= 1.1.2 =
* Added FitVids jquery library to support responsive videos.
* Fixed header background color issue.

= 1.1.1 =
* Few updates to ready for WordPress 5.4.
* Fix: Background image now can be applied without deleting the background color. 
* Fixed the archive title not aligning issue.
* Fixed the navigation search icon color not applying issue.
* Fix: Header background image can be applied without deleting the header background color now.

= 1.1.0 =
* Modified related posts layout for mobiles.
* Fixed the mobile navigation issue that comes when the menu is centered.
* Fixed article link color controls not working issue.

= 1.0.9 =
* Fixed few CSS issues on mobiles.
* Fixed header text color control not working issue.

= 1.0.8 =
* Added Page layout option on customizer.
* Fixed the issue that changes site title font size when change the body font size.
* Removed jetpack content options support as the theme already has content options.

= 1.0.7 =
* Added Spanish translation.
* Changed stylings of Tag Cloud Widget.
* Added 'no_found_rows' => true parameter to sidebar widgets WP Queries to improve performance.

= 1.0.6 =
* Added Right to left language (RTL) support.

= 1.0.5 =
* Added top menu dropdown support.
* Fixed ignore sticky posts issue on sidebar posts widget.
* Added Theme Upsell button.
* Added Theme info page.
* Removed "About" part in the author name on Author details box.

= 1.0.4 =
* Fixed default value for footer widget count.

= 1.0.3 =
* Fixed site description escaping issue.
* Added Stable tag into readme.txt.
* Changed screenshot.
* Added image licenses into readme.txt.
* Changed headings font.

= 1.0.2 =
* Fixed focus links not showing issue on main navigation.
* Fixed licensing issues.
* Removed woocommmerce.css and sass shop folder.

= 1.0.1 =
* Added sidebar posts widget.
* Added tabbed content widget.
* Added an option to open social links in a new browser tab.
* Added wp_body_open() function to the header.
* Added an option to change top bar content width.
* Fixed escaping and sanitization issues.
* Changed function name bam_header_style() to bam_custom_header_style() on custom-header.php
* Fixed few customizer setting issues.
* Fixed top bar skype, email issue.
* Changed author-box.php to authorbox.php

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release


== Resources ==

* Based on Underscores, (C) 2012-2017 Automattic, Inc., GPLv2 or later
* normalize.css, (C) 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, MIT
* Font Awesome CSS, (C) 2018 Dave Gandy, MIT
* Font Awesome Fonts, (C) 2018 Dave Gandy, SIL OFL 1.1
* Slider Control slider.js based on Kirki Customizer Framework, (C) 2019 Ari Stathopoulos, MIT
* TRT Customizer Pro (C) 2016 Justin Tadlock, GPLv2 or later.
* Webfonts Loader, (C) 2020 WPTT, MIT


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