=== BlogStart ===

Contributors: SmarterThemes.com
Tags: blog, news, e-commerce, grid-layout, one-column, two-columns, three-Columns, four-Columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-logo, custom-menu, editor-style, footer-widgets, flexible-header, theme-options, translation-ready, featured-images, block-styles, wide-blocks, sticky-post, featured-image-header, front-page-post-form, full-width-template, post-formats, threaded-comments
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.4
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 2.0.9
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Blogstart simply beautiful blog WordPress theme.

== Description ==

BlogStart is THE theme for starting a blog or taking your existing blog to the next level. It’s perfect for any personal, corporate, fashion, health & fitness, small business website or blog. Developed with page load speed and user experience in mind, your users will love the clean layout and attention to detail on every element. Authors, bloggers and content creators will find BlogStart easy to use and beautiful to look at! SEO optimized, elegant and fully responsive.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How to Install Theme =

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button and Search for BlogStart, OR
2. If you have theme zip file, click Upload and choose File, then select the theme's .zip file. Click Install Now.
3. Click Activate to use your new theme right away.

= Front Page/Home page Customization ==

1. In the admin area, go to Pages > Add New
3. Again In the admin area, go to Settings > Reading
4. In Front page displays choose 'A static page (select below)' and select page for homepage/frontpage
4. The sidebar "Home Main Content Area" will display in homepage

= How to change content or customize site? =
1. In the admin area, go to Appearance > Customize
2. You wll find different options in customizer
2. Add/Edit Widgets, Page and Post

== Changelog ==

= 1.0 - November 14, 2018 =
* Initial release

= 1.0.1 - December 06, 2018 =
* fixes some bugs

= 1.0.2 - December 06, 2018 =
* fixes one small issue

= 1.0.3 - December 09, 2018 =
* Fixes Several Bugs.

= 1.0.4 - January 31, 2018 =
* Fixes Several Bugs.

= 1.0.5 - Feb 02, 2018 =
* Fixes Several Bugs.

= 1.0.6 - Feb 02, 2018 =
* Fixes Several Bugs.

= 1.0.7 - Feb 02, 2018 =
* Fixes Several Bugs.

= 1.0.8 - Feb 07, 2018 =
* fixes spelling

= 1.0.9 - Feb 17, 2018 =
* I have added license of stellarnav

= 2.0 - Feb 17, 2018 =
* fixes Several Bugs.

= 2.0.1 - Jun 04, 2020 =
* Checked Compatibility

= 2.0.3 - August 11, 2020 =
* Checked Compatibility

= 2.0.4 - September 06, 2020 =
* Checked Compatibility with WordPress 5.5.1
* Fix Menu section search box css problem
* Removed post-thumbnail placeholder text and image.
* Added Whatsapp and Instagram icon. and remove google plus

= 2.0.6 - September 06, 2020 =
* Checked Compatibility with WordPress 5.6
* Solved broken layout issues

= 2.0.8 - February 10, 2022 =
* Checked Compatibility with WordPress 5.9.
* Improved Getting Started Page.
* Checked Compatibility With Gutenberg and It's recommended Plugins
* Removed Widget Block Editor Support.
* Removed Widget Block Templates Support.

= 2.0.9 - February 10, 2022 =
* Checked Compatibility with WordPress 6.1.1
* Fixed issue with block pattern

= 2.1.0 - March 23, 2023 =
* Fixed UI issues

= 2.1.1 - April 24, 2023 =
* Update admin notices after install

= 2.1.2 - April 24, 2023 =
* Removed Upgrade to Pro and get started notices

= 2.1.3 - April 24, 2023 =
* Update double theme slug

= 2.1.4 - June 01, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.5 - June 16, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.6 - July 7, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.7 - July 26, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.8 - August 8, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.9 - August 21, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.10 - September 06, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.11 - September 19, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.12 - October 13, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.13 - November 11, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.14 - December 08, 2023 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.15 - January 08, 2024 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.16 - February 05, 2024 =
* Monthly Updates

= 2.1.17 - April 09, 2024 =
* Monthly Updates

== Copyright ==

BlogStart WordPress Theme, Copyright 2021 Adazing
BlogStart 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.

BlogStart bundles the following third-party resources:

* Unless otherwise specified, all the theme files, scripts and images are licensed under GNU General Public License Version 2 or later.
* Based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2015 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
* Google Fonts - Apache License, version 2.0
* normalize.css http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2015 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
* CSS bootstrap.css
  Copyright 2011-2018 The Bootstrap Authors
  https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
* JS bootstrap.js
  Copyright 2011-2018 The Bootstrap Authors (https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/graphs/contributors)
  https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
* The Font Awesome font is licensed under the SIL OFL 1.1:
  http://scripts.sil.org/OFL
  Font Awesome CSS, LESS, and Sass files are licensed under the MIT License:
  https://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html
* owl.carousel CSS
  Modified work Copyright 2016-2018 David Deutsch (https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2/)
  https://github.com/OwlCarousel2/OwlCarousel2/blob/develop/LICENSE
* Animate.min CSS
  Copyright (c) 2018 Daniel Eden (https://daneden.github.io/animate.css/)
  https://github.com/daneden/animate.css/blob/master/LICENSE
* stellarnav css
  Copyright (c) 2016 Vinny Moreira (https://vinnymoreira.com/stellarnav-js-demo/)
  https://github.com/vinnymoreira/stellarnav/blob/master/LICENSE
* stellarnav js
  Copyright (c) 2016 Vinny Moreira (https://vinnymoreira.com/stellarnav-js-demo/)
  https://github.com/vinnymoreira/stellarnav/blob/master/LICENSE

== License/copyright for images ==

* Screenshot images are all licensed under CC0 Universal

https://www.rawpixel.com/image/413964/japanese-woman-working-laptop
https://www.rawpixel.com/image/413192/supportive-business-people
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1452903
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/819301