=== Book Author Blog ===
Contributors: rswpthemes
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: 7.0
Requires PHP: 8.0
Stable tag: 5.2.35
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==
Demo Page https://demo.rswpthemes.com/book-author-blog/
Book Author Blog is a beautiful and easy-to-use WordPress theme for authors, writers, novelists, and publishers who want to launch, promote or publish their books online. It is carefully designed to follow the trends of today’s modern web while providing full support for the new WordPress 5 block editor (Gutenberg ready). This theme features an elegant and attractive layout to help you generate high leads and get more sales of your book. With the Book Author Blog theme, you can create a fully responsive, and visually appealing landing page to sell and promote your book without writing a single line of code. It is a speed-optimized theme that helps your website load within a blink of an eye and provides a great user experience to your visitors. The theme is developed with SEO-optimized codes and is schema.org markup ready to help your website rank higher in Google and other search engines. Furthermore, this theme is fully compatible with the popular WooCommerce plugin to allow you to sell your book via your website.

== 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 Book Author Blog, 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.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 - Jun 10, 2022 =
* Initial release

= 1.0.1 - Jun 10, 2022 =
* Added Upgrade to Pro Theme link
* Added Getting Started Page

= 1.0.2 - Jun 15, 2022 =
* Added New Style Blockqoute
* Solved Margin Padding Issue In Post Page.

= 1.0.3 - Jun 17, 2022 =
* Left Sidebar Solved

= 1.0.4 - Jun 17, 2022 =
* Checked Compatiblity with WordPress 6.0.1
* Solved RS AUTHOR INFO BOX ISSUE {Need To Update This Plugin}
* Checked Comptability with All Recommended Plugins

= 1.0.5 - Aug 20, 2022 =
* Fontaweome Icon Issue Solved *

= 1.0.6 - Sep 10, 2022 =
* Added New Documentation Videos
* Checked Compatibility With ALl latest Recommended Plugins.

= 1.0.7 - Sep 20, 2022 =
* Solved Sidebar Issue
* Checked Compatibility With ALl latest Recommended Plugins.

= 1.0.8 - Oct 08, 2022 =
* Solved title break word issue
* Checked Compatibility With ALl latest Recommended Plugins.

= 1.0.9 - Oct 19, 2022 =
* Added CSS For Password Protected Post.
* Checked Compatibility With ALl latest Recommended Plugins.

= 2.0.0 - Oct 27, 2022 =
* Added CSS For Post navigation.
* Solved post link white color issue

= 2.0.1 - Nov 14, 2022 =
* Checked Compatibility with WordPress 6.1
* Checked Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins It's works Well

= 2.0.2 - Dec 11, 2022 =
* Checked Compatibility with WordPress 6.1.1
* Checked Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins It's works Well
* Added Wrapper In Blank Page Template

= 2.0.3 - Dec 21, 2022 =
* Solved Spelling Issue
* Checked Compatibility With RS WP BOOKS SHOWCASE 2.0.5

= 2.0.4 - Dec 28, 2022 =
* Solved Book Ordering Issue
* Checked Compatibility With RS WP BOOKS SHOWCASE 2.0.6

= 2.0.5 - Dec 29, 2022 =
* Added Background Color Features and Solved Layouts Issue
* Added Missing Elements for Primary Background Color and Text color

= 2.0.6 - Jan 12, 2023 =
* Added Header Color Chaning Option
* Added Video Documentations
* Added Demo Data
* Added Plugin Installer Button

= 2.0.7 - Jan 15, 2023 =
* Added Social Media Links To Header
* Removed Repeater Fields
* Added Normal Fields To insert Social Icons
* Note: Repeater Fields Need to be Improved. that's why we removed it for now.

= 2.0.8 - Jan 17, 2023 =
* Solved Repater Fields Not Exist Issue
* Checked Compatibility With RS WP BOOKS SHOWCASE PLUGIN 3.0.3
* Solved php commenting Issue in the custom-header.php file

= 4.0.0 - Jan 30, 2023 =
* Updated Some Text
* Checked Compatibility With RS WP BOOK SHOWCASE plugin
* Checked Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins

= 4.0.1 - Jan 31, 2023 =
* Added Header Customization Options
* Checked Compatibility With RS WP BOOK SHOWCASE plugin 4.0.1
* Added Setup and WalkThroug Video

= 4.0.2 - Feb 2, 2023 =
* Improved Header Responsive Design
* Solved Title Hover Color Issue

= 4.0.3 - Feb 5, 2023 =
* Improved Layout Stracture
* Solved Minor Bugs.

= 4.0.4 - Feb 7, 2023 =
* Improved Slider Layout
* Added Container Size Settings On Pro Version
* Improved Slider Layout Design

= 4.0.6 - Feb 10, 2023 =
* Solved ICon Issue

= 4.0.7 - March 10, 2023 =
* Solved Left Sidebar Issue

= 4.0.8 - March 26, 2023 =
* Improved Loading Speed
* Removed Unnecessary Css and Compressed CSS Files

= 4.0.9 - March 27, 2023 =
* Compressed Icons Files and CSS
* Bring title under h2

= 5.0.0 - April 18, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With RS WP BOOK SHOWCASE 5.0.5

= 5.0.1 - May 10, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.

= 5.0.2 - May 23, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Check Compatibility With WordPress 6.2.2
* Solved Styling Issue of Qoute tag

= 5.0.3 - May 31, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Updated Footer Copyright Link

= 5.0.4 - Jun 10, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Fatal Error Solved

= 5.0.5 - Jun 15, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Solved Recomended Post Wrong Result Issue

= 5.0.6 - Jun 25, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Updated Welcome Notice Functionality

= 5.0.7 - Jun 27, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Updated Welcome Notice Functionality
* Added Advanced Theme Customization Options

= 5.0.8 - Aug 19, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Added Typography Options For Post Page Title

= 5.0.9 - Sep 03, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Checked Compatibility With WordPress 6.3

= 5.1.0 - Sep 14, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Added UTM URL

= 5.1.1 - Sep 27, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Solved Fonts Issues

= 5.1.2 - Nov 15, 2023 =
* Check Compatibility With All Recommended Plugins.
* Updated Fonts and Icons Issue
* Solved Recommended Posts Issue

= 5.1.3 - Nov 21, 2023 =
* Solved Masonry Layout Overlaping Issue

= 5.1.4 - Nov 23, 2023 =
* Improved Code quality to increase site speed

= 5.1.5 - Dec 20, 2023 =
* Chcecked Compatibility With WordPress 6.4.2

= 5.1.6 - Dec 30, 2023 =
* Solved Slider Issues and Console Errors

= 5.1.7 - Jan 15, 2023 =
* Added Post Title Typography Options
* Added Post Title Color Options
* Updated Kirki Version To make it suitable with Multicolor

= 5.1.8 - Jan 29, 2024 =
* Site and Tagline Typography Move to Site Indentity Section

= 5.1.9 - Feb 29, 2024 =
* Added More Color Options.
* Also improve color changing options

= 5.1.10 - March 01, 2024 =
* Added Complete Footer Customization Options

= 5.2.0 - March 13, 2024 =
* Added Typography Features
* Checked Compatibility with RS WP Book Showcase 6.5.3

= 5.2.1 - March 14, 2024 =
* Added Option For Page Meta
* Addedn Page Banner Control & Design Option

= 5.2.2 - March 14, 2024 =
* Improved Page & Post Sidebar Option
* Bring Back Advanced Import Option for while

= 5.2.3 - March 26, 2024 =
* Added New Class To Body Based On Sidebar Layout

= 5.2.4 - March 31, 2024 =
* Solved a big fatal error

= 5.2.5 - April 31, 2024 =
* Checked Compatibility with WordPress 6.5.2

= 5.2.6 - May 07, 2024 =
* Checked Compatibility with Kirki 5.1.0

= 5.2.7 - Jun 01, 2024 =
* Added Container Size Changing Option

= 5.2.8 - July 01, 2024 =
* Solved Demo Import Issue

= 5.2.9 - July 01, 2024 =
* Added Updated Video Documentation

= 5.2.10 - Aug 05, 2024 =
* Checked Compatibility with Latest WordPress

= 5.2.11 - Aug 11, 2024 =
* Now social links will be open in new tab.

= 5.2.12 - Aug 15, 2024 =
* Social Links Column Will be hidden if it's empty.

= 5.2.13 - Aug 30, 2024 =
* Elementor Compatibility check with Page Meta

= 5.2.14 - Sep 15, 2024 =
* Solved Page Header Error on Others Pages

= 5.2.16 - Sep 22, 2024 =
* Improved Screenshot Image

= 5.2.17 - Oct 09, 2024 =
* Removed RSWPBS INSTALLER

= 5.2.18 - Oct 09, 2024 =
* Make welcome notice dismissible.

= 5.2.19 - Nov 05, 2024 =
* Improved Category List Block, Archive List Block, And Latest Comments Block

= 5.2.20 - Dec 03, 2024 =
* Added Hide Featured Image Metabox for posts and pages

= 5.2.21 - Dec 03, 2024 =
* Improved Hide Featured image conditions.

= 5.2.22 - Jan 15, 2025 =
* Make narrow content layout center
* Improved Icons

= 5.2.23 - Feb 15, 2025 =
* Checked compatibility with latest RS WP Book Showcase Plugin

= 5.2.24 - March 13, 2025 =
* Added In Built Demo Setup Option

= 5.2.25 - March 13, 2025 =
* Improved Demo Import Notice
* Removed Text Align Left From The Typography Options

= 5.2.26 - March 13, 2025 =
* Solved small javascript error.

= 5.2.27 - April 22, 2025 =
* Improved Page Banner Customization Settings

= 5.2.28 - May 07, 2025 =
* Organized Comment Functions In a File

= 5.2.29 - july 23, 2025 =
* Compatibility checked with latest wp and all recommended plugins

= 5.2.30 - Sep 17, 2025 =
* Compatibility checked with latest wp and all recommended plugins
* Compatibility checked with latest RS WP Book Showcase

= 5.2.31 - Nov 06, 2025 =
* Compatibility checked with latest wp and all recommended plugins
* Compatibility checked with latest RS WP Book Showcase 6.7.54
* Added Narrow Sidebar Layout in condition

= 5.2.32 - April 11, 2026 =
* Improved compatibility with kirki latest version
* Solved Search Icon Issue
* Solved Translation Warning

= 5.2.33 - May 09, 2026 =
* Removed Embeded open sans font

= 5.2.34 - Jun 20, 2026 =
* Improved Book_Author_Blog_Info_Control wrap string with profer translating option

= 5.2.35 - Jul 22, 2026 =
* Fixed security vulnerability in admin notice AJAX actions by enforcing capability checks
* Added strict nonce verification and improved error responses for AJAX requests

== Copyright ==
Book Author Blog WordPress Theme, Copyright 2026 rswpthemes.com
Book Author Blog 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.

Book Author Blog 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)
* normalize.css http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2015 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
* CSS bootstrap-grid.css
  Copyright 2011-2020 The Bootstrap Authors
  Copyright 2011-2020 Twitter, Inc.
  Licensed under MIT (https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE)
* Font Awesome 4.7.0 by @davegandy - http://fontawesome.io - @fontawesome
  License - http://fontawesome.io/license (Font: SIL OFL 1.1, CSS: MIT License)
* Slick 1.8.0 by Ken Wheeler - http://kenwheeler.github.io
  License - https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/blob/master/LICENSE

== License/copyright for images ==
* logo.png and book cover self created.
* Screenshot images are all licensed under CC0 Universal

Image for theme screenshot
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/661546

Image for theme screenshot
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/822866

Image for theme screenshot
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/339388

Image for theme screenshot
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1073818

Image for theme screenshot
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/873785

Image for theme screenshot
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/5369

Image for theme screenshot
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1146880

Image for theme screenshot, Copyright Pexels
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-wearing-eyeglasses-262391/
