=== Catch Base ===
Contributors: catchthemes
Tags: blog, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-image-header, featured-images, flexible-header, front-page-post-form, post-formats, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready
Requires at least: 5.9
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 5.6
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Catch Base is a simple, clean and responsive WordPress Theme. Use this as a base for your theme development or custom site development

== Description ==

If you are looking to tailor-make a unique site without having to spend time coding a strong base for a theme that is smooth and displays well in all mobile and desktop devices, Catch Base is where your search ends. Catch Base is a simple, clean and responsive WordPress Theme. Use this as a base for your theme development or custom site development, and you will be thrilled with its ease and efficiency! Catch Base is built in HTML5, CSS3 and WordPress Theme Customizer for real time customization. This theme is translation ready and also currently translated in Swedish, French, Brazilian Portuguese, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian and Danish languages. Check out Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-base/, Support at https://catchthemes.com/support/ and Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/catch-base/

For more information about Catch Base please go to https://catchthemes.com/themes/catch-base/

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Catch Base 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 https://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-base/ for a guide on how to customize this theme.
5. Navigate to Appearance -> Customize in your admin panel and customize to taste.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

Theme supports all plugins from catchplugins.com

= Where can I find theme documentation? =

You can check our Theme Instructions at https://catchthemes.com/themes/catch-base in the Theme Instructions Tab.

= Where can I find theme demo? =

You can check our Theme Demo at https://catchthemes.com/demo/catch-base/

= Custom Menus =

Catch Base theme supports two custom menus that is primary and secondary.
To create a custom menu, go to Appearance -> Menus in your dashboard.
For more about custom menu, check out https://catchthemes.com/blog/custom-menus-wordpress-themes/

= Featured Image =

This theme relies heavily on Featured Images. If your post/page is missing a Featured Image, the post image will not show up on homepage, on archived pages and on Featured Page Slider. For more about featured image, check out https://catchthemes.com/blog/videos-blog/video-series-adding-featured-image-wordpress-postpage/

If you are migrating your old site to this new them then you need to regenerate thumbnails. You can do that easily with this plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/. This plugin allows you to regenerate your thumbnails after changing the thumbnail sizes, which occurs by switching from one theme to another.

= Featured Slider =

In Catch Base Free theme, there is only option to use Featured Page Slider, which is created to highlight your Page in the slider. But pro version has additional option to Featured Post Slider, Featured Category Slider and Featured Image Slider.

To add featured page slider,
1. Create a Page and then add Featured Image to the Page.
2. Go to "Appearance -> Customize -> Featured Slider Options" from your WordPress Dashboard
3. Under Featured Slider Type, you need to select "Featured Page Slider"
4. Then you can change the number of slides and select your pages in "Featured Page #"
4. Finally, click on "Save & Publish"

Note: You can also change Enable Slider, slider effects, delay and length under Featured Slider Settings.

= Social Icons =

Catch Base has social icons for various social networking sites.
1. Go to "Appearance -> Customize -> Social Links" form your WordPress Dashboard
2. Add in your social profile links and click on "Save & Publish"

Note: By default social links will be added in Header Right Section. You can also add that in your sidebar from "Appearance -> Widgets"

Available icons:
* Codepen
* Digg
* Dribbble
* Dropbox
* Facebook
* Flickr
* Foursquare
* GitHub
* Google+
* Instagram
* LinkedIn
* Email
* Pinterest
* Pocket
* Reddit
* RSS Feed
* Spotify
* StumbleUpon
* Tumblr
* Twitch
* Twitter
* Vimeo
* WordPress
* YouTube

Skype Link:
Skype link can have several formats which are documented below:
Username:
    skype:profile_name?action

    Examples of such actions are
    * call        to call
    * chat        to chat
    * voicemail   to leave a voice mail
    * sendfile    to send a file
    * add         to add to contacts
    * userinfo    to view profile

    E.g: skype:echo123?call
    This will initiate test call use skype usenarme echo123

Number:
    callto://+***********

    E.g: callto://+14044627491
    This will initiate Skype to call phone number 14044627491

= Theme Instructions =

For detail instructions, check out theme instructions page at https://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/catch-base/

== Translation ==

Catch Base theme is translation ready.
Added Translation for Swedish by Anders Paulcén ( Email: anderspaulcen@gmail.com )
Added Translation for French by Jérôme Joseph ( Email: jerome.joseph28@hotmail.com )
Added Translation for Brazilian Portuguese by Valdir Trombini ( Email: valdir.trombini@gmail.com )
Added Translation for German by Jürgen Zapp ( Email: j_m_z@hotmail.com ) and Micky261 ( Email: karlo261@hotmail.de )
Added Translation for Hungarian by Kürti Gábor ( Email: gabor.kurti@gmail.com )
Added Translation for Lithuanian
Added Translation for Danish by Pernille Kvamsdal (pkvamsdal@outlook.com)

= More FAQ =

For more FAQs, visit https://catchthemes.com/frequently-asked-questions/

== Changelog ==

= 3.5.2 (Released: May 25, 2026) =
* Updated: WordPress 7.0 ready

= 3.5.1 (Released: December 09, 2025) =
* Bug Fixed: Deprecated Function WP_Dependencies-add_data() warning after WordPress update 6.9
* Updated: WordPress 6.9 ready

= 3.5 (Released: June 04, 2025) =
* Added: Twitter X, TikTok, Bluesky, and Threads icons
* Bug Fixed: Sidebar menu closing issue with an adminbar
* Replaced: Genericons library to Font Awesome
* Removed: Polldaddy icon
* Updated: About admin CSS for changelog display
* Updated: WordPress 6.8 ready

= 3.4.7 (Released: September 02, 2024) =
* Bug Fixed: Escaping author display name (Reported By Michael  https://patchstack.com)
* Updated: WordPress 6.6 ready

= 3.4.6 (Released: December 01, 2023) =
* Updated: WordPress 6.4 ready

= 3.4.5 (Released: August 29, 2022) =
* Updated: WordPress 6.0 ready

= 3.4.4 (Released: March 15, 2022) =
* Added: Fitvids Option (Fixed Video Spacing issue)
* Bug Fixed: Upgrade Now button URL in Customizer

= 3.4.3 (Released: February 05, 2022) =
* Updated: WordPress 5.9 ready

= 3.4.2 (Released: February 12, 2021) =
* Add: Default Blocks Support
* Bug Fixed: Slider Issue on Image loader set to true on WP 5.5

= 3.4.1 (Released: September 03, 2020) =
* Updated: Screenshot

= 3.4 (Released: August 12, 2020) =
* Bug Fixed: Keyboard navigation js issue
* Removed: Cycle slider shuffle not compatible with theme check so it has been removed
* Updated: Screenshot and other images
* Updated: Theme Check Issues
* Updated: Translation function escaping

= 3.3 (Released: August 26, 2019) =
* Added: Support for wp_body_open action
* Bug Fixed: Keyboard navigation accessibility issue

= 3.2.1 (Released: January 30, 2019 ) =
* Bug Fixed: get_privacy_policy_link() issue on old WP versions
* Updated: Readme file as per new requirement
* Updated: Metabox UI

= 3.2 (Released: October 19, 2018 ) =
* Added: Core Privacy Policy link support in footer
* Bug Fixed: Updated Content delivered through the_content filter
* Updated: Upgrade to pro button css update
* Updated: Content type label updated

= 3.1.1 (Released: April 03, 2018) =
* Bug Fixed: Design issue with Catch Infinite Scroll plugin

= 3.1 (Released: March 06, 2018) =
* Code Optimization
* Enhanced Security: Replaced wp_filter_post_kses with wp_kses_post
* Updated: JS compression update

= 3.0 (Released: October 10, 2017) =
* Major Update: Enhanced HTML structure

= 2.9.2 (Released: June 28, 2017) =
* Code Optimization
* Removed: changelog.txt file and added changelog in readme.txt file

= 2.9.1 =
* Added: Option to Display all Categories in Customizer
* Code Optimization
* Compatible with WordPress 4.8
* Optimization: Replaced wp_reset_query with wp_reset_postdata
* Remove: Backward compatibility functions

= 2.9 =
* Removed: HTML script loading from catchbase_head() function and added it as wp_enqueue_script() in catchbase_head() function
* Updated: fitvids handle to 'jquery-fitvids', sidr handle to 'jquery-sidr'
* Updated: Reset all settings compatibility with WordPress v4.6
* Updated: Used the_archive_title() and the_archive_description() in archive.php
* Updated: Upgrade Button in customizer with respect to trt decision
* Updated: Custom CSS to Additional CSS( Core Support ) for WP version 4.7
* Code Optimization

= 2.8.3 =
* Bug Fixed: `sprintf() too few arguments` issue on other languages
* Updated: Danish translation da_DK.po and da_DK.mo
* Updated: German translation de_DE.po and de_DE.mo

= 2.8.2 =
* Bug Fixed: White space issues at the end of files
* Updated: Content Width Implementation Code
* Updated: Tags in styles.css header
* Updated: All instances of catchthemes.com converted to https

= 2.8.1 =
* Updated: Favicon and Web Clip Migration to Site Icon( Core Support )
* Updated: Logo to Custom Logo( Core Support ) for WP version 4.5

= 2.8 =
* Fixed: Featured Page Content anchor attribute issue (title missing)
* Updated: Sidr menu script to version 2.1.1.1
* Updated: Meta viewport for better responsive support
* Updated: Content Width Implementation
* Updated: Theme Layout retrieval via function

= 2.7.1 =
* Bug Fixed: Genericons issue with To Top plugin
* Bug Fixed: German language translation issue in de_DE.po and de_DE.mo file

= 2.7 =
* Added: Disable scrollup option.
* Added: Social Icons for Phone, Handset, Cart, Cloud, Link( Custom Link )
* Bug Fixed: Featured Slider not looping
* Enhanced: Used antispambot() function on emails output on social icons
* Updated: Disable Logo checkbox to hide Logo, Logo alt text and Logo url
* Updated: Disable Featured Header Image to hide Header image size, Header image alt text, Header image url, Header image target
* Updated: Disable Promotion headline to hide Promotion headline text, Promotion subheadline text, Promotion headline button text, Promotion headline button url, Promotion headline target
* Updated: changed transport -> refresh to transport -> postMessage in Customizer API where feasible to make it more user friendly
* Updated: Genericons to 3.4.1
* Updated: Jetpack Scroll Pagination Option to enable infinite scroll in Reading Settings

= 2.6 =
* Added: Danish translation da_DK.po and da_DK.mo
* Bug Fixed: Featured Slider Transition Effect Not Updating
* Updated: Text Domain in style.css updated to catch-base
* Updated: responsive menu script
* Updated: responsive css to fix iphone6 issue

= 2.5 =
* Added: Lithuanian translation lt_LT.po and lt_LT.mo

= 2.4.1 =
* Bug Fixed: Breadcrumb css issue in IE 11 ( Reported by Mark )
* Removed panel for featured content and featured slider for WordPress version greater than 4.2

= 2.4 =
* Bug Fixed: German language translation issue in de_DE.po and de_DE.mo file (Reported by mydreamin )
* Bug Fixed: Changed esc_attr_e to echo esc_attr in searchform.php
* Compatible with WordPress 4.3
* Removed support for WordPress version less than 4.1
* Updated codes to comply with deprecating PHP4 style constructors in WordPress 4.3
* Updated text-domain

= 2.3 =
* Added: Hungarian translation hu_HU.po and hu_HU.mo

= 2.2.1 =
* Bug Fixed: Featured Page Slider

= 2.2 =
* Added: Missing keywords esc_attr_x in .pot file
* Bug Fixed: Featured slider overlapping text and image issue
* Bug Fixed: Escaped missing options in slider, social icons and breadcrumb implementation
* Changed the link for html5shiv in readme file
* Optimized Customizer Scripts
* Updated: French translation fr_FR.po and fr_FR.mo
* Updated: Handling of default hex color values of custom background color and custom header text color

= 2.1 =
* Added: Single Post navigation
* Updated: German translation de_DE.po and de_DE.mo
* Updated: Brazilian Portuguese translation pt_BR.po and pt_BR.mo

= 2.0 =
* Added Featured Content "Display Content" option
* Combined options for Featured Content and renamed the section From Featured Content Options to Featured Content in Customizer
* Combined options for Featured Slider and renamed the section From Featured Slider Options to Featured Slider in Customizer
* Removed unnecessary js from custom customizer js as support for WordPress versions less than 4.0 is not required
* Updated Social Widget name
* Updated: Brazilian Portuguese translation pt_BR.po and pt_BR.mo

= 1.9 =
* Added: Support for Random Header Image
* Bug Fixed: Removal of extra '/' in sub-categories in breadcrumb and updates in breadcrumb
* Bug Fixed: Blog page featured image not overwriting default header image

= 1.8 =
* Added link in Featured page content title
* Added German translation de_DE.po and de_DE.mo
* Bug Fixed: Header Text only CSS change when not displaying site title and tagline
* Bug Fixed: Metabox Options not saving properly
* Bug Fixed: Fixed Slider height overlaps issue. Added Image Loader option on Featured Slider that specifies image-loading support

= 1.7 =
* Added Brazilian Portuguese translation pt_BR.po and pt_BR.mo
* Bug Fixed: Sidebar layout option
* Bug Fixed: Social icon wrap
* Bug Fixed: Featured page content showing full content instead of excerpt

= 1.6 =
* Added French translation fr_FR.po and fr_FR.mo
* Bug Fixed: Content Layout issue with content_width
* Bug Fixed: Removed assistive-text from Featured Demo Slider ( Reported by bydlo )
* Bug Fixed: Added jquery.cycle2.js.map ( Reported by tualatinweb )

= 1.5 =
* Added Swedish translation sv_SE.po and sv_SE.mo
* Bug Fixed: update keyword _nx:1,2,4c from _nx:1,2 in language file catchbase.pot
* Bug Fixed: Skype Social icon and open link in new window for email issues

= 1.4 =
* Bug Fixed: Content Width Issue
* Bug Fixed: Html is now allowed in Featured Content Headline and Sub-headline
* Bug Fixed: Header Right Social Icon
* Bug fixed: Check class logo left or logo right only when there is logo and logo is not disabled
* Bug Fixed: Featured Content Layout Type css issue
* Bug Fixed: added missing keyword _nx:1,2 and esc_html__ in language file catchbase.pot
* Removed unnecessary file catchbase-menu.js
* Removed duplicate class site-­header as ID found
* Replaced the_title() with the_title_attribute() where title is used as attribute
* Replaced all require_once with require

= 1.3 =
* Added Option in Enable Header Image: Excluding Home, Page/Post Featured Image
* Added catchbase- prefix to some js handles as done in _s
* Bug Fixed: undefined index $page_for_posts for Featured Header Image
* Bug Fixed: featured-heading-wrap, $headline and $subheadline empty check in featured content
* Bug Fixed: Featured Content missing classes entry-header and entry-title
* Bug Fixed: Html is now allowed in Promotion Headline
* Bug Fixed: Setting max-width for button, input, select, textarea
* Changed get_page to get_post as get_page is depreciated
* Fixed header text condition for Sidebar
* Removed jquery cookie and its dependencies
* Renamed "custom_meta_box_nonce" renamed to  "catchbase_custom_meta_box_nonce"
* Sanitized custom metabox settings

= 1.2.1 =
* Added: Default color for Dark color scheme
* Removed unnecessary class in excerpt featured image
* Removed unnecessary mobile menu script
* Renamed Page/Post Featured Image Size to Page/Post Featured Header Image Size
* Bug Fixed: Classes for excerpt and content fixed in content.php
* Bug Fixed: Default Options now saving on saving other options in customizer
* Bug Fixed: Options Spelling Mistake

= 1.2 =
* Added title tag via add theme support
* Bug Fixed: Homepage Category Conditions (Reporter by leucospis)
* Bug Fixed: Removed unnecessary code in sidebar options meta (Reporter by ladonnaraeh)
* Bug Fixed: Assistive text
* Bug Fixed: Secondary Menu anchor ID
* Changed customizer button color
* Removed unnecessary file catchbase-customizer-color-options.php
* Removed unnecessary css

= 1.1.1 =
* Added hover color css Foursquare, PollDaddy and Twitch TV social icons
* Bug Fixed: Single Post/Page Featured Image showing extra hi

= 1.1 =
* Added Foursquare, PollDaddy and Twitch TV social icons
* Bug Fixed: Featured header image
* Bug Fixed: Featured content width in mobile
* Bug Fixed: Sanitize email for email output
* Bug Fixed: Typo in content featured image
* Bug Fixed: Primary sidebar closing tag issue
* Removed unnecessary body_class for page-blog
* Moved Featured content position option from Homepage/Frontpage options to featured content settings
* Changed catchbase_footer_content_start and catchbase_footer_sidebar hook priority

= 1.0 =
* Fixed Sub-menu issue
* Fixed featured image issue in archive pages
* Fixed color scheme
* Fixed frontpage category options
* Fixed content width
* Fixed featured content positions
* Removed dark-noise.png image
* Removed unnecessary header right sidebar
* Removed default favicon and webclip icon
* Standardize code quality
* Updated stylesheets
* Updated theme customizer types
* Updated readme.txt and theme description
* Updated genericons to version 3.3

= 0.2 =
* Initial Release in Catchthemes.com

= 0.1 =
* Submitted to WordPress.org

== Copyright ==

Catch Base WordPress Theme, Copyright 2012-2026 Catchthemes.com
Catch Base is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

== Resources ==
* Based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2018 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

* Images
    Images used are released under the CC0 license
    1. https://stocksnap.io/photo/urban-city-SAO7ORQI34 - header image, 1st slider image and screenshot image
    2. https://stocksnap.io/photo/sea-ocean-9BQBFM3STL  -  2nd slider image
    3. All other images are self shot image by (CatchThemes.com)

* Font Icons
    Font Awesome Free is free, open source, and GPL friendly.
    Copyright (c) 2024 Fonticons, Inc. (https://fontawesome.com)
    with Reserved Font Name: "Font Awesome".
    Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1 License
    https://fontawesome.com

* JS Files
    HTML5-Shiv is Licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses
    https://github.com/afarkas/html5shiv

    jQuery Cycle 2 is Licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses
    http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle2/

    fitvids is Licensed under the  WTFPL license
    http://fitvidsjs.com/

    Sidr is Licensed under the MIT License
    https://github.com/artberri/sidr
