=== Chic Lite ===

Contributors: raratheme
Requires at least: 6.2
Requires PHP: 7.4
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 1.1.9
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
Tags: blog, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, footer-widgets, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, custom-logo, featured-images, threaded-comments, full-width-template, rtl-language-support, translation-ready, theme-options, e-commerce, news

== Description ==
Chic Lite is a feature-rich feminine blog theme for professional bloggers. The theme is mobile friendly, SEO optimized, Schema friendly, and loads faster to help you rank your website higher on search engines. If you want to share your expert fashion tips, travel expertise, your favorite food recipes, or create a lifestyle, beauty and makeup, coaching, or any other niche blog, Chic Lite is for you.  You can easily choose from unlimited colors and 900+ Google fonts to change your website look and feel with a single click. This theme comes with a gorgeous newsletter section that can help you generate more leads and Instagram section to flaunt your Instagram posts. Chic Lite is translation ready, WooCommerce and RTL compatible. Check demo at https://rarathemes.com/theme-demo/?theme=chic-lite, read the documentation at https://docs.rarathemes.com/docs/chic-lite/, and get support at https://rarathemes.com/support-ticket/.

== 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.

== Copyright ==

Chic Lite WordPress Theme, Copyright 2021 rarathemes.com
Chic Lite 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.

Chic Lite bundles the following third-party resources:

Owl-carousel, Copyright 2013-2017 David Deutsch 
License : MIT
Source  : https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2

Owl Carousel v2 Accessibility Layer, Copyright 2016 Geoffrey Roberts
License : MIT
Source  : https://github.com/rtrvrtg/owlcarousel2-a11ylayer

animate.css, Copyright (c) 2017 Daniel Eden
License: MIT
Source: https://github.com/daneden/animate.css

normalize.css, Copyright 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
License: MIT
Source: https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/

Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
Icons License: CC BY 4.0 
Fonts License: SIL OFL 1.1
Source: http://fontawesome.io/

Selectize, Copyright � 2013�2016 Brian Reavis & Contributors
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Source: https://github.com/selectize/selectize.js

Sifter, Copyright � 2013�2015 Brian Reavis & Contributors
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Source: https://github.com/brianreavis/sifter.js/

Microplugin, Copyright � 2013 Brian Reavis & Contributors
License: Apache License, Version 2.0
Source: https://github.com/brianreavis/microplugin.js

TGMPA, Copyright (c) 2011, Thomas Griffin
License: GPL-2.0+
Source: http://tgmpluginactivation.com/

Perfect Scrollbar v1.3.0
License: The MIT License (MIT)
Source: https://github.com/utatti/perfect-scrollbar

Chic Lite Theme incorporates code from Kirki, Copyright (c) 2017 Aristeides Stathopoulos
License: https://github.com/aristath/kirki/blob/develop/LICENSE
Source: https://github.com/aristath/kirki

Webfonts Loader
Chic Lite Theme local fonts feature is based on Webfonts Loader by WordPress Themes Team (WPTT). (https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader)
License: MIT
Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE

Some codes are taken from https://blog.josemcastaneda.com/2016/08/08/copy-paste-hurting-theme/

Some codes are taken from Twenty Twenty theme - https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwenty/

Image for theme screenshot image, Copyright Pxhere
License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI	: https://pxhere.com/en/license,
Source 		: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/83297

Image for theme screenshot image, Copyright Pxhere
License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI	: https://pxhere.com/en/license,
Source 		: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/874091

Image for theme screenshot image, Copyright Pxhere
License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI	: https://pxhere.com/en/license,
Source 		: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/716866

Image for theme screenshot image, Copyright Pxhere
License 	: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URI	: https://pxhere.com/en/license,
Source 		: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/590460

== Changelog ==

    1.1.9 - January 19, 2026
    * Update: Updated PHP to 7.4.
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.

    1.1.8 - January 19, 2026
    * Update: Translation loading early issue has been fixed.
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.

    1.1.7 - August 09, 2024
    * Update: New dashboard has been implemented for better user experience.
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.

 	  1.1.6 - May 24, 2024
    * Fix: Minor refinements have been done in the dashboard links.
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.

    1.1.5 - Feb 8, 2024
    * Update: Admin Ajax request issue fixed.

    1.1.4 - Jan 31, 2024
    * Update: Nonce check done in admin notice.

    1.1.3 - October 30, 2023
    * Update: Google Fonts Library has been updated.
    * Update: Now users can add Instagram shortcode from any plugins of their choice.

    1.1.2 - June 20, 2023
    * Updated: Google Fonts Library has been updated.
    * Updated: Relevant tags for the theme has been added.

    1.1.1 - September 12, 2022
    * Fixed: Error page latest posts image issue.
    * Fixed: TGMPA warning in PHP 8 is fixed.

    1.1.0 - July 18, 2022
    * Added: feature to load google font locally

    1.0.9 - May 31, 2022
    * Fix: Submenu in secondary menu toggle issue is fixed.
    * Fix: WooCommerce product review tab design issue is fixed.
    * Update: Fontawesome is updated to 6.1.1 for latest icons.

    1.0.8 - February 10, 2022
    * Recommended AffiliateX plugin
     
    1.0.7 - November 11, 2021
	  * Fixed design issue in instagram section

    1.0.6 - October 29, 2021
      * Fixed responsive menu issue for dropdown
      * Fixed menu design fixes

    1.0.5 - October 8, 2021
      * Fixed navigation menu issue for downward arrow
      * Fixed newsletter button alignment
      * Updated google fonts

    1.0.4 - May 27, 2021
      * Modified div structure of search

    1.0.3 - May 05, 2021
    	* Fixed sidebar layout in customizer

    1.0.2 - April 22, 2021
      * Fixed posts pagination translation issue
      * Fixed header search js issue
      * Recommended Rara One Click Demo Import plugin

    1.0.1 - April 15, 2021
      * Fixed issues from org reviewer

    1.0.0 - January 19, 2021
      * Initial release