=== Formal News ===

Contributors: ascendoor
Tags: custom-background, custom-logo, custom-colors, custom-menu, featured-images, threaded-comments, translation-ready, theme-options, footer-widgets, full-width-template, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, news, blog
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 1.0.2
Requires PHP: 7.4
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

== Description ==

Formal News is a WordPress theme tailored for news, portal, and magazine websites, offering a clean layout, minimalist design, and an intuitive user experience. Optimized for performance, this theme features a well-structured, flexible, and responsive design. Ideal for online magazines, newspapers, bloggers, journalists, and other information-based platforms, it supports various layout options and customization. Users can easily personalize the theme's appearance by adjusting colors and adding widgets. Its responsiveness and performance-focused design help improve search engine rankings, ensuring seamless access to news content across all devices and browsers. Explore the theme documentation at https://docs.ascendoor.com/docs/formal-news/ and view the demo at https://demos.ascendoor.com/formal-news/

== 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? =

The theme is integrated to work with following plugins:
* One Click Demo Import: This plugin is recommended to use for demo importing purpose.
* Contact Form 7: This plugin is recommended to use for contact forms on contact page.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.2 =
* Added: Social Media Icons
* Updated: Fontawesome file
* Updated: Tested up to WordPress 6.9

= 1.0.1 =
* Updated: Improved image sanitization function to dynamically support all allowed image types
* Updated: Tested up to WordPress 6.8

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release

== Images Screenshot ==

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== Credits ==

* Based on Underscores https://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2020 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
* normalize.css https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2018 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
* class-tgm-plugin-activation.php https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation [GNU General Public License v2.0]
* Breadcrumb Trail: https://github.com/justintadlock/breadcrumb-trail, [GNU General Public License v2.0]
* Slick: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/, (c) 2017 Ken Wheeler, License: MIT license
* jQuery.Marquee: https://github.com/aamirafridi/jQuery.Marquee/blob/master/licence, (c) 2017 Aamir Afridi http://www.aamirafridi.com, License: MIT license
* Font Awesome Free 6.4.2 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com, License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License)
* Google Fonts: https://fonts.google.com/, License: Apache License, version 2.0
* Webfonts Loader: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader, License: MIT, https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE
