=== Great News ===

Contributors: themepalace
Tags: translation-ready, custom-background, theme-options, custom-menu, threaded-comments, featured-images, footer-widgets, editor-style, right-sidebar, full-width-template, two-columns, grid-layout, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-logo, featured-image-header, portfolio, news, entertainment
Requires at least: 4.7
Tested up to: 6.9
Stable tag: 1.2.2
Requires PHP: 5.6
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

== Description ==

Great News is a clean and elegantly designed multipurpose WordPress theme. It is ideal for magazines, blogs, and especially new-related websites. The modern and professional design is easy and quick to set up, especially with pre-built demo. Apart from its modern design, Great News is highly flexible and responsive. It is also cross-browser compatible. Your content and design look sleek on any screen resolution or any version of the browser. It is well optimized for speed, its performance, and follows well-practiced SEO. While it offers a solid admin panel for you to design and edit the theme, it also comes with a smooth and high-quality browsing experience for all the users.  


== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button.
2. 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.

== Copyright ==

Great News WordPress Theme, Copyright 2020
Link: https://themepalace.com/downloads/greatnews

Chosen Select - 1.4.2
	Source: https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen
	License: The MIT License (MIT) copyright (c) 2011-2015
	license Url : https://github.com/harvesthq/chosen/blob/master/LICENSE.md

HTML5-Shiv is Licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses
    https://code.google.com/p/html5shiv/

Slick Version - 1.6.0
	Source: http://github.com/kenwheeler/slick
	License: The MIT License (MIT) copyright (c) 2013-2016
	license Url : https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/blob/master/LICENSE

Breadcrumb Trail - 1.0.0
	Source:  https://github.com/justintadlock/breadcrumb-trail
	License: GNU General Public License, version 2
	license Url : http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Font Awesome font is licensed under the SIL OFL 1.1:
	License: https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome#license
    http://scripts.sil.org/OFL

Jquery Match Height - 0.7.2
	Source: https://github.com/liabru/jquery-match-height
	License: The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2014 Liam Brummitt
	license Url : https://github.com/liabru/jquery-match-height/blob/master/LICENSE

Jquery Sticky Sidebar - 3.3.1
	Source: https://github.com/abouolia/sticky-sidebar
	License: The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2017 Ahmed Bouhuolia
	license Url : https://github.com/abouolia/sticky-sidebar/blob/master/LICENSE.md

Theia Sticky Sidebar - 1.7.0
	Source: https://github.com/WeCodePixels/theia-sticky-sidebar
	License: The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2014 Liviu Cristian Mirea Ghiban
	License Url : https://github.com/WeCodePixels/theia-sticky-sidebar/blob/master/LICENSE.txt

PACKAGED v2.0.0
    Source: https://github.com/metafizzy/packery
    License: GNU General Public License, version 3 
    License Url : http://packery.metafizzy.co/license.html

== Images ==

Screenshot Image

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/767953

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1417609

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1169706

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/593359

License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1442697

Header Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/938709

Top Advertisement Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/764683


Unless otherwise specified, all the theme images are created by us and licensed under the same license as the theme is.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

* Contact Form 7
	Contact Form 7 is recommended to use for contact forms for contact page.

* Catch Theme Demo Import
	Catch Theme Demo Import is recommended to use for demo importing purpose.

== Changelog ==

= 1.2.2 - May 20 2026 =
* Fixed PHP warnings
* Fixed early text domain loading issue
* Tested up to WordPress Version 6.9

= 1.2.1 - February 07 2025 =
* WP 6.7 compatibility

= 1.2.0 - April 02 2024 =
* Set delault color value #000 for site title and site description
* Tested upto WordPress v6.5

= 1.1.0 - March 12 2023 =
* Fixed site title and site tagline color issue 
* Fixed page banner width issue  

= 1.0.9 - March 2 2022 =
* Fixed link underline issue 
* Compressed header image
* Load fonts locally 


= 1.0.8 - March 2 2022 =
* fixed date issue on latest post widget.

= 1.0.7 - June 17 2021 =
* update focus effect and fixed minor bugs

= 1.0.6 - Februaryeb 15 2021 =
* Added featued image disable options for single page

= 1.0.5 - February 8 2021 =
* fixed metabox error

= 1.0.3 - January 18 2021 =
* Changed Screenshot

= 1.0.2 - January 18 2021 =
* Update keyboard navigation
* Changed screenshot

= 1.0.1 - December 18 2020 =
* Update Screenshot 

= 1.0.0 - December 18 2020 =
* Initial release

== Credits ==

* Based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2016 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

* normalize.css http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

* SVG Icons function https://github.com/WordPress/twentyseventeen (C) 2016 WordPress.org, [GNU GPL, version 2 or later ( http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html )

* class-tgm-plugin-activation.php https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation [GNU General Public License v2.0]

* Customizer Pro https://github.com/justintadlock/trt-customizer-pro 2016 © Justin Tadlock. [GNU General Public License v2.0]
