=== Lawyer Consultant ===

Contributors: LegacyThemes
Tags: education, news, portfolio, custom-menu, featured-images, theme-options, custom-colors, custom-logo, flexible-header, threaded-comments, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, grid-layout, full-width-template, sticky-post, custom-background, custom-header, footer-widgets, block-styles, rtl-language-support, translation-ready, wide-blocks
Version: 3.7
Requires at least: 5.5
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 5.6
License: GNU General Public License v3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

The Lawyer Consultant WordPress Theme is the ultimate solution for legal professionals seeking a sophisticated and functional online presence.

== Description ==

The Lawyer Consultant theme is a modern and professional solution designed specifically for legal professionals, including attorneys, advocates, and legal advisors. This fully responsive theme is perfect for law firms, corporate lawyers, criminal defense specialists, family law practitioners, and legal consultants who want to establish a sophisticated and trustworthy online presence. It effectively showcases various legal practice areas, litigation services, case studies, and client testimonials through its clean and elegant design. With features like the Contact Form 7 plugin for inquiries and consultation booking, alongside compatibility with the Bookly plugin for appointment scheduling, it streamlines client management and facilitates easy consulting. Its SEO-optimized structure, fast-loading performance, and mobile-friendly, retina-ready layout guarantee an exceptional user experience across devices. Additional features include team member profiles, a blog section for legal articles, law news, and customizable banners that drive engagement. Enhanced by social media integration, testimonial sliders, and service showcases, this theme builds credibility and attracts potential clients. Ideal for lawyers, solicitors, and legal agencies, the Lawyer Consultant theme offers a secure, elegant, and high-performing platform to promote their expertise and grow a reputable legal practice online.

= Installation =
	
1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in lawyer-consultant in the search form and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard.
3. Click on 'Install' button to install and 'Activate' button to use.

== Copyrights =
Lawyer Consultant WordPress Theme, Copyright 2025 Legacy Themes
Lawyer Consultant is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3

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 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.

== Resources: ==

HTML5 Shiv 3.7.3
Copyright 2014 Alexander Farkas
Licenses: MIT/GPL2
License URL: https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv/blob/master/MIT%20and%20GPL2%20licenses.md
Source URL: https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv

Bootstrap Framework 5.3.3
Copyright 2011-2024 Bootstrap Authors.
License: Licensed under the MIT license
License URL: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/main/LICENSE
Source URL: http://getbootstrap.com

JQuery Easing 1.3
Copyright 2008 George McGinley Smith
License: Open source under the BSD License
License URL: https://github.com/danro/jquery-easing/blob/master/LICENSE
Source URL: http://gsgd.co.uk/sandbox/jquery/easing/

Respond.js 1.3.0
Copyright Scott Jehl
License: MIT/GPLv2 Lic
License URL: https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT
Source URL: https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond

Resize Sensor 1.0
Copyright (c) 2013 Marc J. Schmidt
License: MIT
License URL: https://github.com/marcj/css-element-queries/blob/master/LICENSE

Malihu jquery custom scrollbar plugin 3.1.5
Copyright (c) 2016 Manos Malihutsakis
License: MIT
License URL: https://opensource.org/license/MIT
Source URL: http://manos.malihu.gr/jquery-custom-content-scroller

Class Login Designer Toggle Control
Copyrights Rich Tabor
License: GPL v3.0
License URL: https://github.com/wpexpertsio/login-designer/blob/master/LICENSE

TGM GaryJones Copyright (C) 1989, 1991
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
License URL: https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation/blob/develop/LICENSE.md
Source URL: https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation/

== Screenshot Images (CC0): ==

License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license

01 : https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1684044
02 : https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1683652
03 : https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1084439
04 : https://pxhere.com/en/photo/831180
05 : https://pxhere.com/en/photo/875911

== Changelog ==

Version - 1.0
--initial release

Version - 1.1
--Resolved minor issues.

Version - 1.2
--Added Theme Info in Dashboard.
--Added Pro Button in Customizer.
--Added Footer Link.
--Added Footer Css.

Version - 1.3
--Added custom-header tag.
--Added custom-background tag.
--Added Site Title,Tagline color Setting.
--Added css for aligncenter,alignleft,alignright classes.
--Added align-wide theme support.

Version - 1.4
--Updated Navigation css and js.
--Added License URL for third-party resources.
--Added css for bypostauthor.
--Added css for gallery-caption.
--Added css for wp-caption. 
--Added css for wp-caption-text.

Version - 1.5
--Added tag block-styles.
--Added tag two-columns.
--Added tag three-columns.
--Added tag four-columns.
--Changes in menu css.
--Changes in mobile menu css.

Version - 1.6
--Added extra content code in template-function.php file.
--Added tag grid-layout.
--Added tag rtl-language-support
--Added Setting for grid-layout.
--Added Setting for grid-left-sidebar.
--Added Setting for grid-right-sidebar.
--Added Links underline.

Version - 1.7
--Updated Getstart info page.
--Added tag translation-ready.
--Added Pot File.

Version - 1.8
--Added Scroll top.
--Added Scroll top setting.
--Added Preloader setting.

Version - 1.9
--Added dashboard notice function.
--Css Correction.

Version - 2.0
-- Added sidebar in default in preview
-- Logo Description toggle added.
-- Added global color Settings.
-- Updated Sidebar & Footer Css.
-- Added Typography Default Button.
-- Scroll top setting Updated.
-- Added default footer widget.
-- Added Theme Demo Import.

Version - 2.1
-- Resolved Page Title Box background Image setting.
-- Resolved Page Title Box background Color setting.
-- Changed Page title code.
-- Organized inline functions.
-- Correction in global color css.
-- Updated woocommerce sidebar css.

Version - 2.2
-- Resolved Theme Check Warnings.
-- Updated Footer Links.
-- Updated Copyright CSS.
-- Updated Theme Demo Import.
-- Updated Theme Demo Import.
-- Resolved WordPress Preview Errors.
-- Updated Responsive.
-- Updated Sidebar CSS.
-- Added Search in Default Sidebar.

Version - 2.3
-- Updated free vs pro details.
-- Added demo importer button in getstart.
-- Added quick links for customizer.
-- Updated Demo importer for blog menu.
-- Updated demo import success button CSS.
-- Added responsive-embed theme support.

Version - 2.4
-- Fixed have_posts() function case sensitivity error.

Version - 2.5
-- Added wide-blocks tag.

Version - 2.6
-- Added text in getstarted.

Version - 2.7
-- Added bundle upsell in notice.
-- Added bundle info in getstarted.
-- Updated ordering in getstarted.

Version - 2.8
-- Updated function for notice.

Version - 2.9
-- Done with prefixing.

Version - 3.0
-- Added sidebar Fonts.

Version - 3.1
-- Added custom logo support with flexible dimensions.
-- Added skip to content link for better accessibility.
-- Added screen-reader-text CSS for accessibility.
-- Enhanced HTML5 support (added search-form, style, and script).
-- WordPress Handbook compliance improvements.
-- Code quality improvements.
-- Fixed all escaping issues throughout the theme for security.
-- Escaped audio and video HTML output with wp_kses_post().
-- Escaped gallery output with wp_kses_post().
-- Escaped theme version and description in admin pages.
-- Escaped breadcrumb output with wp_kses_post().
-- Escaped avatar output with wp_kses_post().
-- Escaped search query output with esc_html().
-- Escaped page titles (post title, category, tag, author, archive).
-- Security improvements and WordPress coding standards compliance.
-- Removed deprecated IE conditional comments (WordPress 6.9+ compatibility).
-- Removed legacy IE support scripts (html5shiv and respond.js).
-- Improved compatibility with modern browsers.

Version - 3.2
-- Done Prefixing.

Version - 3.3
-- Resolved css error.

Version - 3.4
-- Updated Description.

Version - 3.5
-- Version Updated.

Version - 3.7
* Updated content.
* Added font-family to get started.
* Resolved demo import page css errors.
* Fixed "Skip to Content" accessibility issue.
* Added underlines to links for accessibility.