=== NewsToday ===

Contributors: ilovewpcom
Tags: blog, news, entertainment, footer-widgets, one-column, two-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, full-width-template, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready

Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.2
Stable tag: 1.1.1
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==

Description: NewsToday is a free magazine-style WordPress theme for news websites, sports websites and blogs. Some of the main features: 1. A special Featured Posts area on the homepage lets you highlight 4 of your main posts (from a category or marked by a tag); 2. Eight (8) built-in color styles that can be switched with a single click; 3. The sidebar can be displayed on the left or right side; 4. Special widgetized areas for advertising: in the header, sidebar and under the featured posts; 5. Includes a Full Width custom page template and a Page Builder page template (for Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, Visual Composer, etc.) Visit the theme's official page to see a full preview of the theme's design and features: https://www.ilovewp.com/themes/newstoday/


== 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.

= How to setup the front page like the demo site? =

The demo site URL: https://demo.ilovewp.com/newstoday/

When you first activate NewsToday, your homepage will display posts in a traditional blog format. If you would like to add the additional featured sections from the demo, you can do that by going to Appearance > Customize > Theme Options.

= Footer Area =

The footer area contains 3 widgetized columns of equal width.

== Quick Specs (all measurements in pixels) ==

	1. The main column width is 740.
	2. In full-width layout the content width is 1100.
	3. A widget in the sidebar is 300.
	4. Featured Images for posts should be at least 360 wide.
	6. The footer widget columns are of equal width: 340.

== Credits ==

** https://pixabay.com/en/hockey-sports-players-teams-net-100729/ by 12019 (CC0 Public Domain)
** https://pixabay.com/en/football-soccer-europe-uefa-2697623/ by RonnyK (CC0 Public Domain)
** https://pixabay.com/en/rally-single-seater-racing-machine-480201/ by ThePixelman (CC0 Public Domain)
** https://pixabay.com/en/multicopter-drone-quadrocopter-1873532/ by Powie (CC0 Public Domain)

== Licensing ==

NewsToday WordPress theme, Copyright 2018 ILoveWP.com
Distributed under the GNU GPL

NewsToday WordPress theme bundles the following third-party resources:

SlickNav Responsive Mobile Menu by Josh Cope
Licensed under MIT
Source: http://slicknav.com/

jQuery Superfish Menu Plugin, Copyright 2018 Joel Birch
Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses
Source: https://superfish.joelbirch.co/

Font Awesome 4.7.0 by @davegandy - http://fontawesome.io - @fontawesome
License - http://fontawesome.io/license (Font: SIL OFL 1.1, CSS: MIT License)


== Changelog ==

= 6 August 2018 =
* 1.0.0 theme release.

= 6 August 2018 =
* 1.0.1 readme.txt corrections to image credits

= 28 August 2018 =
* 1.0.2 fixed styling issues with the mobile menu's appearance of custom color styles

= 15 September 2018 =
* 1.0.3 changed the Theme Info page

= 15 September 2018 =
* 1.0.4 minor css error fix

= 29 August 2020 =
* 1.0.5 Code adjustments and fixes for WordPress 5.5 compatibility.

= 11 September 2020 =
* 1.0.6 Added a more visible admin notice offering the user access to the theme's documentation page.
	Minor code cleanup.

= 12 January 2021 =
* 1.0.7 Fixed issue with a warning message being displayed in the Dashboard when DEBUG mode was enabled.

= 1 September 2022 =
* 1.1.0 Updated some CSS rules to use Flexbox and CSS Grid.

= 19 June 2023 =
* 1.1.1 Performance improvements (Web Vitals).
* Google Fonts are now bundled with the theme.