=== Novel 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: 7.0
Stable tag: 1.0.4
Requires PHP: 8.0
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

== Description ==

Novel News is a sleek, minimalist WordPress theme perfect for news, magazine, and portal websites. It offers a responsive, adaptable design with multiple layout options, making it ideal for bloggers, journalists, and online publications. Optimized for performance and SEO, it ensures fast loading across devices and browsers. This theme is versatile and lends itself to customization, enabling alterations to the visual style through color changes and widget additions. Its agility and responsiveness are well-crafted to enhance the website's search engine ranking, ensuring that users can easily access news content across different devices and browsers. Check the theme documentation at: https://docs.ascendoor.com/docs/novel-news/ and demo at: https://demos.ascendoor.com/novel-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 ==

= 1.0.4 =
* Updated: Css of upsell button
* Updated: Tested up to WordPress 7.0
* Updated: Required PHP to 8.0

= 1.0.3 =
* Added: Social Media Icons
* Fixed site logo resizing issue
* Updated: Fontawesome file
* Updated: Tested up to WordPress 6.9

= 1.0.2 =
* Fixed header social icon hover issue
* Fixed header date design issue

= 1.0.1 =
* Prefixed all variable
* Fixed section title gap issue
* Fixed footer latest post hover issue

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release

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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
