=== PressBook Grid Blogs ===
Contributors: scriptstown
Tags: blog, entertainment, news, grid-layout, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, block-styles, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-logo, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, flexible-header, footer-widgets, full-width-template, rtl-language-support, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready, wide-blocks
Donate link: https://scriptstown.com/
Requires at least: 5.3
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 7.0
Stable tag: 1.2.3
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

PressBook Grid Blogs is an elegant, lightweight, and perfect blog theme with a grid layout.

== Description ==

PressBook Grid Blogs is an elegant, lightweight, and perfect blog theme with a grid layout. The theme is fully responsive, translation-ready, and comes with many options for customizations, single and double sidebars, page templates, custom advertisement banners, multiple block widgets areas including sidebar and footer widgets, sticky sidebars that float on scrolling, multi-level dropdown menus, social links, etc. It is a flexible, creative, and multipurpose theme that is suitable for blogging, portfolios or project showcase, news agency, media companies, magazines, photography, graphics designers, artists, entertainment, gaming, movies, digital marketing, affiliates, IT firms, business, consulting, shopping, and corporate related websites. Also, you can use this theme to create WooCommerce storefronts. The theme supports RTL languages, infinite scrolling with Jetpack, and compatibility with page builder plugins like Elementor, WPBakery, Divi, etc. You can utilize block sections to put any content in the header or footer. This includes blocks, patterns, and shortcodes to place sliders, services, testimonials, gallery, videos, forms, etc. The theme is also great for bloggers, freelancers, schools, academy, LMS, institutes, student portals, and educational websites for publishing tutorials, news, and resources. With clean typography, eye-catching color schemes, and minimal dependency, the theme offers a seamless user interface, high quality design as well as high performance, speed, and quick loading time. Creating a beautiful website with a grid layout was never this easy. This theme is easy to set up and you can easily create a simple, intuitive, sleek, and minimalist blog. It is also highly accessible and comes with many ad spaces for affiliate programs such as Google AdSense that require an SEO optimized, fast, and modern theme.

== 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? =

PressBook Grid Blogs includes support for WooCommerce and for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.

= Where to find the theme options? =

All of the options can be found in the Customizer in 'Appearance > Customize'.

= How to configure the theme widgets? =

The theme widgets can be found in 'Appearance > Widgets'. You can drag and drop widgets to the widget area. PressBook Grid Blogs comes with 6 widgets area locations which include a left sidebar, right sidebar widgets area and 4 locations for footer widgets.

= How to add the menus or social links? =

The menus can be found in 'Appearance > Menus'. First, create the menu and then assign it to a menu location. PressBook Grid Blogs comes with three menu locations which include the primary menu, top bar menu, and social links menu. For social links, create a menu item with a custom link, enter the URL of the social page, and assign this menu to the 'Social Links Menu' location.

= How to change the number of blog posts in the grid? =

You can change the number of blog posts from your WordPress admin 'Settings > Reading'. Here, you can change the 'Blog pages show at most' option from 10 to any other value like 12.

== Copyright ==

PressBook Grid Blogs is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.

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
(at your option) 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.

== Changelog ==

= 1.2.3 =
* Tested up to 6.9.

= 1.2.2 =
* Tested up to 6.8.
* Tested compatibility with PHP 8.4.

= 1.2.1 =
* Improvement: Minor CSS fixes.

= 1.2.0 =
* Tested up to 6.6.

= 1.1.9 =
* Tested up to 6.5.
* Readme updated.

= 1.1.8 =
* Tested up to 6.4.
* Improvement: Minor CSS fixes.
* Readme updated.

= 1.1.7 =
* Code improvements.
* Readme updated.

= 1.1.6 =
* Improvement: Changed hook for editor styles.
* Improvement: Minor CSS fixes.

= 1.1.5 =
* Readme updated.

= 1.1.4 =
* Tested up to 6.2.
* Updated plugins recommendation list.

= 1.1.3 =
* Tested up to 6.1.

= 1.1.2 =
* New: Option to show or hide archive page title.

= 1.1.1 =
* Updated plugins recommendation list.

= 1.1.0 =
* Locally host Google fonts.

= 1.0.8 =
* Tested up to 6.0.

= 1.0.7 =
* Updated plugins recommendation list.

= 1.0.6 =
* Updated plugins recommendation list.

= 1.0.5 =
* Improvement: Removed duplicate CSS.

= 1.0.4 =
* New: "Dark Mode Toggle" added to plugin recommendation list.

= 1.0.3 =
* Improvement: Added labels for <nav> elements.

= 1.0.2 =
* Tested up to 5.9.

= 1.0.1 =
* Improvement: Minor CSS fixes.

= 1.0.0 =
* New release.

== Credits ==

PressBook Grid Blogs bundles the following third-party resources:

* Image 1 for theme screenshot, Domenico Loia
* License: Creative Commons CC0 license
* License URI: https://stocksnap.io/license
* Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/IHIHTFK8YH

* Image 2 for theme screenshot, Carl Heyerdahl
* License: Creative Commons CC0 license
* License URI: https://stocksnap.io/license
* Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/LPNMGYHXCT

* Image 3 for theme screenshot, Kristin Hardwick
* License: Creative Commons CC0 license
* License URI: https://stocksnap.io/license
* Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/XJMBMTYYN2

* Image 4 for theme screenshot, Jeff Sheldon
* License: Creative Commons CC0 license
* License URI: https://stocksnap.io/license
* Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/NCMEKZE1QP

* Image 5 for theme screenshot, Serpstat
* License: Creative Commons CC0 license
* License URI: https://stocksnap.io/license
* Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/959IURDRGJ

* Image 6 for theme screenshot, Kelly Brito
* License: Creative Commons CC0 license
* License URI: https://stocksnap.io/license
* Source: https://stocksnap.io/photo/FZZBQ4SQDT

* Social Icons
* License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
* License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
* Source: WordPress Social Link Block (See wp-includes\blocks\social-link.php)

* SVG UI Icons
* License: SIL Open Font License (OFL)
* Source: https://www.iconfinder.com/iconsets/font-awesome

* TGM Plugin Activation - v2.6.1, http://tgmpluginactivation.com/, By Thomas Griffin, Gary Jones, Juliette Reinders Folmer, License: GPL-2.0+
