=== Smart Tech Blog ===
Contributors: TheMagnifico52
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 7.2
Stable tag: 0.5.9
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
Tags: custom-logo, one-column, two-columns, wide-blocks, block-styles, editor-style, sticky-post, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-images, flexible-header, full-width-template, threaded-comments, theme-options, rtl-language-support, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, grid-layout, news, photography, portfolio

Smart Tech Blog is a cutting-edge and feature-rich WordPress theme designed specifically for technology-related blogs. The theme comes with a sleek and modern design and offers a powerful platform for tech enthusiasts, reviewers, and industry experts to share their knowledge and insights with their audience.

== Description ==

The Smart Tech Blog theme is a modern, feature-rich, and performance-focused design built for technology bloggers, reviewers, developers, and industry experts who want to share insights, analysis, and updates in a clear and engaging format; featuring a clean, minimal, and content-centered layout, it is designed to enhance readability while keeping the focus on articles, tutorials, product reviews, and tech discussions; its well-structured interface allows visitors to easily navigate through categories such as gadgets, software, AI, programming, and emerging technologies, ensuring a smooth and intuitive browsing experience; fully responsive and mobile-friendly, the design adapts seamlessly across desktops, tablets, and smartphones, delivering consistent performance and readability on all devices; customization options for typography, colors, and layout styles enable bloggers to create a unique digital identity that reflects their personal or professional tech brand; optimized for SEO and fast loading, it helps improve search visibility and attract organic traffic from readers interested in technology content; integrated social media sharing features make it easy to distribute articles and engage with audiences across multiple platforms, increasing reach and interaction; combining simplicity, flexibility, and strong content presentation, the Smart Tech Blog theme provides a powerful platform for building a professional technology blog and establishing authority in the digital space.


== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Smart Tech Blog in the search form and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard.
3. Click on the 'Activate' button to use your new theme right away.
4. Navigate to Appearance > Customize in your admin panel and customize to taste.

== Copyright ==

Smart Tech Blog WordPress Theme, Copyright 2023 TheMagnifico52
Smart Tech Blog is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

Smart Tech Blog WordPress Theme is child theme of Food Recipe Blog WordPress Theme, Copyright 2023 TheMagnifico52
Food Recipe Blog WordPress Theme 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.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

Smart Tech Blog includes support for Infinite Scroll in Jetpack.

Font Awesome Free 5.6.3 by @fontawesome - https://fontawesome.com
 * License - https://fontawesome.com/license/free (Icons: CC BY 4.0, Fonts: SIL OFL 1.1, Code: MIT License)

* Pxhere Images,
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	Source: https://stocksnap.io/license

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== Changelog ==

= 0.1

* Initial release

= 0.2

* Added Getstarted.
* Addedc Urls.
* Added Footer link.
* Updated Customizer.
* Remove Unused customize setting.

= 0.2.1

* Added Single post setting.
* Added Single Post Thumbnail on off setting.
* Added Single Post Meta on off setting.
* Added Single Post Title on off setting.
* Added condition for single post setting.
* Changed gpl license version.
* Changed gpl license uri.

= 0.2.2

* Added css for single post page tags hover.
* Added css for footer credit link hover and footer menus.

= 0.2.3

* Added post setting in customizer.
* Added post page meta on off setting in customizer.
* Added post page title on off setting in customizer.
* Added page setting.
* Added single page thumbnail on off setting.
* Added single page title on off setting.
* Added rtl css.
* Added custom-option file.
* Added on of footer copyright option in footer text section.
* Added condition for post , page setting.

= 0.2.4

* Changed redirection function.
* Resolved issue of slider image.

= 0.2.5

* Added single product page sidebar widget.
* Added show/hide single product page sidebar option in customizer.
* Added single product page sidebar layout option in customizer.
* Added shop page sidebar widget.
* Added show/hide shop page sidebar option in customizer.
* Added shop page sidebar layout option in customizer.
* Added slider image opacity option in customizer.
* Added footer columns and widgets.

= 0.2.6

* Resolved footer css issue.
* Resolved minor issues of menus.
* Added css for responsive menu.
* Added condition for site tagline.

= 0.2.7

* Added single post page comment title option in customizer.
* Added single post page comment button text option in customizer.
* Added product sale badge position option in customizer.
* Removed redirectional function.
* Added get started notice function.

= 0.2.8

* Changed get started.
* Added single post page tags on off setting in customizer.
* Added post page button on off setting in customizer.

= 0.2.9

* Added post formats.
* Added hover.

= 0.3

* Added slider height option in customizer.
* Added footer background image option in customizer.

= 0.3.1

* Added post page image border radius option in customizer.
* Added show/ hide woocommerce related products option in customizer.

= 0.3.2

* Added show/ hide post navigation option in customizer.
* Added copyright background color option in customizer.
* Added site title color option in customizer.
* Added site tagline color option in customizer.

= 0.3.3

* Added upsale button in different section in customizer.
* Added free doc link in get started.
* Done shop page product css in responsive media.
* Done searchform and search page css.

= 0.3.4

* Added show/hide footer option in customizer.
* Added product sale badge border radius option in customizer.
* Added scroll to top icon border radius option in customizer.

= 0.3.5

* Added default image for slider
* Added default size for slider in customizer.
* Added css for slider for slider height.
* Added latest bootstrap version.
* Added free doc button in get started.
* Added css in media for container width.
* Added css for submenu.
* Changed preloader bg color.
* Replaced  get start function
* Replaced admin js.
* Done responsive.
* Done homepage css.

= 0.3.6

* Changed the urls for the theme.

= 0.3.7

* Updated archive product template.
* Added default image in archive post.
* Updated lite & pro URLs.

= 0.3.8

* Added single post page image box shadow option in customizer.
* Added footer widget heading alignment option in customizer.
* Added footer background image position option in customizer.

= 0.3.9

* Added copyright content alignment option in customizer.
* Added show / hide post page content option in customizer.  
* Added footer content alignment option in customizer.
* Added show / hide single post page content option in customizer.

= 0.4

* Added show / hide slider option in customizer.
* Added show / hide slider title option in customizer.
* Added show / hide slider content option in customizer.
* Added show / hide slider button option in customizer.
* Added slider button text option in customizer.

= 0.4.1

* Changed some CSS.

= 0.4.2

* Done changes in code.

= 0.4.3

* Added slider excerpt length condition.

= 0.4.4

* Added Inline CSS for preloader.

= 0.4.5

* Added some CSS for sidebar.

= 0.4.6

* Resolved textdomain error.
* Added default footer.

= 0.4.7

* Resolved menu css.

= 0.4.8

* Updated getstart.
* Added some getstart file.
* Sidebar css done.
* Cart page css done.
* Checkout page css done.

= 0.4.9

* Minor fixes and improvements.

= 0.5.0

* Resolved some minor bugs.

= 0.5.1

* Update 404 page.
* Added 404 page setting.
* Updated footer.

= 0.5.2

* Added bundle notice.

= 0.5.3

* Made some changes.

= 0.5.4

* Made some changes.

= 0.5.5

* Updated activation notice.
* Updated getstarted.
* Added global color.

= 0.5.6

* Made some changes.

= 0.5.7

* Added demo import.

= 0.5.8 =

* Fixed malformed HTML closing tags in admin notice (h2, p).
* Fixed missing output escaping: replaced echo wp_get_theme() with esc_html(), _e() with esc_html_e().
* Fixed security: added check_ajax_referer() and current_user_can() to AJAX handlers.
* Fixed security: added nonce verification to smart_tech_blog_dismissable_notice() and smart_tech_blog_ajax_notice_handler().
* Fixed security: added nonce verification and capability check to smart_tech_blog_update_recommended_action_callback() in theme-installation.php.
* Fixed sanitization of $_POST inputs in AJAX handlers using sanitize_key(), sanitize_file_name(), wp_unslash().
* Fixed deprecated get_page_by_title() replaced with WP_Query via get_posts() per WordPress 6.2 handbook.
* Fixed key name mismatch: nr_actions_recommended -> count_actions_recommended in theme-installation localize script.
* Added recommend_action_nonce to theme-installation localize script.
* Replaced console.log() calls in theme-installation.js with silent error handling.
* Added nonce to recommend-action AJAX call in theme-installation.js.
* Fixed scroll-to-top anchor missing href attribute in footer.php.
* Replaced die() with wp_die() in AJAX handler functions.

= 0.5.9 =

* Done some changes.

= 0.6.0 =
* Description Update.


== Theme Changes ==

1. Added banner section.
2. Added Populer Articles section.
3. Theme color changes.
4. Added custom social widgets.
5. Added custom recent post widgets.