=== The Box ===
Contributors: Design Lab Themes
Tags: blog, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, featured-images, full-width-template, one-column, post-formats, right-sidebar, sticky-post, theme-options, two-columns, translation-ready
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.5.5
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

The Box is a simple and clean WordPress Theme for bloggers and publishers.


== Description ==
Clean and Simple WordPress Theme designed for blogs and online publications. With easy to use options The Box lets you focus on your awesome writing.

Requires PHP 7.4 or higher. PHP 8.2 or higher is recommended.


== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How to manually install a WordPress theme? =
1. After downloading the zip file, go to Appearance > Themes and click on the *Install Themes* tab.
2. Click on the *Upload* link.
3. Upload the zip file that you downloaded and click *Install Now*.
4. Click *Activate* to use the theme you just installed.

= How do I Setup my theme? =
Please refer to our theme documentation:
https://www.designlabthemes.com/the-box-documentation/

= How can I get Support? =
Please visit https://wordpress.org/support/theme/the-box if you have any questions about the theme.


== Changelog ==

= 1.5.5 =
* WordPress 7.0 compatibility and maintenance update
* Extend HTML5 theme support (search-form, script, style, navigation-widgets)
* Harden admin notice dismiss with nonce and capability checks
* Sanitize About page tab query arguments
* Remove deprecated Google Fonts subset parameter
* Bump minimum WordPress version to 5.0
* Escape social profile URLs with esc_url()
* Use date_i18n() for the footer copyright year
* Remove Jetpack infinite scroll support
* Fix the Accent color in the block editor

= 1.5.4 =
* Update About Page to fix the incorrect call to the _load_textdomain_just_in_time function
* Update Theme Notice
* Add theme.json file for better Block Editor support
* Load Translations at the init action

= 1.5.3 =
* Update Social icons
* Fix Editor style

= 1.5.2 =
* Add preconnect to load faster Google Fonts
* Move static resources in the 'assets' folder
* Update main.js to improve mobile navigation
* Rename main.js to script.js
* Fix PHP Notices

= 1.5.1 =
* Remove block.css and add CCS code to the main stylesheet
* Add font-display: fallback to the Google Fonts URL
* Add font-display: swap to Font Awesome Icons
* Add better support for editor blocks
* Add wp_body_open action at the top of the body
* Add Tested up to and Requires PHP to style.css
* Update images in the screenshot for GPL compliance

= 1.5.0 =
* Added front end styles and editor styles for the new block-based editor
* Added custom color palette
* Added custom editor font sizes

= 1.4.9.1 =
* Fix: Upsell link
* Tweak: Minify third-party resources

= 1.4.9 =
* Tweak: Post Meta
* Tweak: Search results

= 1.4.8 =
- Tweak: normalize.css
- Tweak: Add nofollow to Theme Author link
* Tweak: Color Options

= 1.4.7 =
- Tweak: HTML tags and attributes

= 1.4.6 =
- New: Layout Options
- New: Excerpt or Full Content Option

= 1.4.5 =
- Fix: Mobile Menu

= 1.4.4 =
- Fix: Text Domain (it was ‘thebox’, now is ‘the-box’ to match the theme's slug)
- Update: Css Optimization
- Update: Theme Functions update to follow new WordPress standards
- Update: Social links options to the Customizer
- Update: High resolution Header Image
- New: Xing Social Link

= 1.4.3 =
- New: Featured Image on Single Posts and Pages
- New: Footer Background Color

= 1.4.2
- Update: Translation

= 1.4.1 =
- Fix: Site Title repeated in the head
- Fix: Third Level Menu

= 1.4.0 =
- New: Title Tag support
- New: Footer Menu
- New: Github Social Icon
- New: Year in the date of Single Post
- Update: Seo Optimization

= 1.3.9.2 =
- New: Tumblr Social Icon
- New: Medium Social Icon

= 1.3.9 =
- Fix: Menu on Tablet and Mobile
- New: No Sidebar Template

= 1.3.6 =
- Fix: Menu on Tablet
- New: Flickr Social Icon

= 1.3.5 =
- Fix: Preview Live
- New: LinkedIn Social Icon
- New: Editor Styles

= 1.3.3 =
- Update: Mobile Menu
- New: StumbleUpon Social Icon
- New: Dutch translation by Theo Muys

= 1.0.0 =
- Initial release


== Resources ==

The Theme is based on Underscores http://underscores.me/,
(C) 2012-2016 Automattic, Inc.,
[GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

normalize.css https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css,
(C) Copyright Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
[MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

FontAwesome Icon font
License: [SIL Open Font License (OFL)](http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL)

"Pro" Theme Section for the Customizer
Author		Justin Tadlock <justin@justintadlock.com>
Copyright	2016 (c) Justin Tadlock
Link		https://github.com/justintadlock/trt-customizer-pro
License		http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Images URL in the screenshot:
https://stocksnap.io/photo/dock-lake-U94B4HVBAO, (C) StockSnapp, CC0
https://stocksnap.io/photo/snow-cold-O7MMWXKQVG, (C) StockSnapp, CC0

Dutch translation by Theo Muys
