The Columnist WordPress theme, Copyright (C) 2016-2021 Alexander Ronzhyn
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 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

Thank you for downloading the theme! 
In case you have any questions or suggestions regarding the theme, please visit the support topics:
https://tavi.ws/wordpress-themes/
I also can help you install and customise the theme on your website, write me.

CHILD THEME
A starter child theme is available for download on my website.

SUPPORT THE AUTHOR
Before 2020, I was offering separate paid versions of my themes, which included additional premium features. However, during the coronavirus-crisis, I decided to make all my themes completely free and included all the paid features in my free themes. The themes will always remain free.
If you find my themes useful, you can support their development by donating any amount you like ♥. Use the link above.

TRANSLATORS
If you translated the theme or want to contribute to the translation. Please contact me and I will include your translation in the theme for everyone to use.

CREDITS
Simplified-icons are a subset of Font Awesome font, used for the theme, licensed under GPL.
Font Awesome http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/, css files are licensed under the MIT license and icons are licensed under the SIL Open Font License. Copyright (C) Dave Gandy
Masonry http://masonry.desandro.com/, licensed under the MIT license. Copyright (C) David DeSandro.
Jssor Slider https://github.com/jssor/slider, licensed under the MIT license.
Category Dropdown https://github.com/paulund/wordpress-theme-customizer-custom-controls, licensed under the MIT license.
Screenshots of the theme created by author and licensed under GPL.

Changelog
	1.9
        Updated information about support website. Now at tavi.ws
        Updated how the date/time is shown in post/page meta information
        Some optimisation of comments in files
        Updated to comply with the newest WP theme requirements
    1.1
		Major update!
		All features of the Columnist Pro version are now included in Columnist free version.
		No paid version will be offered henceforth, however your donations are appreciated for continued support.
		The new features are:
			- Ability to fully customise all the colors
			- Breadcrumbs navigation support
			- More social icons! All the major social networks are now supported
			- More Google Fonts for you to choose
		You can also download premium widget plugin that is adapted to work with Columnist theme from my website. For free.
		Columnist has been updated to support everything that WP 5.4 has to offer.
		The images are no longer distorted in the slider. If image is of different aspect ratio, the width is matched. In future, I plan to add this option as selectable in customizer.
	1.0.3 
		Improvements in formatting and readability of code. More comments are added.
		Compatibility with WordPress 5
		Fixed one mistake in index.php
		Fixed a bug with time of the publication in postmeta ignoring the WP setting.
	1.0.2
		Fixed issue with displaying the custom excerpt everywhere except on single pages	
	1.0.1 
		Theme now properly supports https sites
	1.0
		Some additional fixes, improved code
		Pro theme features updated
	0.96
		More fixes
	0.95
		BuddyPress fix
	0.94
		Fixed logo styling
	0.93 
		More fixes
	0.92
		Varios fixes	
	0.91
		Fixed incorrect tags
		Added unminified script versions (masonry and jssor)
		Updated Masonry
		Minor fixes.
	0.9 
		Initial WP directory release