=== The Minimal ===

Contributors: raratheme
Requires at least: 4.7
Requires PHP: 5.6
Tested up to: 6.4
Stable tag: 1.2.9
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Tags: blog, footer-widgets, two-columns, right-sidebar, custom-background, custom-menu, custom-logo, featured-image-header, featured-images, post-formats, threaded-comments, translation-ready, full-width-template, theme-options, photography, news

== Description ==

The Minimal is a fresh, clean and a minimalist WordPress theme designed for a blog or a magazine. The large featured slider with advance slider options makes this theme a great choice for photography, travel, food, fashion, travel, lifestyle, sports or any other awesome blog.  The clean typography and spacious white layout make it great to share your stories.  The three footer widget areas offer plenty of space for any secondary information, and striking typography makes the content look stunning. The Theme has a built-in Recent Posts widget, Popular Post widget, Social Links widget and Author widget. It features full width page option, two menus, SEO friendly structure, custom logo support and social media links. The Minimal supports all types of post format like links, aside, quotes, galleries, image, audio, video, status and chat. The theme is responsive and scales beautifully with various screen sizes while maintaining the text readability and image quality. The theme is also translation ready. Check the demo at https://rarathemes.com/previews/?theme=the-minimal, documentation at https://docs.rarathemes.com/docs/the-minimal/, and get support at https://rarathemes.com/support-ticket/.

== Installation ==
        
1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button.
2. Click Upload and Choose File, then select the theme's .zip file. Click Install Now.
3. Click Activate to use your new theme right away.

== How to use the slider ==

=Activate Slider=

Go to Appearance >Customize>Slider Settings.
Check Enable Home Page Slider to show the featured slider the homepage.
Select the category of posts which you want to display in the slider. (Featured images of the posts of the selected category will be displayed as slider images. )
Featured images of posts should be at least 1920 px in width and 500px in the height for displaying slider images properly.
Use regenerate thumbnail plugin to crop all the images if you have already uploaded the Images.
Click Save & Publish

=Configuring Slider=

Check Enable Slider to Auto Transition for the slides to transition automatically (auto-scroll) without a click.
Check Enable Slider Loop to continue the slide transition in the loop
Check Enable Slider Control to allow manual navigation for paging control of each slide?
Check Enable Slider Caption to show the post title to appear on the slider post image
Check Enable Slider Thumbnail to show the tiny thumbnail feature images of the slider Posts to appear at the bottom
Select the slider animation type to "fade" or "slide"
Enter the Readmore text to set the text of the button
Enter Slider Speed: Set the Interval (in milliseconds) at which the slider should change posts (if automatic transition is enabled). Default: 7000 (7 seconds)
Enter Animation Speed: Set the speed of animations, in milliseconds. Default: 600
Click Save & Publish

For further documentation on how to use the theme, please visit: https://docs.rarathemes.com/docs/the-minimal/


== Copyrights and License ==

Unless otherwise specified, all the theme files, scripts and images are licensed under GPLv2 or later


External resources linked to the theme.

# Images
All images are under Creative Commons Public Domain deed CC0.

Source:
    - https://pxhere.com/en/photo/17401
    - https://pxhere.com/en/photo/8999
    - https://pxhere.com/en/photo/14200
    - https://pxhere.com/en/photo/918292
    - https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1598919

License: CCO
    - https://pxhere.com/en/license

Other images are self taken or self created and are GPL compatible.

# The Minimal bundles the following third-party resources:

    * normalize.css, Copyright 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
        - License: MIT
        - Source: https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/

    * Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
        - Icons License: CC BY 4.0 
        - Fonts License: SIL OFL 1.1 
        - Source: http://fontawesome.io/

    * Bootstrap
        - License: MIT
        - Source: http://getbootstrap.com

    * Owl-carousel, Copyright 2013-2017 David Deutsch 
        - License : MIT
        - Source  : https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2

    * Owl Carousel2 Thumbs, (c) 2016 @gijsroge
        - License : MIT
        - Source  : https://github.com/gijsroge/OwlCarousel2-Thumbs

    * Owl Carousel v2 Accessibility Layer, © Geoffrey Roberts 2016
        - License : MIT
        - Source  : https://github.com/rtrvrtg/owlcarousel2-a11ylayer/blob/master/LICENSE

    * Webfonts Loader
        The Minimal local fonts feature is based on Webfonts Loader by WordPress Themes Team (WPTT). (https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader)
        - License: MIT
        - Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE

Some codes are taken from Twenty Twenty theme - https://wordpress.org/themes/twentytwenty/

All other resources and theme elements are licensed under the GPLv2 or later


The Minimal WordPress Theme, Copyright Rara Theme 2015, rarathemes.com
The Minimal WordPress Theme is distributed under the terms of the GPLv2 or later


*  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 ==
    1.2.9 - February 08, 2024
    * Update: Issue with ajax requests has been fixed.

    1.2.8 - Jan 31, 2024
    * Update: Nonce check done in admin notice.

    1.2.7 - June 23, 2023
    * Update: Added relevant tags in the theme.
    * Fix: Minor bug fixes.
        
    1.2.6 - 02-08-2022
    * Update: Updated Font Awesome library to version 6.1.1.
    * Update: Load google font locally.
    * Added: Feature to preload and flush the locally loaded google fonts.
    * Added: Tiktok on social settings and RARA: social links widget .
    * Fixed: Fixed the design of default WP blocks.
    * Removed: Schema function for single post.
    
    1.2.5
    * Fixed jQuery deprecated warnings
    * Fixed menu design issue on desktop
    * Added link underline in post/page

    1.2.4
    * Fixed menu accessibility
    * Fixed header search design issue
    * Fixed schema issue
    * Added underline in link in single post and in single page

    1.2.3
    * Fixed calendar widget design issue for WordPress 5.4.2
    * Added comment fields as required
    * Added fallback svg 
    * Replaced owl carousel accessibility with owlcarousel2 a11ylayer
    * Removed image and publisher from schema
    * Added tested up to and requires php in style header

    1.2.2
    * Fixed dropdown menu issue in edge
    * Fixed constant conditional
    * Updated plugin recommendation class

    1.2.1
    * Added accessibility requirement for Skip Links, Keyboard navigation, Controls and Form labeling..
    * Added Getting started page.
    * Changed Documentation links.

    1.2.0
    * Added wp_body_open action.
    * Validated readme.txt file.
    * Changed raratheme.com to rarathemes.com.

    1.1.9
    * Made footer link no-follow.
    * Mobile menu updated.

    1.1.8
    * Updated fontawesome to v 5.6.3.
    * Some css tweaks.
    
    1.1.7
    * Solved slider thumbnail issue in IE Edge 

    1.1.6
    * Replaced flexslider with owl-carousel for slider
    * Added minified files for all js and css
    * Added schema for SEO
    * changed slider speed default value

    1.1.5
    * Privacy Policy link and WP Comment Cookies Consent features were added after 4.9.6 wp installation.
    * Made theme RTL Compatible

    1.1.4
    * Fixed same menu in responsive menu.
    
    1.1.3
    * Added OK, VK and Xing social icons.
    * Added snippet to migrate custom css to core custom css.
    * Changed responsive menu with sidr menu.
    
    1.1.2
    * Added view pro section and removed link added via JS.
    
    1.1.1
    * Removed pro image from the top section of the customizer.
    * Added Information section in customizer.
    
    1.1.0
    * Added comments in page.
    * Fix minor disign issues.
    
    1.0.9
    * Fix blank menu icon in responsive design.
    * Added new support ticket link.
    
    1.0.8
    * Changed order to DESC in category slider.
    * Made placeholder in comments translatable.
    
    1.0.7
    * Removed unrelated tags.
    * Made changes in footer.
        
    1.0.6
    * Added information link in customizer panel.
    
    1.0.5
    * Removed logo size.
    * Change the content width to support content in full width.
    * Fix minor design issues
    
    1.0.4
    * Documentation on how to use Slider included in readmore.txt
    
    1.0.3
    * Updated and integrated new theme tags in style.css
    * Fixed issues with sub menu disappearing when moving cursor.
    
    1.0.2
    * Used 'excerpt_length' and 'excerpt_more' filter to modify excerpt content.
    * Added 'the_minimal_footer_text' filter to modify footer credits.
    * Removed unused files and folder.
    
    1.0.1
    * Added Popular Post and Social Links Widgets.
    * Added ability to add Custom CSS in theme options.
    * Added compatibility for custom logo feature.