=== Maxwell ===
Author URI: https://themezee.com
Theme URI: https://themezee.com/themes/maxwell/
Contributors: themezee
Tags: two-columns, blog, news, custom-background, custom-header, custom-menu, grid-layout, blog, entertainment, news, editor-style, block-styles, rtl-language-support, grid-layout, featured-image-header, featured-images, flexible-header, custom-colors, full-width-template, sticky-post, threaded-comments, translation-ready, theme-options, one-column, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, three-columns
Requires at least: 5.2
Tested up to: 6.5
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Maxwell is a minimalistic and elegant WordPress theme featuring an ultra clean magazine layout.

== Description ==

Maxwell is a minimalistic and elegant WordPress theme featuring an ultra clean magazine layout. With a beautiful typography, various post layouts and a gorgeous featured posts slideshow Maxwell truly helps you to stand out.

For more information about Maxwell please go to https://themezee.com/themes/maxwell/

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Maxwell 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. Go to https://themezee.com/docs/maxwell-documentation/ for a guide on how to customize this theme.
5. Navigate to Appearance > Customize in your admin panel and customize to taste.

== Changelog ==

= 2.4.0 - 2024-01-25 =
* code cleanup to follow WordPress PHP coding standards

= 2.3.9 - 2022-10-19 =
* improved accessibility of search form

= 2.3.8 - 2022-08-23 =
* updated footer credit link

= 2.3.7 - 2022-07-12 =
* added block support for custom spacing and line heights
* improved styling of columns block

= 2.3.6 - 2022-02-24 =
* fixed keyboard navigation of dropdown menus

= 2.3.5 - 2021-11-05 =
* updated navigation.js to use vanilla js instead of jQuery

= 2.3.4 - 2021-08-26 =
* fixed table layout styling
* fixed responsive images with Classic Editor

= 2.3.3 - 2021-08-19 =
* added Widget Title block style
* improved Block styling on frontend and Block Editor

= 2.3.2 - 2021-07-20 =
* added action hooks for additional widget areas
* fixed broken Customizer panels caused by new block-based Widget Editor in WordPress 5.8
* removed Magazine Widget Customizer control

= 2.3.1 - 2021-06-06 =
* fixed styling of Social Icons widget from Widget Bundle plugin

= 2.3 - 2021-06-05 =
* added SVG icons for all theme icons
* removed Genericons icon font

= 2.2.2 - 2021-03-11 =
* added CSS variables for Widget Bundle and Related Posts plugin styling

= 2.2.1 - 2021-03-09 =
* updated CSS variables for colors
* updated Block Editor color palette

= 2.2 - 2021-02-13 =
* added WPTT Webfont loader to host theme fonts locally
* added CSS variables for theme colors

= 2.1.1 - 2020-10-05 =
* added AMP dropdown toggles for sub menus
* added CSS variables for typography styling
* fixed lazy loading bug for slider images

= 2.1 - 2020-09-16 =
* added support for the official AMP plugin

= 2.0.3 - 2020-08-27 =
* fixed styling of footer area in Safari

= 2.0.2 - 2020-08-24 =
* fixed styling of menu items with empty links
* fixed undefined naviClass variable warning

= 2.0.1 - 2020-08-21 =
* added svgxuse polyfill to display SVG icons in Internet Explorer

= 2.0 - 2020-08-18 =
* Changed implementation, styles and scripts of main navigation menu
* Important Update: Please read https://themezee.com/2020/08/updates-for-improved-navigation-menus/

= 1.9 - 2020-04-21 =
* added Retina Logo option
* restructured Sass files and CSS sections

= 1.8.5 - 2020-04-06 =
* added new wp_body_open action hook
* improved Block Editor styling for WordPress 5.4

= 1.8.4 - 2019-11-18 =
* fixed styling of captions in Image and Gallery block
* improved styling of Latest Posts and Table block

= 1.8.3 - 2019-11-12 =
* added font display swap to default theme fonts

= 1.8.2 - 2019-10-23 =
* added improved Theme Info section to Customizer

= 1.8.1 - 2019-09-10 =
* fixed post meta settings for post slider

= 1.8 - 2019-08-16 =
* added custom styling for ThemeZee Magazine Blocks
* added custom image sizes to select fields in Gutenberg Editor and Media Library
* disabled post meta theme settings for Magazine blocks

= 1.7.3 - 2019-05-07 =
* added support for responsive embed blocks

= 1.7.2 - 2019-03-25 =
* adjusted footer credit link with clearer wording

= 1.7.1 - 2018-11-12 =
* fixed link color in Gutenberg Editor
* fixed styling of Read More button

= 1.7 - 2018-11-06 =
* added styling for Gutenberg blocks
* added custom color palette for Gutenberg
* added editor styling for WordPress 5.0

= 1.6 =
* added new setting to change the text of the Read More button
* updated and restructured blog and post settings
* improved styling of checkbox labels in comment form

= 1.5 =
* added default theme fonts as local fonts
* use local fonts instead of Google fonts for GDPR compliance
* restructured assets into one folder

= 1.4.2 =
* improved styling of image captions
* improved styling of galleries

= 1.4.1 =
* added action hook for author bio and header search
* added filter to allow plugins to add own elements to be hidden
* updated styling of tags and post navigation
* updated styling for improved color settings

= 1.4 =
* added new section for Blog Settings in Customizer
* added option to hide featured images on blog and archives
* added setting to disable Magazine widgets on blog index
* added selective refresh for blog and post settings
* added new template function to display blog title
* changed required WordPress version to 4.7

= 1.3 =
* added improved Magazine Widget Customizer Control
* added default widget titles for Magazine widgets
* ignore sticky posts in Magazine widgets

= 1.2.5 =
* fixed alignment of site logo and site title when used together
* fixed small live preview issue in Customizer for site title and tagline options
* use localized theme name and description on theme info page

= 1.2.4 =
* added transient caching to post slider
* added post hyperlinks to slider images in post slider
* added own template function to display slider image for better child theme support
* fixed slider images getting stretched when too small images are uploaded
* improved Right-to-Left language stylesheets

= 1.2.3 =
* fixed flexbox layout issues appearing with the latest Safari 10.1 version
* fixed horizontal scrolling issue on mobile devices when elements are hidden in theme options

= 1.2.2 =
* fixed number of posts setting in Magazine widgets

= 1.2.1 =
* fixed layout rendering issue in Magazine Grid widget

= 1.2 =
* added template files for Magazine widgets to improve child theme compatibility
* added transient caching for Magazine widgets to increase performance
* added pluggable template functions for Magazine widgets
* improved implementation of post meta settings for instant live preview in Customizer

= 1.0.9 =
* added template files for Magazine widgets to improve child theme compatibility
* improved transient caching of Magazine widgets for increased performance

= 1.0.8 =
* added Magazine Homepage widgets to blog index
* added centered layout in case no widgets were added to the sidebar
* added fullwidth page template for blog posts
* added centered page template for posts and static pages

= 1.0.7 =
* added editor shortcuts and instant live preview for site title and tagline in Customizer
* updated post pagination to use newer functions
* improved implementation of post slider
* changed demo links in Customizer and Theme Info

= 1.0.6 =
* moved theme links to panel description in Customizer
* updated Theme Info page

= 1.0.5 =
* added Right-to-Left language support
* changed implementation of Theme Links in Customizer

= 1.0.4 =
* added readme.txt file
* improved styling of navigation menus
* added styling for mega menu plugin
* updated tags in style.css

= 1.0.3 =
* added setting to display tagline
* added content-none.php template file
* added post image template function
* improved accessibility of navigation menus
* improved code formatting with PHP Codesniffer

= 1.0.2 =
* added support for selective refresh
* updated custom logo styling and editor-style.css
* improved styling of lists, tables and blockquotes

= 1.0.1 =
* added support for custom logo feature
* added version numbers to wp_enqueue_style and wp_enqueue_script functions
* updated flexlider, html5shiv and Genericons
* fixed three column post layout on search and archive pages

= 1.0 =
Initial Release

== Copyright ==

Maxwell WordPress Theme, Copyright 2016 ThemeZee.com
Maxwell 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.

== Ressources ==

Maxwell bundles the following third-party resources:

1. Genericons Icon Font - http://genericons.com
License: Distributed under the terms of the GPLv2 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
Copyright: 2015 Automattic, Inc., https://automattic.com/

2. Underscores - http://underscores.me/
License: Distributed under the terms of the GPLv2 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
Copyright: 2012-2015 Automattic, Inc., https://automattic.com/

3. normalize.css - http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/
License: Distributed under the terms of the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
Copyright: 2012-2015 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal

4. FlexSlider - https://github.com/woothemes/FlexSlider
License: Distributed under the terms of the GPLv2 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
Copyright: 2015 WooThemes, http://www.woothemes.com

5. svgxuse - https://github.com/Keyamoon/svgxuse
License: Licensed under MIT license (https://github.com/Keyamoon/svgxuse/blob/master/license)
Copyright: 2017 IcoMoon.io

6. WPTT Webfont Loader - https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader
License: Distributed under the terms of the MIT License (https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE)
Copyright: 2020 Ari Stathopoulos, WordPress Themes Team

7. Titillium Web Font - https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Titillium+Web
License: Distributed under the terms of the SIL Open Font License (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
Copyright: 2013 Accademia di Belle Arti di Urbino

8. Amaranth Font - https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Amaranth
License: Distributed under the terms of the SIL Open Font License (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
Copyright: Gesine Todt

9. Images used in screenshot.jpg are all from Pixabay - http://pixabay.com

Image 1: https://pixabay.com/en/architecture-modern-building-facade-1048092/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2015 Michael Gaida (https://pixabay.com/en/users/MichaelGaida-652234/)

Image 2:https://pixabay.com/en/building-monument-view-cityscape-1031524/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2016 Unsplash (https://pixabay.com/en/users/Unsplash-242387/)

Image 3: https://pixabay.com/en/riga-housewife-art-nouveau-1085269/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2014 Monika Neumann (https://pixabay.com/en/users/monikawl999-1744293/)