=== HitMag ===

Contributors: Pubudu Malalasekara
Tags: grid-layout,right-sidebar,two-columns,custom-logo,custom-background,custom-menu,featured-images,footer-widgets,full-width-template,theme-options,threaded-comments,translation-ready,news,blog
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 4.8.3
Stable tag: 1.1.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

HitMag WordPress Theme, Copyright 2017 Pubudu Malalasekara
HitMag is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

== Description ==

HitMag is a stylish and powerful theme crafted for magazines, newspapers or personal blogs. HitMag comes with a handful of options to customize your site the way you want. Free version has included a magazine homepage layout, 4 different style blog listing layouts and main color options. Not only that, it comes with so many handful of features like author details box, Related posts after articles and control post metadata. All those features and options ensures that HitMag is not just another free WordPress theme but a powerful theme that fulfills all of the basic needs. See all the theme information at https://themezhut.com/themes/hitmag/

== 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.
4. Go to Appearance > Customize to customize your theme.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

Following are the list of supported plugins.
Contact Form 7
Jetpack
Font Awesome 4 Menus

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 - May 28 2017 =
* Initial release

= 1.0.1 - June 12 2017 =
* Removed unwanted files and folders.
* Added social media sharing functionality.
* Added two widgets.
* Added custom color feature.
* Fixed few escaping issues.
* Updated Screenshot.
* Added few controls to the customizer.
* Updated translation file.

= 1.0.2 - June 25 2017 =
* Added starter content.
* Fixed a issue in template-tags.php
* Added an editor stylesheet.
* Added RTL language support.
* Added "view all" buttons to category posts widgets.

= 1.0.3 - July 5 2017 =
* Fixed few escaping issues.

= 1.0.4 - July 25 2017 =
* Fixed mobile menu not disappearing issue.
* Hitmag Popular posts, tags, comments restyled for footer.
* All the widgets are now working on any sidebar except header advertisement area.
* Removed block styling for <q> tag.
* Removed social media buttons.
* Header sidebar renamed to Header Advertisement Area.
* Escaped translation functions.
* Posts widgets styled for footer.
* Edited translation file.

= 1.0.5 - July 25 2017 =
* Used escaping functions for translation.
* Removed social sharing function.

= 1.0.6 - August 15 2017 =
* Used get_templated_directory instead of dirname in functions.php.
* Fixed anonymous function issue.
* Fixed some escaping issues.
* Removed wp_reset_query() function on related-posts.php.
* Fixed translation issues.

= 1.0.7 - August 18 2017 =
* Declared RTL support.

= 1.0.8 - August 23 2017 =
* Fixed an issue in header image.
* Changed the youtube icon in social media menu.
* Changed max-height in header sidebar.
* Fixed a issue in custom color option.

= 1.0.9 - September 09 2017 =
* Fixed few issues in RTL styles.
* Fixed a plugin conflict with slider.
* Fixed IE 11 menu dropdown icon issue.
* Added styles to Category Widget and Archive Widget.

= 1.1.0 - November 04 2017 =
* Fixed white space issue on header.

== Credits ==

* 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 http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

* Kirki by Aristeides Stathopoulos. 
  Kirki is licenced under the terms of the MIT licence - https://github.com/aristath/kirki/blob/master/LICENSE

* FlexSlider by woothemes.
  FlexSlider is Licensed under the GPLv2 license. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

* Magnific Popup by Dmitry Semenov
  Magnific popup is licensed under MIT licence. https://github.com/dimsemenov/Magnific-Popup/blob/master/LICENSE

* HTML5 Shiv @afarkas @jdalton @jon_neal @rem 
  MIT/GPL2 Licensed - https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv/blob/master/MIT%20and%20GPL2%20licenses.md

* Lato Font by Łukasz Dziedzic https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lato
  Licensed under Open Font License - http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL_web

* Open Sans Font by Steve Matteson https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans
  Licensed under Apache License, version 2.0, http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html

* Ubuntu Font by Dalton Maag https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Ubuntu
  License - http://font.ubuntu.com/ufl/ubuntu-font-licence-1.0.txt

* TRT Customizer Pro by Justin Tadlock https://github.com/justintadlock/trt-customizer-pro
  License - https://github.com/justintadlock/trt-customizer-pro/blob/master/license.md

* All Images shown in the screenshot and bundled with themes are from pixabay.

* Image 1 - https://pixabay.com/en/runners-running-jogging-1517163/
  Image 1 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

* Image 2 - https://pixabay.com/en/car-casual-fashion-girl-person-1854227/ 
  Image 2 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

* Image 3 - https://pixabay.com/en/bike-packing-northpak-cycle-tourism-2085706/
  Image 3 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

* Image 4 - https://pixabay.com/en/girl-lavender-flowers-mov-beauty-1472185/ 
  Image 4 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

* Image 5 - https://pixabay.com/en/children-win-success-video-game-593313/
  Image 5 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

* Image 6 - https://pixabay.com/en/season-box-celebrate-celebration-1985856/
  Image 6 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

* Image 7 - https://pixabay.com/en/dress-girl-beautiful-woman-hands-864107/
  Image 7 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

* Image 8 - https://pixabay.com/en/beach-sun-freedom-sunset-palm-tree-885109/
  Image 8 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

* Image 9 - https://pixabay.com/en/media-literacy-laptop-notebook-2202670/
  Image 9 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en

* Image 10 - https://pixabay.com/en/android-couple-computer-technology-199225/
  Image 10 License - https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/deed.en