== Esteem ==

Esteem is a clean multipurpose responsive WordPress theme designed to fit business, portfolio, blogging or any type of site. The theme supports custom header, custom background, custom widgets, page templates and has built in options panel to configure primary color, site logo, slider, sidebar layout and 3 blog layout. It's also fully compatible with popular plugins like contact Form 7, WP PageNavi and Breadcrumb Navxt and is translation ready.

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== COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE ==

Resources packed within the theme.
* Images used in the screenshot are licensed under Creative Commons Zero (CC0):
  
  https://pxhere.com/en/photo/733935
  https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1515261
  https://pxhere.com/en/photo/64052
  https://pxhere.com/en/photo/771973
  
* Font Awesome by Dave Gandy http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/
  SIL OFL 1.1 http://scripts.sil.org/OFL.
* Image used on screenshot is our own creation[licensed under GPL] which also makes use of this image http://www.pexels.com/photo/922/ which is under CC0 License.
* HTML5 Shiv @afarkas @jdalton @jon_neal @rem | MIT/GPL2 Licensed
* The script jquery.cycle.all.js is dual licensed under GPL & MIT
* TGM-Plugin-Activation by Thomas Griffin, Gary Jones, Juliette Reinders Folmer | GPL v2 Licensed
* Other custom js files are our own creation and is licensed under the same license as this theme.

All other resources and theme elements are licensed under the [GNU GPL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html), version 2 or later.

Esteem WordPress Theme, Copyright 2014 ThemeGrill
Esteem is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

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== THEME USAGE ==

= Theme Instruction =
Get theme instruction at https://docs.themegrill.com/esteem/

= Free Support =
Get free support at https://themegrill.com/contact/

= Theme Features Usage =
All available options can be used from Appearance->Theme Options

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== TRANSLATIONS ==
If you want to translate this theme to your language, Please visit:- https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-themes/esteem

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== Changelog ==
= Version 1.5.0 - 2024-06-19 =
* Tweak - Increase clickable area of search icon.
* Tweak - Update WordPress tested upto version.
* Enhancement - General security measures.

= Version 1.4.9 - 2021-05-14 =
* Feature - Added RTL support.
* Tweak - Update Screenshot Image.
* Tweak - Update screenshot image source link.

= Version 1.4.8 - 2020-12-18 =
* Fix - Customizer critical error.

= Version 1.4.7 - 2020-12-17 =
* Tweak - Remove deprecate Custom CSS customize option provided via theme.
* Tweak - Update footer credit link with `rel="nofollow"` attributes.

= Version 1.4.6 - 2020-08-14 =
* Remove - TGMPA library to recommend plugins.
* Tweak - Add and improve theme-related notices
* Enhancement - Update protocol to prevent not secure issue.

= Version 1.4.5 - 2020-07-10 =
* Add - Required header fields: `Tested up to` and `Requires PHP` in style.css.
* Enhancement - Gutenberg compatibility.
* Remove - Unrequired deprecated demo config for theme demo lists.

= Version 1.4.4 - 2020-02-20 =
* Tweak - Update `screen-reader-text` CSS.
* Tweak - Added `skip-link` to content area.
* Tweak - Modify menu CSS for keyboard accessibility.
* Fix 	- Input type CSS for comments

= Version 1.4.3 - 2019-07-12 =
* Tweak - Modify pingback url autodiscovery for single posts, pages, or attachments.
* Tweak - Separate customize control class via different file
* Tweak - Added `wp_body_open` function to support WordPress 5.2 `wp_body_open` hook.
* Remove - Removed dashboard message to align with the theme review guidelines

= Version 1.4.2 - 2019-01-16 =
* Fix - Gallery padding for Gutenberg
* Tweak - Add alt attributes to missed img tags
* Tweak - Utilize single custom JS file for required theme JS settings.
* Recommend - Zakra theme

= Version 1.4.1 - 2018-11-21 =
* Added - Gutenberg compatibility
* Remove - Backward compatible for favicon
* Remove - Backward compatible for header logo

= Version 1.4.0 - 2018-09-05 =
* Tweak - Added width and height attribute for slider
* Update - Screenshot updated as per new wordpress.org guideline
* Update - Upsell link

= Version 1.3.9 - 2018-06-01 =
* Feature - Added Author Bio display option
* Feature - Added Related posts display option

= Version 1.3.8 - 2018-04-12 =
* Tweak - Submenu accessible in touchscreen.
* Fix   - Submenu issue on menu item click in desktop.

= Version 1.3.7 - 2018-03-21 =
* Tweak - Add theme support for Jetpack Responsive Videos.
* Feature - jQuery cycle plugin for slider upgraded to jQuery cycle2 v2.1.6 with swipe.
* Tweaks - Introduce selective refresh for site title and description

= Version 1.3.6 - 2017-05-10 =
* Tweaks - Add TGMPA to recommend ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin

= Version 1.3.5 - 2017-05-01 =
* Feature - Added compatibility for ThemeGrill Demo Importer plugin
* Tweaks - Add theme support for WooCommerce 3.0's new gallery feature

= Version 1.3.4 - 2016-01-18 =
* Added - Support for Video Headers introduced in WordPress 4.7.
* Tweaks - Remove the older header logo data properly.

= Version 1.3.3 - 2016-12-23 =
* Feature - Added the Custom Site Logo feature introduced in WordPress 4.5
* Feature - Migrated the Custom CSS code added in theme settings to Additional CSS section introduced in WordPress 4.7
* Feature - Added support for Site Icon introduced in WordPress 4.3

= Version 1.3.2 - 2016-09-02 =
* Tweaks - Introduced welcome page for theme.
* Feature - Theme is now compatible with WooCommerce.
* Feature - Added new responsive menu design.

= Version 1.3.1 =
* Content width adjusted according to the layout choosed
* Backward compatibility for WordPress title removed

= Version 1.3.0 =
* SEO Optimization

= Version 1.2.9 =
* Updated HTML5Shiv script to the latest version 3.7.3

= Version 1.2.8 =
* Theme Options migrated to customizer as per new WordPress theme review guidelines.

= Version 1.2.7 =
* Minor Bug Fixed
* WordPress default gallery support added.

= Version 1.2.6 =
* Removed deprecated function for WP_Widget class and used the __construct() instead as per WordPress 4.3

= Version 1.2.5 =
* Testimonial widget issue fixed.
* Function is used to call Entry Meta for code minification.

= Version 1.2.4 =
* Small adjustment in Breadcrumb NavXT plugin support code.
* Added HTML5 Markup theme support.
* Added the updated class for Google Structured Data.

= Version 1.2.3 =
* JQuery Cycle js updated to latest version(3.0.3).
* Option added to open TG: Call to Action widget button in new tab on click.

= Version 1.2.2 =
* Custom CSS option sanitized using wp_filter_nohtml_kses().
* Adding the support for the entry-title tag for Google Rich Snippets in single post view.
* Added missing field (author, vcard, updated) for Google Structured Data.

= Version 1.2.1 =
* Featured image option added for services widget.

= Version 1.2 =
* Search form code fixed.
* Missed translation text fixed.
* Options framework updated to 1.9.1

= Version 1.1.9 =
* add_theme_support('title_tag') added as per WordPress 4.1
* Screenshot Changed.

= Version 1.1.8 =
* Featured image hover icon bug fixed for category page.
* Options Framework text domain changed.

= Version 1.1.7 =
* Posts Page title issue fixed.
* Template part file added for no search result.
* POT language file updated to include new added strings.

= Version 1.1.6 =
* Some missed translation fixed.
* Changed the image size name to prevent conflict with reserved image size name.
* Changes in options panel sidebar.

= Version 1.1.5 =
* Language pot file updated.

= Version 1.1.4 =
* Options framework updated to 1.9.0

= Version 1.1.3 =
* Removed blank spaces at the end of some files that caused site to show as a blank page in some cases.
* Shortcodes previously used for footer copyright text now completely removed.
* Footer credit link previously Author URI now changed to Theme URI.
* Language pot file updated to include new strings.

= Version 1.1.2 =
* CSS added to support Recent Posts Widget Extended Plugin.
* html5shiv updated to version 3.7.2

= Version 1.1.1 =
* the_title changed with the_title_attribute to prevent plugin conflict.
* Boxed layout padding issue

= Version 1.1 =
* Testimonial bug fixed.
* Screenshot changed.

= Version 1.0 =
* All brand new.