=== Advanced Marquee Effect for Elementor - Smooth Marquee, News Ticker, Image Box & Icon Box Marquee ===
Contributors: mdashikul, ashik384
Tags: Elementor marquee, marquee text, logo slider, news ticker, icon box marquee
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.1.2
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Create smooth Elementor marquee sliders, logo marquees, news tickers, image box & icon box marquees, post scrollers, testimonials & WooCommerce marquees.

== Description ==

**Advanced Marquee Effect** is the ultimate lightweight, high-performance Elementor addon designed to create smooth, continuous scrolling marquee animations and infinite carousels on your WordPress website.

Effortlessly build eye-catching **Marquee Text & News Tickers**, **Continuous Logo Sliders**, **Image Box Marquees**, **Icon Box Marquees**, **Blog Post Marquees**, **Testimonial Review Carousels**, **Team Member Marquees**, **CTA Highlight Cards**, and **WooCommerce Product & Sales Proof Marquees** directly within Elementor—without writing a single line of code!

Powered by Swiper JS for silky-smooth 60fps hardware-accelerated animations, full responsiveness, vertical/horizontal scrolling, pause-on-hover, custom speed, reverse direction, and lazy loading for top-tier SEO performance.

### 🚀 Key Features at a Glance:
* ⚡ **Silky Smooth 60fps Animation:** Hardware-accelerated Swiper scroll engine for zero-lag performance.
* ↔️ **Horizontal & Vertical Scrolling:** Scroll content left-to-right, right-to-left, top-to-bottom, or bottom-to-top.
* ⏸️ **Pause-on-Hover:** Automatically pause continuous scrolling when visitors hover over your marquee items.
* 🖼️ **Image Box & Icon Box Marquees:** Create modern feature cards with stacked/framed icons, images, headings, and descriptions.
* 📰 **News Ticker & Announcement Bar:** Build breaking news tickers with custom icons, badge labels, and text streams.
* 🤝 **Logo Carousel & Partner Streams:** Showcase client logos, sponsor ribbons, and brand carousels with custom links.
* ✍️ **Blog Post Marquee:** Display dynamic blog post feeds with featured images, titles, excerpts, and post metadata.
* ⭐ **Testimonial & Review Marquee:** Highlight customer reviews with avatars, star ratings, author titles, and custom layouts.
* 👥 **Team Showcase Marquee:** Introduce team members with photo frames, designation titles, and social link ribbons.
* 📢 **Call to Action (CTA) Cards:** Boost conversions with scrolling promotional cards, action buttons, and background images.
* 🛒 **WooCommerce Product Marquee (Pro):** Feature store products in continuous marquee loops with prices, sales badges, and add-to-cart triggers.
* 🔔 **WooCommerce Recent Orders Marquee (Pro):** Boost sales proof by showing live scrolling customer order notifications.
* 🎨 **Deep Elementor Styling:** Full control over typography, text stroke, text shadow, flex alignment, CSS filters, borders, padding, and hover states.
* 📱 **100% Responsive & SEO Friendly:** Mobile-optimized, HTML5 semantic code with built-in lazy loading.

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== Included Free & Pro Widgets ==

### 1. Marquee Text & News Ticker
Create continuous scrolling headline banners, announcement bars, and breaking news tickers in Elementor.
* **Features:** Add customizable text, separator icons, action links, and custom ticker badges.
* **Scrolling Controls:** Speed, reverse direction, pause-on-hover, and horizontal/vertical direction.
* **Use Cases:** Breaking news, sales announcements, promotional bar updates, site notices, and site-wide highlights.

### 2. Marquee Image & Logo Slider
Display endless logo carousels, client streams, and continuous image Marquees.
* **Features:** Upload logos, attach custom links (dofollow/nofollow), and enable image lazy loading.
* **Scrolling Controls:** Speed (ms), reverse direction, pause-on-hover, vertical marquee height, and responsive spacing.
* **Use Cases:** Client brand ribbons, partner logos, sponsor banners, product galleries, and portfolio showcases.

### 3. Image Box Marquee
Build stunning scrolling feature cards combining images, titles, descriptions, and call-to-action links.
* **Features:** Custom image position (Top, Left, Right), image width/height, title HTML tags (H1-H6, div, p), and link targets.
* **Flex Alignment:** Position-synced flex alignment (Top, Center, Bottom) and Justify Content (Start, Center, End, Space Between).
* **Styling Options:** Typography, text stroke, text shadow, CSS filters, opacity, box background (#FAFAFA default), container width (default 400px), and hover effects.
* **Use Cases:** Feature highlights, product benefits, service cards, portfolio previews, and step-by-step process streams.

### 4. Icon Box Marquee
Create continuous scrolling icon feature streams with Elementor icon libraries, titles, and descriptions.
* **Features:** Choose FontAwesome/custom SVG icons, 3 Icon Views (Default, Stacked, Framed), Shapes (Circle, Square), and links.
* **Icon Styling:** Primary & secondary colors (Normal & Hover), icon size, rotate angle, padding, border radius, and box shadow.
* **Layout & Alignment:** Top/Left/Right icon placement with synced flex item alignment and justify-content text alignment.
* **Use Cases:** Service highlights, technology stacks, feature lists, key takeaways, and trust badge scrollers.

### 5. Post Marquee & Content Scroller
Showcase WordPress blog posts and custom post types in an infinite scrolling marquee stream.
* **Features:** Display post titles, featured thumbnails, post excerpts, dates, and author meta.
* **Query & Controls:** Query by post categories, limit post counts, set marquee direction, and customize typography.
* **Use Cases:** Trending articles, blog highlights, portfolio posts, podcast feeds, and recent news feeds.

### 6. Testimonial & Review Marquee
Display social proof customer reviews, star ratings, and client feedback in a smooth sliding banner.
* **Features:** Add author avatars, reviewer names, designations, review quotes, and 5-star ratings.
* **Styling Presets:** Default, Modern, and Bubble review card presets with customizable border shadows and background colors.
* **Use Cases:** Customer reviews, G2/Trustpilot feedback, client testimonials, and trust-building banners.

### 7. Team Marquee
Introduce team members, staff, and contributors with interactive sliding avatar cards.
* **Features:** Member photo frames, names, job titles, bio excerpts, and social link ribbons (LinkedIn, Twitter, GitHub).
* **Use Cases:** Agency team ribbons, company staff highlights, conference speaker marquees, and advisor rows.

### 8. CTA Cards Marquee
Drive user engagement with continuous horizontal scrolling Call-To-Action highlight cards.
* **Features:** Custom icons/images, bold headings, descriptions, background cards, and action buttons.
* **Use Cases:** Special offers, deal banners, marketing campaigns, service callouts, and landing page highlights.

### 9. WooCommerce Product Marquee (Pro)
Display store products in dynamic query marquee loops.
* **Features:** Product images, titles, regular/sale prices, ratings, and instant add-to-cart buttons.
* **Use Cases:** Featured store products, flash sale marquees, best sellers, and new arrival carousels.

### 10. WooCommerce Recent Orders Marquee (Pro)
Display live customer sales proof notifications in a smooth scrolling banner.
* **Features:** Real-time customer order notifications, purchaser locations, product thumbnail, and purchase time.
* **Use Cases:** Sales proof, FOMO notification banners, recent store activity, and conversion boosters.

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== External Services ==

This plugin utilizes the Freemius SDK to handle opt-in telemetry, license activation, Pro upgrades, automatic security updates, and billing support.
* **Service Link:** https://freemius.com
* **Terms of Service:** https://freemius.com/terms/
* **Privacy Policy:** https://freemius.com/privacy/

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== Installation ==

1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/advanced-marquee-effect/` directory, or install directly via the WordPress Admin > **Plugins > Add New** screen.
2. Activate **Advanced Marquee Effect** through the 'Plugins' screen in WordPress.
3. Open any page in Elementor, search for "AME" or "Marquee", and drag any marquee widget into your layout!
4. Optional: Visit **AME Marquee > Settings** in your WordPress admin dashboard to enable or disable specific marquee widgets.

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== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this plugin require Elementor? =
Yes, Advanced Marquee Effect is a dedicated Elementor addon and requires the free or Pro version of Elementor to function.

= How do I create a news ticker in Elementor? =
Add the **Marquee Text** widget, enable the Ticker Label option, customize your announcement text and separator icons, and set your desired scroll speed.

= How do I create an Image Box Marquee or Icon Box Marquee? =
Drag the **Image Box Marquee** or **Icon Box Marquee** widget into Elementor, add items via the repeater, select your images or FontAwesome icons, pick your position (Left, Top, Right), and adjust alignment, width, and colors in the Style tab.

= Can I hide empty title or description containers? =
Yes! If no title or description is provided for an item, the content HTML container wrapper is automatically omitted for clean layout rendering.

= Does it support vertical scrolling? =
Yes, all marquee widgets support both horizontal (left-to-right, right-to-left) and vertical (top-to-bottom, bottom-to-top) scrolling with customizable height and alignment settings.

= Is lazy loading supported for image marquees? =
Yes! Image lazy loading is built-in across supported image marquee widgets to maximize speed and Google PageSpeed Insights scores.

= Does it support WooCommerce? =
Yes, the Pro version includes dedicated WooCommerce Product Marquee and Recent Orders Marquee widgets to display store items and live purchase proof notifications.

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== Screenshots ==

1. Logo Slider Preview
2. Post Slider Settings
3. Testimonial Carousel Styling
4. Team Member Slider Controls
5. CTA Card Slider Design
6. Text Slider & News Ticker
7. Scrolling Speed Settings
8. Responsive Layout Options
9. Image Box Marquee Slider
10. Icon Box Marquee Slider
11. WooCommerce Product Marquee (Pro)
12. WooCommerce Recent Orders Marquee (Pro)

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== Changelog ==

= 1.1.2 =
* Added: System stability improvement.

= 1.1.1 =
* Added: Image Box Marquee slider.
* Added: Icon Box Marquee slider.
* Added: System stability improvement and bug fixes.

= 1.1.0 =
* Added: Image Box Marquee widget with Top/Left/Right image positions, Flex alignment, and CSS filters.
* Added: Icon Box Marquee widget with FontAwesome icons, Stacked/Framed views, and shape options.
* Added: WooCommerce Recent Orders Marquee widget (Pro).
* Added: WooCommerce Product Marquee widget (Pro).
* Improved: Automatic text-alignment sync for Justify Content settings.
* Improved: Performance enhancements and full compatibility with WordPress 7.0 and Elementor 4.1.

= 1.0.9 =
* Improved: System stability and Swiper JS smooth loop initialization.
* Compatibility: Tested and verified up to WordPress 7.0.

= 1.0.8 =
* Improved: Code optimization and admin settings interface updates.

= 1.0.7 =
* Added: CTA Card Marquee widget.

= 1.0.6 =
* Added: Team Member Marquee widget.

= 1.0.5 =
* Enhanced: Text Marquee with ticker badge label functionality.

= 1.0.4 =
* Added: Post Marquee and Testimonial Marquee widgets.

= 1.0.3 =
* Added: Logo & Image Marquee widget.

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.1.0 =
Update now to enjoy the new Image Box Marquee and Icon Box Marquee widgets, along with enhanced Swiper loop performance and WordPress 7.0 compatibility.
