=== Brandy Sites - 20+ WooCommerce Website Starter Templates ===
Contributors: YayCommerce
Tags: templates, patterns, website builder, gutenberg, page
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 7.0
Stable tag: 1.5.4
License: GPLv3 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

Build beautiful ecommerce websites in minutes, no coding needed.

== Description ==

**#1 Fastest Way to Start Selling Online**

**Brandy Starter Sites** takes the hard work out of building a WooCommerce store. 

Choose from 20+ starter templates, import in one click, and start selling. 🚀

### Why Choose Brandy Starter Sites?

✅ **One-Click Import** - Get a fully designed store up and running in minutes  
✅ **Ready-Made Niche Templates** - Purpose-built designs for a wide range of product categories  
✅ **Complete Store Setup** - Every template includes patterns, styles, and demo content  
✅ **WooCommerce Ready** - Pre-configured integrations so you can sell right away  
✅ **Fully Customizable** - Every template is a starting point, not a constraint  

## 🎯 Key Features

### 🖼️ 17 Professionally Designed Templates

Each template is crafted for a specific product niche, with layouts, colors, and content tailored to real ecommerce stores. Whether you're selling fashion, food, or furniture, there's a starting point ready for you.

### 🧩 Pre-Built Block Patterns

Every template ships with a curated set of block patterns ready to drop into any page:

- **Hero Banners** - High-impact headers to showcase your brand and promotions
- **Product Collections** - Grid and list layouts for showcasing your catalog
- **Testimonials** - Social proof sections to build customer trust
- **And more** - CTAs, feature highlights, and category showcases

### 🎨 Cohesive Theme Styles

Templates come with fully configured visual styles so your store looks polished from day one:

- **Color Palettes** - Carefully chosen color schemes that match each store niche
- **Typography** - Font pairings selected for readability and brand feel
- **Layouts** - Page structures optimized for ecommerce conversion

### 🛍️ Sample Products & Demo Content

See exactly how your store will look before you add your own products:

- **Sample Products** - Realistic product listings with images, descriptions, and pricing
- **Demo Pages** - Home, shop, product, cart, and checkout pages fully populated
- **Ready to Replace** - Swap in your own content without rebuilding from scratch

### ⚙️ WooCommerce Integrations

Every template is pre-configured to work with WooCommerce out of the box:

- Payment, shipping, and tax settings ready to configure
- Product pages optimized for conversion
- Cart and checkout flows built in

## 🗂️ Available Templates

- Fashion - Modern fashion store with size charts & swatches
- Digital - Downloadable/Virtual product store
- Jewelry Light - Luxury jewelry store | 2 editions
- Halloween - Seasonal Halloween store | 2 editions
- Christmas - Holiday-themed seasonal store | 2 editions
- Hair salon - Hair care products | 2 editions
- Plants - Botanical and plant store 
- Shoes - Footwear ecommerce 
- Book - Books and publishing store 
- Cosmetic - Beauty products store 
- Houseware - Home goods store 
- Pet - Pet supplies and service store 
- Skateboards - Lifestyle and action sports store 
- Tech - Technology marketplace 

With Brandy Sites, you can create various types of websites:

- Ecommerce websites to quickly sell products online.
- Landing pages to showcase specific products or services, perfect for capturing leads and conversions.
- Agency websites to attract new clients through a clean and professional home page.
- Membership websites to create a gated community or sell subscription-based services.
- Portfolios to showcase your skills and experience, as well as allow potential clients to easily [schedule appointments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bookster/).
- And a lot more!

== Installation ==
1. Download the plugin from wordpress.org
2. From your WordPress admin dashboard, go to **Plugins** > **Add New**, and upload the plugin's zip file
3. Install and activate it
4. After activating, you will be able to import sample sites quickly from the **Brandy** menu.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Do the templates work with my existing WooCommerce setup? =
Yes. Templates are designed to integrate with a standard WooCommerce installation. Existing Woo products, settings, and configurations are not affected.

= Will new templates be added? =
Yes, we regularly expand the template library with new niche designs.

= Is this plugin working with Gutenberg? =
A big yes! It works seamlessly with Gutenberg and [Brandy Blocks](https://wordpress.org/plugins/brandy-blocks/), so you don't have to use any extra page builder plugin.

= I have issues with the plugin. How can I get support? =
Please create a support topic or [chat with us](https://yaycommerce.com/support/) to get help. To quickly get the answers, please provide us with as much information as possible. Rest assured that your conversation is private, and your information remains credentialed.

== Screenshots ==
1. Prebuilt starter template designs for a wide range of product categories
2. Import a starter site - Welcome screen
3. Import a starter site - Step 2

== Changelog ==

= May 19, 2026 - Version 1.5.4 =
- Added: More demo posts
- Updated: Patterns & Sites

= Apr 27, 2026 - Version 1.5.3 =
- Updated: Sites layout

= Apr 14, 2026 - Version 1.5.2 =
- Updated: Improve Demo sites
- Fixed: Remove title/tagline text

= Mar 19, 2026 - Version 1.5.1 =
- Updated: Demo Sites layout.

= Dec 24, 2025 - Version 1.5.0 =
- Added: Compare Products feature for Tech niche.
- Added: Lazy load for product images.
- Updated: Fashion/WooCommerce badge color.
- Updated: Headings size slug.
- Updated: Icon for Product Button block.
- Updated: Display Post-term block as Pill style.
- Updated: Change paragraph variation slug.
- Updated: Fashion variation images.
- Updated: Remove product variation description in demo niches.
- Updated: Jewelry categories images.
- Updated: Niche layouts.
- Fixed: Minor issues.

= Nov 27, 2025 - Version 1.4.0 =
- Added: Breadcrumb to templates
- Added: Full site data for Skateboards/Fashion/Shoes/Plants/Jewelry niches.
- Added: Swatches for Skateboards/Fashion niche
- Added: Size Chart for Fashion niche
- Updated: Jewelry niche product images
- Updated: Footers UI for niches
- Updated: Button hover colors
- Fixed: Recovery blocks on demo sites
- Fixed: Tech product card layout

= Nov 10, 2025 - Version 1.3.9 =
- Updated: Niche variants content description & import time
- Updated: Niche button hover background
- Updated: Book & Tech product card layout
- Updated: Removed CSS for image zoom

= Nov 08, 2025 - Version 1.3.8 =
- Updated: Fashion products & images
- Updated: Niches & custom box shadow + hover settings

= Nov 05, 2025 - Version 1.3.7 =
- Fixed: Small issues

= Nov 05, 2025 - Version 1.3.6 =
- New: Product Filter block for niches: Cosmetic, Fashion, Jewelry, Pet, Shoes, Skateboards, Tech
- New: Variants for niches: Fashion, Jewelry, Plants, Shoes
- Updated: Demo products

= Oct 24, 2025 - Version 1.3.5 =
- Updated: Improve sites layout

= Oct 15, 2025 - Version 1.3.4 =
- Improved: Starter sites UI
- Fixed: CSV files uncommittable

= Oct 15, 2025 - Version 1.3.3 =
- Updated: Color palette
- Updated: Niche layouts
- Updated: Niche sample data

= Sep 17, 2025 - Version 1.3.2 =
- Updated: Niches layout + Menu content

= Sep 8, 2025 - Version 1.3.1 =
- Updated: demo layout data
- Updated: layouts
- Fixed: broken layouts

= Aug 6, 2025 - Version 1.3 =
- New: Pet Niche
- New: Hair Niche
- New: Skateboard Niche
- New: Tech Niche

= May 27, 2025 - Version 1.2.5 =
- New: reset header/footer, element to niche default
- Updated: Reduce niche data sizes
- Fixed: Product button width too large with WC 9.8+
- Fixed: Product AJAX add to cart not working with WC 9.8+
- Fixed: Reset Logo not hide element when site doesn't have logo config

= Apr 04, 2025 - Version 1.2.4 =
- Updated: Updated builder settings data for starter sites.
- Updated: Sites layout
- Updated: sites with new slider logic

= Feb 15, 2025 - Version 1.2.3 =
- Improved: Performance

= Feb 06, 2025 - Version 1.2.2 =
- Updated: Add box shadow for some pattern blocks
- Updated: Adjust site layout
- Updated: Apply vertical padding to sites with a transparent header

= Jan 12, 2025 - Version 1.2.1 =
- Improved: eBook blog laggy
- Improved: [Fashion] - Arrow icon alignment on product slider

= Dec 24, 2024 - Version 1.2.0 =
- Improved: Update sites header/footer menus
- Improved: Update site layout + patterns

= Nov 13, 2024 - Version 1.1.9 =
- New: Support RTL

= Nov 11, 2024 - Version 1.1.8 =
- Fixed: Issue when update Brandy Sites before update Brandy Core Theme

= Nov 4, 2024 - Version 1.1.7 =
- New: Convert Contact us and About us page into template. Make global select page for About-us, Contact-us template
- Updated: Order complete page layout
- Updated: Demo pages slug and title

= Oct 18, 2024 - Version 1.1.6 =
- Updated: Demo sites layout + styling
- Updated: Image sources
- New: More patterns

= Sep 7, 2024 - Version 1.1.5 =
- New: Cosmetics site
- New: Halloween ver1 + ver2 sites
- New: Christmas site
- New: Product categories pattern for each site

= Aug 19, 2024 - Version 1.1.4 =
- New: Reset editor global styles after importing site
- New: Translations to pattern
- Updated: Replace columns layout "full width" by Row direction (Footer builder)
- Updated: Synchronize mini cart and cart events when using WooCommerce blocks
- Fixed: Wishlist session
- Fixed: Cannot preview posts/pages which have status draft/future
- Fixed: Cannot add to cart in single page when product is variable/grouped
- Fixed: Issue with resetting template

= Aug 4, 2024 - Version 1.1.3 =
- New: E-Book site
- Updated: Widgets in patterns

= Jul 30, 2024 - Version 1.1.2 =
- New: Bookstore starter site
- New: Demo Images
- New: Create product template pattern + product collection patterns

= Jul 26, 2024 - Version 1.1.1 =
- Updated: Template content
- Updated: Sample patterns + Shoes templates

= Jul 25, 2024 - Version 1.1 =
- New: New templates

= 1.0 =
* Version 1.0 Initial Release