== best startup ==
Theme Name: Best Startup
Theme URI: https://fasterthemes.com/wordpress-themes/best-startup/
Author: FasterThemes
Author URI: http://electathemes.com/
Requires PHP: 7.4
Requires at least: 5.4
Tested up to: 7.0
Stable tag: 1.3
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
Tags: two-columns, right-sidebar,left-sidebar,full-width-template, flexible-header, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, custom-logo, featured-images, footer-widgets, featured-image-header, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready, blog
Text Domain: best-startup

== Theme Description ==

Best Startup is a premium quality WordPress theme mainly designed for online startups which need high quality websites quickly. Using Best Startup WordPress theme, online entrepreneurs will be able to create eye catchy websites in just a few minutes even if they are newbie as we have a step by step tutorial available. Best Startup WordPress theme is a mobile responsive WordPress theme hence the website will look amazing in all the mobile devices, tables, MacBooks, PCs etc. Best Startup theme is an easily customizable theme which uses WordPress customizer options for logo, colors etc. Best Startup theme uses SiteOrigin page builder (a very powerful yet free plugin available at WordPress.org), to easily create variety of page designs suiting your business niche using drag and drop page builer elements. Step by step documentation and dummy data is available at: https://docs.fasterthemes.com/best-startup-wordpress-theme/

== Copyright ==
Best Startup WordPress Theme, Copyright 2026 fasterthemes.com
Best Startup is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

== Features ==

Responsive design(Bootstrap), Customization Options, Custom Menu, supports social media.

== Installation ==

1. Primary:
 = Login to your wp-admin account and go to Appearance -> Themes.
 = Select "Install" tab and click on the "Upload" link.
 = Select "best-startup.zip" and click on "Install Now" button.
 = In case of errors, use an alternate method.
 
2. Alternate:
 = Unzip the template file (best-startup.zip) that you have downloaded.
 = Upload the entire folder (best-startup) to your server via FTP and place it in the /wp-content/themes/ folder.
 = Do not change the directory name.
 = The template files should be there now: /wp-content/themes/best-startup/index.php (example).
 
3. Log into your WP admin panel and click on "Appearance". Go to "Themes" tab.

4. Now click on 'best-startup' to activate the theme.

5. Complete all of the required inputs in the Appearance => Custimize option and click "Save & Publish" to make the changes LIVE.
 

=========== Change-log ===========
= 1.0.0 (16th Dec 2017) 
* Theme submitted to WordPress.org for review.

= 1.0.1 (2nd Jan 2018) 
* Readme resource added.
* Blog layout set.
* Escaping upadte in themes files.

= 1.0.2 (20 Feb 2018) 
* Misc Changes in customizer and best-startup-custom.js

= 1.0.3 (10th March 2018) 
* Misc Changes.

= 1.0.4 (22th March 2018) 
* Remove no-image and misc changes

= 1.1.0 (28th March 2018) 
* Header file inlice style removed
* Sanitize_callback set up in customizer file.
* Misc Changes in other files.	

= 1.1.1 (2nd April 2018) 
* Pro Featured Link Added.

= 1.1.2 (2nd April 2018) 
* Css Added and Misc Changes

= 1.1.3 (5th July 2018) 
* Misc Changes

= 1.2 (20th June 2020) 
* Misc Changes

= 1.2.1 (9th March 2022) 
* wp_open_body function added in header.
* Misc Changes

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License and Copyrights for Resources used in this theme
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Fontawesome
===========
License URI:  http://fontawesome.io/license/
Resource Name: fontawesome
License Name: Open Font License (OFL) Version 4.6.1	
	
Fonts
===========
PT Sans - http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=PT+Sans:400,700
Merriweather Sans - http:////fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Merriweather+Sans:300,400,700,800
They are under SIL Open Font.
	
Bootstrap files
===========
Bootstrap - http://getbootstrap.com
Licensed under MIT (https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE)
 
Icons - https://www.ommune.com
License: General Public License (GPL)

TGM Plugin Activation files
=======================
TGM Plugin Activation
Version 2.6.1
Licensed under GNU GPL - https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation

== Resources ==

https://www.pexels.com/photo/man-in-white-dress-shirt-and-maroon-necktie-holding-hands-with-girl-in-white-dress-573565/   rawpixel.com ,CC0
https://www.pexels.com/photo/beverage-cafe-coffee-cup-586335/   rawpixel.com ,CC0
https://www.pexels.com/photo/apple-laptop-notebook-office-39284/  Pix@bay , CC0
https://www.pexels.com/photo/adults-airport-architectural-design-architecture-301930/  Riccardo Bresciani, CC0
https://www.pexels.com/photo/business-chairs-company-coworking-7070/  Startup Stock Photos , CC0
== Upgrade Notice ==

= 1.3 - 17 August 2026 =
* Maintenance release: fonts bundled locally and updated theme URIs.

== Changelog ==

= 1.3 - 17 August 2026 =
* Theme URI and Author URI updated to fasterthemes.com.
* Google Fonts (PT Sans, Merriweather Sans) now bundled locally instead of loaded from a remote host.
* Removed the unused Pro upsell admin page.
* Hardened escaping in template output.
* Tested up to WordPress 7.0.
