== Educate  ==
Contributors: fruit-themes
Tags: left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, full-width-template, post-formats, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready, custom-background
Requires PHP: 7.4
Requires at least: 5.4
Tested up to: 7.0
Stable tag: 2.2
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

=== Description ===
Educate WordPress theme is developed mainly for colleges, Schools, universities, LMS, Training Centers, Academies, Primary Schools, High Schools, Kindergartens and various other type of educational websites. Educate can even be used for websites representing tuition classes, coaching classes, personal websites etc too. Educate is a mobile responsive, easily customization multipurpose WordPress theme that can be used to build business and corporate websites as well. Educate theme comprises of blogs, various sections for home page etc which can easily be customized through customizer area of WordPress admin panel. Educate WordPress Theme is built on top of Twitter Bootstrap which means that your site can be displayed on every device (pc, laptop, mobile devices, tablets etc) without horizontal scrolling. Educate theme has got custom widgets, customizer options etc in order to get it customized as per your needs. Step by step documentation and dummy data is available at: https://docs.fasterthemes.com/educate-wordpress-theme/

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

== Installation ==
1. Primary:
 = Login to your wp-admin account and go to Appearance -> Themes.
 = Select "Install" tab and click on the "Upload" link.
 = Select "educate.zip" and click on "Install Now" button.
 = In case of errors, use an alternate method.
2. Alternate:
 = Unzip the template file (educate.zip) that you have downloaded.
 = Upload the entire folder (educate) 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/educate/index.php (example).
3. Log into your WP admin panel and click on "Appearance". Go to "Themes" tab.
4. Now click on "educate" to activate the theme.
5. Theme Options :
	a).Basic Settings.
		i). you can manage here site logo,favicon ,Header background image and blog title.
	b).Footer Settings
		i). you can manage here site logo and footer copyright text.
	c).Home Page Settings.
		i).  Banner Slider : you can set home page bannner image and detail.
		ii). About Us : you can upload font awesome icon class names, title and short description.
		iii).Blog Section: you can set home page blog title,blog sub title and blog category.
		iv). Our Mission : you can set home page background image, button title, link and description.
	d).Social Settings
		i). you can manage here social icon.

== Changelog ==

= 2.2 - 17 August 2026 =
* Theme URI and Author URI updated to fasterthemes.com.
* Google Fonts (Lato) now bundled locally instead of loaded from fonts.googleapis.com.
* Removed the unused Pro upsell admin page.
* Fixed PHP 8 warnings on a fresh install where theme options are not yet set.
* Hardened escaping in the breadcrumbs and template output.
* Tested up to WordPress 7.0.

= 2.1 - 22 May 2020 =
* Misc changes.

= 2.1.1 - 5 Oct 2021 =
* wo_open_body function added in header file.
* Misc changes.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 2.2 - 17 August 2026 =
* Maintenance release: fonts bundled locally, PHP 8 fixes, updated theme URIs.

= 2.1.1 - 5 Oct 2021 =
* wo_open_body function added in header file.
* Misc changes.

== Credits ==

Fontawesome
==============
	License URI:  http://fontawesome.io/license/
	Resource Name: fontawesome
	License Name: Open Font License (OFL) Version 4.3.0

Fonts
===========
	Lato
		Copyright: Lukasz Dziedzic
		Resource URI: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lato
		License: SIL Open Font License, 1.1
		License URI: http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
		Bundled locally in /fonts/lato/ - not loaded from a remote host.
Bootstrap files
==================
	we used are licensed under the Apache License v3.3.2
	Bootstrap - http://getbootstrap.com
	Licensed under MIT (https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE)

Owl.carousel.css
=====================
	The MIT License (MIT)
	Version - v1.3.3
	Copyright (c) 2014


* Image for theme screenshot,Photo by Chait Goli from Pexels
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/selective-focus-photography-of-bubbles-2124694/

* Image for theme screenshot,Photo by Anthony from Pexels
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://www.pexels.com/photo/bokeh-shot-of-water-droplets-794495/