=== Franchise ===

Contributors: moralthemes
Tags: two-columns, three-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-menu, custom-logo, editor-style, featured-images, footer-widgets, full-width-template, sticky-post, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready, portfolio, blog
Requires at least: 5.0
Requires PHP: 5.6
Tested up to: 7.0
Stable tag: 1.2.0
License: GNU General Public License v2 or later
License URI: LICENSE

== Description ==

Franchise is a corporate business WordPress theme. If you are having an online presence and struggling in finding the right theme for your needs then Franchise is the right theme for you. The corporative look and elegant design make sure that your business portfolio stands out among the pool of online portfolios. The niche purpose of the theme is to contemplate your business as all the features like partner, testimonial, blog, services and many more serves for your business portfolio. Other main features like "Drag and Drop" for sections and easy demo importer are the key features to setup your site in a jiffy.

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance > Themes and click the Add New button.
2. Click Upload Theme and Choose File, then select the theme's .zip file. Click Install Now.
3. Click Activate to use your new theme right away.

== How does the demo importer works? ==
Just install the recommended plugin i.e. One Click Demo Import when the theme is activated and then go to Appearance->Import demo data. From there, select the demo files to be uploaded which is included with the theme itself ind [demo] folder.

= Does this theme support any plugins? =
Yes the theme is integrated to work with One Click Demo Import plugin.

== Copyright ==

Franchise WordPress Theme, Copyright 2018 Moral Themes
Franchise is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

Franchise bundles the following third-party resources:

HTML5 Shiv, Copyright 2014 Alexander Farkas
Licenses: MIT/GPL2
Source: https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv

normalize.css, Copyright 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
License: MIT
Source: https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/

Packery PACKAGED v2.1.1 Copyright 2016 Metafizzy
License: GPLv3 for open source use
Source: http://packery.metafizzy.co

Slick 1.8.0 Copyright (c) 2017 Ken Wheeler
License: MIT license.
Source: https://github.com/kenwheeler/slick/

jquery-match-height 0.7.2 by @liabru
License: MIT license.
Source: http://brm.io/jquery-match-height/

== Images Copyright ==
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: 
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/930447
https://pxhere.com/en/photo/882624

== Changelog ==

= 1.2.0 - June 12 2026 =
* Fixed PHP warnings
* Tested up to WordPress Version 7.0

= 1.1.9 - April 15, 2025 =
* WP 6.7 compatibility

= 1.1.8 - May 17 2024 =
* Removed the text underline form the button
* Fixed text color issue of latest comment block
* Tested upto WordPress v6.5

= 1.1.7 July 29 2022 =
* Load fonts locally
* Tested upto WordPress v6.0
* Fixed link underline issue
* Fixed Keyboard navigation issue 

= 1.1.6 - Oct 20 2021 =
* Updated blocks and patterns design
* Clear Theme Check & Theme Sniffer error
* Added escaping and do translate ready where it is missing
* Add footer text field
* Update Screenshot
* Update keyboard navigation

= 1.1.5 - May 8 2020 =
* Updated search page css

= 1.1.4 - Mar 4 2020 =
* Updated visible focus for keyboard navigation

= 1.1.3 - Feb 7 2020 =
* Updated keyboard navigation js

= 1.1.2 - Jan 16 2020 =
* Updated posts navigation design

= 1.1.1 - Dec 30 2019 =
* Updated minor css

= 1.1.0 - Dec 17 2019 =
* Updated minor css

= 1.0.9 - Nov 20 2019 =
* Updated sidebar css

= 1.0.8 - Oct 17 2019 =
* Updated 404 css

= 1.0.7 - Sept 23 2019 =
* Added Skip link
* Removed demo content

= 1.0.6 =
* Updated Gutenberg Blocks and Editor Style css

= 1.0.5 =
* Fix - Pagination on blog page.

= 1.0.4 - May 18 2018 =
* Fix HTML structure in singulars.
* Add license for Twentyseventeen.
* Fix div structure in default loops
* Fix missing translation in header.php
* Fix comment form design for 4.9.6

= 1.0.3 - May 2 2018 =
* Check user capability for empty menu.

= 1.0.2 - Apr 27 2018 =
* Fix prefixing at customizer.php L942
* Change default value input to placeholder

= 1.0.1 - Apr 27 2018 =
* Escape in template-functions.php:L22
* Remove font-family.css

= 1.0.0 - Apr 3 2018 =
* Initial release

== Credits ==

* Based on Underscores https://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2017 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
* normalize.css https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
* class-tgm-plugin-activation.php https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation [GNU General Public License v2.0]
* Franchise WordPress Theme incorporates code from Twentyseventeen WordPress Theme, Twenty Seventeen WordPress Theme, Copyright 2016 WordPress.org is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL
