=== Notary Services ===
Contributors: ThemesPride
Tags: wide-blocks, block-styles, one-column, two-columns, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, three-columns, four-columns, grid-layout, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-background, custom-menu, custom-logo, editor-style, featured-images, footer-widgets, featured-image-header, full-width-template, rtl-language-support, translation-ready, sticky-post, theme-options, post-formats, threaded-comments, flexible-header, education, portfolio, blog
Requires at least: 5.0
Tested up to: 6.9
Requires PHP: 5.6
Stable tag: 2.7
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==

The Notary Services Theme is a modern, professional, and fully responsive website solution designed for notaries, mobile notary agents, legal document services, certified notary providers, and professionals engaged in advising and attorney-related services. Built with precision and attention to detail, it is ideal for promoting notary businesses, estate document notarization, trust and will services, mobile loan signing, notary certification, and training, whether you specialize in mobile notarization, remote online services, or legal document authentication. Suitable for solo notary signing agents, notary offices, and full-service notary firms, it provides all essential tools to showcase services, schedule appointments, and build strong credibility with local and online clients. With sleek visual elements, a clean layout, retina-ready design, and elegant typography, it helps project trust, authority, and professionalism. Built-in contact forms, service sections, and testimonial blocks enhance client engagement and improve conversion rates. Users can highlight notary licenses, certifications, service hours including 24/7 availability, and enable easy mobile appointment booking. It also supports pages for estate planning, real estate closings, legal affidavits, power of attorney, loan signing, document certification, apostille services, financial agreements, advising support, and attorney-associated documentation workflows, making it suitable for both traveling notary services and online notarization platforms. Designed for individual practitioners and notary firms alike, it includes SEO optimization, social media integration, clean code structure, responsive performance, and a fast-loading framework to improve search visibility and online reach. The theme integrates seamlessly with Contact Form 7 to simplify communication and appointment scheduling, making it an effective solution for Notary Website, Mobile Notary, Legal Services, Online Notarization, Notary Public Website, Remote Notary, Loan Signing Agent, Estate Notary, Legal Document Service, and Apostille Agent use cases.

Installation

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Notary Services in the search form and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard.
3. Click on the 'Activate' button to use your new theme right away.
4. Go to # for a guide on how to customize this theme.

== Changelog ==

= 0.1 =
    * Initial version released.

= 1.1 =
    * Added get started.
    * Added footer link.
    * Added demo import.
    * Added documentation link in customizer.
    * Added "Pro" link in the relevant section.
    * Added time meta display on the blog post page.
    * Added show/hide setting for the slider title.
    * Added show/hide setting for the slider content.

= 1.2 =
    * Added option to set slider height.
    * Added responsive slider height settings.
    * Added option to show/hide slider overlay opacity.
    * Added option to set background color for slider overlay opacity.
    * Added slider opacity option.

= 1.3 =
    * Updated theme content.

= 1.4 =
    * Added option to set banner content length.
    * Resolved error related to the responsive footer widget.
    * Added option to show/hide capital letters on the blog page.
    * Added zoom effect on menu item hover.
    * Added banner advertisement in the dashboard.

= 1.5 =   
    * Updated theme bundle count.
    * Chaned theme notice css.
    * Changed get started css.

= 1.6 =
    * Resolved theme css errors.
   
= 1.7 =
    * Added post meta order option for single post display.
    * Added option to customize the date icon in single posts.
    * Added option to customize the author icon in single posts.
    * Added option to customize the comment icon in single posts.
    * Added option to customize the category icon in single posts.
    * Added option to customize the time icon in single posts.
    
= 1.8 =
    * Resolved theme css errors.
   
= 1.9 =
    * Updated to the latest WordPress version.
    * Added editor styles in theme functions.
    * Added setting to change footer widget title text transform.
    * Added setting to change footer widget title font weight.
    * Added setting to change footer widget position.

= 2.0 =
    * Resolved theme errors.

= 2.1 =
    * Updated the Get Started button text.
    * Resolved an issue where tab loading was taking too much time.
    * Reorganized section layout by moving content below and placing tabs above.
    * Added three action buttons after successful demo import.
    * Fixed issues with the top notice buttons so the notice is permanently dismissed after closing.

= 2.2 =
    * Fixed `notary_services_scripts()` function:
      - Corrected multiple `wp_add_inline_style()` calls with proper handle and CSS parameters.
      - Removed unused `$notary_services_menu_font_family` variable.
    * Removed multiple stray closing `div` tags causing unbalanced structure.
    * Resolved get started css errors.
    * Added font weight setting for copyright text.

= 2.3 =
    * Added sale badges position setting shift to woocommer option section.
    * Added padding controls for top/bottom positions of product sale badges.
    * Added padding controls for left/right positions of product sale badges.
    * Added font size control for product sale badges.
    * Added border radius control for product sale badges.

= 2.4 =
    * Updated fontawesome-all.css.
    * Fixed responsive CSS issues.
    * Resolved menu CSS errors.
    * Corrected homepage CSS errors.
    * Implemented proper "Skip to Content" accessibility feature.

= 2.5 =
    * Resolved theme css errors.

= 2.6 =
    * Added show/hide setting for slider section animation effect.
    * Added show/hide setting for about section animation effect
    * Added show/hide setting for footer section animation effect.

= 2.7 =
    * Updated theme content.

== Resources ==

Notary Services WordPress Theme, Copyright 2025 ThemesPride
Notary Services is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL

Notary Services WordPress Theme is derived from Twenty Seventeen WordPress Theme, Copyright 2016 WordPress.org
Twenty Seventeen 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.

Notary Services bundles the following third-party resources:

CSS bootstrap.css
License: bootstrap is licensed under the MIT License
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
Source: https://getbootstrap.com/

JS bootstrap.js
License: bootstrap is licensed under the MIT License
https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE
Source: https://getbootstrap.com/

Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
License: Icons: CC BY 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
https://github.com/FortAwesome/Font-Awesome/blob/6.x/LICENSE.txt
Source: https://fontawesome.com/icons

Owl Carousel v2.3.4 Copyright 2013-2018 David Deutsch
Licensed under: SEE LICENSE IN
https://github.com/OwlCarousel2/OwlCarousel2/blob/master/LICENSE
Source: https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2/

Webfont-Loader
License: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE
Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader

Google Fonts : 
Poppins  
    License: [Google Fonts Licensing](https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/licensing)  
    Source: [Poppins on Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Poppins)  

Cormorant Garamond
    License: [Google Fonts Licensing](https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/licensing)  
    Source: [Cormorant Garamond on Google Fonts](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Cormorant Garamond)  

TGMPA, GaryJones Copyright (C) 1989, 1991
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
Source: https://github.com/TGMPA/TGM-Plugin-Activation/blob/develop/LICENSE.md

Pxhere Images
Source: https://pxhere.com/
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license
Url: https://pxhere.com/en/license

Pxhere Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1684088

Pxhere Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/595421

Pxhere Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1442697

Pxhere Image
License: CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0)
Source: https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1436183