=== ScholarsGate ===

Contributors: LegacyThemes
Tags: education, portfolio, blog, custom-menu, featured-images, theme-options, custom-colors, custom-logo, flexible-header, threaded-comments, right-sidebar, left-sidebar, one-column, two-columns, three-columns, four-columns, grid-layout, full-width-template, sticky-post, custom-background, custom-header, footer-widgets, block-styles, rtl-language-support, translation-ready, wide-blocks
Version: 3.4
Requires at least: 5.5
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 5.6
License: GNU General Public License v3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

The ScholarsGate WordPress Theme is an ideal choice for educational websites, combining sophistication with functionality to cater to schools, universities, and academic institutions.

== Description ==

The ScholarsGate theme is a cutting-edge, professional solution tailored for the education sector, including schools, universities, colleges, and other academic institutions. It is fully responsive and ideal for online learning platforms, e-learning portals, coaching centers, training academies, and distance education programs that require a polished and dynamic online presence. This theme excels at showcasing academic courses, degree programs, lesson plans, educational events, workshops, webinars, and faculty profiles, offering all the necessary tools to create a feature-rich learning environment. Integrated with the LearnPress plugin, it supports the creation of courses, online quizzes, student progress tracking, enrollment management, and certification systems. Featuring a clean, customizable layout, event calendar integration, student testimonials, and advanced course filtering options, ScholarsGate delivers an engaging and intuitive experience for students, teachers, and administrators alike. Its SEO-friendly architecture, optimized performance, and fast loading speed enhance visibility and accessibility, while the retina-ready, mobile-optimized design guarantees seamless functionality across all devices. Perfect for education portals, LMS websites, coaching institutes, and online academies, the ScholarsGate theme empowers institutions to establish a professional, interactive, and future-ready educational platform suitable for modern learners in the e-learning landscape.

= Installation =
	
1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in ScholarsGate in the search form and press the 'Enter' key on your keyboard.
3. Click on 'Install' button to install and 'Activate' button to use.

== Copyrights =
ScholarsGate WordPress Theme, Copyright 2025 Legacy Themes
ScholarsGate is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3

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 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.

== Resources: ==

HTML5 Shiv 3.7.3
Copyright 2014 Alexander Farkas
Licenses: MIT/GPL2
License URL: https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv/blob/master/MIT%20and%20GPL2%20licenses.md
Source URL: https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv

Bootstrap Framework 5.3.3
Copyright 2011-2024 Bootstrap Authors.
License: Licensed under the MIT license
License URL: https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/main/LICENSE
Source URL: http://getbootstrap.com

JQuery Easing 1.3
Copyright 2008 George McGinley Smith
License: Open source under the BSD License
License URL: https://github.com/danro/jquery-easing/blob/master/LICENSE
Source URL: http://gsgd.co.uk/sandbox/jquery/easing/

Respond.js 1.3.0
Copyright Scott Jehl
License: MIT/GPLv2 Lic
License URL: https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT
Source URL: https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond

Resize Sensor 1.0
Copyright (c) 2013 Marc J. Schmidt
License: MIT
License URL: https://github.com/marcj/css-element-queries/blob/master/LICENSE

Malihu jquery custom scrollbar plugin 3.1.5
Copyright (c) 2016 Manos Malihutsakis
License: MIT
License URL: https://opensource.org/license/MIT
Source URL: http://manos.malihu.gr/jquery-custom-content-scroller

Class Login Designer Toggle Control
Copyrights Rich Tabor
License: GPL v3.0
License URL: https://github.com/wpexpertsio/login-designer/blob/master/LICENSE

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

== Screenshot Images (CC0): ==

License URL: https://pxhere.com/en/license

01 : https://stocksnap.io/photo/blue-sky-E1C34B4580

== Changelog ==

Version - 1.0
--initial releases

Version - 1.1
--Added Theme Info in Dashboard.
--Added Pro Button in Customizer.
--Added Footer Link.
--Added custom-header tag.
--Added custom-background tag.
--Added Site Title,Tagline color Setting.
--Added css for aligncenter,alignleft,alignright classes.
--Added align-wide theme support.
--Updated Navigation css and js.
--Added License URL for third-party resources.
--Added css for bypostauthor.
--Added css for gallery-caption.
--Added css for wp-caption. 
--Added css for wp-caption-text.
--Added tag block-styles.
--Added tag two-columns.
--Added tag three-columns.
--Added tag four-columns.
--Changes in mobile menu css.
--Responsive issues resolved.

Version - 1.2
--Added extra content code in template-function.php file.
--Added tag grid-layout.
--Added tag rtl-language-support
--Added Setting for grid-layout.
--Added Setting for grid-left-sidebar.
--Added Setting for grid-right-sidebar.
--Added Links underline.

Version - 1.3
--Updated Getstart info page.
--Added tag translation-ready.
--Added Pot File.

Version - 1.4
--Added Scroll top.
--Added Scroll top setting.
--Added Preloader setting.

Version - 1.5
--Added Logo resizer.
--Added Font-family setting in typography.
--Added Button radius setting.
--Added Button padding setting.
--Added Slider Text alignment setting.

Version - 1.6
--Added dashboard notice function.
--Css Correction.

Version - 1.7
--Updated urls.

Version - 1.8
-- Added sidebar in default in preview
-- Logo Description toggle added.
-- Added global color Settings.
-- Updated Sidebar & Footer Css.
-- Added Typography Default Button.
-- Scroll top setting Updated.
-- Added default footer widget.
-- Added Theme Demo Import.

Version - 1.9
-- Resolved Page Title Box background Image setting.
-- Resolved Page Title Box background Color setting.
-- Changed Page title code.
-- Organized inline functions.
-- Correction in global color css.
-- Updated woocommerce sidebar css.

Version - 2.0
-- Resolved Theme Check Warnings.
-- Updated Footer Links.
-- Updated Copyright CSS.
-- Updated Theme Demo Import.
-- Updated Theme Demo Import.
-- Resolved WordPress Preview Errors.
-- Updated Responsive.
-- Updated Sidebar CSS.
-- Added Search in Default Sidebar.

Version - 2.1
-- Updated free vs pro details.
-- Added demo importer button in getstart.
-- Added quick links for customizer.
-- Updated Demo importer for blog menu.
-- Updated demo import success button CSS.
-- Added responsive-embed theme support.

Version - 2.2
-- Updated CSS for sidebar.

Version - 2.3
-- Added wide-blocks tag.

Version - 2.4
-- Fixed have_posts() function case sensitivity error.

Version - 2.5
-- Added bundle upsell in notice.
-- Added bundle info in getstarted.
-- Updated ordering in getstarted.

Version - 2.6
-- Updated function for notice.

Version - 2.7
-- Added sidebar Fonts.

Version - 2.8
-- Removed deprecated IE conditional comments (WordPress 6.9+ compatibility).
-- Removed legacy IE support scripts (html5shiv and respond.js).
-- Improved compatibility with modern browsers.
-- Added custom logo support with flexible dimensions.
-- Added skip to content link for better accessibility.
-- Added screen-reader-text CSS for accessibility.
-- Enhanced HTML5 support (added search-form, style, and script).
-- WordPress Handbook compliance improvements.
-- Code quality improvements.
-- Fixed all escaping issues throughout the theme for security.
-- Escaped audio and video HTML output with wp_kses_post().
-- Escaped gallery output with wp_kses_post().
-- Escaped theme version and description in admin pages.
-- Escaped breadcrumb output with wp_kses_post().
-- Escaped avatar output with wp_kses_post().
-- Escaped search query output with esc_html().
-- Escaped page titles (post title, category, tag, author, archive).
-- Security improvements and WordPress coding standards compliance.

Version - 3.0
-- Resolved css error.

Version - 3.1
-- Updated Description.

Version - 3.2
-- Version Updated.

Version - 3.4
* Updated content.
* Added font-family to get started.
* Resolved demo import page css errors.
* Fixed "Skip to Content" accessibility issue.
* Added clickable phone number.
* Added underlines to links for accessibility.