=== Arouse ===

Tags: grid-layout,right-sidebar,two-columns,custom-logo,custom-background,custom-menu,editor-style,featured-images,footer-widgets,full-width-template,theme-options,threaded-comments,translation-ready,news,blog,entertainment
Requires at least: 4.0
Tested up to: 4.7.3
Stable tag: 1.1.7
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==

Arouse is a smart, clean and well coded WordPress theme built for bloggers. This theme can be used for any subject like Technology, Travel, Entertainment, Food and Drink, Holiday, News, etc. You can easily setup your theme from theme customizer. Built with bootstrap to display your site responsively on any type of monitors, tabs and mobile phones.

== Installation ==

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

== Documentation ==

Read the documentation at http://themezhut.com/arouse-wordpress-theme-documentation/ .

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme support any plugins? =

Arouse supports woocommerce plugin.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 - Oct 26 2016 =
* Initial release

= 1.0.1 - Dec 02 2016 =
* Added right to left language support.
* Added an editor stylesheet.
* Added a theme-info page.
* Added custom logo support.
* Removed custom css panel.
* Added some license information to the readme.txt
* Added translations files.

= 1.0.2 - Dec 02 2016 =
* Added wp_reset_postdata() for slider.
* Fixed title and description issue.
* Fixed some RTL issues.

= 1.0.3 - Dec 04 2016 =
* Fixed some styling issues.
* Fixed some styling issues in rtl.css

= 1.0.4 - Dec 06 2016 =
* Removed arouse_sanitize_css() function from customizer.php since it has been not used.
* Added primary color support.
* Changed some panel and section arrangements in customizer.
* Removed unwanted stylings from style.css
* Edited translation files.

= 1.0.5 - Dec 20 2016 =
* Changed Screenshot of the theme.
* Updated image copyright information.
* Removed by default slider appearance on homepage.
* Removed by default featured content appearance on homepage.
* Changed slider.
* Changed featured content.
* Added woocommerce support.
* Updated translation file.

= 1.0.6 - Jan 1 2017 =
* Fixed some styling issues in 404.php file.

= 1.0.7 - Jan 4 2017 =
* Changed screenshot.
* Updated Image licenses.
* Fixed a small issue in extras.php 

= 1.0.8 - Jan 5 2017 =
* Removed entertainment theme tag from the style.css file
* Removed theme-info.php, admin.css files and related functions.
* Fixed escaping issue in category-posts-widget.php
* escaped custom styles output in arouse_custom_styles() function.
* Removed default.po and default.mo files and added arouse.pot file

= 1.0.9 - Jan 5 2017 =
* Fixed escaping issue in arouse_custom_styles function.

= 1.1.0 - Mar 8 2017 =
* Fixed handle name issue on functions.php
* Modified arouse_excerpt_length() and arouse_excerpt_more() functions.
* Fixed a issue on comments.php
* Changed search form on header.php
* Removed wp_link_pages() function from content.php and content-search.php
* Removed layouts folder.
* Fixed sanitization issues in category-posts-widget.php file
* Fixed widget title issues.
* Fixed prefix issues.
* Removed home.php and added front-page.php file to display custom sections.
* Removed arouse-scripts.js file.
* Fixed an issue in slider.

= 1.1.1 - Mar 12 2017 =
* Changed a sanitization method category-posts-widget.php.
* Changed sanitization methods in social-links-widget.php.
* Fixed a issue in featured section.

= 1.1.2 - Mar 14 2017 = 
* removed front-page.php
* removed template-slider.php
* added template-featured.php
* Updated translation files.

= 1.1.3 - Mar 19 2017 = 
* Fixed customizer color option issues.

= 1.1.4 - Mar 22 2017 =
* Added Arouse_Featured_Content class.
* Added arouse_hide_featured_posts function to extras.php
* Added sticky posts support to featured content boxes.
* Modified translation files.

= 1.1.5 - Apr 18 2017 =
* Added theme support for woocommerce 3.0+

= 1.1.6 - May 30 2017 =
* Added slider page template.

= 1.1.7 - July 11 2017 =
* Declared RTL language support
* Added youtube icon to the social media widget.
* Fixed email icon issue on the social media widget.

== Credits ==

* Based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2016 Automattic, Inc., [GPLv2 or later](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
* normalize.css http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/, (C) 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal, [MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)


== COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE == 

External resources linked to the theme. 
* Open Sans Font by Steve Matteson http://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Open+Sans
  Licensed under Apache License, version 2.0, http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  
* Lora Font by Cyreal https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Lora
  Licensed under SIL Open Font License, 1.1 - http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
  
* Montserrat Font by Julieta Ulanovsky https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Montserrat
  Licensed under SIL Open Font License, 1.1 http://scripts.sil.org/cms/scripts/page.php?site_id=nrsi&id=OFL
  Dalton Maag

Resources packed within the theme. 
* Underscores (_S) starter theme by automattic Inc is licensed under GNU GPL. https://github.com/Automattic/underscores.me/blob/master/license.txt
* FontAwesome.
  Font Awesome is fully open source and is GPL friendly. http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/license/
* Bootstrap by twitter.
  Bootstrap is Licensed under the MIT License. https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE.
* FlexSlider by woothemes.
  FlexSlider is Licensed under the GPLv2 license. http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
* HTML5 Shiv @afarkas @jdalton @jon_neal @rem | MIT/GPL2 Licensed - https://github.com/aFarkas/html5shiv/blob/master/MIT%20and%20GPL2%20licenses.md
* Respond.js by Scott Jehl Licensed under MIT - https://github.com/scottjehl/Respond/blob/master/LICENSE-MIT
* Other custom js files are our own creation and is licensed under the same license as this theme. 

Images used in the screenshot.png 
Image 1 : https://pixabay.com/en/fashion-glasses-go-pro-female-1478810/
License : Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Image 2 : https://pixabay.com/en/engagement-couple-romance-bike-1718244/
License : Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Image 3 : https://pixabay.com/en/food-restaurant-menu-asia-dinner-1050813/
License : Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Image 4 : https://pixabay.com/en/leisure-man-muscles-pool-swimming-1869744/
License : Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

All other resources and theme elements are licensed under the [GNU GPL](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html), version 2 or later.