=== Xcel ===
Contributors: Kaira
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Tags: one-column, two-columns, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, flexible-header, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, editor-style, featured-images, footer-widgets, full-width-template, theme-options, translation-ready, blog, e-commerce, holiday, photography, portfolio
Requires at least: 4.7
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

== Description ==

The Xcel theme is your modern creative design which is fully responsive from desktop to mobile. Xcel has a bunch of settings all built into the WordPress Customizer so you can edit your changes live. Along with SiteOrigin's easy to use drag and drop Page Builder and Xcel's multiple page layouts, you can easily build any page layouts you desire, using widgets. Easily create your own online store by simply adding on the WooCommerce plugin to Xcel and sell products in no time on your own eCommerce shop. Xcel is a multipurpose WordPress theme so you can using it for your corporate business website, a simple blog or personal portfolio website, and with creative design for images it can also be used for your photography portfolio... Give it a go... Hope you like it!

== License ==

Xcel WordPress Theme, Copyright 2014 Zack Viljoen.
Xcel 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 3 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.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

Xcel WordPress Theme is derived from Underscores WordPress Theme, Copyright 2012 Automattic http://underscores.me/ Underscores WordPress Theme is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
All Javascript is located in /js/ with license headers where appropriate.

== Bundled Licenses ==

jQuery carouFredSel 6.2.1
Copyright (c) 2013 Fred Heusschen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License

FontAwesome - Copyright 2012 Dave Gandy
License: MIT License
http://fontawesome.io/license/

* The photos used in the screenshot.png are from unsplash.com and licensed Creative Commons 0 (CC0)

- Screenshot.php top image by Kevin Young - https://unsplash.com/kevinjyoung
https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1422393462206-207b0fbd8d6b?q=80&fm=jpg&s=8635e136c2a3cbfee3d84eb152a19ada

- Screenshot.png Icons by Font Awesome
http://fontawesome.io/license/

- Screenshot.png 3 grid images by Luis Llerena - https://unsplash.com/negativespace
https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1429051883746-afd9d56fbdaf?q=80&fm=jpg&s=b5bc5b301b282fd18c85d9bb6ef941e6
https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1430760903787-4d91bbf15384?q=80&fm=jpg&s=e1d5c819a9c1a1071abff09bcb3e4c86
https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1429051781835-9f2c0a9df6e4?q=80&fm=jpg&s=5315a1482ebffa5eea6379c76d26e6eb

* Photos in the Xcel demo site are from unsplash.com and licensed Creative Commons 0 (CC0)
* Photos in the Xcel demo slider are from unsplash.com and licensed Creative Commons 0 (CC0)
Unsplash - Distributed under the terms of CC0 1.0 Universal License (Public Domain).
https://unsplash.com/license

== 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.

== Recommended plugins ==

We recommend adding some plugins from the WordPress.org repository to add extra functionality to your website and help you to easily build different page layouts such as the blocks layout in the screenshot.png and many more.

SiteOrigin's Page Builder - To build any page layouts you want using WordPress widgets.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/

SiteOrigin's Widget Bundle - For some advanced widgets for site layout and building.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-widgets-bundle/

BreadCrumb NavXT - To add breadcrumbs to your website.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/

WooCommerce - To turn your website into an online store.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/


Xcel's Customizer Settings:
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The theme settings are built into the WordPress Customizer using "Customizer Library" by Devin Price, situated in /customizer/.
license: GPL 2.0+
https://github.com/devinsays/customizer-library/blob/master/composer.json

The Xcel Premium upgrade situated in /upgrade/ displays the features that the premium version includes.
Xcel Premium version is licensed under GPL 2.0+

All setting are self explanatory or have notes explaining what they do or how to use the theme settings.
View the theme settings under "Appearance" -> Customize.

= Quick Specs (all measurements in pixels) =

1. Featured Images work best at a minimum of 1100 wide and 420 high.

== Changelog ==

#### 1.2.01
* Updated/fixed compatibility with new WooCommerce Gallery
* Updated WooCommerce deprecated function for ajax
Premium: Added setting to adjust the Default Slider duration

#### 1.2.00
* Style tweaks/fixes
* Added help for setting up Default Slider
* Neatened up Customizer settings
* Updated the language .pot file
Premium: Added/updated over 20 social icon links
Premium: Added setting to add own custom social icon if needed

#### 1.1.9
* Fix font setting - select font-family

#### 1.1.8
* Styling header z-index fix

#### 1.1.7
* Added missing sanitisation
* Added missing translation
* Added TGM Plugin Activation class
* Updated the language .pot file
Premium: Added new setting to make header background transparent/none
Premium: Added new setting to select slider transition effect/animation
Premium: 2 new settings to set Shop Archive and Single pages to full width
Premium: 3 new settings to set Blog Archive, Search and Single pages to full width

#### 1.1.6
* Updated Font Awesome
* fix 404 page text bug
* Remove old update system & link out for premium
* Set blog list to use excerpt if has_excerpt otherwise show full content
* Updated language .pot file
Premium: Added Social link for Behance
Premium: Added Social link for Medium

#### 1.1.5
* Style fixes
* WooCommerce style updates
* Updated theme tags

#### 1.1.4
* WooCommerce styling fixes
* Style fixes for responsive
* Added new easier upgrade system (user doesn't lose old settings)-(has been approved for WordPress.org by reviewers)
* Updated the language .pot file
Premium: Added setting to remove title border
Premium: Added setting to change mobile menu button text

#### 1.1.3
* Menu dropdown fix

#### 1.1.2
* WooCommerce style fix

#### 1.1.1
* Added help link in settings
* Style tweak/fix

#### 1.1.0
* Fix mobile nested nav
* Add given fix to Customizer Library

#### 1.0.9
* Styling tweaks/fixes
* Remove slider category from sidebar widgets

#### 1.0.8
* Styling tweaks
* Updated language .pot file

#### 1.0.7
* Added improved mobile navigation
* Added help text to footer with no widgets
* Fixed default slider to show on front page
* Fixed titlebar bug
* Styling tweaks/improvements

#### 1.0.6
* Fixed textdomain issue

#### 1.0.5
* Fixed missed translations
* SEO improvements
* Styling tweaks

#### 1.0.4
* Updated licensing for images used

#### 1.0.3
* Removed favicon setting (to be added into WP core)
* Bug fix for slider in header.php
* Added 'Recommended Plugins' section to ReadMe.txt

#### 1.0.2
* Fixed style bugs
* Added support for add_editor_style()
* Recommended changes

#### 1.0.1
* Style tweaks and layout fixes
* Added Theme URI link

#### 1.0.0
* Initial release.
