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=== Chronus ===
Author URI: https://themezee.com
Theme URI: https://themezee.com/themes/chronus/
Contributors: themezee
Tags: two-columns, blog, news, custom-background, custom-logo, custom-header, custom-menu, grid-layout, entertainment, editor-style, block-styles, rtl-language-support, featured-image-header, featured-images, flexible-header, custom-colors, full-width-template, sticky-post, threaded-comments, translation-ready, theme-options, one-column, left-sidebar, right-sidebar, three-columns
Requires at least: 5.2
Tested up to: 6.5
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Chronus is a clean and simple Magazine WordPress theme with beautiful typography and subtle colors.

== Description ==

Chronus is a fast and lightweight WordPress Theme created for magazines, news websites and personal blogs. The Featured Content section and flexible Magazine Widgets give you the ability to highlight your most important posts on the home page. The minimalistic and responsive design focuses on your content and looks great on any screen size.

For more information about Chronus please go to https://themezee.com/themes/chronus/

== Installation ==

1. In your admin panel, go to Appearance -> Themes and click the 'Add New' button.
2. Type in Chronus 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 https://themezee.com/docs/chronus-documentation/ for a guide on how to customize this theme.
5. Navigate to Appearance > Customize in your admin panel and customize to taste.

== Changelog ==

= 2.1.2 - 2024-01-25 =
* code cleanup to follow WordPress PHP coding standards

= 2.1.1 - 2023-02-28 =
* fixed deprecated warning in PHP 8.1

= 2.1 - 2022-10-19 =
* improved accessibility of search form

= 2.0.9 - 2022-08-22 =
* updated footer credit link

= 2.0.8 - 2022-07-12 =
* added block support for custom spacing and line heights
* improved styling of columns block

= 2.0.7 - 2022-02-24 =
* fixed keyboard navigation of dropdown menus

= 2.0.6 - 2021-11-04 =
* updated navigation.js to use vanilla js instead of jQuery

= 2.0.5 - 2021-08-26 =
* fixed table layout styling
* fixed responsive images with Classic Editor

= 2.0.4 - 2021-08-19 =
* added Widget Title block style
* improved Block styling on frontend and Block Editor

= 2.0.3 - 2021-07-20 =
* added action hooks for additional widget areas
* fixed broken Customizer panels caused by new block-based Widget Editor in WordPress 5.8
* removed Magazine Widget Customizer control

= 2.0.2 - 2021-03-11 =
* added CSS variables for Widget Bundle and Related Posts plugin styling

= 2.0.1 - 2021-03-09 =
* updated CSS variables for colors
* updated Block Editor color palette

= 2.0 - 2021-02-13 =
* added WPTT Webfont loader to host theme fonts locally
* added CSS variables for theme colors

= 1.9.2 - 2021-01-04 =
* added support for Related Posts plugin to Centered Layout page template

= 1.9.1 - 2020-10-05 =
* added AMP dropdown toggles for sub menus
* added CSS variables for typography styling

= 1.9 - 2020-09-16 =
* added support for the official AMP plugin

= 1.8.1 - 2020-08-24 =
* fixed styling of menu items with empty links
* fixed undefined naviClass variable warning

= 1.8 - 2020-08-18 =
* Changed implementation, styles and scripts of main navigation menu
* Important Update: Please read https://themezee.com/2020/08/updates-for-improved-navigation-menus/

= 1.7.1 - 2020-04-21 =
* remove Sass files from theme folder

= 1.7 - 2020-04-21 =
* added Retina Logo option
* restructured Sass files and CSS sections

= 1.6.4 - 2020-04-06 =
* added new wp_body_open action hook
* improved Block Editor styling for WordPress 5.4

= 1.6.3 - 2019-11-18 =
* fixed styling of captions in Image and Gallery block
* improved styling of Latest Posts and Table block

= 1.6.2 - 2019-11-12 =
* added font display swap to default theme fonts

= 1.6.1 - 2019-10-22 =
* added improved Theme Info section to Customizer

= 1.6 - 2019-08-16 =
* added custom styling for ThemeZee Magazine Blocks
* added custom image sizes to select fields in Gutenberg Editor and Media Library
* disabled post meta theme settings for Magazine blocks

= 1.5.3 - 2019-05-27 =
* improved implementation of footer credit link

= 1.5.2 - 2019-05-07 =
* added support for responsive embed blocks

= 1.5.1 - 2019-03-25 =
* adjusted footer credit link with clearer wording

= 1.5 - 2018-11-06 =
* added styling for Gutenberg blocks
* added custom color palette for Gutenberg
* added editor styling for WordPress 5.0

= 1.4 =
* added new setting to change the text of the Read More button
* improved styling of checkbox labels in comment form

= 1.3 =
* added default theme fonts as local fonts
* use local fonts instead of Google fonts for GDPR compliance

= 1.2.3 =
* improved styling of image captions
* improved styling of galleries

= 1.2.2 =
* added action hook for author bio
* set fallback refresh to false for blog title and description

= 1.2.1 =
* added new setting to deactivate Magazine widgets on blog index
* fixed styling of site title

= 1.2 =
* added selective refresh to all theme settings
* added function to return single theme option
* improved structure of theme options

= 1.1 =
* added SVG Icons instead of Genericons font
* added custom Magazine Widget Control in Customizer

= 1.0 =
Initial Release

== Copyright ==

Chronus WordPress Theme, Copyright 2017 ThemeZee.com
Chronus 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.

== Ressources ==

Chronus bundles the following third-party resources:

1. Genericons Neue - https://github.com/Automattic/genericons-neue
License: Distributed under the terms of the GPLv2 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
Copyright: 2017 Automattic, Inc., https://automattic.com/

2. Underscores - http://underscores.me/
License: Distributed under the terms of the GPLv2 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)
Copyright: 2012-2015 Automattic, Inc., https://automattic.com/

3. normalize.css - http://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/
License: Distributed under the terms of the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
Copyright: 2012-2015 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal

4. svgxuse - https://github.com/Keyamoon/svgxuse
License: Licensed under MIT license (https://github.com/Keyamoon/svgxuse/blob/master/license)
Copyright: 2017 IcoMoon.io

5. WPTT Webfont Loader - https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader
License: Distributed under the terms of the MIT License (https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE)
Copyright: 2020 Ari Stathopoulos, WordPress Themes Team

6. Raleway Font - https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Raleway
License: Distributed under the terms of the SIL Open Font License (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
Copyright: Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida

7. Rambla Font - https://www.google.com/fonts/specimen/Rambla
License: Distributed under the terms of the SIL Open Font License (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
Copyright: Martin Sommaruga

8. Images used in screenshot.jpg are all from Pixabay - http://pixabay.com

Image 1: https://pixabay.com/en/office-home-glasses-workspace-820390/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2015 fancycrave1 (https://pixabay.com/en/users/fancycrave1-1115284/)

Image 2: https://pixabay.com/en/blur-close-up-computer-drink-focus-1867997/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2016 Pexels (https://pixabay.com/en/users/Pexels-2286921/)

Image 3: https://pixabay.com/en/computer-macbook-tablet-editing-767781/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2015 Lalmch (https://pixabay.com/en/users/Lalmch-1026205/)

Image 4: https://pixabay.com/en/apple-computer-electronics-keyboard-1846666/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2017 Pexels (https://pixabay.com/en/users/Pexels-2286921/)

Image 5: https://pixabay.com/en/office-work-computer-portable-2009693/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2016 Aracely Mitsu (https://pixabay.com/en/users/aracelymitsu-4366904/)

Image 6: https://pixabay.com/en/floor-gang-input-entrance-hall-2228277/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2017 Orlando (https://pixabay.com/en/users/PIRO4D-2707530/)

Image 7: https://pixabay.com/en/computer-laptop-table-technology-2242274/
License: Distributed under the terms of the CC0 License (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Copyright: 2017 engin akyurt (https://pixabay.com/en/users/Engin_Akyurt-3656355/)