=== Alternate Lite ===

Contributors: vivathemes
Tags: two-columns, left-sidebar, custom-background, custom-colors, custom-logo, custom-menu, translation-ready, featured-images, threaded-comments, blog, entertainment

Requires at least: 4.7
Tested up to: 5.2
Stable tag: 1.0.1
License: GNU GPLv3
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html

== Description ==

Alternate Lite is a clean, minimal and simple blog theme. In the front page you can display your blog or a static page. Add links to your Social media accounts easily with the integrated Social Media menu. Alternate Lite comes loaded with 28 social media icons to have your visitors connect to you. Easily upload your logo image and favicon, styling for Contact Form 7 plugin are among the features. For even more features check the Pro Version of this theme https://www.vivathemes.com/wordpress-theme/alternate/

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Adding a logo image =

Go to ‘Appearance-Customize-Site Identity’. There you have the ability to upload a logo image, change the site title and tagline. You can also disable the site title and tagline via the checkbox if you choose to have only a logo image. Under ‘Customize-Colors’ you can change the color of the site title and tagline.

= Configuring the menus =

There are two menu locations in this theme: the ‘Primary Menu’(main menu) and the ‘Social’.
1. Go to ‘Appearance-Menus’.
2. Create a menu in the right side of the screen and click ‘Save’.
3. From the left column you can include any pages, categories or create custom links.
4. In the bottom of the right side, check the box to display the menu in the ‘Primary Menu’ location and click ‘Save’.

Note that you have to have created your pages and categories first and they will be available in the list to include in the menu.

= Social media icons =

The theme will automatically display links to your social media profiles as icons, using a Custom Menu.
1. Go to ‘Appearance-Menus’.
2. Create a menu in the right side of the screen and click ‘Save’.
3. In the bottom of the right side, check the box to display the menu in the ‘Social’ location and click ‘Save’.
4. Add the address for each social profile to your menu as a custom link. For example, http://twitter.com/vivathemes is our Twitter link.Supported icons are CodePen, Digg, Dribbble, Dropbox, Facebook, Flickr, Foursquare, GitHub, Google+, GitHub, Instagram, LinkedIn, Email (mailto: links), Path, Pinterest, Pocket, Polldaddy, Reddit, RSS Feed (urls with /feed/), Skype, Spotify, StumbleUpon, Tumblr, Twitch, Twitter, Vimeo, WordPress, YouTube.

= Front page content =

The front page will display the latest posts by default. To have a static page displayed in front

- Go to ‘Settings-Reading’
- Select a static page to display in the front page.
- Assign one of your existing pages to display your blog and include it in the Menu.

= The widget areas =

This theme has two widget ready area. The Left Sidebar visible in all pages and posts, and the Bottom Widgets. You can add widgets by going to ‘Appearance – Widgets’ in your WordPress administration area and dragging & dropping widgets.

= Featured image sizes =

Blog featured images - 780px wide by 400px high.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.2 =
* Updated theme URI

= 1.0.1 =
* Updated Screenshot

= 1.0 =
* Initial release

== Upgrade Notice ==

== Resources ==
* Image used in the screenshot, https://www.publicdomainarchive.com/rain-fog-tree-bud-branch-forest/, Public Domain
* Genericons, Automattic, http://genericons.com/, GPL
* reaktion.js, Ryan Brown, http://ryantbrown.io/code/reaktionjs, MIT