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-# ipt-knowledgebase-theme-wp8.1
-ipt-knowledgebase-theme-wp8.1
+# WP Knowledge Base Theme 1.8.1
+#### by iPanelThemes.com
+
+![Theme Logo](theme-banner.png?raw=true)
+![Theme Screenshot](screenshot.png?raw=true) 
+
+Finally a free and open source knowledge base theme made specifically for WordPress.
+Uses twitter bootstrap for rendering UI components and some other open source elements
+for rendering niceness.
+
+Released version 1.8.1. Download the release and upload it as a WordPress Theme.
+
+## Acknowledgement
+Before we dive into the cool features of this theme, let's take a minute here to acknowledge
+all the tools that were used during the development of this theme.
+* [Underscore Starter Theme](https://underscores.me/): The basic theme framework.
+* [Twitter Bootstrap 3.0](https://getbootstrap.com/): Nothing would've been possible without this.
+* [Icomoon Icons](https://icomoon.io/): Along with Glyphicons, we've included icomoon for more icons.
+* [Sticky-kit](https://github.com/leafo/sticky-kit): A little forked version of it to provide the affix widget.
+* [wp-bootstrap-navwalker](https://github.com/twittem/wp-bootstrap-navwalker): A little forked version to generate the top nav.
+* [Google Webfonts](https://www.google.com/fonts/): Particularly, Oswald & Roboto Fonts are used.
+
+## Features
+* Awesome bootstrap 3.0 UI all over the theme.
+* Easily manage multiple knowledge base with categories and posts and nothing else.
+* Nice and fine user experience for your customers.
+* Add custom images and icons to categories or knowledge bases.
+* Completely responsive structure, thanks to Bootstrap.
+* A nice dynamic homepage featuring all your knowledge bases.
+* Individual category archives for featuring single knowledge base.
+* Nice looking archive page for child categories with post featured images.
+* Affix widget and social widget.
+* Compatibility with a number of bootstrap plugins.
+* In built compatibility with a number of other plugins. (See recommended plugins).
+* A nice and small footer to show off.
+* Bootstrap navigation menu with custom-header image as logo.
+* Custom 404 page! [Check it](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/i-am-a-smart-404-page/).
+* Integrated SEO support with BreadCrumbs (Rich Snippets) and third-party plugin integrations.
+* and so on...
+
+## Documentation
+Comprehensive documentation on how to use this theme is available [at this link](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/products/wp-knowledge-base-theme/).
+
+## Live Preview
+Check our own [Knowledge Base](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/).
+
+## Core Components converted to bootstrap UI
+* Home Page
+* Category Pages
+* Subcategory pages
+* Comments
+* Next/Previous Posts links
+* wp_link_pages pagination
+* Search bar
+* Navigation
+
+## About this repository
+This will always be the cutting edge development version of the theme. Pull requests are more than welcome.
+
+## Included Widgets
+* Affix Widget
+* Social Widget
+* Knowledge Base Widget
+* Popular Knowledge Base Articles
+
+## Included Sidebars
+* Knowledge Base Sidebar on individual posts and category archives - ideal for affix widget
+* General Sidebar - on everywhere else - ideal for any widgets
+* Footer large (on left) - ideal for a short about us
+* Footer small (on right) - ideal for social widget
+
+## Compatible and Recommended Plugins
+* [Easy Bootstrap Shortcode](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/wp-knowledge-base-theme/kb-plugins/easy-bootstrap-shortcode/) : Add shortcode functionality to output bootstrap components.
+* [Category and Post Ordering](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/wp-knowledge-base-theme/kb-plugins/category-post-ordering/) : Reorder Knowledge Bases and articles.
+* [Remove Category Base](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/wp-knowledge-base-theme/kb-plugins/remove-category-base/) : Remove the `/category/` base from permalink.
+* [Syntax Highlighter Evolved](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/wp-knowledge-base-theme/kb-plugins/syntax-highlighting/) : Put source codes on your post.
+* [WP-PageNavi](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/wp-knowledge-base-theme/kb-plugins/pagination-using-wp-pagenavi/) : Convert Next/Previous links on archive pages to paginations.
+* [WordPress SEO](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/search-engine-optimization/) : Complete compatibility with WordPress SEO by Yoast.
+* [jQuery Colorbox](https://http://ipanelthemes.com/kb/wp-knowledge-base-theme/kb-plugins/jquery-colorbox-display-images-lighbox/) : Put your images inside lightbox.
+* [Advanced TinyMCE](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/wp-knowledge-base-theme/kb-plugins/customizing-tinymce-editor-buttons/) : Customize TinyMCE buttons.
+
+## Compatible and Recommended bbPress Plugins
+Complete support is added to bbPress 2.4.1 and (hopefully) greater to host support related forums. Please read [this post](https://ipanelthemes.com/kb/wp-knowledge-base-theme/kb-components/support-forum-using-bbpress/) to learn more. Below is a quick list of compatible plugins.
+* [Buddy-bbPress Support Topic](https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddy-bbpress-support-topic/) Out of the box compatibility with styling and proper icons. Supports only the version 2.0.0 (currently in beta) or greater. Also adds a few more status to the plugin.
+* [bbPress Pencil Unread](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-pencil-unread/) Properly styled unread forums (highlighted icons).
+* [GD bbPress Attachments](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-attachments/) For uploading attachments. Frontend output is properly styled.
+* [GD bbPress Tools](https://wordpress.org/plugins/gd-bbpress-tools/) Various tools. Each of them are styled properly to match the theme.
+* [bbPress - Canned Replies](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-canned-replies/) - Preset replies. Properly styled for enhanced visual experience.
+* [Captcha](https://wordpress.org/plugins/captcha/) The output on the bbPress registration and login page are styled.
+
+## TODO
+
+* Add Twitter typehead to the search fields for auto-completion
+
+## License
+```
+WP Knowledge Base WordPress theme, Copyright (C) 2013 iPanelThemes.com
+WP Knowledge Base WordPress theme is licensed under the GPL.
+```
+
+This theme, like WordPress, is licensed under the GPL.
+Use it to make something cool, have fun, and share what you've learned with others.
+
+## Bundled Resources
+```
+Underscore A Starter Theme for WordPress - ​https://underscores.me/
+License: Distributed under the terms of the GPL License
+Copyright: Automattic, https://automattic.com/
+```
+
+```
+Bootstrap - ​https://getbootstrap.com/
+License: Distributed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license.
+Copyright: Twitter, https://twitter.com
+```
+
+```
+Icomoon Icon Packs - ​https://icomoon.io/#icons
+License: Distributed under the terms of the GPL
+Copyright: IcoMoon, https://icomoon.io/
+```
+
+```
+Sticky-Kit - ​https://leafo.net/sticky-kit/
+License: Distributed under the terms of the WTFPL
+Copyright: Leaf Corcoran, https://leafo.net
+```
+
+```
+wp-bootstrap-navwalker - ​https://github.com/twittem/wp-bootstrap-navwalker
+License: Distributed under the terms of the GPL-2.0+
+Copyright: Edward McIntyre - @twittem
+```
+
+```
+Google Fonts (Roboto and Oswald) - ​https://www.google.com/fonts/
+License: Roboto font and Oswald font are distributed under the terms of the Apache License, version 2.0 and SIL Open Font License, 1.1 respectively
+Copyright: Google Fonts, https://www.google.com/fonts/attribution
+```
+
+## Changelog
+
+### Version 1.8.1 ( 24.10.2022 )
+
+Updated with new IPT Theme Framework (Work in progress) and robust compatibility with bootstrap nav, pagination etc.
+
+* PHP 8.1 
+* Wordpress 6 +
+* dialer
+* news feed
+* ad area
+* canvas menu
+* poppins font
+
+### Version 1.6.0
+* Updated to latest bootstrap 3.0.1
+* Added the optional theme for visually enhanced experience
+* Added complete support for bbPress. Now WP Knowledge Base Theme can serve purpose for support forum as well
+* Pages will now be with sidebar
+* Added a full-width page template
+* Fixed comment form bug on handheld devices
+* Improved default button and form styling
+
+### Version 1.5.1
+
+* Fixed site-title issue when not using image as header
+* Google webfonts will be enqueued respecting protocol (http or https)
+
+### Version 1.5.0
+
+* Updated to latest IcoMoon fonts which is now under GPL (thanks to @Keyamoon)
+* Better CSS localization for Icon Classes (prefixed with `ipt-icon` instead of just `ipt`)
+* Fixed comment template layout issue when viewed under small devices (comment textarea leaving a margin on left)
+* Fixed invalid href on a div element in Affix Widget
+* While using the rel property on the navigation menu for adding icons, it will not get added to the rel attribute and thereby produce incorrect HTML
+* Improved category archive page appearance (changed well to well-sm for better white-space usage)
+
+### Version 1.4.0
+
+* Updated the home.php to use default blog type layout
+* Added page templete (Knowledge Base Page) to populate the knowledge base appearance (see documentation to learn how to use this as the front page)
+* Added author information on single posts and author archive
+* Made two sidebars, one for Knowledge Base (categories and posts) and another general
+* Added comments to the pages (when comment is turned on)
+* Added copyright information to the stylesheet and readme.txt
+* Fixed long title overflow issue
+* Added a new popular articles widget
+* Added a new knowledge bases widget
+* Improved Comment form layout
+* Fixed header navigation bar collapsing issue
+
+### Version 1.3.0
+
+* Updated Theme name in style.css (respecting WordPress guideline).
+* Added compatibility for upcoming EBS Plugin.
+* Updated translations and a few translation bugs.
+
+### Version 1.2.0
+
+* Added article number information all throughout the pages.
+* Optimized footer appearance for handheld devices.
+* Added icons to empty results.
+* Repositioned popover to bottom for better appearance on handheld devices.
+* Removed small image on article list and added icon instead.
+* Added compatibility with Post Order Plugin.
+* Several other fine tuning (see commits)
+* SHA: 0aac9c67304ed506f300fcfa6c6aeba5e2e51746
+
+### Version 1.1.0
+* First Stable release
+* SHA: 8cf9a9ba94724e72d7ce599f24c71e58bb68c534
+* SHA: 336fcfc5debf109473d3d8d2a38c5b4e7f4af4d4
+* SHA: bd56c93b50cd93e6e55b8b9553d1e4b19e87bcc3
+