=== Arbutus === Contributors: celloexpressions Tags: one-column, custom-colors, custom-header, custom-menu, custom-logo, editor-style, featured-image-header, featured-images, footer-widgets, post-formats, theme-options, threaded-comments, translation-ready, photography, accessibility-ready Requires at least: 5.4 Tested up to: 5.4 Requires PHP: 5.6 License: GPLv2 or later Stable tag: 1.1.5 Description: Arbutus is a minimalist photography theme that transforms your site into a visually stimulating canvas of cleanly layered images and content. == Description == Arbutus is a minimalist photography theme that transforms your site into a visually stimulating canvas of cleanly layered images and content. Meticulously designed with simplicity in mind, Arbutus displays your content with no distractions. Arbutus features opinionated post format designs so that all types of content can be displayed in a way that captures the attention of your viewers. The home page includes an optional header image or video, which is displayed in a large featured section with your site logo, title, and tagline. Arbutus is packaged with three beautiful default header images, and you can upload your own images as well. Arbutus is named for the genus of trees and shrubs that includes the Madrone native to the Pacific Northwest and the modern hybrid Marina Strawberry tree. Arbutus is optimized for use across all platforms, ensuring that the viewer sees the content as intended regardless of the device they're using. Arbutus is a theme that emphasizes images and content through a simple modern design, providing a site experience that your users are sure to enjoy. = Theme Options/Features = The following options are available for this theme, via the Customizer: * Accent Color picker. * Custom copyright name field. * Show or hide "Proudly powered by WordPress". * Show or hide theme information display. * One menu location, which supports submenus several levels deep. * One widget area, in the footer, which displays in one, two, or three columns depending on the screen width. * Default featured image option for posts that don’t have images. The following features are also available: * Large featured images with parallax effect. * Ability to view full sized versions of featured images. * Certain excerpted text content is displayed in multiple columns to improve readability on larger devices. * Fully responsive design that looks great on any device. * Post formats: aside, image, gallery, video, audio, quote. * Custom styling for galleries, audio and video players, and playlists. == Installation == Arbutus is carefully designed to work out-of-the-box without requiring special set-up. All you need to do to install the theme is to upload it, activate it, and customize it! 1. Download the .zip file and upload in Appearance > Themes, then activate the theme in WordPress. 1. Go to the Customizer (Appearance -> Customize) to select your header image, and to customize widgets, menus and more. == Frequently Asked Questions == = Setting Featured Images = The featured image should be set using the featured image section rather than inserting the image into the content editor. If desired, you may still put images into the post content in addition to the featured image or gallery. If no featured image is set, the theme will automatically search through your post content for an image to feature. If there are no images there, the fallback image (configurable in the Customizer) will be used as needed. = Blurry/Small Featured Image = If your featured images are displaying blurry, try using the "Regenerate Thumbnails" plugin to reset your image sizes. Also make sure that the uploaded image is at least 1600x900 pixels. = Slow Loading, Featured Image Sizes, and Retina Support = After extensive testing, featured image display had been optimized to maximize image quality while minimizing loading time. Images are automatically sized to 1600x900 pixels on upload, but the full size image is available when users click the full sized image button, giving users access to higher quality versions. Even with this optimization, users on slower internet connections may experience unavoidable delay in images loading for certain posts. == Copyrights & License == Arbutus is a WordPress Theme, Copyright 2020 Nick Halsey. Arbutus is based on Underscores http://underscores.me/, (C) 2012-2014 Automattic, Inc. Arbutus is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. Bundled Images are by Nick Halsey, Copyright 2020, licensed under GPLv2 or later. Arbutus is a sister theme to the Visualize theme by Nick Halsey. 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. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with WordPress. If not, see . == Changelog == = 1.1 = * Updates for WordPress 4.3 - 5.4. * Hue slide color scheme strategy. * Coordinated updates with sister theme Visualize. = 1.0 = * Initial public release. == Upgrade Notice == = 1.0 = * Initial public release.