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kalon

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1.3.0 • public • Published yesterday

Kalon is a feminine WordPress blog theme that can be used for building lively and eye-catching websites. It provides a simple, clean, minimal and modern look that can be used for any kind of personal blog related to photography, nature, art, design, lifestyle, food, fashion, babies, kids, wedding or any other creative websites. The design is responsive and shows very well in mobile and tablet devices. The clean typography and spacious layout make it great to share your stories.

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Description

Kalon is a feminine WordPress blog theme that can be used for building lively and eye-catching websites. It provides a simple, clean, minimal and modern look that can be used for any kind of personal blog related to photography, nature, art, design, lifestyle, food, fashion, babies, kids, wedding or any other creative websites. The design is responsive and shows very well in mobile and tablet devices. The clean typography and spacious layout make it great to share your stories. Kalon incorporates latest web standards such as HTML5 and CSS3 and is SEO friendly design to help you quickly rank in google. Kalon is a Cross-Browser Compatible theme that works on All leading web browsers.The theme comes with the great features and easy to use Option Panel. The Theme comes with full-screen slider, social icon integration, custom menu, plenty of widget areas and custom widgets. The theme is rigorously tested and optimized for speed and faster page load time and has a secure and clean code. The theme is also translation ready. Demo at: https://rarathemes.com/previews/?theme=kalon, Documentation at https://docs.rarathemes.com/docs/kalon/ and Support at https://rarathemes.com/support-forum/.

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.

Changelog

1.3.0 - February 06, 2026
* Fix: Security issues to Broken Access Control

1.2.9 - Feb 08, 2024
* Update:  Issue with ajax requests has been fixed.

1.2.8 - Jan 31, 2024
* Update: Nonce check done in admin notice.

1.2.6 - June 23, 2023
* Update: Added relevant tags.
* Fixed: Minor bug fixes.

1.2.5 - 02-08-2022
* Update: Updated Font Awesome library to version 6.1.1.
* Update: Load google font locally.
* Added: Feature to preload and flush the locally loaded google fonts.
* Added: Tiktok on social icon list and RARA: Social Links widget.
* Fixed: TGMPA plugin installation issue for php 8.
* Fixed: Fixed the design of default WP blocks.
* Removed: Schema function for single post.

1.2.4
* Fixed jQuery deprecated warnings
* Fixed menu design issue on window reload
* Added link underline in post/page
* Removed widget block editor for WordPress 5.8 

1.2.3
* Fixed schema issue
* Fixed banner issue for responsive
* Fixed menu accessibility

1.2.2
* Fixed calendar widget design issue for WordPress 5.4.1
* Fixed menu accessibility
* Added comment fields as required
* Added fallback svg
* Removed publisher and image from schema
* Added tested up to and require php in style header
* Changed demo link

1.2.1
* Fixed constant conditionals
* Fixed dropdown menu in edge

1.2.0
* Added Getting started page.
* Changed Documentation links.

1.1.9
* Added accessibility requirement for Skip Links, Keyboard navigation, Controls and Form labeling.
* Changed raratheme.com to rarathemes.com.
* Changed Excerpt Character to Excerpt Word Count in Featured Post widget.
* Added wp_body_open action hook.
* validated readme.txt
* remove demo zip file from info.

1.1.8
* Made footer link no-follow.

1.1.7
* Meanmenu replaced by Custom Menu.
* FontAwesome 5.6.3 added.
* Some links were corrected in the theme.
* WooCommerce Compatible with latest gallery zoom,lightbox and slider features.
* Some CSS issue fix.
* Screenshot Optimized.
* Default Calendar issue fix.

1.1.6
* Privacy Policy link and WP Comment Cookies Consent features were added for WordPress 4.9.6 installation
* Added schema for single

1.1.5
* Replaced lightslider with owl-carousel for slider
* Added minified files for all js and css
* Added schema for SEO

1.1.4
* Made theme RTL Compatible.
* HomePage Label issue fixed after WP 4.9
* Download Zip added in the information links in the customizer.
* TGMPA added.
* WooCommerce Compatible.
* Footer Settings added.

1.1.3
* Fixed conflict with nextgen gallery.

1.1.2
* Migrated Custom CSS code to Core Additional CSS for WP ver > 4.7.
* Added Information section in customizer.
* Fixed Slider Control option in slider settings.

1.1.1
* Change Site Title font to Dancing script.
* Added new support ticket link.

1.1.0
* Added links to the image in slider.
* Made placeholder in comments translatable.
* Made changes in footer links.

1.0.9
* Added information link in customizer panel.

1.0.8
1.0.7
* Made changes as suggested in theme trac https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/30256#comment:25

1.0.6
* Remove the image size in custom logo.
* Change argument in widget title filter.
* Made sticky post disply on slider.

1.0.5
* Fix the content width issue to support content in full width.

1.0.4
* Change the content width to support content in full width

1.0.3
* Data escaped in all widgets.

1.0.2
* Added basic documentation for installing theme

1.0.1
* Added Popular Post, Featured Post and Social Links Widgets.
* Added ability to add Custom CSS in theme options.
* Added compatibility for custom logo feature.
* Updated and integrated new theme tags in style.css

Copyrights And License

Unless otherwise specified, all the theme files, scripts and images are licensed under GPLv2 or later

Kalon bundles the following third-party resources:

normalize.css, Copyright 2012-2016 Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal
License: MIT
Source: https://necolas.github.io/normalize.css/

Font Awesome icons, Copyright Dave Gandy
Icons License: CC BY 4.0
Fonts License: SIL OFL 1.1
Source: http://fontawesome.io/

TGMPA, Copyright (c) 2011, Thomas Griffin
License: GPL-2.0+
Source: http://tgmpluginactivation.com/

Owl-carousel, Copyright 2013-2017 David Deutsch
License : MIT
Source : https://owlcarousel2.github.io/OwlCarousel2

Owl Carousel v2 Accessibility Layer, © Geoffrey Roberts 2016
License : MIT
Source : https://github.com/rtrvrtg/owlcarousel2-a11ylayer/blob/master/LICENSE

Webfonts Loader
Kalon local fonts feature is based on Webfonts Loader by WordPress Themes Team (WPTT). (https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader)
License: MIT
Source: https://github.com/WPTT/webfont-loader/blob/master/LICENSE

Images

All images are under Creative Commons Public Domain deed CC0.

Source:
- https://pxhere.com/en/photo/667453
- https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1286990

License:
- https://pxhere.com/en/license

Other images are self taken or self created and are under the GPL.

Kalon WordPress Theme, Copyright Rara Theme 2015, rarathemes.com
Kalon WordPress Theme is distributed under the terms of the GPLv2 or later

  • 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.

Documentation

  1. Setting Slider

    • Activate Slider
    • Go to Appearance >Customize>Slider Settings.
    • Check Enable Home Page Slider to show the featured slider the homepage
    • Select the category of posts which you want to display in the slider. (Featured images of the posts of the selected category will be displayed as slider images.)
    • Featured images of posts should be at least 1920 px in width and 500px in the height for displaying slider images properly.
    • Use regenerate thumbnail plugin to crop all the images if you have already uploaded the Images.
    • Click Save & Publish

  2. Configuring Slider

    • Check Enable Slider to Auto Transition for the slides to transition automatically (auto-scroll) without a click.
    • Check Enable Slider Loop to continue the slide transition in the loop
    • Check Enable Slider Control to allow manual navigation for paging control of each slide?
    • Check Enable Slider Caption to show the post title to appear on the slider post image
    • Check Enable Slider Thumbnail to show the tiny thumbnail feature images of the slider Posts to appear at the bottom
    • Select the slider animation type to "fade" or "slide"
    • Enter the Readmore text to set the text of the button
    • Enter Slider Speed:
    • Set the Interval (in milliseconds) at which the slider should change posts(if automatic transition is enabled). Default: 7000 (7 seconds)
    • Enter Animation Speed:
    • Set the speed of animations, in milliseconds. Default: 600
    • Click Save

  3. Social Media

    • Go to Appearance> Customize>Social Setting
    • Check Enable Social Links to show the social media links on the homepage
    • Enter your social media links
    • Click Save & Publish.

  4. Custom CSS

    • Go to Appearance >Customize>Custom CSS settings.
    • Enter the required custom CSS. For example, to change the body font size to 17 Pixels: body{font-size: 17px}
    • Click Save & Publish.