=== Livemesh SiteOrigin Widgets ===
Author URI: http://portfoliotheme.org
Plugin URI: http://portfoliotheme.org/siteorigin-widgets
Contributors: livemesh
Tags: widget, siteorigin, siteorigin widgets bundle, siteorigin page builder, siteorigin addons, video background, portfolio, carousel, shortcode, tabs, admin, plugin, page
Requires at least: 4.1
Tested up to: 4.5.2
Stable Tag: 1.3
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

A collection of premium quality widgets for use in any widgetized area or in SiteOrigin page builder. SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle is required.

== Description ==

Livemesh SiteOrigin widgets features professional looking, easy to use yet highly functional widgets that can be used in a page builder like SiteOrigin or in any widgetized area of your site.

<a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-widgets-bundle/" alt="SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle" target="_blank">SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle</a> plugin must be activated to use this plugin. After you activate the required plugins, enable our widgets by going to Plugins > SiteOrigin Widgets in your WordPress admin.

Although not required, <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/" rel="nofollow">Page Builder by SiteOrigin</a> is recommended.

See the all of widgets in action here -

<a href="http://portfoliotheme.org/siteorigin-widgets" title="Livemesh SiteOrigin Widgets Demo Site"><strong>LIVE DEMO</strong></a>.

The plugin comes with the following widgets. <strong>Almost all of the widgets come with a dark version.</strong> -

<ul>
<li>Services that capture what you can offer for your clients/customers.</li>
<li>Responsive Tabs that function seamlessly across all devices and resolutions.</li>
<li>Accordion/Toggle that capture collapsible content panels when space is limited.</li>
<li>Heading styles to capture effective headings for your page sections.</li>
<li>Team Profiles widgets to display all the team members.</li>
<li>Odometer to show impressive numbers pertaining to your work or company.</li>
<li>Bar charts widget to capture skills or any type of percentage stats.</li>
<li>Animated Pie charts for visual depiction of percentage stats.</li>
<li>Testimonials to tell everyone the good things you often hear from your clients/customers.</li>
<li>Testimonials slider is a responsive touch enabled slider that cycles through testimonials.</li>
<li>Post Carousel Widget that displays your posts or custom post types as a highly responsive carousel.</li>
<li>Generic Carousel Widget that displays lets you present a list of HTML content in a carousel.</li>
<li>Hero Header Widget that lets you display any type of header content with option to set Parallax, YouTube or HTML5 video background.</li>
<li>Grid widget that displays portfolio or blog entries in a nice responsive grid. Masonry and packed options are supported.</li>
<li>Client List widget to showcase the clients that you have handled.</li>
<li>Pricing Plans to help get more sales.</li>
<li>Flat style buttons with rich set of customization options.</li>
<li>Icon list widget that lets you use either images or icon fonts to create custom social icons list, capture payment options etc.</li>
</ul>

<strong>Important: You must activate widgets you need to use from Plugins &gt; SiteOrigin Widgets so that they can be available to use.</strong>. 

Visit Tools &gt; Import page in WordPress admin to import into your site sample-data.xml file located in the plugin folder. The sample data lets you replicate the demo site fully to help get a head start on using the widgets bundled with the plugin. 

Do you have suggestions to make or want to be notified of important updates? Reach out to us on Twitter -
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== Installation ==

1. Install and activate the <strong>required plugin</strong> <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/so-widgets-bundle/" rel="nofollow">SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle</a>.
2. Unzip the downloaded livemesh-so-widgets.zip file and upload to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory or install the Livemesh SiteOrigin Widgets plugin from WordPress repository. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress
3. Enable all the widgets you need from Plugins &gt; SiteOrigin Widgets.
4. If you need page builder functions, install and activate the <strong>optional plugin</strong> <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/" rel="nofollow">Page Builder by SiteOrigin</a>.
4. For Portfolio widget, install and activate the <strong>optional plugin</strong> <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/" rel="nofollow">Jetpack by WordPress.com</a>. The Portfolio widget is built using custom post types registered by <strong>Custom Content Types</strong> module. Activate and configure this Jetpack module and check the option 'Enable Portfolio Projects for this site' at the bottom of Settings &gt; Writing page.

Optionally, you can import the sample data that replicates the demo site for you by importing the file sample-data.xml file located in the plugin directory. The import option is available under Tools &gt; Import in WordPress admin. 

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does it work with the theme that I am using? =

Our tests indicate that the widgets work well with most themes that are well coded. You may need some minor custom CSS with themes that hijack the styling for heading tags by using !important keyword.

The demo site is best recreated with a theme that supports a full width page template without sidebars. The widgets can still be used in the widgetized sidebars of pages of default template.

= How to enable the dark version for any widget? =

In SiteOrigin page builder, add a row wrapper for the widget, edit row and check the option 'Dark Background?' under 'Row Styles' &gt; Design.

If not using a page builder, you can wrap the widget with a div of class 'lsow-dark-bg' to invoke dark version. Make sure you set the appropriate dark background for the wrapper div.

= Seeing 'Missing Widget' error upon import. =

Please make sure the SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle plugin is installed/activated and enable the widgets from Plugins &gt; SiteOrigin Widgets in WordPress admin.

= My portfolio does not show any items. =

Pls install and activate Jetpack plugin, activate the Custom Post Types module and make sure the option 'Enable Portfolio Projects for this site' is checked at the bottom of Settings &gt; Writing page in WordPress admin.

== Screenshots ==
1. Enable widgets in Plugins > SiteOrigin Widgets > Disabled tab.
2. Livemesh SiteOrigin Widgets in action in SiteOrigin Page Builder tab of Page Edit window.
3. Editing a widget in the SiteOrigin Page Builder.
4. Editing a widget in the Appearance > Widgets page.
5. Livemesh SiteOrigin widgets in the Appearance > Widgets page.

== Changelog ==

= 1.3 =
* New widgets - Flat style buttons and Icon List widget
* New fields - Datepicker and Timepicker for developing SiteOrigin widgets
* Fixed - Some themes squeeze the images in a Livemesh grid or Team widget.
* Fixed - Couple of widgets fail to display the post links.
* Fixed - The testimonials slider not aligned to the center
* Some styling improvements and fixes

= 1.2 =
* New widgets - Responsive Tabs and Accordion of variety of styles
* New services widget style
* Ability to choose entry meta contents for carousel and grid
* Ability to set a link to the clients website in clients widget
* Email icon restored for team profiles widget
* Fixed some bugs, incompatibilities and design improvements

= 1.1 =
* Changed portfolio widget to a general grid that can accommodate any custom post type. Pls choose Projects post type in the build query in portfolio widgets after updating.
* Display post meta for blog entries in carousel and grid widgets
* Display hover information for entries in carousel
* Fixed some bugs and design improvements

= 1.0 =
* Initial release.