?>=> esc_html__( 'Footer Widget Area - Left', 'neel' ),
		'id'            => 'neel-footer-widget-area-left',
		'description'   => esc_html__( 'Add widgets here.', 'neel' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title"><span>',
		'after_title'   => '</span></h2>',
	) );
	//Regsiger fotter widget area center
	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => esc_html__( 'Footer Widget Area - Center', 'neel' ),
		'id'            => 'neel-footer-widget-area-center',
		'description'   => esc_html__( 'Add widgets here.', 'neel' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title"><span>',
		'after_title'   => '</span></h2>',
	) );
	//Regsiger fotter widget area Right
	register_sidebar( array(
		'name'          => esc_html__( 'Footer Widget Area - Right', 'neel' ),
		'id'            => 'neel-footer-widget-area-right',
		'description'   => esc_html__( 'Add widgets here.', 'neel' ),
		'before_widget' => '<aside id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
		'after_widget'  => '</aside>',
		'before_title'  => '<h2 class="widget-title"><span>',
		'after_title'   => '<span></h2>',
	) );
}
add_action( 'widgets_init', 'neel_widgets_init' );

/**
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	//Enqueue fontawesome style
	wp_enqueue_style( 'neel-fontawesome-style',  get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/font-awesome/css/all.min.css' );
	//Enqueue v4 compatibility fontawesome style 
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	wp_enqueue_style( 'neel-slick-slider-css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/slick/slick.css' );

	wp_enqueue_style( 'neel-style', get_stylesheet_uri() );

	wp_enqueue_script( 'neel-navigation', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/navigation.js', array(), false, true );
	wp_enqueue_script( 'neel-slick-slider-js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/slick/slick.min.js', array('jquery'), false, true );
	wp_enqueue_script( 'neel-js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/neel.js', array(), false, true );

	wp_enqueue_script( 'neel-skip-link-focus-fix', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/skip-link-focus-fix.js', array(), false, true );


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	wp_localize_script(
		'neel-navigation',
		'neel_screenReaderText',
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			'collapse' => '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'collapse child menu', 'neel' ) . '</span>',
		)
	);
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'neel_scripts' );

/**
 * Load google fornts selected by user.
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 *
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function neel_google_fonts() {

	$defaults = neel_get_defaults();
	
	$body_font = get_theme_mod( 'neel_body_font_select', $defaults['body_font'] );
	$heading_font = get_theme_mod( 'neel_heading_font_select', $defaults['heading_font'] );	
	
	$fonts_url = '';
	
	if ( '' !== $body_font ) {
		$body_font = esc_html( $body_font );
	} 
	if ( '' !== $heading_font ) {
		$heading_font = esc_html( $heading_font );
	}

	/** Translators: If there are characters in your language that are not
	 * supported by Lora, translate this to 'off'. Do not translate
	 * into your own language.
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	$body_font_on = _x( 'on', 'Google font for body text: on or off', 'neel' );

	/* Translators: If there are characters in your language that are not
	* supported by heading font, translate this to 'off'. Do not translate
	* into your own language.
	*/
	$heading_font_on = _x( 'on', ' Gogle font for heading text: on or off', 'neel' );

	// Construct url query based on chosen fonts
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			$font_families[] = $body_font;
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			$font_families[] = $heading_font.':400,700';
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			'family' => urlencode( implode( '|', $font_families ) ),
			'subset' => urlencode( 'greek,cyrillic,latin-ext' ),
		);
		$fonts_url = add_query_arg( $query_args, 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css' );
	}

	wp_register_style( 'neel-google-fonts', $fonts_url, array(), null );
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add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'neel_google_fonts' );

/**
 * Function which returns social media menu.
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if ( ! function_exists( 'neel_return_social_media_menu' ) ) {

	function neel_return_social_media_menu( $social_class='' ) {

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			$social_media_icons_html .= '<div id="socialMenuResponsive" class="'.esc_attr( $social_class ).'">';
			$social_media_icons_html .= '<ul>';
			
			for($i=1; $i<=4; $i++ ){
				$social_media_icon[$i] = get_theme_mod( 'neel_social_media_icon_'.$i, 'facebook-f' );
				$social_media_url[$i] = get_theme_mod( 'neel_social_media_url_'.$i, '' );

				//find the fontawesome icon class
				if( in_array( $social_media_icon[$i], $fas_elements ) ){
					$icon_class[$i] = 'fas';	
				} else {
					$icon_class[$i] = 'fab';
				}
				
				if ( '' !== $social_media_url[$i]  ) :
					$social_media_icons_html .= '<li class="menu-item page-item"><a href="'.esc_url( $social_media_url[$i] ).'" target="_blank">
					<i class="'.esc_attr( $icon_class[$i] ).' fa-'.esc_attr( $social_media_icon[$i] ).'"></i></a></li>';
				endif;
			} //for loop end
			$social_media_icons_html.= '</ul></div>';
		}
		return wp_kses_post( $social_media_icons_html );
	} 
}

if ( ! function_exists( 'neel_excerpt' ) ) {

	function neel_excerpt( $limit = 54 ) {
	    echo '<p>'. wp_kses_post( wp_trim_words( get_the_excerpt(), $limit) ) .'</p>';
	}

}

/**
 * Custom template tags for this theme.
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require get_template_directory() . '/inc/template-tags.php';

/**
 * Custom functions that act independently of the theme templates.
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require get_template_directory() . '/inc/extras.php';

/**
 * Default valudes for customizer options.
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require get_template_directory() . '/inc/defaults.php';

/**
 * Custom Header Addition.
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require get_template_directory() . '/inc/custom-header.php';

require get_template_directory() . '/inc/sanitize-functions.php';
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/**
 * Customizer additions.
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require get_template_directory() . '/inc/customizer.php';

/**
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