?>=> 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>',
	) );
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		'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>',
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	//Regsiger fotter widget area Right
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		'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>',
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	wp_enqueue_style( 'neel-slick-slider-css', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/slick/slick.css' );

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	wp_enqueue_script( 'neel-navigation', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/navigation.js', array(), false, true );
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	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(
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			'collapse' => '<span class="screen-reader-text">' . __( 'collapse child menu', 'neel' ) . '</span>',
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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();
	
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	$heading_font = get_theme_mod( 'neel_heading_font_select', $defaults['heading_font'] );	
	
	$fonts_url = '';
	
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	if ( '' !== $heading_font ) {
		$heading_font = esc_html( $heading_font );
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	/** Translators: If there are characters in your language that are not
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	/* 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.
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			$font_families[] = $heading_font.':400,700';
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			'subset' => urlencode( 'greek,cyrillic,latin-ext' ),
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	wp_register_style( 'neel-google-fonts', $fonts_url, array(), null );
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add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'neel_google_fonts' );

/**
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if ( ! function_exists( 'neel_return_social_media_menu' ) ) {

	function neel_return_social_media_menu( $social_class='' ) {

		$social_media_icons_html = '';
		
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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, '' );

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				} 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>';
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			} //for loop end
			$social_media_icons_html.= '</ul></div>';
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		return wp_kses_post( $social_media_icons_html );
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}

if ( ! function_exists( 'neel_excerpt' ) ) {

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

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

/**
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require get_template_directory() . '/inc/extras.php';

/**
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require get_template_directory() . '/inc/defaults.php';

/**
 * Custom Header Addition.
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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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