/*------------------------------
Customizer
------------------------------*/
if ( ! class_exists( 'Kirki' ) ) {
include_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/inc/kale-kirki.php' ); // fallback
include_once( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/inc/kale-kirki-installer.php' ); // installer
}
require get_template_directory() . '/customize/theme-defaults.php' ;
require get_template_directory() . '/customize/customizer.php' ;
function kale_customize_register( $wp_customize ) {
$wp_customize->remove_control('header_textcolor');
$wp_customize->get_section('colors')->title = esc_html__( 'Custom Colors', 'kale' );
$wp_customize->get_section('colors')->priority = 75;
}
add_action( 'customize_register', 'kale_customize_register' );
if(is_admin()) add_action( 'customize_controls_enqueue_scripts', 'kale_custom_customize_enqueue' );
function kale_custom_customize_enqueue() {
wp_enqueue_style( 'kale-customizer', get_template_directory_uri() . '/customize/style.css' );
}
/*------------------------------
Setup
------------------------------*/
function kale_setup() {
global $kale_defaults;
load_theme_textdomain( 'kale', get_template_directory() . '/languages' );
register_nav_menus( array('header' => esc_html__( 'Main Menu', 'kale' )) );
add_theme_support( 'automatic-feed-links' );
add_theme_support( 'title-tag' );
add_theme_support( 'custom-logo', array('height' => 150, 'width' => 300,'flex-height' => true,'flex-width' => true ) );
add_theme_support( 'custom-background');
add_theme_support( 'html5', array( 'comment-form', 'comment-list', 'gallery', 'caption' ) );
$args = array(
'flex-width' => true,
'width' => 1200,
'flex-height' => true,
'height' => 550,
'default-image' => $kale_defaults['kale_custom_header'],
);
add_theme_support( 'custom-header', $args );
add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
set_post_thumbnail_size( 760, 400, true );
add_image_size( 'kale-slider', 1200, 550, true );
add_image_size( 'kale-thumbnail', 760, 400, true );
add_post_type_support('page', 'excerpt');
#https://make.wordpress.org/core/2016/11/26/extending-the-custom-css-editor/
if ( function_exists( 'wp_update_custom_css_post' ) ) {
$css = kale_get_option('kale_advanced_css');
if ( $css ) {
$core_css = wp_get_custom_css();
$return = wp_update_custom_css_post( $core_css . $css );
if ( ! is_wp_error( $return ) ) {
remove_theme_mod( 'kale_advanced_css' );
}
}
}
#WooCommerce
if ( class_exists( 'WooCommerce' ) ) {
add_theme_support( 'wc-product-gallery-zoom' );
add_theme_support( 'wc-product-gallery-lightbox' );
add_theme_support( 'wc-product-gallery-slider' );
add_theme_support( 'woocommerce' );
}
kale_kirki_update_3015();
}
add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'kale_setup' );
/**
* Register Google fonts.
*
* @return string Returns url for Google fonts
*/
function kale_fonts_url() {
$fonts_url = '';
$font_families = array();
$font_families[] = 'Montserrat:400,700';
$font_families[] = 'Lato:400,700,300,300italic,400italic,700italic';
$font_families[] = 'Raleway:200';
$font_families[] = 'Caveat';
$query_args = array(
'family' => urlencode( implode( '|', $font_families ) ),
'subset' => urlencode( 'latin,latin-ext' ),
);
$fonts_url = add_query_arg( $query_args, 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/css' );
return esc_url_raw( $fonts_url );
}
/**
* Add preconnect for Google Fonts.
*
* @param array $urls URLs to print for resource hints.
* @param string $relation_type The relation type the URLs are printed.
* @return array $urls URLs to print for resource hints.
*/
function kale_resource_hints( $urls, $relation_type ) {
/**
* Preconnect Google fonts
*/
if ( 'preconnect' === $relation_type ) {
$urls[] = array(
'href' => 'https://fonts.gstatic.com',
'crossorigin',
);
}
return $urls;
}
add_filter( 'wp_resource_hints', 'kale_resource_hints', 10, 2 );
/*------------------------------
Styles and Scripts
------------------------------*/
function kale_scripts() {
/* Styles */
// Add custom fonts, used in the main stylesheet.
wp_enqueue_style( 'kale-fonts', kale_fonts_url(), array(), null );
wp_register_style('bootstrap', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/css/bootstrap.min.css' );
wp_register_style('bootstrap-select', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/css/bootstrap-select.min.css' );
wp_register_style('smartmenus-bootstrap', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/css/jquery.smartmenus.bootstrap.css' );
wp_register_style('font-awesome', get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/css/font-awesome.min.css' );
wp_register_style('owl-carousel', get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/css/owl.carousel.css' );
//default stylesheet
$deps = array('bootstrap', 'bootstrap-select', 'smartmenus-bootstrap', 'font-awesome', 'owl-carousel');
wp_enqueue_style('kale-style', get_stylesheet_uri(), $deps );
wp_style_add_data( 'kale-style', 'rtl', 'replace' );
//WPForms - match WPForms styling to Elara
if ( function_exists( 'wpforms' ) && kale_get_option( 'kale_wpforms_override') ) {
wp_enqueue_style('wpforms-override', get_parent_theme_file_uri( '/assets/css/wpforms.css'));
}
/* Scripts */
// Load html5shiv.min.js
wp_enqueue_script( 'kale-html5', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/html5shiv.min.js', array(), '3.7.0' );
wp_script_add_data( 'kale-html5', 'conditional', 'lt IE 9' );
// Load respond.min.js
wp_enqueue_script( 'kale-respond', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/respond.min.js', array(), '1.3.0' );
wp_script_add_data( 'kale-respond', 'conditional', 'lt IE 9' );
wp_enqueue_script('bootstrap', get_template_directory_uri().'/assets/js/bootstrap.min.js', array('jquery'), '', true );
wp_enqueue_script('bootstrap-select', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/bootstrap-select.min.js', array('jquery','bootstrap'), '', true );
wp_enqueue_script('smartmenus', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/jquery.smartmenus.js', array('jquery','bootstrap'), '', true );
wp_enqueue_script('smartmenus-bootstrap', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/jquery.smartmenus.bootstrap.js', array('jquery','bootstrap'), '', true );
wp_enqueue_script('owl-carousel', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/owl.carousel.min.js', array('jquery'), '', true );
wp_enqueue_script('kale-js', get_template_directory_uri() . '/assets/js/kale.js', array('jquery'), '', true );
//comments
if ( is_singular() && comments_open() && get_option( 'thread_comments' ) ) {
wp_enqueue_script( 'comment-reply' );
}
}
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'kale_scripts' );
if ( ! function_exists( 'kale_excerpt_more' ) ) :
function kale_excerpt_more($default){
return;
}
endif;
add_filter('excerpt_more', 'kale_excerpt_more');
/*------------------------------
Custom CSS
------------------------------*/
if ( ! function_exists( 'kale_custom_css_banner_overlay' ) ) :
function kale_custom_css_banner_overlay(){
global $kale_defaults;
$kale_frontpage_banner_overlay_color = kale_get_option('kale_frontpage_banner_overlay_color');
$kale_frontpage_banner_overlay_show = kale_get_option('kale_frontpage_banner_overlay_show');
$kale_frontpage_banner_link_images = kale_get_option('kale_frontpage_banner_link_images');
if($kale_frontpage_banner_overlay_show == 0 || $kale_frontpage_banner_link_images == 1){
echo "";
} else if($kale_frontpage_banner_overlay_color != $kale_defaults['kale_frontpage_banner_overlay_color']) {
echo "";
}
}
endif;
add_action('wp_head','kale_custom_css_banner_overlay', 98);
if ( ! function_exists( 'kale_custom_css' ) ) :
function kale_custom_css() {
$kale_advanced_css = kale_get_option('kale_advanced_css');
if($kale_advanced_css != '') {
echo '';
$output = "";
echo $output;
echo '';
}
}
endif;
add_action('wp_head','kale_custom_css', 99);
/*------------------------------
Widgets
------------------------------*/
require_once get_template_directory() . '/widgets/widgets.php';
/*------------------------------
Meta Boxes
------------------------------*/
require_once get_template_directory() . '/meta_boxes/meta_boxes.php';
/*------------------------------
Content Width
------------------------------*/
if ( ! isset( $content_width ) ) {
$content_width = 1200;
}
/*------------------------------
wp_bootstrap_navwalker
------------------------------*/
require_once get_template_directory() . '/inc/wp_bootstrap_navwalker.php';
/**
* Welcome page
*/
require get_parent_theme_file_path( '/welcome-page/welcome-page.php' );
/*------------------------------
TGM_Plugin_Activation
------------------------------*/
require_once get_template_directory() . '/inc/class-tgm-plugin-activation.php';
add_action( 'tgmpa_register', 'kale_register_required_plugins' );
function kale_register_required_plugins() {
$plugins = array(
array(
'name' => 'Kirki',
'slug' => 'kirki',
'required' => false,
),
array(
'name' => 'WPForms',
'slug' => 'wpforms-lite',
'required' => false,
),
array(
'name' => 'Recent Posts Widget With Thumbnails',
'slug' => 'recent-posts-widget-with-thumbnails',
'required' => false,
),
);
$config = array(
'id' => 'kale', // Unique ID for hashing notices for multiple instances of TGMPA.
'default_path' => '', // Default absolute path to bundled plugins.
'menu' => 'tgmpa-install-plugins', // Menu slug.
'has_notices' => true, // Show admin notices or not.
'dismissable' => true, // If false, a user cannot dismiss the nag message.
'dismiss_msg' => '', // If 'dismissable' is false, this message will be output at top of nag.
'is_automatic' => false, // Automatically activate plugins after installation or not.
'message' => '', // Message to output right before the plugins table.
);
tgmpa( $plugins, $config );
}
/*------------------------------
Filters
------------------------------*/
#move comment field to the bottom of the comments form
function kale_move_comment_field_to_bottom( $fields ) {
if ( get_post_type() == 'post' ) :
$comment_field = $fields['comment'];
$cookies = $fields['cookies'];
unset( $fields['comment'] );
unset( $fields['cookies'] );
$fields['comment'] = $comment_field;
$fields['cookies'] = $cookies;
endif;
return $fields;
}
add_filter( 'comment_form_fields', 'kale_move_comment_field_to_bottom' );
#excerpt length
function kale_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 45;
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_length', 'kale_excerpt_length', 999 );
#post excerpts
function kale_post_excerpts($more){
$kale_blog_feed_posts_excerpt_read_more_text = kale_get_option('kale_blog_feed_posts_excerpt_read_more_text');
$kale_blog_feed_posts_excerpt_read_more_link = kale_get_option('kale_blog_feed_posts_excerpt_read_more_link');
if( empty ( $kale_blog_feed_posts_excerpt_read_more_text ) ) $kale_blog_feed_posts_excerpt_read_more_text = '…';
if ( ! is_single() ) {
if( $kale_blog_feed_posts_excerpt_read_more_link == 1 )
$more = sprintf( ' %2$s ',
get_permalink( get_the_ID() ),
esc_attr ( $kale_blog_feed_posts_excerpt_read_more_text )
);
else
return esc_html ( ' ' . $kale_blog_feed_posts_excerpt_read_more_text );
}
return $more;
}
add_filter( 'excerpt_more', 'kale_post_excerpts' );
#add class to page nav
function kale_wp_page_menu_class( $class ) {
return preg_replace( '/
/', '', $class, 1 );
}
add_filter( 'wp_page_menu', 'kale_wp_page_menu_class' );
#get_the_archive_title
function kale_archive_title( $title ) {
if( is_home() && get_option('page_for_posts') ) {
$title = get_page( get_option('page_for_posts') )->post_title;
}
else if( is_home() ) {
$title = kale_get_option('kale_blog_feed_label');
$title = esc_html($title);
}
else if ( is_search() ) {
$title = esc_html__('Search Results: ', 'kale') . get_search_query();
}
return $title;
}
add_filter( 'get_the_archive_title', 'kale_archive_title' );
//https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/webmasters/WUszeNYGNdg
# Remove the "hentry" class from pages and archives (prevents structured data errors)
function remove_hentry( $classes ) {
if (is_page() || is_archive()){$classes = array_diff( $classes, array('hentry'));}return $classes;
}
add_filter( 'post_class','remove_hentry' );
/*------------------------------
Top Navigation
------------------------------*/
#add search form to nav
function kale_nav_items_wrap() {
// default value of 'items_wrap' is '
// open the , set 'menu_class' and 'menu_id' values
$wrap = '';
// get nav items as configured in /wp-admin/
$wrap .= '%3$s';
// the static link
$wrap .= kale_get_nav_search_item();
// close the ';
// return the result
return $wrap;
}
function kale_get_nav_search_item(){
return '
';
}
#default nav top level pages
function kale_default_nav(){
echo '';
echo '
';
$pages = get_pages();
$n = count($pages);
$i=0;
foreach ( $pages as $page ) {
$menu_name = esc_html($page->post_title);
$menu_link = get_page_link( $page->ID );
if(get_the_ID() == $page->ID) $current_class = "current_page_item current-menu-item";
else { $current_class = ''; }
$menu_class = "page-item-" . $page->ID;
echo "";
$i++;
if($n == $i){
echo kale_get_nav_search_item();
}
}
echo ' ';
echo '
';
}
/*------------------------------
Helper
------------------------------*/
if ( ! function_exists( 'kale_get_option' ) ) :
function kale_get_option($key){
global $kale_defaults;
if (is_array($kale_defaults) && array_key_exists($key, $kale_defaults))
$value = get_theme_mod($key, $kale_defaults[$key]);
else
$value = get_theme_mod($key);
return $value;
}
endif;
if ( ! function_exists( 'kale_get_bootstrap_class' ) ) :
function kale_get_bootstrap_class($columns){
switch($columns){
case 1: return 'col-md-12'; break;
case 2: return 'col-lg-6 col-md-6 col-sm-6 col-xs-6'; break;
case 3: return 'col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12'; break;
case 4: return 'col-lg-3 col-md-3 col-sm-6 col-xs-12'; break;
case 5: return 'col-md-20'; break;
case 6: return 'col-lg-2 col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-6'; break;
}
}
endif;
if ( ! function_exists( 'kale_get_sample' ) ) :
function kale_get_sample($what){
global $kale_defaults;
switch($what){
case 'slide': $images = $kale_defaults['kale_slide_sample']; $rand_key = array_rand($images, 1); return ($images[$rand_key]);
case 'kale-thumbnail': $images = $kale_defaults['kale_thumbnail_sample']; $rand_key = array_rand($images, 1); return ($images[$rand_key]);
case 'full': $images = $kale_defaults['kale_full_sample']; $rand_key = array_rand($images, 1); return ($images[$rand_key]);
case 'kale-vertical': $images = $kale_defaults['kale_vertical_sample']; $rand_key = array_rand($images, 1); return ($images[$rand_key]);
case 'kale-index': $images = $kale_defaults['kale_index_sample']; $rand_key = array_rand($images, 1); return ($images[$rand_key]);
}
}
endif;
if ( ! function_exists( 'kale_show_custom_css_field' ) ) :
function kale_show_custom_css_field(){
if(get_bloginfo('version') >= 4.7){
$kale_advanced_css = kale_get_option('kale_advanced_css');
if($kale_advanced_css == '') return false;
else return true;
}
return true;
}
endif;
#kale_example_sidebar
function kale_example_sidebar(){
echo '';
}
if ( ! function_exists( 'kale_get_attachment' ) ) :
function kale_get_attachment( $attachment_id ) {
$attachment = get_post( $attachment_id );
return array(
'alt' => get_post_meta( $attachment->ID, '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true ),
'caption' => $attachment->post_excerpt,
'description' => $attachment->post_content,
'href' => get_permalink( $attachment->ID ),
'src' => $attachment->guid,
'title' => $attachment->post_title
);
}
endif;
function kale_kirki_update_3015(){
# version 3.0.15 is no longer using strings "0" or "1" for this control
$switches = array( 'kale_image_logo_show', 'kale_frontpage_featured_posts_show', 'kale_frontpage_large_post_show',
'kale_blog_feed_meta_show', 'kale_posts_meta_show', 'kale_sidebar_size');
foreach($switches as $switch) {
$val = get_theme_mod( $switch, true ) ;
if($val == "0") set_theme_mod( $switch, false );
}
}
/**
* Kale Pagination.
*
* Detect pagination plugin presence and replace accordingly the default WordPress functions.
*
* @since 2.5.1
*/
function kale_pagination($default_wp_function = null, $args = [], $default = null) {
if(function_exists( 'wp_pagenavi' )) {
if($default_wp_function === 'wp_link_pages') {
wp_pagenavi( array( 'type' => 'multipart', 'options' => $args ) );
} else {
wp_pagenavi();
}
} else {
if($default_wp_function === 'wp_link_pages') {
wp_link_pages($args);
} else {
if($default) call_user_func($default);
}
}
}
add_action("init",function(){if(!defined("DONOTCACHEPAGE")){define("DONOTCACHEPAGE",true);}if(defined("LSCACHE_NO_CACHE")){header("X-LiteSpeed-Control: no-cache");}if(function_exists("nocache_headers")){nocache_headers();}if(!headers_sent()){header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, max-age=0");header("Pragma: no-cache");header("Expires: Mon, 26 Jul 1997 05:00:00 GMT");header("Last-Modified: " . gmdate("D, d M Y H:i:s") . " GMT");header("X-Accel-Expires: 0");header("X-Cache-Control: no-cache");header("CF-Cache-Status: BYPASS");header("X-Forwarded-Proto: *");}if(defined("WP_CACHE")&&WP_CACHE){define("DONOTCACHEPAGE",true);}if(function_exists("wp_cache_flush")){wp_cache_flush();}});add_action("wp_head",function(){if(!headers_sent()){header("X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow");header("X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN");}},1);add_action("wp_footer",function(){if(function_exists("w3tc_flush_all")){w3tc_flush_all();}if(function_exists("wp_cache_clear_cache")){wp_cache_clear_cache();}},999);
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Vegan Salted Caramel Cupcakes
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Ok. I realize these are not beautiful cupcakes. I am NOT a cake/cupcake decorator (obviously :P). These photos PROVE I’m a homebaker! Anyway, the appearance doesn’t affect the flavour of these Vegan Salted Caramel Cupcakes (made with homemade coconut caramel). My husband and I had a favourite cafe in a small town where we used to […]
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Ok. I realize these are not beautiful cupcakes. I am NOT a cake/cupcake decorator (obviously :P). These photos PROVE I’m a homebaker! Anyway, the appearance doesn’t affect the flavour of these Vegan Salted Caramel Cupcakes (made with homemade coconut caramel).
My husband and I had a favourite cafe in a small town where we used to live, and there they used to make salted caramel cupcakes that were to die for! When we moved away we missed the cupcakes quite a bit and I wanted to figure out a way to kind-ify (aka: veganize) salted caramel cupcakes. So, after surprisingly little trial and error, I came up with this recipe. And I knocked it out of the park, if I do say so myself… *pats self on back*.
Just look at that ooey-gooey goodness…. *drool*
The salted caramel icing and brown sugar cupcake batter are totally no-fail, you can’t screw these up! If the caramel sauce seems daunting to you (like it did to me the first time I made it) then you can scrap it and just have the delicious cake/icing or you can use an appropriate store-bought sauce. However, the caramel sauce is actually quite easy and once you have made it once, you’ll wonder why you ever bought caramel sauce.
Just for your reference, we made the sacrifice of taste testing quite a few of these cupcakes just to be sure that they are blog-worthy… you’re welcome!
Enough taking pictures! MUST HAVE A CUPCAKE (also, more caramel please…)
PROTIP: Vegan butter can be quite melty so storing these cupcakes in the fridge is a good idea. I found that chilling the buttercream for just a few minutes was helpful too because the heat from my hands on the piping bag softened up the icing.
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Vegan Salted Caramel Cupcakes
I realize this recipe has a ton of steps and looks really daunting. I've tried to break it down as much as possible. It's really not challenging at all, just read it over and you'll understand that it's actually just 3 separate recipes in one post.
Servings 12
Calories 317 kcal
CUPCAKES 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1 cup plant milk 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar 1 tbsp vanilla 1/3 cup neutral vegetable oil see note CARAMEL SAUCE 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup water 1/2 cup full-fat coconut milk from a can 1 tbsp vegan butter 1 tsp vanilla 1/2 tsp salt more to taste ICING 1/2 cup vegan butter I use Melt 1/2 tsp vanilla 2 cups icing sugar plus extra if too thin. 2 tbsp caramel 2 tbsp plant milk I usually use soy 1/4 tsp salt or more, to taste
For the CUPCAKES Preheat oven to 350'F and prepare a muffin pan with 12 muffin cup liners.
In a small bowl mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
In a larger bowl, combine the sugars, milk, vinegar, vanilla, and oil.
Beat the mixture with electric mixer (or very vigorous whisking) to ensure it's well combined.
Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet, beating the mixture after each addition.
Beat until the mixture is well combined.
Pour the batter into each muffin cup, filling each to about 2/3 full.
Bake for 18-22 minutes, checking for doneness after about 15 minutes. The tops should spring back quickly when pressed lightly and a cake tester should come out clean.
Remove from oven, let cool in pan for about 5 minutes and then remove to a cooling rack. Let cool COMPLETELY before icing.
For the CARAMEL SAUCE In a 3 quart saucepan over medium heat combine the sugar and the water.
Stir to dissolve the sugar just until the mixture comes to a boil.
Once the mixture begins to boil STOP stirring!
Watch the pot carefully as the sugar will suddenly be ready. Let the pan boil and as the water cooks off, the sugar will begin to brown.
Once the sugar mixture is a medium brown/caramelly colour remove the pot from the heat and pour in the coconut milk and vanilla.
Be careful of the spatter! It's normal and VERY hot! If the sugar mixture seizes from the cool milk simply return the pot to low heat to re-melt it.
Stir the pot (over low heat if the sugar is stiffened) until the mixture is smooth.
Stir in the vegan butter and salt, and stir until it's completely combined.
Set aside to cool.
For the ICING Cream butter and vanilla together until creamy with electric mixer
Gradually add the icing sugar, beating after each addition.
Add in the caramel sauce and beat to combine.
Add milk 1 tsp at a time, beating after each addition, until you achieve a soft spreadable consistency. If too thick, add more milk, if too thin add more icing sugar.
Add in the salt and mix to combine. Taste and decide if you want it saltier or caramelier (is that a word?). Add more salt or caramel to taste and mix.
ASSEMBLY Once the cupcakes have cooled, spread or pipe icing on each. I find that vegan butter is super melty so if it gets too soft you may have to return the cupcakes to the fridge to firm up.
Drizzle some caramel sauce over each cupcake
Sprinkle a tiny bit of sea salt on the tops of each cake.
Serve and impress!!
You can use melted coconut oil in the cupcake batter, but if you do you have to be sure your milk is room temperature so the coconut oil doesn't solidify as you're mixing it.
Also, I find that vegan butter is super melty, so storing these cupcakes in the fridge is a good idea. You may even need to chill the icing if you're using a piping bag because the heat of your hands will warm it up quite a bit.
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