=== Ascendo ===
Contributors: symelo
Requires at least: 7.0
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

A crisp B2B block theme for corporate training companies, L&D consultancies and internal academies.

== Description ==

Ascendo is a corporate training theme in cool white, slate and electric teal. Glass dashboard cards with bar charts and meters drawn in CSS, outcome bento tiles, a client marquee set in type, case studies with headline metrics, an in-company versus open course comparison and a quote request form make it a site HR and procurement teams take seriously.

Built on the Symelo education foundation and the Symelo Theme Kit, so it needs no plugins:

* Programmes with prices per participant or "in-company on request", curricula, open dates with seats, outcomes, trainers, reviews, questions and venue maps.
* A programme finder and catalog filters (topic, level, format, sort), topic and level archives, a trainer directory with credentials.
* Quote request, training needs call, contact and newsletter forms. Messages are stored under Messages in wp-admin and emailed to you.
* Case studies: posts in a "Case studies" category show their client, headline metric and what it measures (fields in the editor's custom fields, or the demo content).
* Light and dark schemes (Boardroom), with a switch in the header, and four style variations: Clarity, Boardroom, Forest and Sunrise.
* Galleries with masonry and carousel styles and a lightbox, featured video for programmes and posts, a background video hero, tasteful motion that respects reduced-motion settings.
* 30+ patterns: five heroes (dashboard, Train your team with a quote form, background video, programme finder, case study), outcomes bento, client marquee, comparison, process, upcoming dates, trainers, reviews, compliance FAQ, CTA, newsletter, venues gallery, video, and full pages for Home, About, Contact, In-company training and Case studies.
* Appearance → Import demo installs a complete corporate training company: nine programmes, four trainers, three case studies and the pages.

Ascendo works best with the free Secure Custom Fields plugin (the theme offers to install it) for editing programme prices, curricula, dates and trainer profiles.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where do form messages go? =

Every submission is stored under Messages in wp-admin and emailed to the address in Messages → Settings (the site admin email by default). Each form block can also have its own recipients in the block settings. Course enquiries go to the address in Courses → Settings.

= How do I show a case study metric? =

Publish a post in the "Case studies" category and fill the custom fields ascendo_client, ascendo_metric (for example +38%) and ascendo_metric_label. Case study cards and the post itself show them.

= How do I add a featured video? =

Open the Featured video panel in the post or programme sidebar and paste a YouTube or Vimeo link, or choose a video file. YouTube and Vimeo load only after a click.

= Can I turn off the animations? =

Visitors who prefer reduced motion see no animations. Remove the motion classes in the block's Motion panel to turn them off for everyone.

= How does dark mode work? =

The header switch toggles between the light and dark palettes and remembers the choice. Without a choice the site follows the visitor's system setting. The Boardroom style variation is dark only.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* First release.

== Copyright ==

Ascendo WordPress Theme, (C) 2026 Symelo LTD.
Ascendo is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

The Symelo Theme Kit and the Symelo education foundation (inc/kit, inc/foundation): (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, GPLv2 or later.

== Resources ==

Manrope
Copyright 2019 The Manrope Project Authors (https://github.com/sharanda/manrope)
License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1 (assets/fonts/manrope/OFL.txt)
Source: https://fontsource.org/fonts/manrope (@fontsource-variable/manrope 5.3.0)

Inter
Copyright 2016 The Inter Project Authors (https://github.com/rsms/inter)
License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1 (assets/fonts/inter/OFL.txt)
Source: https://fontsource.org/fonts/inter (@fontsource-variable/inter 5.3.0)

Images: Symelo placeholder library (https://dev.symelo.com/tools/placeholder-images), (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, distributed with the theme under the GPLv2 or later.
* assets/images/glass-tower.webp: architecture-4
* assets/images/atrium.webp: architecture-12
* assets/images/meeting-room.webp: workspace-4
* assets/videos/team-office-pan.mp4: a slow pan made from the foundation image team-office (workspace-8)
* inc/foundation/demo/images/*.webp: workspace-3, workspace-5, workspace-8, workspace-11, technology-10, workspace-12, technology-7, food-4, travel-9, interiors-6

Icons: drawn in CSS by the theme; brand icons in the kit's share block from Simple Icons (CC0).
