=== Aurelle ===
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 dark, luxurious WooCommerce theme for fine jewelry and watches: gold hairlines, arches and ovals, ring size guides, hallmark details and a bespoke appointment form.

== Description ==

Aurelle is a store theme for independent jewelers and watch boutiques. It opens dark, on a deep emerald-black canvas, and keeps everything symmetric and slow: centered compositions, gold hairlines, arch and oval frames, Playfair Display italics and small capitals in Mulish. A light scheme (Pearl) is one click away.

* **Store templates:** a product page with square photos on a soft surface, a summary with gold outline badges, highlights, add to bag, the ring size guide, delivery, warranty and an accordion for metal and stones, care and service; a catalog with a "Refine" filter drawer at every width, sorting and three generous columns; product search, cart, checkout, order confirmation and a mini-cart drawer.
* **For jewelers:** a ring size chart (UK, US, EU, circumference and diameter) that new size guides start from, a metals and hallmarks section, a lifetime warranty row and a bespoke appointment form (engagement ring consultation, engraving, watch service).
* **Product extras:** badges (Limited, Handmade, Eco… plus automatic New, Sale, Sold out and low stock), highlights, a specifications table, materials, care, product video and shared size guides that open in a dialog. They use the free Secure Custom Fields plugin, which the theme offers to install.
* **Store extras:** announcement bar, selling points, trust badges, shipping and returns, free-shipping threshold, all under Products → Store extras.
* **Patterns:** five heroes (the arch, a background film, a collection split, a watch spotlight in an oval, the latest journal story), collection arches, best sellers, new pieces, galleries, films, forms, testimonials, questions, numbers, a press marquee, the boutique with a map, and complete pages (home, about, contact, bespoke, the workshop, a launch page).
* **Demo store:** Appearance → Import demo creates products, categories, badges, a size guide, Home, About, Contact and Shipping pages, the menu and the store extras, and removes them again with one click.
* **Built in, no extra plugins:** forms with a Messages screen, galleries with lightbox and carousel, click-to-load video, slow reveal animations, dark and light color schemes with a switch, four style variations (Pearl, Rose gold, Midnight, Atelier).

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Do I need WooCommerce? =

Yes, Aurelle is a store theme. Without WooCommerce your posts and pages still work, and the dashboard links to the WooCommerce installer.

= Where do badges, highlights, specifications and size guides come from? =

From the Product extras box on each product (with Secure Custom Fields active) and from Products → Badges and Products → Size guides. A new size guide starts from the ring size chart. Store-wide texts (announcement bar, selling points, trust badges, shipping and returns) are under Products → Store extras.

= Where do form messages go? =

Every form submission is saved under Messages in the dashboard and, unless the form says otherwise, emailed to the address in Messages → Settings (the site's admin email by default). Newsletter forms only store the address.

= How do I add a product video? =

Paste a YouTube, Vimeo or video file link in Product extras → Video. YouTube and Vimeo load only when a visitor presses play.

= Can I start in the light scheme or turn off the animations? =

Aurelle starts dark. Choose the Pearl style variation in Appearance → Editor → Styles to start light; visitors can switch with the button in the header. Animations stop for visitors who prefer reduced motion.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* First release.

== Copyright ==

Aurelle WordPress Theme, (C) 2026 Symelo LTD. Aurelle is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL.

This theme bundles the following third-party resources:

Playfair Display, Copyright 2017 The Playfair Display Project Authors (https://github.com/clauseggers/Playfair-Display)
License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1 (assets/fonts/playfair-display/OFL.txt)
Source: https://fontsource.org/fonts/playfair-display

Mulish, Copyright 2016 The Mulish Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/mulish)
License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1 (assets/fonts/mulish/OFL.txt)
Source: https://fontsource.org/fonts/mulish

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/marble.webp (abstract-4), assets/images/copper-ribbon.webp (abstract-6), assets/images/bubbles.webp (abstract-8), assets/images/slate.webp (abstract-12), assets/images/spiral-stair.webp and spiral-stair-tall.webp (architecture-9), the video loop assets/video/aurelle-loop.mp4 (made from abstract-8 and abstract-6), and the shop foundation's demo images in inc/foundation/demo/images (abstract-2, abstract-9, abstract-11, abstract-3, technology-8, workspace-1, workspace-12, food-10, interiors-1, workspace-6).

Symelo Theme Kit and Symelo shop foundation (inc/kit, inc/foundation), (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, GPLv2 or later.

Icons in the shop foundation are drawn for it, (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, GPLv2 or later.
