=== Chapterly ===
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 warm editorial sales theme for ebook, book and course launches, with a 3D book mockup, a table of contents, editions, a free-chapter signup and a night-reading dark scheme.

== Description ==

Chapterly is a block theme for authors and creators selling a book, a guide or a cohort course: a sales page, a sample chapter and preorders. It is set on cream paper with ink-dark text, terracotta accents, Newsreader for headlines and long reading and Instrument Sans for labels and buttons.

Built in, with no plugins needed:

* A 3D book mockup: give any Image block the "3D book" style and your cover stands up with a spine, page edges and a soft shadow (CSS only, static when visitors prefer reduced motion).
* Sales sections: a table of contents with chapter numerals and dot leaders, the opening pages with a drop cap, "who it's for / not for" lists, the course week by week, three editions with one-time prices, a money-back guarantee seal, reader quotes as a masonry wall, the author's bio and FAQs.
* Seven heroes: the book with preorder buttons, a free-chapter signup, a cohort countdown, an author-led hero with a portrait and pull quote, a table-of-contents hero, a background-video hero and the latest post from your notebook.
* Forms (Symelo Theme Kit): free-chapter signup, newsletter and a contact form for speaking, rights and bulk orders. Messages are kept under Messages in wp-admin.
* Landing foundation: pricing tables with a monthly/yearly switch, a comparison table, features, integrations, changelog, testimonials, FAQ with structured data, countdown, waitlist and section navigation, all styled in Chapterly's paper look.
* Reading: a "Reading layout (sample chapter)" template with reading progress, a collapsible table of contents, a narrow column with a drop cap and a closing preorder card.
* Light and dark: a hand-tuned "night reading" scheme with a switch in the header; style variations Night reading, Sage, Classic and Ochre.
* Galleries with masonry and carousel styles and a lightbox, lite video embeds, featured video, motion that respects reduced-motion settings.

Chapterly takes no payments. Preorder buttons link to your store: set its address as the sign-up link under Appearance → Product details (it falls back to the editions on the page).

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where do form messages go? =

Every form submission is stored under Messages in wp-admin. The contact form also emails the site admin; change the recipient under Messages → Settings or in the form block's settings. The free-chapter and newsletter forms only store the address (their "Email me new messages" option is off), so you can export them to your mailing tool.

= How do I send the free chapter? =

Connect your mailing tool to the stored messages, or set the form's "Redirect" to a page with the download link.

= How do I use my own cover? =

Replace the image in the hero and keep the "3D book" block style. Covers look best at a 2:3 ratio, at least 640 px wide.

= Where do the preorder buttons go? =

To the sign-up link under Appearance → Product details. Put your store or preorder page there and every preorder button follows.

= Can I turn off the animations? =

Motion classes can be removed from any block in the editor's Motion panel. Visitors who prefer reduced motion see everything without animation.

= How does dark mode work? =

The switch in the header remembers each visitor's choice; until they choose, the site follows their system setting. The Night reading style variation opens in the dark scheme.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* First release.

== Copyright ==

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

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

== Resources ==

* Newsreader, (C) 2020 The Newsreader Project Authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1, https://github.com/productiontype/Newsreader (assets/fonts/newsreader, via Fontsource).
* Instrument Sans, (C) 2022 The Instrument Sans Project Authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1, https://github.com/Instrument/instrument-sans (assets/fonts/instrument-sans, via Fontsource).
* assets/images/mara-portrait.webp: photo by Alina Kakshapati, CC0, WordPress Photo Directory, https://wordpress.org/photos/photo/4976a211ee/ (cropped, resized).
* assets/images/writing-desk.webp (workspace-12) and assets/images/reading-corner.webp (interiors-2): 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/cover-long-draft.webp: book cover artwork made for Chapterly from the Symelo placeholder library image abstract-1, (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, GPLv2 or later. "The Long Draft" and Mara Ellison are fictional.
* assets/images/cover-workbook.webp, scribble.svg and flourish.svg: original artwork made for Chapterly, (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, GPLv2 or later.
* assets/video/reading-corner-loop.mp4: a slow push-in made from the Symelo placeholder library image interiors-2, (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, GPLv2 or later.
* Landing foundation images (inc/foundation/demo/images): UI screenshots are original artwork made for the foundation ("Brightloop" is fictional), (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, GPLv2 or later; photos: Symelo placeholder library (https://dev.symelo.com/tools/placeholder-images), (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, distributed with the theme under the GPLv2 or later: abstract-5, abstract-1, technology-3, workspace-8, architecture-4.
* Lucide icons (inc/foundation), ISC License, https://lucide.dev.
* Symelo Theme Kit and the Symelo landing foundation (inc/kit, inc/foundation): GPLv2 or later, (C) 2026 Symelo LTD.
