=== Firstlight ===
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 poster-bold block theme for product launches, waitlists, beta programs and coming-soon pages.

== Description ==

Firstlight turns a launch into a poster. Every section is one dramatic screen: huge extended display type (Syne) over sunrise photography with grain, a round "Coming soon" sticker, the launch countdown front and center and a waitlist with a live count. Chrome stays out of the way: a slim header with a Menu button that opens a full-screen poster menu, and a sign-off footer.

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

* Launch countdown, waitlist form and live waitlist count (set the date and the starting count under Appearance → Product details).
* Heroes: countdown poster, sneak peek with a blurred screenshot, a video loop, a three-line manifesto, launch week day cards and the latest release.
* Launch sections: ticker band, "What's coming" with "Coming soon" badges, launch week, a founder's letter, waitlist proof with testimonials, numbers, press mentions, pricing with a monthly/yearly switch, FAQ and the final countdown.
* Press kit (Masonry gallery with a lightbox and download links), a screen carousel, video sections.
* Forms with a Messages inbox in wp-admin: waitlist, launch notes, beta application, press and contact.
* Features, integrations (chips and instant search) and a changelog with their own designed pages.
* Templates: blog, single post, page, archive, search, a "Too early." 404, Landing page, Launch one-pager with section links and a Coming soon page without the menu.
* Light "sunrise" and dark "dusk" schemes with a switch, and four style variations: Dusk, Mono, Electric and Rose.
* Motion that respects reduced-motion settings, fonts bundled with the theme, no requests to other sites.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Where do waitlist and form messages go? =

Every form stores its messages under Messages in wp-admin. To get them by email too, open Messages → Settings, turn on email and enter the recipients. The waitlist forms in the patterns don't send email by default; select a form in the editor to change that and to set its own recipient.

= How do I set the launch date and the waitlist count? =

Appearance → Product details: "Launch date" drives every countdown, the header date and the stickers; "Waitlist starting count" is added to the number of people who joined through the waitlist forms. Secure Custom Fields is needed to edit these fields; the theme offers to install it.

= Can posts have a featured video? =

Yes. In the post's sidebar, add a YouTube, Vimeo or video file URL under Featured video. It replaces the featured image on the post page.

= Can I turn off the animations? =

Visitors who ask their system for reduced motion get none. To remove an animation for everyone, select the block and clear it in the Motion panel.

= How does dark mode work? =

The sun/moon button in the header switches between the sunrise and dusk palettes and remembers the choice; without a choice the visitor's system setting is used. The Dusk style variation is dark all the time.

== Changelog ==

= 1.0.0 =
* First release.

== Copyright ==

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

== Resources ==

* Syne, (C) 2019 The Syne Project Authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1, https://gitlab.com/bonjour-monde/fonderie/syne-typeface (assets/fonts/syne/OFL.txt).
* Work Sans, (C) 2019 The Work Sans Project Authors, SIL Open Font License 1.1, https://github.com/weiweihuanghuang/Work-Sans (assets/fonts/work-sans/OFL.txt).
* Images in assets/images and the video loop in assets/video: Symelo placeholder library (https://dev.symelo.com/tools/placeholder-images), (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, distributed with the theme under the GPLv2 or later. Images: abstract-10 (firstlight-prism.webp, firstlight-prism-loop.mp4), abstract-6 (firstlight-ribbon.webp), abstract-7 (firstlight-dunes.webp), abstract-2 (firstlight-glass.webp).
* Photos in inc/foundation/demo/images: 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-ink.webp), abstract-1 (abstract-waves.webp), technology-3 (tech-fiber.webp), workspace-8 (office-team.webp), architecture-4 (glass-tower.webp).
* UI screenshots in inc/foundation/demo/images (ui-roadmap, ui-roadmap-dark, ui-feedback, ui-insights, ui-mobile): original artwork made for the Symelo landing foundation ("Brightloop" is fictional), (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, GPLv2 or later.
* Icons in inc/foundation: Lucide icons, ISC License, https://lucide.dev (inc/foundation/assets/icons/LICENSE.txt).
* Symelo Theme Kit (inc/kit) and Symelo landing foundation (inc/foundation): (C) 2026 Symelo LTD, GPLv2 or later.
