=== ACL Trace ===

Contributors: Ashes Creative Labs
Requires at least: 6.8
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: 8.0
Stable tag: 3.0.6
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Text Domain: acl-trace

ACL Trace WordPress Theme, Copyright 2026 Ashes Creative Labs.
ACL Trace is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 or later.

== Description ==

ACL Trace is a next-generation terminal editorial block theme with a dark Trace Magenta default, responsive typography, native templates, native Navigation, a semantic component system, and eight production patterns.

The theme uses a theme.json v3 design system and remains editable in the Site Editor. It has no build step, no theme JavaScript, and no remote font dependency.

No companion plugin is required. ACL Site Style Kit can override palettes and typography. ACL Site Essentials can provide optional metadata, schema, breadcrumbs, canonical/robots controls, discovery controls, and frontend emoji settings. ACL Featured Image Plus can provide enhanced featured-image presentation.

== Features ==

* Native block-theme templates and editable template parts.
* Dark Trace Magenta semantic palette, internal subtle border color, and responsive typography.
* Native Navigation with a portable Page List fallback.
* Trace Card, button, form, Query Loop, comment, table, quote, code, Details, and media presentation.
* Eight included patterns: Signal Hero, Signal CTA, Feature Grid, Two Column Content, Media and Text, Post Grid, Testimonials, and FAQ.
* Visible keyboard focus, forced-colors support, reduced-motion behavior, and semantic landmarks.
* Separate parent and child stylesheet loading with independent versions.

== Installation ==

1. Open Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
2. Upload `acl-trace-3.0.6.zip`.
3. Install and activate ACL Trace.
4. Open Appearance > Editor to customize the theme.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does ACL Trace require a companion plugin? =

No. The companion plugins listed in the description are optional.

= Does changing the Text color also change theme borders? =

No. The user-editable Text color is independent from the theme's internal subtle border color. Media blocks and generic Groups are border-free by default, intentional theme borders use the internal token, and borders selected explicitly in the editor are preserved.

= Does ACL Trace include third-party commerce integration? =

No third-party commerce integration is included or claimed for 3.0.6.

= How do child themes load CSS? =

The parent stylesheet loads once. When a child theme is active, its stylesheet loads once after the parent and uses its own file modification version.

= Is an acl-trace-main development checkout upgraded automatically? =

No. `acl-trace-main` and `acl-trace` are different theme slugs. Back up the database and migrate only verified slug-scoped state before activating the production package.

== Changelog ==

= 3.0.6 =
* Added verified WordPress 6.8 compatibility while retaining support for WordPress 6.9 and 7.0.
* Preserved named border-radius presets on WordPress 6.9 and later while retaining the standard custom radius control on WordPress 6.8.
* Replaced the unsupported Query block spacing attribute with an equivalent scoped CSS fallback.

= 3.0.5 =
* Added a `licence.txt` compatibility notice for the legacy filename used by WordPress.org Theme Check 20231220.
* Retained the standards-correct `license.txt` file and complete GPLv2 text. No functional theme changes are included.

= 3.0.4 =
* Ensured WordPress.org Theme Check detects the ACL Trace copyright and GPL licensing notice through `license.txt`.
* No functional theme changes are included.

= 3.0.3 =
* Clarified and normalized theme copyright and GPL licensing attribution for WordPress.org validation.

= 3.0.2 =
* Moved the subtle theme border color to an internal custom token outside the user-editable palette.
* Preserved user-selected Image borders and all block border and radius controls.
* Reset the ACL Image Plus wrapper border while preserving explicit media-element borders.

= 3.0.1 =
* Decoupled decorative and component borders from the Global Styles Text color.
* Added the Border Subtle semantic token while preserving the legacy Border preset for existing content.
* Completed width-only template separators with explicit neutral border colors and styles.
* Preserved border-free media and generic Group defaults plus explicitly selected editor borders.

= 3.0.0 =
* Established the presentation-only architecture and ACL Site Essentials separation.
* Preserved canonical native templates and moved the design foundation to theme.json v3.
* Added the dark Trace Magenta identity, responsive typography, and semantic component system.
* Consolidated the production pattern library to eight patterns.
* Improved focus, forced-colors, reduced-motion, overflow, and responsive behavior.
* Hardened release metadata, portable Navigation, child-theme styles, packaging, documentation, translation, and screenshot assets.
* Removed unvalidated third-party commerce support declarations and claims.

== Upgrade Notice ==

= 3.0.6 =
Adds verified WordPress 6.8 compatibility while preserving WordPress 6.9 and 7.0 behavior.

= 3.0.5 =
Adds a compatibility copyright notice for the legacy filename used by WordPress.org Theme Check. No functional theme changes are included.

= 3.0.4 =
Ensures WordPress.org Theme Check detects the theme copyright and GPL licensing notice. No functional theme changes are included.

= 3.0.3 =
Clarifies theme copyright and GPL licensing metadata. No functional theme changes are included.

= 3.0.2 =
Theme borders now use an internal custom token instead of inheriting the user-editable Text color. The ACL Image Plus wrapper remains border-free unless its media element has an explicit border.

= 3.0.1 =
Theme borders use the dedicated Border Subtle token instead of inheriting the Text color.

= 3.0.0 =
Development folders named `acl-trace-main` are separate from the production `acl-trace` package. Back up and migrate verified slug-scoped state before activation.

== Copyright ==

ACL Trace WordPress Theme, Copyright 2026 Ashes Creative Labs.
ACL Trace is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2 or later.
