=== Lamplight ===
Contributors: webint
Requires at least: 6.6
Tested up to: 7.1
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.2.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

A warm, welcoming block theme for churches and faith communities.

== Description ==

Lamplight is a block theme for churches, ministries and faith communities. Deep evening blues, a warm lamp-gold accent and a friendly serif for headings give first-time guests a calm, welcoming first impression. It ships with ready-made patterns for every part of a church website:

* Welcome hero with service times and a "first time with us?" card
* Plan your visit: service times, location, directions and what to expect
* Latest sermon with a video area, speaker and scripture, plus earlier messages
* Ministries grid with icons (kids, students, small groups, worship, outreach, prayer)
* Upcoming events with date badges
* Meet the pastor, with your church's story and beliefs
* Questions first-time guests often ask (accordion)
* Online giving call to action
* Latest church news
* A complete church home page you can start from in one click

The welcome hero, sermons and events sections each come in three layouts, so you can pick the arrangement that fits your church: the welcome hero as two columns, centered, or light with a large photo; sermons as the latest message, a video grid or a centered spotlight; events as cards, a simple bulletin-style list or one featured event.

Everything is editable in the Site Editor — no code required. Lamplight includes eight color styles (Lamplight, Hymnal, Harbor, Vineyard, Dancheong, Morning Light, Terracotta and Advent) and a "Modern Sans" typography option, so each church can choose its own look in one click.

== Getting started ==

Lamplight shows a complete church home page as soon as you activate it: welcome hero, plan your visit, latest sermon, ministries, events, meet the pastor, questions from guests, giving and church news.

1. Go to Appearance → Editor → Templates and open "Front Page".
2. Replace the sample service times, address and names with your own, and point the "Give Online" button to your church's giving page.
3. Save. Your changes appear on the home page right away.

To add more pages with the same sections (for example "About" or "Visit"), go to Pages → Add New, choose the "Wide page (landing)" template and insert sections from Patterns → Lamplight: Church.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= How do I show our sermon video from YouTube? =

In the "Latest sermon" section, select the sermon image and delete it. Add an Embed block in its place and paste the link to your YouTube video or livestream. WordPress shows the video player automatically.

= Does Lamplight include online giving, an events calendar or a sermon library? =

No. Payments, calendars and media libraries are plugin territory, so Lamplight keeps its giving and events sections as editable content and calls to action. Link the Give Online button to your giving provider, and add blocks from an events or sermon plugin wherever you need them.

= I set a static home page in Settings → Reading, but the home page did not change. Why? =

The "Front Page" template always shows on your home page. Edit your home page in Appearance → Editor → Templates → Front Page. If you would rather build the home page as a regular page, open the Front Page template, delete its sections and add a "Content" block in their place; your chosen static page then shows there.

= How do I switch a section to a different layout? =

Open the page or the Front Page template, select the section and delete it, then open the block inserter, go to Patterns → Lamplight: Church and insert the layout you want (for example "Hero — Centered" or "Events — Simple list"). Each layout has the same kind of content, so you only need to retype your own text.

= Can I change the colors and fonts? =

Yes. Open Appearance → Editor → Styles and click "Browse styles" to try the eight color styles and the "Modern Sans" typography. You can also change any color, font or spacing yourself.

== Changelog ==

= 1.2.0 =
* New: two more layouts each for the welcome hero (Centered, Light with photo), sermons (Video grid, Spotlight) and events (Simple list, Featured), so every one of these sections comes in three layouts.
* New church illustration for the light hero; replace it with a photo of your church.
* The phone-size height rule for the hero lamp panel no longer affects other glass panels.

= 1.1.1 =
* Icons now take the primary color of any palette, including colors you choose yourself in Styles, and update live in the editor.
* Images you upload into an icon tile keep their own colors.

= 1.1.0 =
* New: seven color styles (Hymnal, Harbor, Vineyard, Dancheong, Morning Light, Terracotta and Advent), each checked for WCAG AA contrast.
* Icons follow the selected color style.

= 1.0.1 =
* New: a Front Page template, so the full church home page shows as soon as the theme is activated.
* Updated the Getting started steps.

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release.

== Copyright ==

Lamplight WordPress Theme, (C) 2026 Web Integrate
Lamplight 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.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

== Resources ==

Inter
Copyright 2020 The Inter Project Authors (https://github.com/rsms/inter)
License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1 — https://openfontlicense.org
Source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inter

Lora
Copyright 2011 The Lora Project Authors (https://github.com/cyrealtype/Lora-Cyrillic)
License: SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1 — https://openfontlicense.org
Source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lora

Icons and illustrations (assets/images/*.svg, assets/images/icons/*.svg)
Copyright 2026 Web Integrate
License: GPLv2 or later
Source: Original work created for this theme.

Screenshot (screenshot.png)
Copyright 2026 Web Integrate
License: GPLv2 or later
Source: Screenshot of the theme's own patterns; contains no third-party images.
