=== Shay Lehv ===
Contributors: Muse
Requires at least: 5.8
Tested up to: 6.8
Requires PHP: 7.4
Stable tag: 1.6.5
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

An original, lightweight WordPress theme inspired by shaylehv.com. No license key, no subscription, no upsells, no external requests.

== Description ==

Shay Lehv is an original WordPress theme written from scratch. It takes its
look and feel from shaylehv.com:

* White header with small uppercase sea-green navigation links
* Social links row with a sea-green search button that opens a search panel
* A four-column featured-posts photo strip under the header, with the date
  and title overlaid at the bottom of each photo
* Soft gray page background with white content cards and serif headlines
* Right sidebar with a styled search box and widgets
* Dark footer with widget columns, a footer menu, and a centered copyright line

Features:

* Primary, Footer, and Social menu locations
* Custom logo support
* Featured images (post thumbnails), including a cropped size for the photo strip
* Widgetized right sidebar and three-column footer widget area
* Customizer options: accent color, footer copyright text, show/hide the
  featured photo strip, breadcrumbs, related posts, back-to-top button,
  and animations
* Numbered pagination on archives, previous/next navigation on single posts
* Breadcrumbs, share buttons, author box, related posts, and threaded comments
* Back-to-top button with smooth scrolling
* Post formats (aside, image, video, quote, link, gallery) with a meta label
* Sticky posts get a "Featured" badge and an accent border
* Custom background support
* Gentle animations: scroll-reveal cards, image zoom on hover, animated
  dropdown menus, header shadow on scroll, animated search panel — all
  disabled automatically for prefers-reduced-motion users
* Responsive layout with a mobile menu toggle
* Accessible: skip link, semantic HTML, ARIA labels
* Video-friendly: embeds are constrained to a readable content width

== Installation ==

Install from the WordPress dashboard:

1. Go to Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme.
2. Choose the shay-lehv.zip file and click "Install Now".
3. Click "Activate".

Or install by hand:

1. Unzip shay-lehv.zip.
2. Upload the `shay-lehv` folder to `/wp-content/themes/` on your server.
3. Go to Appearance > Themes and click "Activate" on Shay Lehv.

After activating:

1. Go to Appearance > Menus and assign menus to the Primary, Footer, and
   (optionally) Social Links locations.
2. Go to Appearance > Customize to set your logo, the accent color, the
   footer copyright text, the featured photo strip, breadcrumbs, related
   posts, the back-to-top button, and animations.
3. Go to Appearance > Widgets to fill the Right Sidebar and Footer Widgets.

== Frequently Asked Questions ==

= Does this theme need a license key? =
No. It is 100% original code released under the GPL. There is no key,
no subscription, and no premium upsell.

= Does it phone home or load outside resources? =
No. All styles and scripts are local. It loads no web fonts, no trackers,
and no remote libraries.

== Changelog ==

= 1.6.5 =
* Added: featured slider can now appear on all pages via a new Customizer
  checkbox (on by default).

= 1.6.4 =
* Changed: featured slider is now a 3-up full-width carousel with gradient
  title overlays and edge arrows, original code.


= 1.6.3 =
* Added: new "Shay Lehv Justified Gallery" widget — justified photo grid
  with hover zoom and lightbox, original code.

= 1.6.2 =
* Added: footer copyright line now includes the theme name and build
  number, e.g. "Theme: Shay Lehv (Build 1.6.2)".

= 1.6.1 =
* Changed: header search toggle is back to the green square button with a
  white magnifier icon, per the owner's preference.

= 1.6.0 =
* Added: ?shay_lehv_random=1 redirects to a random published post (for the
  "Random" quick link in the top bar).
* Added: ?shay_lehv_view=popular orders the blog homepage by the theme's
  post-view counter (for the "Popular" quick link in the top bar); posts
  with no recorded views sort last.
* Changed: the Top Bar menu now sits on the right side of the top bar,
  directly next to the social icons as one right-aligned group.

= 1.5.0 =
* Added: "Shay Lehv Most Viewed" widget — lists the most-viewed posts with
  thumbnails, powered by a new lightweight, privacy-friendly view counter
  (counts frontend single-post views, skips staff users; falls back to recent
  posts when no views are recorded yet). Settings: title, number of posts,
  show thumbnails.
* Added: "Shay Lehv News in Pictures" widget — recent posts as a small
  picture grid with overlaid titles (posts without featured images are
  skipped). Settings: title, number of posts.

= 1.4.0 =
* Added: slim top utility bar above the header with a new "Top Bar" menu
  location; the social icons row moved out of the header into the top bar,
  right-aligned (the header keeps the search icon toggle). The bar is hidden
  when no Top Bar menu and no social icons are available.
* Added: "Featured Slider" on the homepage — random posts with featured
  images, auto-advancing every 6 seconds with pause on hover/focus, prev/next
  arrows, dot indicators, arrow-key support, and reduced-motion respect. New
  Customizer section with an enable toggle (default on) and a slide count of
  3–8 (default 5).

= 1.3.2 =
* Fixed: Email field in the Social Links Customizer no longer shows a spurious
  invalid badge (it is now an email-type field).
* Fixed: install folder name is shay-lehv (matches the theme slug).

= 1.3.1 =
* Fixed: header search toggle is now a search icon matching the home/social
  icon style instead of a solid square.

= 1.3.0 =
* Added: Social Links Customizer section with header icon row (Facebook, X,
  Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Pinterest, VK, Email, RSS).

= 1.2.0 =
* Changed: menu restyled to classic uppercase wrapping bar; home icon added
  before the Home link.

= 1.1.0 =
* Added: related posts ("You May Also Like") after single posts, with
  a Customizer toggle.
* Added: back-to-top button with smooth scrolling, with a Customizer toggle.
* Added: custom background support and post formats (aside, image, video,
  quote, link, gallery) with a small label in the entry meta.
* Added: sticky posts show a "Featured" badge and an accent top border.
* Added: Customizer toggles for breadcrumbs and for animations.
* Added: gentle animations throughout — scroll-reveal cards and photo-strip
  items, image zoom on card hover, animated dropdown menus, a soft header
  shadow on scroll, an animated search panel, and smooth button transitions.
  All animations honor prefers-reduced-motion and can be switched off in
  the Customizer.
* Improved: dropdown sub-menus now fade and slide in instead of appearing
  instantly.

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release.

== Copyright ==

Shay Lehv WordPress Theme, Copyright (C) 2026 Muse
Shay Lehv is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 or later.

This theme, like WordPress, 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.
