Atlas Editorial

== Description ==

Atlas Editorial ships ten article patterns and no page builder. Each pattern is a real block pattern, registered from a PHP file you can read, so inserting one gives an editor ordinary blocks they already know how to move. Nothing is locked, and nothing renders through a shortcode that breaks when the theme changes.

The byline system handles the cases magazines actually have: two authors, an author and a photographer, a staff byline with no person attached. Each is a template part, not a filter chain, so overriding one is a matter of copying a file.

Typography is set once in the style variations and inherited everywhere. There is no font picker in the Customizer, because a font picker in the Customizer is how a publication ends up with four typefaces.

== Screenshots ==

Numbered the way they ship in /assets/. Click any one to see it full width.

== Installation ==

• Upload the theme folder to wp-content/themes/, or install the ZIP from Appearance → Themes → Add New.
• Activate it, then pick a style variation under Appearance → Editor → Styles.
• Assign your menus. The theme registers one primary location and one footer location.
• Insert any of the ten article patterns from the block inserter’s Patterns tab.

No demo importer. The patterns are the demo.

== Frequently asked questions ==

Can I use it without the block editor?

No. Every layout in Atlas is a block pattern or a template part; there is nothing left in PHP to hook into if you disable the editor.

How many style variations are there?

Four, two light and two dark. Each changes type, colour and spacing together — they are not palettes bolted onto one design.

Will my patterns survive a theme update?

Patterns you inserted are ordinary blocks in your content and are never touched. Patterns you did not insert are re-registered on update.

== Changelog ==