=== Carbon Theme ===
Contributors: Your Name/Team Name
Tags: custom-theme, starter-theme, blank-slate, minimalist, block-editor-ready, fast, performance
Requires at least: 6.0
Tested up to: 6.8
Stable tag: 1.0.0
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Carbon Theme is a highly focused, custom-built starter theme designed to provide a completely clean canvas for modern WordPress development. It strips away all non-essential styling and markup from the core WordPress theme system, making it an ideal base for highly optimized, headless, or single-purpose websites.
== Description ==
This theme originated from the "Intentionally Blank" project and has been fully customized with the 'carbon' text domain and file structure. It features:
Minimal Footprint: Only essential WordPress PHP functions are included.
Decoupled Frontend: Aggressively dequeues default WordPress CSS and blocks styles.
Custom Templates: Includes clean header.php, footer.php, and a dedicated front-page.php for static homepage development.
Developer Focused: Provides the maximum control necessary to build custom HTML/CSS/JS without fighting pre-existing theme bloat.
== Getting Started ==
To begin development, add custom CSS and scripts by enqueuing them via the functions.php file. All core development should focus on building the custom markup within front-page.php for the static homepage.
== Changelog ==
= 1.0.0 =
Initial stable release of the Carbon Theme base.
Fully stripped and refactored from the Intentionally Blank theme (v3.1.1).
All naming conventions, function prefixes, and text domains updated to 'carbon'.
Added core template files (header.php, footer.php, front-page.php).
Included a temporary black background injection in functions.php for visibility during development.