frontend/src/components/react/ThemeSwitcher.tsx

@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-import { useState, useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
-
-const THEMES = [
-  { value: 'salon', label: 'Salon' },
-  { value: 'salon-noir', label: 'Salon Noir' },
-  { value: 'gothic', label: 'Gothic' },
-  { value: 'breakcore', label: 'Breakcore' },
-];
-
-interface Props {
-  defaultTheme?: string;
-}
-
-export default function ThemeSwitcher({ defaultTheme = 'salon' }: Props) {
-  const [theme, setTheme] = useState(() => {
-    if (typeof window !== 'undefined') {
-      return localStorage.getItem('user-theme') || defaultTheme;
-    }
-    return defaultTheme;
-  });
-  const [toast, setToast] = useState<string | null>(null);
-  const isFirst = useRef(true);
-
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const html = document.documentElement;
-    THEMES.forEach(t => html.classList.remove(t.value));
-    html.classList.add(theme);
-    localStorage.setItem('user-theme', theme);
-
-    if (isFirst.current) {
-      isFirst.current = false;
-      return;
-    }
-    const label = THEMES.find(t => t.value === theme)?.label ?? theme;
-    setToast(`Theme: ${label}`);
-    const id = setTimeout(() => setToast(null), 1200);
-    return () => clearTimeout(id);
-  }, [theme]);
-
-  return (
-    <div className="relative inline-block text-left">
-      <select
-        value={theme}
-        onChange={(e) => setTheme(e.target.value)}
-        aria-label="Theme"
-        className="topbar-control theme-select"
-      >
-        {THEMES.map(t => (
-          <option key={t.value} value={t.value}>{t.label}</option>
-        ))}
-      </select>
-      <div className="pointer-events-none absolute inset-y-0 right-0 flex items-center px-2 text-[var(--subtext0)]">
-        <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="12" height="12" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" strokeWidth="2" strokeLinecap="round" strokeLinejoin="round"><path d="m6 9 6 6 6-6"/></svg>
-      </div>
-      {toast && <div className="toast" role="status">{toast}</div>}
-    </div>
-  );
-}

frontend/src/layouts/Layout.astro

@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import '../styles/global.css';
 import '@fontsource-variable/fraunces';
 import '@fontsource-variable/eb-garamond';
 import '@fontsource-variable/jetbrains-mono';
-import ThemeSwitcher from '../components/react/ThemeSwitcher';
 import Search from '../components/react/Search';
 import LogoutButton from '../components/react/LogoutButton';
 import EditableText from '../components/react/EditableText';
@@ -77,9 +76,11 @@ const hasContact = (siteConfig.contact_links?.length ?? 0) > 0;
 		{image && <meta name="twitter:image" content={image} />}
 		<link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title={siteConfig.title} href="/feed.xml" />
 		{siteConfig.custom_css && <style set:html={siteConfig.custom_css} />}
-		<script is:inline define:vars={{ defaultTheme: siteConfig.theme }}>
+		<script is:inline define:vars={{ siteTheme: siteConfig.theme }}>
-			const savedTheme = localStorage.getItem('user-theme') || defaultTheme || 'salon';
+			// Theme is owner-controlled (site config). Drop any legacy
-			document.documentElement.classList.add(savedTheme);
+				// per-visitor override so everyone sees the configured theme.
+				try { localStorage.removeItem('user-theme'); } catch (e) {}
+			document.documentElement.classList.add(siteTheme || 'salon');
 		</script>
 		<script is:inline>
 			// When a page is restored from the back/forward cache (e.g. after
@@ -129,7 +130,6 @@ const hasContact = (siteConfig.contact_links?.length ?? 0) > 0;
 							<a href="/contact" class="topbar-control">Contact</a>
 						)}
 						<Search client:idle />
-						<ThemeSwitcher client:only="react" defaultTheme={siteConfig.theme} />
 						<span class="topbar-divider" aria-hidden="true"></span>
 						{isAdmin ? (
 							<LogoutButton client:idle />

frontend/src/styles/global.css

@@ -790,17 +790,35 @@ code, pre, kbd, samp {
 }
 .plate-tag-mini {
   position: absolute;
-  bottom: 18px;
+  bottom: 16px;
-  right: 18px;
+  right: 16px;
-  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--crust) 78%, transparent);
+  background: color-mix(in srgb, var(--crust) 70%, transparent);
   color: var(--rosewater);
-  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--rosewater) 22%, transparent);
+  border: 1px solid color-mix(in srgb, var(--rosewater) 18%, transparent);
-  font-family: var(--font-display);
+  border-radius: 999px;
-  font-size: 0.7rem;
+  font-family: var(--font-sans);
-  letter-spacing: 0.16em;
+  font-size: 0.6rem;
-  padding: 3px 8px;
+  font-weight: 600;
+  letter-spacing: 0.22em;
+  padding: 4px 11px;
   text-transform: uppercase;
-  backdrop-filter: blur(2px);
+  backdrop-filter: blur(3px);
+}
+/* Breakcore: hard neon catalogue tag — sharp rect, offset shadow, glow.
+ * Matches the layer's hazard-tape / hard-offset chrome language. */
+.breakcore .plate-tag-mini {
+  background: var(--crust);
+  color: var(--green);
+  border: 1px solid var(--mauve);
+  border-radius: 0;
+  font-family: var(--font-mono);
+  font-weight: 500;
+  letter-spacing: 0.14em;
+  text-shadow: 0 0 6px color-mix(in srgb, var(--green) 60%, transparent);
+  box-shadow:
+    2px 2px 0 var(--mauve),
+    0 0 14px -2px color-mix(in srgb, var(--mauve) 65%, transparent);
+  backdrop-filter: none;
 }
 
 /* Nameplate — the museum-style header used in the site chrome */
@@ -811,19 +829,6 @@ code, pre, kbd, samp {
   gap: 2px;
   position: relative;
 }
-.nameplate::after {
-  content: "";
-  position: absolute;
-  left: 0;
-  right: 0;
-  bottom: -6px;
-  height: 2px;
-  background: linear-gradient(to right,
-    var(--mauve) 0%,
-    var(--mauve) 35%,
-    var(--surface2) 35%,
-    var(--surface2) 100%);
-}
 .nameplate-title {
   font-family: var(--font-display);
   font-weight: 600;
@@ -831,7 +836,10 @@ code, pre, kbd, samp {
   font-size: 1.6rem;
   letter-spacing: -0.01em;
   color: var(--text);
-  line-height: 1.12;
+  /* Loose enough that italic-Fraunces descenders (g, y, p) and the
+   * breakcore chromatic glow clear the line box — nothing slices them. */
+  line-height: 1.2;
+  padding-bottom: 0.06em;
 }
 .nameplate-subtitle {
   font-family: var(--font-sans);
@@ -1275,18 +1283,7 @@ input[type="date"] { color-scheme: light; }
   );
 }
 
-/* Nameplate — striped datamosh underline + glitch-shear burst on hover. */
+/* Nameplate — glitch-shear burst on hover (underline removed site-wide). */
-.breakcore .nameplate::after {
-  height: 3px;
-  bottom: -6px;
-  opacity: 0.9;
-  background: repeating-linear-gradient(
-    90deg,
-    var(--mauve) 0 6px,
-    var(--green) 6px 12px,
-    var(--blue) 12px 18px
-  );
-}
 @keyframes bc-shear {
   0%   { clip-path: inset(0 0 0 0);     transform: translateX(0);
          text-shadow: -1px 0 0 var(--teal), 1px 0 0 var(--mauve); }