chore(client): default new users to Nostalgia and teal

Give users without stored appearance choices the Nostalgia style and teal accent while preserving saved selections and BookOrbit styling on standalone pages.

client/public/theme-init.js

@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@
 
   var root = document.documentElement
   var theme = readStoredValue('theme', 'system')
-  var accent = readStoredValue('accent', 'blue')
+  var accent = readStoredValue('accent', 'teal')
   var radius = readStoredValue('radius', 'default')
-  var style = readStoredValue('style', 'bookorbit')
+  var style = readStoredValue('style', 'nostalgia')
   var surfacePalette = readStoredValue('surfacePalette', 'steel')
   var rawReach = localStorage.getItem('glowReach')
   var storedReach = rawReach === null ? 50 : Number(rawReach)

client/src/lib/theme-accent-meta.ts

@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ const ACCENT_META_BY_ID: Record<Accent, AccentMetaDefinition> = {
   blush: { label: 'Blush', tone: 'pastel', hue: 328, primary: [0.68, 0.13, 0.81, 0.12] },
 }
 
-export const DEFAULT_ACCENT: Accent = 'blue'
+export const DEFAULT_ACCENT: Accent = 'teal'
 
 export function resolveAccent(accent: string | null | undefined): Accent {
   if (!accent) return DEFAULT_ACCENT

client/src/stores/__tests__/theme.spec.ts

@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ describe('useThemeStore', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
       const colorScheme = createColorSchemeQuery(false)
       stubColorScheme(colorScheme.query)
+      localStorage.setItem('style', '"bookorbit"')
       document.documentElement.style.removeProperty('--shell-surface-opacity')
     })
 
@@ -229,13 +230,14 @@ describe('useThemeStore', () => {
       document.documentElement.removeAttribute('data-surface')
     })
 
-    it('starts on the BookOrbit style with the steel palette', () => {
+    it('starts on the Nostalgia style with the teal accent and steel palette', () => {
       setActivePinia(createPinia())
       const store = useThemeStore()
 
-      expect(store.style).toBe('bookorbit')
+      expect(store.style).toBe('nostalgia')
+      expect(store.accent).toBe('teal')
       expect(store.surfacePalette).toBe('steel')
-      expect(document.documentElement.getAttribute('data-style')).toBe('bookorbit')
+      expect(document.documentElement.getAttribute('data-style')).toBe('nostalgia')
       expect(document.documentElement.getAttribute('data-surface')).toBe('steel')
     })
 
@@ -259,7 +261,7 @@ describe('useThemeStore', () => {
       setActivePinia(createPinia())
       const store = useThemeStore()
 
-      expect(store.style).toBe('bookorbit')
+      expect(store.style).toBe('nostalgia')
       expect(store.surfacePalette).toBe('steel')
     })
 
@@ -296,12 +298,13 @@ describe('useThemeStore', () => {
       setActivePinia(createPinia())
       const store = useThemeStore()
 
-      expect(store.styleDefinition.controls.surfacePalette).toBe(false)
-      store.setStyle('nostalgia')
       expect(store.styleDefinition.controls.surfacePalette).toBe(true)
+      store.setStyle('bookorbit')
+      expect(store.styleDefinition.controls.surfacePalette).toBe(false)
     })
 
     it('changes the appearance key only for settings that change token values', () => {
+      localStorage.setItem('style', '"bookorbit"')
       setActivePinia(createPinia())
       const store = useThemeStore()
       const initial = store.appearanceKey
@@ -322,6 +325,7 @@ describe('useThemeStore', () => {
     })
 
     it('paints the pinned brightness and opacity under Nostalgia and keeps the stored ones', async () => {
+      localStorage.setItem('style', '"bookorbit"')
       localStorage.setItem('brightness', '80')
       localStorage.setItem('surfaceOpacity', '85')
       setActivePinia(createPinia())
@@ -362,6 +366,7 @@ describe('useThemeStore', () => {
     })
 
     it('drops the background pattern under Nostalgia and restores the stored one after', () => {
+      localStorage.setItem('style', '"bookorbit"')
       localStorage.setItem('background', '"aurora"')
       setActivePinia(createPinia())
       const store = useThemeStore()

client/src/stores/theme.ts

@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export const useThemeStore = defineStore('theme', () => {
 
   /** A style dresses the app shell only; sign-in pages and readers always paint as BookOrbit. */
   const styleScopeActive = ref(isAppShellPath(window.location.pathname))
-  const appliedStyle = computed<Style>(() => (styleScopeActive.value ? style.value : DEFAULT_STYLE))
+  const appliedStyle = computed<Style>(() => (styleScopeActive.value ? style.value : 'bookorbit'))
   const appliedStyleDefinition = computed(() => getThemeStyle(appliedStyle.value))
   const styleDefinition = computed(() => getThemeStyle(style.value))
   const appearanceControls = computed(() => getAppearanceControls(style.value))