feat: Add staggered entrance and icon pop-in animation for feature section cards

theme/assets/css/main.css

@@ -112,8 +112,21 @@ a:hover { color: var(--color-primary); }
   transform: translateY(0);
   /* !important ensures this wins over transition: all on .oribi-card
      (same selector specificity, but .oribi-card appears later in the
-     stylesheet and would otherwise override this). */
+     stylesheet and would otherwise override this).
-  transition: opacity .5s ease, transform .5s ease !important;
+     var(--scroll-delay) is set per-card by demo-animator.js to produce
+     a staggered entrance when multiple cards reveal at once. */
+  transition: opacity .5s ease var(--scroll-delay, 0s), transform .5s ease var(--scroll-delay, 0s) !important;
+}
+
+/* Icon pop-in animation — triggered by demo-animator.js when a
+   feature-section card enters the viewport. */
+@keyframes icon-pop {
+  0%   { transform: scale(0.5); opacity: 0; }
+  60%  { transform: scale(1.2); opacity: 1; }
+  100% { transform: scale(1); }
+}
+.feature-icon.icon-pop {
+  animation: icon-pop 0.4s ease-out backwards;
 }
 
 /* Smooth theme transition */

theme/assets/js/demo-animator.js

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * Feature Section Card Animator
+ * Staggered scroll-reveal entrance + icon pop-in for .feature-section cards.
+ * Coordinates with the main.js scroll-hidden/visible system:
+ *   1. Sets --scroll-delay CSS custom property on each card so main.js's
+ *      scroll-visible transition fires at staggered intervals.
+ *   2. Uses MutationObserver to detect when scroll-visible is applied, then
+ *      triggers the icon-pop animation on the card's .feature-icon.
+ *   3. Resets the delay to 0s after the entrance so hover interactions stay snappy.
+ */
+(function () {
+  'use strict';
+
+  var STAGGER = 0.08; // seconds between each card's entrance
+
+  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {
+    if (window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches) return;
+
+    // 1. Assign incrementing --scroll-delay to every card within a feature-section.
+    //    main.js's .scroll-visible rule reads this via var(--scroll-delay, 0s).
+    document.querySelectorAll('.feature-section').forEach(function (section) {
+      section.querySelectorAll('.oribi-card').forEach(function (card, i) {
+        card.style.setProperty('--scroll-delay', (i * STAGGER).toFixed(2) + 's');
+      });
+    });
+
+    // 2. Watch for scroll-visible being added to each card.
+    var cards = document.querySelectorAll('.feature-section .oribi-card');
+    if (!cards.length) return;
+
+    var mo = new MutationObserver(function (mutations) {
+      mutations.forEach(function (m) {
+        var card = m.target;
+        if (!card.classList.contains('scroll-visible')) return;
+
+        mo.unobserve(card);
+
+        // Trigger icon pop ~150ms after the card itself starts fading in.
+        var icon = card.querySelector('.feature-icon');
+        if (icon) {
+          var cardDelay = parseFloat(card.style.getPropertyValue('--scroll-delay')) || 0;
+          icon.style.animationDelay = (cardDelay + 0.15).toFixed(2) + 's';
+          icon.classList.add('icon-pop');
+          icon.addEventListener('animationend', function () {
+            icon.classList.remove('icon-pop');
+            icon.style.animationDelay = '';
+          }, { once: true });
+        }
+
+        // Reset stagger delay after entrance transition so hover isn't delayed.
+        card.addEventListener('transitionend', function (e) {
+          if (e.propertyName === 'opacity') {
+            card.style.setProperty('--scroll-delay', '0s');
+          }
+        }, { once: true });
+      });
+    });
+
+    cards.forEach(function (card) {
+      mo.observe(card, { attributes: true, attributeFilter: ['class'] });
+    });
+  });
+}());

theme/inc/enqueue.php

@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function () {
 		true
 	);
 
+	// Feature section card animator - staggered entrance and icon pop-in
+	wp_enqueue_script(
+		'oribi-demo-animator',
+		ORIBI_URI . '/assets/js/demo-animator.js',
+		[],
+		ORIBI_VERSION . '.' . filemtime( ORIBI_DIR . '/assets/js/demo-animator.js' ),
+		true
+	);
+
 	// Localize AJAX endpoint for the contact form
 	wp_localize_script( 'oribi-main', 'oribiAjax', [
 		'url'   => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ),