feat: brand identity v1.0.0 — Direction C Trusted Guide (theme v2.0.0-alpha.1)

Implements weeks 1–4 of the CMO brand identity sprint.

Key changes:
- CSS token system (assets/css/brand.css): full palette, verdict tokens, component styles
- Poppins/Inter/IBM Plex Mono Google Fonts loading with preload
- Full favicon/PWA/OG asset pack (peptide-repo-brand v1.0.0)
- 5-state verdict badge + card + evidence row components
- verdict_state + signal_row post meta on pr_peptide CPT
- Homepage hero: teal bg, new H1/subhead, lime search bar
- Archive verdict filter chips (CSS + pre_get_posts query hook)
- Affiliate disclosure component (3 contexts)
- page-how-we-review.php + page-about.php templates
- Footer Our Method links
- a11y: skip-to-content, reduced-motion, aria on verdict badges

QA: PASS (0 blockers) — qa-reviews/peptide-starter-theme/2026-04-26-a2bff59.md
Staging verified: https://staging.peptiderepo.com

page-about.php

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Template Name: About & Editorial Standards
+ *
+ * Editorial standards, disclosure, and about page template.
+ *
+ * @package peptide-starter
+ */
+
+get_header();
+?>
+
+<main id="main" class="site-main">
+	<div class="page-about">
+		<?php
+		while ( have_posts() ) {
+			the_post();
+			?>
+			<article id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class( 'entry-about' ); ?>>
+				<header class="entry-header">
+					<h1 class="entry-title"><?php the_title(); ?></h1>
+				</header>
+				<div class="entry-content">
+					<?php the_content(); ?>
+				</div>
+			</article>
+			<?php
+		}
+		?>
+
+		<!-- Affiliate Disclosure Block -->
+		<section class="page-about__disclosures">
+			<h2><?php esc_html_e( 'How We Make Money', 'peptide-starter' ); ?></h2>
+			<?php
+			get_template_part(
+				'template-parts/affiliate-disclosure',
+				null,
+				array( 'context' => 'banner' )
+			);
+			?>
+		</section>
+	</div>
+</main>
+
+<?php get_footer();