decided in favor of dedicated COMPONENT() macro, updates to documentation

site/examples/uce-starter/views/account/login.uce

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 {
 	starter_boot(context);
 	context.var["starter"]["page_title"] = "Login";
+	StarterUser users(context);
 	DTree result;
 	if(context.params["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
 	{
-		result = starter_user_sign_in(context.post["email"], context.post["password"], context);
+		result = users.sign_in(context.post["email"], context.post["password"]);
 		if(result["result"].to_string() != "")
 		{
 			starter_redirect("account/profile", context);

site/examples/uce-starter/views/account/logout.uce

@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 RENDER(Request& context)
 {
 	starter_boot(context);
-	starter_user_logout(context);
+	StarterUser(context).logout();
 	starter_redirect("account/login", context);
 }

site/examples/uce-starter/views/account/profile.uce

@@ -3,13 +3,14 @@
 RENDER(Request& context)
 {
 	starter_boot(context);
-	if(!starter_is_signed_in(context))
+	StarterUser users(context);
+	if(!users.is_signed_in())
 	{
 		starter_redirect("account/login", context);
 		return;
 	}
 	context.var["starter"]["page_title"] = "Profile";
-	DTree user = starter_current_user(context);
+	DTree user = users.current();
 	String roles = "";
 	user["roles"].each([&](DTree role, String key) {
 		if(roles != "")

site/examples/uce-starter/views/account/register.uce

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 {
 	starter_boot(context);
 	context.var["starter"]["page_title"] = "Register";
+	StarterUser users(context);
 	DTree result;
 	if(context.params["REQUEST_METHOD"] == "POST")
-		result = starter_user_create(context.post["email"], context.post["password"], context);
+		result = users.create(context.post["email"], context.post["password"]);
 
 	<>
 		<h1>Register</h1>

site/examples/uce-starter/views/auth/demo.uce

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 		</div>
 		<div class="card">
 			<h2>Current Session Status</h2>
-			<? if(context.session["starter_user_id"] != "") { ?>
+			<? if(context.session[StarterUser::session_key()] != "") { ?>
 				<div class="success-card">
 					<h3>Logged In</h3>
-					<p>User ID: <?= context.session["starter_user_id"] ?></p>
+					<p>User ID: <?= context.session[StarterUser::session_key()] ?></p>
 				</div>
 			<? } else { ?>
 				<div class="component-card">

site/examples/uce-starter/views/auth/store-oauth-session.uce

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		starter_set_status(context, 400, "Bad Request");
+		context.set_status(400, "Bad Request");
 		context.var["starter"]["json"]["status"] = "error";
 		context.var["starter"]["json"]["message"] = "Invalid input";
 	}

site/examples/uce-starter/views/index.uce

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 			<h2>Theme Families</h2>
 			<p>Compare the starter’s built-in theme families and jump to the live gallery.</p>
 			<div class="theme-grid">
-				<? starter_cfg("theme/options", context).each([&](DTree theme, String key) {
+				<? context.cfg.get_by_path("theme/options").each([&](DTree theme, String key) {
 					if(key != "portal-light" && key != "portal-dark" && key != "localfirst")
 						return;
 					StringMap theme_params;

site/examples/uce-starter/views/page1.uce

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 					<div class="window-dot green"></div>
 					<span class="mono-text">marketing_blocks.uce</span>
 				</div>
-				<pre class="code-block"><code>RENDER:HERO_SECTION(Request&amp; context)
+				<pre class="code-block"><code>COMPONENT:HERO_SECTION(Request&amp; context)
 {
     String title = first(context.call["title"].to_string(), "Welcome");
     &lt;&gt;

site/examples/uce-starter/views/page2.uce

@@ -10,7 +10,16 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 			<p>This is the content of Page 2. You can add more information here.</p>
 			<p>Sed at dolor leo. Morbi a tellus sed nisl dictum ultricies sit amet at purus. Nam mattis metus sed nunc egestas convallis.</p>
 			<br/>
-			<button onclick="$('#page2-section1').load('<?= starter_link("page2-section1", context) ?>')">Load new text</button>
+			<button id="page2-load-button" data-load-url="<?= starter_link("page2-section1", context) ?>" type="button">Load new text</button>
 		</div>
+		<script>
+		(function () {
+			const button = document.getElementById('page2-load-button');
+			if (!button) return;
+			button.addEventListener('click', function () {
+				$('#page2-section1').load(button.dataset.loadUrl);
+			});
+		}());
+		</script>
 	</>
 }

site/examples/uce-starter/views/theme-preview.uce

@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 	starter_boot(context);
 	context.var["starter"]["page_title"] = "Theme Preview";
 	starter_register_css("views/themes.css", context);
-	String current_theme_key = starter_theme_value("key", context);
-	String theme_label = first(starter_theme_value("label", context), current_theme_key);
-	String theme_mode = starter_theme_value("mode", context);
+	String current_theme_key = context.cfg.get_by_path("theme/key").to_string();
+	String theme_label = first(context.cfg.get_by_path("theme/label").to_string(), current_theme_key);
+	String theme_mode = context.cfg.get_by_path("theme/mode").to_string();
 	StringMap theme_params;
 	theme_params["theme"] = current_theme_key;
 

site/examples/uce-starter/views/themes.uce

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 	starter_boot(context);
 	context.var["starter"]["page_title"] = "Themes";
 	starter_register_css("views/themes.css", context);
-	String current_theme = starter_theme_value("key", context);
+	String current_theme = context.cfg.get_by_path("theme/key").to_string();
 
 	<>
 		<div class="theme-gallery-shell">
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ RENDER(Request& context)
 				<p>The gallery renders the same preview content in each theme family. This makes it easier to judge shell fit, typography, token balance, and embed behavior.</p>
 			</section>
 			<div class="theme-gallery-grid">
-				<? starter_cfg("theme/options", context).each([&](DTree theme_info, String theme_key) {
+				<? context.cfg.get_by_path("theme/options").each([&](DTree theme_info, String theme_key) {
 					StringMap params;
 					params["theme"] = theme_key;
 					String preview_href = starter_link("theme-preview", params, context);