feat: homepage animations; Arabic as default locale

apps/cms/config/plugins.ts

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ const deniedTypes = [
 /**
  * The locales the site ships with.
  *
- * `en` is the default (LTR) and `ar` is the right-to-left translation. The web
+ * `ar` is the default (RTL) and `en` is the left-to-right translation. The web
  * app mirrors these codes in its URL prefixes (`/en/...`, `/ar/...`), so the
  * codes here are part of the public contract - do not rename them.
  *
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ const deniedTypes = [
  * here plus a restart.
  */
 const locales = [
-  { code: 'en', name: 'English (en)', isDefault: true },
-  { code: 'ar', name: 'Arabic (ar)' },
+  { code: 'ar', name: 'Arabic (ar)', isDefault: true },
+  { code: 'en', name: 'English (en)' },
 ];
 
 const config = ({ env }: Core.Config.Shared.ConfigParams): Core.Config.Plugin => ({
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ const config = ({ env }: Core.Config.Shared.ConfigParams): Core.Config.Plugin =>
   i18n: {
     enabled: true,
     config: {
-      defaultLocale: 'en',
+      defaultLocale: 'ar',
       locales,
     },
   },

apps/cms/src/bootstrap/constants.ts

@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ export type LocaleDefinition = {
  * is that config file.
  */
 export const FALLBACK_LOCALES: LocaleDefinition[] = [
-  { code: 'en', name: 'English (en)', isDefault: true },
-  { code: 'ar', name: 'Arabic (ar)' },
+  { code: 'ar', name: 'Arabic (ar)', isDefault: true },
+  { code: 'en', name: 'English (en)' },
 ];
 
 /** `type` of the users-permissions role that unauthenticated requests use. */

apps/cms/src/seed/index.ts

@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ async function seedDemo(
   log(strapi, `${DEMO_PARTNERS.length} demo network partners`);
 
   for (const item of DEMO_FAQS) {
-    await upsert(strapi, UID.faq, item, { question: { $eq: item.en.question } });
+    await upsert(strapi, UID.faq, item, { question: { $eq: item.ar.question } });
   }
   log(strapi, `${DEMO_FAQS.length} demo FAQs`);
 

apps/cms/src/seed/upsert.ts

@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@
    explicit `--demo --clean`.
 
    THE SHAPE OF A WRITE
-     A seed entry is always a pair - the English document and its Arabic
+     A seed entry is always a pair - the Arabic document and its English
      translation - because every localised content type on this site ships in
-     both languages (CLAUDE.md rule 7). `upsert` writes the English document
-     first, because that is the one carrying the identity (the slug), then
-     writes the Arabic locale onto the SAME document, which is how Strapi 5
-     models a translation: one `documentId`, one row per locale.
+     both languages (CLAUDE.md rule 7) and Arabic is the CMS's default locale.
+     `upsert` writes the Arabic document first, because that is the one
+     carrying the identity (the slug), then writes the English locale onto the
+     SAME document, which is how Strapi 5 models a translation: one
+     `documentId`, one row per locale.
 
    DRAFT AND PUBLISH
      Content is written as a draft and then published explicitly. Publishing
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ export async function upsert(
      seed ends up with duplicates. */
   const existing = await service.findFirst({
     ...(find ? { filters: find } : {}),
-    locale: 'en',
+    locale: 'ar',
     ...draftFilter(strapi, uid),
   });
 
@@ -117,16 +118,16 @@ export async function upsert(
 
   if (existing) {
     documentId = existing.documentId;
-    await service.update({ documentId, locale: 'en', data: data.en });
+    await service.update({ documentId, locale: 'ar', data: data.ar });
   } else {
-    const document = await service.create({ locale: 'en', data: data.en });
+    const document = await service.create({ locale: 'ar', data: data.ar });
     documentId = document.documentId;
     created = true;
   }
 
   /* An update against a locale the document does not have yet creates that
      translation - there is no separate "add a locale" call. */
-  await service.update({ documentId, locale: 'ar', data: data.ar });
+  await service.update({ documentId, locale: 'en', data: data.en });
 
   if (usesDraft(strapi, uid)) {
     await service.publish({ documentId, locale: '*' });
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ export async function upsert(
  *   1. `delete({ documentId })` with no locale removes the DEFAULT locale
  *      only, not the document. It takes `locale: '*'` to remove the lot.
  *   2. `findMany({ locale })` answers for one locale, so a document whose
- *      English half has already gone is invisible to a search in English.
+ *      base half has already gone is invisible to a search in that locale.
  *      Both locales are searched and the documentIds pooled, which also
  *      sweeps up orphans an earlier, less careful run left.
  */
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ export async function readExisting(
 ): Promise<SeedDocument | null> {
   return documents(strapi, uid).findFirst({
     ...(find ? { filters: find } : {}),
-    locale: 'en',
+    locale: 'ar',
     ...draftFilter(strapi, uid),
     populate,
   });