Modernize docs for WLED versions 0.14.0 and above, remove unsupported API parameters

[softhack007]

clean-up old documentation that does not apply any more to WLED 0.14.x, 0.15.x, 16.0.x or newer.

Needs review because the initial clean-up was done with help of copilot.

Key changes:

• New page docs/about/historical-features.md — consolidates pre-0.14 content (old preset system, Preset Cycle, ARLS audio setup) into one historical-reference page, removing it from its current scattered locations.
• docs/basics/install-binary.md — removes the legacy binary format table (pre-0.12) and rewrites the intro to drop "Starting from 0.12.0" phrasing.
• docs/basics/getting-started.md — drops "Since v0.13" qualifier from the multi-update script description.
• docs/features/cct.md — removes "WLED 0.13.0" version anchors from two sentences.
• docs/features/macros.md — removes version-specific qualifiers ("0.11.0+", "since 0.13", "0.14.0-b2-2306020") and cleans up the button-count note.
• docs/features/presets.md — rewrites the 0.11+ overview section header and prose to drop the version peg; updates segment counts to current values (16/32 on ESP8266/ESP32).
• docs/features/multi-strip.md — rewrites intro to remove "Starting in 0.12.0" phrasing.
• docs/advanced/home-automation.md, interfaces/*.md, mkdocs.yml — minor version-anchor cleanup and navigation additions for the new historical-features page.

Open ends:

Obsolete keys/parameters were removed from HTTP and JSON API documentation, however the lists are not complete with respect to WLED 16.0.1. Some new values are still missing. Adding them should be a new PR.

Summary by CodeRabbit

Documentation

• Added a Historical Features page covering legacy presets, preset cycling, ARLS v1, and obsolete API details.
• Updated installation, software update, and multi-device guidance for current releases and configurable LED pins.
• Refreshed feature, settings, and protocol documentation with current limits and fewer historical version references.
• Expanded macro, preset, segment, multi-output, CCT, and button guidance.
• Updated HTTP and JSON API references with current fields, options, ranges, and capabilities.
• Documented unsupported MQTT autodiscovery and deprecated ARLS integration.

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Walkthrough

This update adds historical documentation and links it in the navigation. It also updates setup, feature, settings, API, MQTT, serial, UDP, and integration documentation by removing obsolete version references and documenting current behavior.

Changes

Documentation refresh

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Historical feature documentation docs/about/historical-features.md, mkdocs.yml	Adds historical preset, Preset Cycle, obsolete API, ARLS v1, and legacy binary documentation. Adds the page to the About navigation.
Current feature documentation docs/basics/*, docs/features/*	Updates software-update, binary, macro, button, multi-strip, preset, CCT, segment, and settings documentation.
HTTP and JSON API references docs/interfaces/http-api.md, docs/interfaces/json-api.md, docs/interfaces/mqtt.md	Removes historical metadata and obsolete fields. Updates API examples, capabilities, ranges, preset options, and the local JSON API link.
Protocol and integration documentation docs/advanced/home-automation.md, docs/interfaces/e1.31-dmx.md, docs/interfaces/serial.md, docs/interfaces/udp-notifier.md, docs/interfaces/udp-realtime.md	Updates support statements, synchronization groups, MQTT autodiscovery status, and deprecated ARLS guidance.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5e10a

The documentation still contains inaccurate API parameters and ranges, plus an ArduinoOTA build instruction that may not enable the documented feature, potentially causing ineffective integrations or builds without OTA. Owner follow-up or explicit acceptance is needed before merge.

Possibly related PRs

• wled/WLED-Docs#320: Updates the same UDP Realtime documentation and adds UDP Sound Sync v2 guidance.
• wled/WLED-Docs#360: Updates the same software-update documentation and multi-device guidance.

Suggested reviewers: netmindz, willmmiles, dedehai

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[bharvey88]

Read through the whole diff. Nice cleanup overall, the psave comma fix and the segment counts check out against current source (FX.h: 16 on ESP8266, 32 on ESP32, 64 with PSRAM).

Two meta things:

• The PR description mentions changes to docs/basics/faq.md and docs/features/effects.md that aren't in the diff.
• On the version-name table question: since the FAQ still carries the full list including 0.10 to 0.13, I'd keep the FAQ as the one canonical table and drop the section from the historical page. One list, no drift.

Inline comments for the rest. The open CodeRabbit comments (unclosed paren at json-api 182, missing blank line before "## Notifications" in http-api, the 0.15.0 sample still containing nl.fade/leds.pin, the autodiscovery payload left in home-automation.md) also all look legit.

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In `@docs/features/macros.md`:
- Line 94: Remove the parenthetical GPIO boot-warning text from the “Switches”
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- Around line 112-115: Rewrite the schedule introduction in
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