Bootstrap is a responsive front-end toolkit from Twitter designed to kickstart web development, complete with core HTML, CSS, and JS for grids, type, forms, navigation, and many more components. Now you can use it with WordPress as a solid base to build custom themes quickly and easily.
Download the most-up-to-date theme files: Download .zip file Follow the development: WIP Branch on Github
You can view a demo of this WordPress theme running the latest development branch code at: http://bootstrapwp.rachelbaker.me/
View the theme style guide at: http://bootstrapwp.rachelbaker.me/style-guide/
View the javascript guide at: http://bootstrapwp.rachelbaker.me/javascript-guide/
Download the BootstrapWP theme, and install on a WordPress local or development site.
This is meant to be a base theme for WordPress custom theme development. A knowledge of WordPress theme development practices as well as understanding of HTML, CSS/LESS, jQuery and PHP are required.
Important! To safely retain the ability to update the less files with future versions of Bootstrap or BootstrapWP, add all custom edits/changes inside the less/bswp-custom.less file.
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Create a page that uses the template
Hero Homepage Template, then underSettings->Readingset your site to use a static front page selecting your new page. -
Add content to the three "Home" widget areas under
Appearances->Widgets. -
Create a menu under
Appearances->Menusand assign it be your site's Main Menu.
Report theme bugs https://github.com/rachelbaker/bootstrapwp-Twitter-Bootstrap-for-WordPress/issues
##v.90 of BootstrapWP - Release September 9, 2012
Release Highlights:
- Updated to Bootstrap 2.1 scripts and styles
- Fixed
Custom Walker MenuPHP error - Fixed Automatic Thumbnail PHP errors
- Cleaned up unnecessary theme files
Archive.php
- Replaced conditional for
the_post_thumbnail()withbootstrapwp_autoset_featured_img().
Author.php
- Replaced conditional for
the_post_thumbnail()withbootstrapwp_autoset_featured_img().
Class-bootstrapwp-walker-nav_menu.php
- Extending Walker_Nav_Menu to modify class assigned to submenu ul element.
Footer.php
- Cleaned up ending div tags
Functions.php
- Fixed
bootstrapwp_autoset_featured_img()function to return if there is no image set, clearing debug errors. - Removed the post hooks for
bootstrap_autoset_featured_img()function to clear debug errors. - Added
bootstrapwp_post_thumbnail_check()function to check if the post displayed in the loop has a post thumbnail already. - Removed Custom Walker class from file and replaced with external include call for file 'includes/class-bootstrap_walker_nav_menu.php'.
Header.php
- Updated responsive navbar wrapping to use the button element
- Removed wp-list-pages fallback for custom menu
- Removed div elements for content-wrapper and container at end of file
Index.php
- Removed unnecessary double loop for page title.
Page.php
- Removed '' element wrapping around page title.
Page-blog.php
- Replaced conditional for
the_post_thumbnail()withbootstrapwp_autoset_featured_img().
Docs Folder
- Removed entire 'docs' folder to clean up theme files.
IMG Folder
- Removed sub-folder 'example-sites' to clean up theme files.
- Removed sub-folder 'examples' to clean up theme files.
- Updated with new images and icons from Bootstrap 2.1
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Mark Otto
Jacob Thornton