Using a Framework Won't Box You In
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Slides from my presentation at WordCamp Philly 2011
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First, if you EVER need any help...
(248) 234-4577(Brad William’s Personal Number)
(just kidding)
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Who am I?
Troublemaker
Brian Richards (@rzen)
Designer and Developer
User of WordPress since 2007
Creator of the StartBox Theme Framework (@wpstartbox)
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A bit about StartBox...
A theme framework by a designer, for designers
Provides TONS of Hooks and Filters, a custom Options API, and is well documented for developers
What does StartBox look like?
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Benefits of Using a Framework
Consistency
Predictability
Familiarity
Extensibility
and yes, even flexibility
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WARNING! PHP CONTENT AHEAD!
You can use whatever theme you want, but I STRONGLY recommend they make use of three built-in WP functions:
body_class()
post_class()
comment_class()
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Benefits of StartBox
Created by a designer, for designers
Additional (über-useful) body classes
Clean intelligent markup (there only when you need it)
Predictably named elements
Convenient starter style.css stylesheet
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CSS Structure Tips
Group similar rules together
Create clear divisions between sections
Create a table of contents
Always organize your declarations in the same order
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What I’m going to show you:
Some basic StartBox awesomesauce
A look at the vanilla StartBox Child
A look at the custom classes it adds
A look at the layout selector
How I created a fresh look (based on MailChimp.com) using only 30 CSS declarations, in one hour
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Demo Time
