See: Official Demo | Read: Official Docs Page

UnderStrap WordPress Theme Framework

Child Theme Project: https://github.com/understrap/understrap-child

OverStrap Child Themes: https://understrap.com/overstrap/

About

I’m a huge fan of Underscores, Bootstrap, and Sass. Why not combine these into a solid WordPress Theme Framework? That’s what UnderStrap is. You can use it as a starter theme and build your own theme on top of it. Or you can use it as a parent theme and create your own child theme for UnderStrap.

License

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.en.html

Changelog

See changelog

Basic Features

Combines Underscore’s PHP/JS files and Bootstrap’s HTML/CSS/JS.
Comes with Bootstrap (v4) Sass source files and additional .scss files. Nicely sorted and ready to add your own variables and customize the Bootstrap variables.
Uses a single minified CSS file for all the basic stuff.
Font Awesome integration (v4.7.0)
Jetpack ready.
WooCommerce support.
Contact Form 7 support.
Child Theme ready.
Translation ready.

Starter Theme + HTML Framework = WordPress Theme Framework

The _s theme is a good starting point to develop a WordPress theme. But it is “just” a raw starter theme. That means it outputs all the WordPress stuff correctly but without any layout or design. Why not add a well known and supported layout framework to have a solid, clean and responsive foundation? That’s where Bootstrap comes in.

Confused by All the CSS and Sass Files?

Some basics about the Sass and CSS files that come with UnderStrap:

The theme itself uses the /style.cssfile only to identify the theme inside of WordPress. The file is not loaded by the theme and does not include any styles.
The /css/theme.css and its minified little brother /css/theme.min.css file(s) provides all styles. It is composed of five different SCSS sets and one variable file at /sass/theme.scss:

@import "../src/bootstrap-sass/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap";  // 2. All the Bootstrap stuff - Don´t edit this!
@import "understrap/understrap"; // 3. Some basic WordPress stylings and needed styles to combine Boostrap and Underscores
@import "../src/fontawesome/scss/font-awesome"; // 4. Font Awesome Icon styles
// Any additional imported files //
@import "theme/theme";  // 5. Add your styles into this file

Don’t edit the number 2-4 files/filesets listed above or you won’t be able to update UnderStrap without overwriting your own work!
Your design goes into: /sass/theme.
- Add your styles to the /sass/theme/_theme.scss file
- And your variables to the /sass/theme/_theme_variables.scss
- Or add other .scss files into it and @import it into /sass/theme/_theme.scss.

Installation

There are several ways to install UnderStrap. We'll look at three of them: (1) classic install by uploading UnderStrap to a WordPress install, (2) using npm, and (3) using the theme directory in WordPress.

Classic install

Download the understrap folder from GitHub or from https://understrap.com
IMPORTANT: If you download it from GitHub make sure you rename the "understrap-master.zip" file just to "understrap.zip" or you might have problems using child themes!
Upload it into your WordPress installation theme subfolder: /wp-content/themes/
Login to your WordPress backend
Go to Appearance → Themes
Activate the UnderStrap theme

npm install

Open your terminal
Change to the directory where you want to add UnderStrap
Type npm install understrap

WordPress.org install

Open your WordPress backend
Click on "Appearance -> Themes"
Hit the "Add new" button
Search for "UnderStrap"
Hit the "install" button
Activate the theme

Developing With npm, Gulp and SASS and [Browser Sync][1]

Installing Dependencies

Make sure you have installed Node.js and Browser-Sync (optional) on your computer globally
Then open your terminal and browse to the location of your UnderStrap copy
Run: $ npm install

Running

To work with and compile your Sass files on the fly start:

$ gulp watch

Or, to run with Browser-Sync:

First change the browser-sync options to reflect your environment in the file /gulpconfig.json in the beginning of the file:

{
    "browserSyncOptions" : {
        "proxy": "localhost/theme_test/", // <----- CHANGE HERE
        "notify": false
    },
    ...
};

then run: $ gulp watch-bs

How to Use the Built-In Widget Slider

The front-page slider is widget driven. Simply add more than one widget to widget position “Hero”.

Click on Appearance → Widgets.
Add two, or more, widgets of any kind to widget area “Hero”.
That’s it.

RTL styles?

Add a new file to the themes root folder called rtl.css. Add all alignments to this file according to this description: https://codex.wordpress.org/Right_to_Left_Language_Support

Page Templates

UnderStrap includes several different page template files: (1) blank template, (2) empty template, and (3) full width template.

Blank Template

The blank.php template is useful when working with various page builders and can be used as a starting blank canvas.

Empty Template

The empty.php template displays a header and a footer only. A good starting point for landing pages.

Full Width Template

The fullwidthpage.php template has full width layout without a sidebar.

Footnotes

[1] Visit http://browsersync.io for more information on Browser Sync

Licenses & Credits

Font Awesome: http://fontawesome.io/license (Font: SIL OFL 1.1, CSS: MIT)
Bootstrap: http://getbootstrap.com | https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap/blob/master/LICENSE (MIT)
WP Bootstrap Navwalker by Edward McIntyre & William Patton: https://github.com/wp-bootstrap/wp-bootstrap-navwalker (GNU GPLv3)

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