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Base themes
Requirements
- HTML5 ready. Many use HTML5 Boilerplate (or 'h5bp')
- Responsive, with a mobile first aproach such 320 And Up.
- A grid system, to help with layout (though not too hard to add)
- Accessability (WCAG 2.0 compliant would be nice)
- Theme settings for easy change of, say, header (Settings API, etc.)
Interesting candidates
- Bones
- https://github.com/eddiemachado/bones - very recent
- h5bp
- 320andup
- https://github.com/matt-bailey/320semanticgs - recent
- h5bp, 320andup
- http://320semanticgs.mattbailey.co/
- semantic.gs grid
- preprocessor - LESS (LESS.js), SCSS, or Stylus
- [1] (underscores) - few months
- http://themeshaper.com/2012/02/13/introducing-the-underscores-theme/ - from Automattic
- http://themeshaper.com/2012/02/21/getting-started-with-the-underscores-theme/
- modern stuffs
- seperate layout .css
- reset is based on Eric Meyer
- for hacking (not a parent theme)
along with Nicolas Gallagher and Jonathan Neal http://necolas.github.com/normalize.css/ and Blueprint http://www.blueprintcss.org/
- http://pea.rs/
- https://github.com/simplebits/Pears
- to research
Hmm
- http://demos.simplethemes.com/skeleton/- "Skeleton is a simple, responsive WordPress theme based on the Skeleton Boilerplate. It has several useful shortcodes, such as tabs, toggles, cross-browser CSS3 buttons, and layout columns. It also includes a bbPress skin/stylesheet and sample child theme. "
- https://github.com/simplethemes/skeleton_wp - recent
- http://demos.simplethemes.com/skeleton/documentation
- uses the Options Framework plugin
- uses the Skeleton css framework
- grid using shortcodes
- basic typography, element and button css
- not mobile first
- http://themefortress.com/reverie/ - demo
- https://github.com/milohuang/reverie - kinda recent
- h5bp
- uses ZURB's Foundation framework
- hNews microformat ready
- optimized for Search Engine and redability
- not mobile first
- http://whiteboardframework.com/ - HTML5, responsive, Less
- https://github.com/johanbrook/whiteboard - Jul 17, 2011
- Less Framework 4 - An adaptive CSS grid system.
- accessability support (WAI)
- http://whiteboardframework.com/testdrive/ - not exactly a clear whiteboard..
- not mobile first
- http://html5reset.org/#wordpress
- https://github.com/murtaugh/HTML5-Reset-Wordpress-Theme - year ago
- does note http://blog.cloudfour.com/css-media-query-for-mobile-is-fools-gold/
- semantic HTML5 markup + CSS reset
- CSS declarations for basic WordPress elements
- widget-ready sidebar
- Modernizr
- hNews microformat
- Google Analytics
- not mobile first
- https://github.com/scottlyttle/Sass-WordPress-Reset-Theme - Sass, Modernizer, jQuery, form components
- https://github.com/scottlyttle/Sass-WordPress-Reset-Theme/blob/master/SCSS/style.scss
- Modernizer
- needs ruby+sass on the server, not handy for shared hosting
- starkers - 3 months ago
- https://github.com/viewportindustries/Starkers
- uses WP core Twenty Ten theme as its base
- update possibly maybe soon. twenty twelve is due though..
- https://github.com/nathanstaines/starkers-html5 - most a year ago
- based on starkers
- HTML5, bare-bones
- Modernizr
- http://weavertheme.com/ - recommended by Danny
- all fluid, no breakpoints
- not motbile first (a lot of "@media all")
- three stylesheets
- many features paid for version only
- http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/thematic
- http://www.ejhansel.com/thematic-320-and-up
- anything below 1024 width is single colum? :/
- http://www.ejhansel.com/thematic-320-and-up
- https://github.com/retlehs/roots
- h5pb
- not 320andup
- https://github.com/320press/wordpress-bootstrap
- Twitter Bootstrap framework as a WordPress theme. Bootstrap is very overused these days though.
- https://github.com/wycks/WP-Skeleton-Theme - a few months ago
- http://skeleton.phpfogapp.com/ - demo
- IE HTML5shim
- etc.
- not mobile first
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