Boron is a base theme for Drupal which converts the core template files to HTML5 markup. Like other minimal base themes, such as Zen and Stark, it includes only a few lines of layout-driven CSS, and markup that is search engine optimized.
Unlike the others, Boron utilizes the new HTML5 doctype and semantic elements, such as Article, Header, Footer, and Section. The result is a standards-compliant theme with valid markup and minimal CSS that can be used as a jumping off point for developing new sub-themes. This leaves your site positioned to take advantage of new HTML5 features as they come into vogue.
This is a port of the stand-alone Boron theme to run as a Zen sub-theme. You can still create your own sub-theme from this one, thus gaining the benefits of Zen as well as the HTML5 markup from Boron. As with the stand-alone theme, we changed as little Zen markup as possible.
Note: This is a Zen 2 (6.x-2.0) sub-theme, using the new CSS and markup. If you're still using Zen 1, you may want to upgrade your copy of Zen before using this theme.
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