Starter Kit

Experimental project

This is a sandbox project, which contains experimental code for developer use only.

Starter Kit is a starter theme designed for building modern websites. It is inspired by the methodologies behind atomic design and components.

Browser Support

  • Internet Explorer 10+
  • Firefox (Last 2 Versions)
  • Safari (Last 2 Versions)
  • Google Chrome (Last 2 Versions)

Requirements

Initial Installation and Setup

  1. Clone the theme into the website 'themes' folder
  2. Replace 'themes/starterkit/screenshot.png' with an image of your theme
  3. Replace 'themes/starterkit/logo.svg' with an image of your theme logo
  4. Copy and rename 'themes/starterkit/example.config.json' to 'themes/starterkit/config.json'
  5. Navigate to the 'themes/starterkit' folder using a command-line interface and run the 'npm install' command
  6. After that finishes run the 'gulp init' command and answer the prompts
  7. Log in to the website and enable your new theme under 'Appearance'
  8. In terminal run the 'gulp' command from inside your new theme
  9. Modify the new theme's files as needed to build your custom theme

Development Setup

  1. Copy and rename 'themes/theme_name/example.config.json' to 'themes/theme_name/config.json'
  2. Navigate to the 'themes/theme_name' folder using a command-line interface and run the 'npm install' command
  3. Log in to the website and ensure the new theme is enabled
  4. In terminal run the 'gulp' command from inside your new theme
  5. Modify the new theme's files as needed to build your custom theme

Project information