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Why would you adapt Wordpress, something that isn't a bootstrap project, but rather a mature product? The bootstrap framework is meant as (and delivers as) a st

by hnriot 13y ago

Why would you adapt Wordpress, something that isn't a bootstrap project, but rather a mature product? The bootstrap framework is meant as (and delivers as) a starter place from which to begin customization. Bootstrap has done wonders for the web, but putting a theme on wp for it just doesn't (to me) make any sense.

tjbiddle 13y ago
Bootstrap is a framework for design, Wordpress is a CMS. Completely different products.
anu_gupta 13y ago
This isn't adapting WordPress really - it provides a starting point for theme development, which is something different from adapting WordPress.
wdmeldon 13y ago
This isn't a theme, it's a customized boilerplate for themes. On it's own, this is fairly worthless, but it's a good starting point for modern theme development. I pretty much did this myself for the last theme I put together.
- bcarlson 13y ago
  Exactly! :)
jrochkind1 13y ago
Because Bootstrap's typography and layout (line heights, margins and spacing, etc.) is way better than most everything else, including browser default stylesheets and most WP themes. Because if you do want to customize it further, there are an increasing number of people who find it most efficient and powerful to do that on top of Bootstrap, and a lot of code samples/templates for doing so. I know that the official line is (or was?) that Bootstrap is 'a starter place, for wireframe prototypes, not for mature projects' -- but that is not in fact how it's been used. I believe the reason it's been so popular is because of it's excellent typography, as well as fairly well-structured easy to work with code.
- pdwetz 13y ago
  Related to these points, if you're using Bootstrap elsewhere and then have to work on a WP project, it's convenient being able to utilize the same classes, tricks, etc. that you've grown accustomed to utilizing.
DanHulton 13y ago
Because a lot of people make bootstrap themes. With this as a base, it becomes a lot easier to adapt those themes to WordPress.
codelust 13y ago
Guess one valid scenario is to use this as the base for a child theme.

by hnriot 13y ago

tjbiddle 13y ago

Bootstrap is a framework for design, Wordpress is a CMS. Completely different products.

anu_gupta 13y ago

This isn't adapting WordPress really - it provides a starting point for theme development, which is something different from adapting WordPress.

wdmeldon 13y ago

This isn't a theme, it's a customized boilerplate for themes. On it's own, this is fairly worthless, but it's a good starting point for modern theme development. I pretty much did this myself for the last theme I put together.

bcarlson 13y ago
Exactly! :)

jrochkind1 13y ago

Because Bootstrap's typography and layout (line heights, margins and spacing, etc.) is way better than most everything else, including browser default stylesheets and most WP themes. Because if you do want to customize it further, there are an increasing number of people who find it most efficient and powerful to do that on top of Bootstrap, and a lot of code samples/templates for doing so. I know that the official line is (or was?) that Bootstrap is 'a starter place, for wireframe prototypes, not for mature projects' -- but that is not in fact how it's been used. I believe the reason it's been so popular is because of it's excellent typography, as well as fairly well-structured easy to work with code.

pdwetz 13y ago
Related to these points, if you're using Bootstrap elsewhere and then have to work on a WP project, it's convenient being able to utilize the same classes, tricks, etc. that you've grown accustomed to utilizing.

DanHulton 13y ago

Because a lot of people make bootstrap themes. With this as a base, it becomes a lot easier to adapt those themes to WordPress.

codelust 13y ago

Guess one valid scenario is to use this as the base for a child theme.