I will be updating this post over time with a collection of resources on making creative and effective use of Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies in WordPress.
Here goes:
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Recommended WordPress Snippets Sources from the makers of Roots Theme – GitHub
For those wanting to track handy WordPress snippets, the makers of Roots Theme are keeping a nice little list of sources and favorite snippets at GitHub. Including:
- CSS Tricks WordPress Snippets
- Code Collective WordPress Snippets
- Customize Login Page
- Add an excerpt box for pages
- Customize the Dashboard
- Unregister WP Default Widgets
- Easily display post titles with a custom length
- Add a search form to a navigation menu
via Snippets – GitHub.
Recommended WordPress Plugins from the makers of Roots Theme
A nice list of recommended WordPress plugins from the makers of Roots Theme, including:
- Page History
- WP Super Cache
- Gravity Forms
- All in One SEO Pack
- Google XML Sitemaps
- MapPress Easy Google Maps
- and more …
See the full list at: Plugins – GitHub.
Roots WordPress Theme Customization: Hack the original or child theme it?
UPDATE: NEW ROOTS TUTORIAL
I’ve started a new tutorial series on customizing Roots Theme v. 5.0.0.
Original Post Below
The Roots WordPress Theme offers a number of nice benefits. Chief among them:
- integration of the HTML5 Boilerplate
- prettying up WordPress’s paths to images, RSS feeds, etc.
But here’s the catch: I’d like to modify a few things — particularly un-hook the CSS frameworks, so that I can strip the CSS down to my own preferred defaults.
To customize and cut down the CSS overhead in Roots Theme, it looks like the best approach is to hack the theme itself rather than try to child theme it.
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Roots WordPress Theme: HTML5 Boilerplate and Blueprint CSS or 960.gs
This new theme framework is getting some nice reviews: The Roots WordPress Theme by Ben Word.
From a review of the theme at Sitepoint.com:
To my thinking, Roots is a great example of the kind of features you should be looking for if you’re seeking out a framework. It’s up to date with today’s best development advice, it’s based on tried and tested projects that many developers will already be familiar with, and it’s been designed with speed and ease in mind—perfect for those of us who like to make it out of the office on time while still doing a great job. There’s a growing collection of documentation, and a glance at the project’s GitHub repository shows frequent updates to both the code and the manuals.
HTML5Boilerplate WordPress Theme by Aaron T. Grogg
This is worth following. A theme framework based on the HTML5 Boilerplate, with minimal or no CSS — ready for you to add your own. No bloat. Just solid, tested, standards-compliant, cutting-edge code, with the benefits of the HTML5 Boilerplate community.
Here’s the original blog post: My First WP Theme: “Boilerplate: Starkers” | Aaron T. Grogg
Here is the theme itself in the WordPress free themes directory.
And here is a plugin Aaron’s developed to add HTML5 Boilerplate benefits to an existing theme.
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