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Boris Kamp
16,660 PointsBootstrap wordpress starter theme?
Hi guys!
Just did a few courses on bootstrap and how to implement it into wordpress. Now I really like a Bootstrap wordpress starter theme and was wondering if there are any good ones roaming around the internet that I can use like these: https://github.com/slightlyoffbeat/brew https://github.com/dannymachal/DevDmBootstrap3
Are these any good for me to build on and use? or should I stick with the final product of the "Bootstrap to wordpress" course and build onto that theme?
Thanks!
7 Answers
Ben MacAdam
14,982 PointsHey Boris!
I recently took that Bootstrap to WP course also and near finished creating my first custom theme from it for a client. I felt this was a good way to go because I had full control of things and didn't have to fight anything a theme might come packaged with. I haven't tried the themes you mentioned, but they look they will give you a similar start as the one from the course.
If curious, here is my dev site using the Bootstrap to WP theme from the course as a base, though the homepage and CSS is quite customized: http://173.254.125.170/dev/zudy/
The client wanted much of the styling from http://www.elegantthemes.com/demo/?theme=Nexus , but instead of using that theme I decided to build it myself with Bootstrap because they wanted to change so much of what the theme came packaged to do. This echos the point that starting from a bare bones theme like the Boostrap from the course is a great approach :)
Let me know what you think!
Best, Ben
Ben MacAdam
14,982 PointsThanks Boris! I'm proud of it so far though I am sure there is more I could do to improve it. Feel free to send me links to your future projects if you ever need some feedback!
Boris Kamp
16,660 PointsIm sure you are! thats the fun thing about websites, they can always be improved! I will put a link here on the forum once the a website built with my starter theme is online, Im creating it in MAMP now, so offline...
Boris Kamp
16,660 PointsThank you for your answer Ben! Your theme looks pretty nice! must be a real challenge to build it again with bootstrap!
Joel Rivera
29,401 PointsI recently put together two Bootstrap Themes, One using the _underscores starter theme and the other using the blankslate starter theme. I also put in a custom nav walker so that the drop down on smaller screens works properly. I actually preferred this Work Flow since it forced me to continue to deal with WordPress Code and the Bootstrap framework.
Note: I'm still fine tuning the code.
This was the end result of one of them. http://www.pixemweb.com/agent-idx/
Ben MacAdam
14,982 PointsLooking great Joel! I'd like to test out your theme sometime! Is it available for download?
I launched http://zudy.com/ yesterday with my bootstrap theme from _underscores :)
I'd like to create my own blank themes that will be available in the near future.
Joel Rivera
29,401 PointsThanks Ben, I'm refactoring the code and formatting it better. I'll send you a zip file in a few days. Zudy.com looks great too.
Ben MacAdam
14,982 PointsThanks Joel! Nice!