Welcome to the Treehouse Community
Want to collaborate on code errors? Have bugs you need feedback on? Looking for an extra set of eyes on your latest project? Get support with fellow developers, designers, and programmers of all backgrounds and skill levels here with the Treehouse Community! While you're at it, check out some resources Treehouse students have shared here.
Looking to learn something new?
Treehouse offers a seven day free trial for new students. Get access to thousands of hours of content and join thousands of Treehouse students and alumni in the community today.
Start your free trial
Isaac Wendt
4,737 PointsIs it good to build using bootstrap/foundation then add genesis to finish the build off when using WordPress?
Or just use Genesis?
thanks
Isaac
2 Answers
Franck Fremont
12,197 PointsThese are 2 completely different things. Bootstrap and Foundation are two CSS Frameworks. Genesis is a premium WordPress Theme.
It's better to use directly Genesis. Inside Genesis, you will find everything you need to build responsive websites.
To mix it with Bootstrap or Foundation (and I am very fond of both of them) will only complicate your work.
Blake Lieberman
23,772 PointsOr you can fork this theme and have a merry old time.
Justin Black
24,793 PointsJustin Black
24,793 PointsI won't answer the question, but as someone who is very anti wordpress, I'll just say: using wordpress at all is 'not good'... Too many people consider it a CMS, which it is not. It was developed, and continues to be developed as a blogging platform -- no amount of plugins ( which btw aren't held to any programming standards ) will make it one.
And, since plugins aren't held to any real programming standards, the inclusion of them tend to make wordpress sites run slower than hell. So, my non-answer is: it's better to just learn how to build it from scratch. Takes more time, but it's more fulfilling in the end.