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Roots WordPress Theme Documentation

Roots is a starting WordPress theme made for developers that's based on HTML5 Boilerplate, Blueprint CSS/960 Grid System/1140 Grid and Starkers that will help you rapidly create brochure sites and blogs. Visit http://rootstheme.com for more information.

Get Started

  • Introduction - Information and resources on HTML5 Boilerplate and the included CSS grid systems
  • Theme Activation - Read this first for instructions on how to properly install the Roots theme and find out exactly what happens once the theme is activated

What's Included?

  • Template Files - A breakdown of the WordPress template files that are included
  • Roots Functions - A look into the Roots functions.php and all the files that it references

Customizing

  • Child Theme - Details on how to use Roots with child themes
  • Snippets - Useful WordPress PHP snippets for your template files
  • Plugins - Recommended and useful WordPress plugins
  • Nginx - Add these rewrites to properly use Roots on Nginx
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