Basic Theme WorkFlow

#1

I’m really struggling to get up and running with roots despite having spent the day reading up around it! Can anyone please take me through their basic workflow of creating a custom themed homepage, which uses full width divs.

I would really appreciate any help, because I’ve been pulling my hair out all day trying to figure it out!

Thanks!

#2

See:

http://discourse.roots.io/t/full-width-home-image-full-width-sections/485

#3

Hey Thomas,

Usually I’l start by making my own base.php and change to make it default here: https://github.com/roots/roots/blob/master/lib/wrapper.php

Then depends on the project requirements I’ll be looking at config.php (which page have sidebar, default column width etc).

From there I’ll override anything required using template hierarchy (front-page.php, category.php etc)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy

Hope that helps.

#4

Hi @Thomas_Hoadley - I have used roots on about ten sites now and I love it. - in no way am I an expert but I wrote a blog post on how I set up the workflow with links back to here and some of the other tools. -

[Setting up a new roots installation][1]

This is also a site built with roots.
I am in the middle of writing another as we speak with some of the other problems Ive encountered - which is why i am trawling through some of my previous questions here!
[1]: http://www.creativjam.com/new-roots-installation-set/

#5

Thanks for your reply!
The blog post you wrote wasn’t relevant to me but I actually went ahead with your advice in your other thread and removed the container class from the base.php file! :smiley:

#6

Thanks for your reply - exactly what I was after!

I edited the base.php using the following advice:

http://discourse.roots.io/t/full-width-home-image-full-width-sections/485/16?u=thomas_hoadley

#7

Ha! at least something I said was useful! :smiley: