Getting started using Roots

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Hi there.

I am completely new to roots, but have heard about it.

Coming from the normal custom build of WP themes, is using Roots a step learning curve given i don’t have any knowledge of Laveral or Compser?

Many thanks

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Give Sage a try on a test project! It’s not too steep of a learning curve to get started. You probably won’t utilize all of the features immediately and that’s ok.

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Should I install all of the elements?

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You don’t need to install everything at once.

Just start with Sage by itself. Drop it into a standard WordPress install to get the modern frontend workflow without worrying about Bedrock or Trellis yet. The Blade templating is also pretty easy to pick up without deep Laravel knowledge.

Spin up a local test site and play around.

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This site used to have some basic “Getting Started” documentation but it was rewritten out at some point. Here’s what it used to have, if this is helpful:

EDIT: It still does! see below! Probably much more up to date than this clunky thing!

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Would love to know if there’s any feedback you might have on our Getting Started page:

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Can I install Sage with LocalWP?

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Sage will work on any local development setup as long as you run the necessary commands (composer install, npm install && npm run build)

Bedrock is also compatible with Local: Using Bedrock with Local | Bedrock Docs | Roots