them.es main repositories on Github have been renamed

Last year Github changed the name for newly created repositories: https://github.blog/changelog/2020-10-01-the-default-branch-for-newly-created-repositories-is-now-main

To align with this change we’ve decided to rename all our existing Github repositories.

If you run a local master branch of any of our repositories you need to update your local branch to main:

  1. $ git branch -m master main
  2. $ git fetch origin
  3. $ git branch -u origin/main main

them.es Starter v3 released

The Bootstrap Starter Theme has been updated to make use of Bootstrap 5 which has been released last week.

Changelog

  • Bootstrap has been updated to the latest release v5.0.0
  • jQuery is optional
  • Support for older browsers has been dropped
  • WordPress Coding Standard improvements
  • Tested with WordPress v5.7

Download the Theme

Feel free to test out the new Starter Theme by downloading it using the Theme Generator:

Heads up: If you still want to develop with the legacy Bootstrap 4 build just select the old version in the Generator!

All sources can also be found on GitHub: https://github.com/them-es/themes-starter

I’m trying to change the…

I’m trying to change the bootstrap theme background. I used this in the main.scss
// Body
$body-bg: $gray-600;
$body-color: $gray-900;

I also tried adding css:
body {
background-color: #f9f1e0;
}
but it isn’t working

my other changes work just fine so npm is working fine.

Thanks

I can edit main.scss, watch…

I can edit main.scss, watch runs and it all works, except options.
I change color vars – $red: for example, i change breakpoints, $grid-breakpoints, but no any change i see in the theme.

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The plugin will work with any modern WordPress theme that supports the Block editor.

  1. Install and Activate Billy on your WordPress website
  2. Test it
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Your valuable comments and suggestions are highly appreciated and will be examined by real people. Promised.

In the meantime we are getting the PRO add-on ready which will soon be is available now for purchase here: https://them.es/plugins/billy

Billy Pro has some really cool extra features and integrates CRM tools which may speed up your billing processes rapidly.

  • Contact management
  • Address book
  • Upcoming Birthdays widget
  • Enhanced Invoices, Quotes and Accounting
  • Stats & charts
  • GDPR compliant by implementing the WordPress Personal Data Exporter
  • …and much more

Since the “Pro” version will be available as an add-on, installing the free Plugin from the WordPress directory is required in any case – so nothing is ever lost by checking Billy “Free” out.

Stay tuned!

#billy, #plugin

I’ve been investigating your theme…

I’ve been investigating your theme and like the simplicity and that it already includes basics such as the Bootstrap menu walker that designers like myself don’t really want to build.

I’m coming from using FoundationPress for number of years which did not facilitate child themes.

Somewhere on your site I saw a note on regarding child themes and build tools. I’m not finding it now. I want to set a child theme and use sass. I’m not clear how to do this with them.es and I haven’t set a child theme in a sass environment. So, looking for some reference for this.

GitHub Gists

Find useful WordPress related code snippets in our new GitHub Gists repo:

https://gist.github.com/them-es

#development, #tip

Goodbye Grunt…

Important notice: The Grunt config in our Starter Themes got replaced by gulp + webpack in the latest releases.

Gulp is quite similar to Grunt and allows to automate tasks like SASS > CSS compilation.

Webpack makes bundling of (Javascript) modules a breeze. The main advantage of bundling modules into a single file is that static assets get a smaller file size.

Including and bundling new Javascript modules is really easy and works out-of-the-box with the given configuration. A tutorial which explains how to include webpack modules to main.js can be found here: https://webpack.js.org/concepts/modules

Material Design Components v3 and v3.1 released

https://github.com/material-components/material-components-web

The Material Design Starter Theme has been updated to work with this release. Only a minor code change had to be made to the fixed mdc-top-app-bar.

#material-design

Bootstrap receives a Long Term Support Plan

Each major version of Bootstrap will receive at least six months of support after it is retired, followed by six months of critical bug fixes and security updates.

This official announcement from the Bootstrap team is important as website maintenance and update planning will be more projectable for developers.

https://blog.getbootstrap.com/2019/07/24/lts-plan

According to this blog post, Bootstrap v3 will not receive security updates anymore and that’s why the Bootstrap 3 download option has been marked as deprecated and will be removed shortly. Once Bootstrap v5 is published, this new version will become our default Starter Theme and Bootstrap v4 will become an optional download.

#bootstrap, #lts, #support