Description
WSB is a Sandbox child theme that provides tight integration with the Blueprint CSS. This is the conclusion of the method of integration discussed here. Using WordPress functions file, Sandbox template files, and Blueprint CSS files creates a excellent minimalist theme that is a very strong starting point for further theme development and customization. For more information and download, please see the WSB theme post.
Based on my tutorial on setting up a WordPress Sandbox and Blueprint environment, I decided to package a usable theme based on this method.
NB: the tutorial was based on a method that takes advantage of the very powerful compress.rb script to generate your stylesheets. This theme contains pre-generated stylesheets and does not take advantage of that method. If you are interested, I’d recommend installing blueprint and learning how to use compress.rb rather than starting with this theme.
Features
- Tight integration of WordPress, Sandbox, and Blueprint CSS
- Child theme for easy upgrades and customization
- Integration of Blueprint plugins
- Minimalist theme when used as is
- Baseline starting point for additional development
Download
- 09/12/2009 – v0.2 – Download .zip File
- 08/10/2009 – v0.0.1 – Initial Release
Changelog
v0.2 – 2009-09-12
- Tags Updated
- Documentation Updated
- Recompiled using Blueprint v.0.9.1
- Fixed Vertical rhythm
- Added Sandbox’ Gallery CSS
v0.0.1 – 2009-08-10
- Initial Release
Screenshot
Installation:
- Download WSB Theme
- unzip the file
- Upload the WSB folder to /wp-content/themes folder in your wordpress install
- Activate the theme in the admin section of your site: /wp-admin/themes.php
- Install the sandbox theme — as you installed the WSB Theme above
- In bp/print.css, uncomment the last line and change the domain name to take advantage of internal link printing.
- In bp/screen.css, change the url where you see:
/* CHANGE URL BELOW FOR CORRECT LINK ICONS */ body a[href^="http://sub.domain.com"] {background:transparent none !important;padding:0 !important;margin:0 !important;}<strong>
LINK ICONS WILL NOT WORK UNTIL YOU DO THIS - (optional)This theme comes with a robots.txt file for additional SEO improvements. Move this to the root of your wordpress install to take advantage of the SEO benefits (in conjuction with the function in functions.php).
Licensing
WSB Theme for Sandbox is licensed under the GNU General Public License.
Support
Support is available in the comments below or by email.
8 Comments
Hi Jens,
I installed your theme and decided to stop working on mine, since yours is so much more advanced. Congratulations and thank you for telling me of this in the first place!
I’d have some minor suggestions, though:
- 0.0.0.1 is overly conservative. 0.1 would fit the bill
- add a sceenshot
- remove Nedsferatu.com from the tags – my belief is there are (there should be) better ways to group together themes from the same person and tags should not be filled with this information
- add the “starter” tag, and maybe also “sandbox”
I will notify you of any other improvement I may think of. thank you again for this theme!
Thanks so much for the comment, David! Your suggestions are great and I really appreciate the feedback. This is my first public theme so I expect to be making updates soon with tweaks and improvements. Please keep me up to date on your own improvements and understanding of blueprint, sandbox, and wordpress.
WSB theme rox!! thanks for this
Thanks Brad! I hope to be releasing a new version in the next couple days so stay tuned.
Hi Ned,
I’m glad you liked it. I will keep you in touch, no doubt about that.- Keep up the good work!
BTW: I don’t know if WordPress support templating inheritance, i.e. “grandchildren” themes. Because right now, if I use WSB as a basis, I practically fork instead of inherit. It would be worth investigate this.
Thanks David, that is a really good idea and I will look into it for the next release in the next few days. My guess is that grandchilding a theme would work fine and just add to the cascading stack of template and theme files that wordpress uses. There is a performance hit I’m sure but it is a really interesting idea.
I think you summed it up quite well
Hey all, new version is available for download above. All feedback is appreciated! Thanks for your interest in this project.