What is your opinion of the Roots Theme, Boilerplate & Bootstrap for WordPress?

  • Heya,

    I’ve always relied on Twenty Twelve as my Parent Theme but recently someone challenged me to consider Boilerplate + Bootstrap + SASS (optionally). That eventually lead me to the Roots Theme but it appears that Roots is not designed to be a Parent Theme. Which seems counter-productive at a first glance so I could really use some input from ya’ll to:

    Help me understand whether or not I should adopt that as a Parent Theme or “starter” Theme over Twenty Twelve.

    Thanks!

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  • These forums only support themes from the repository on this site, so you may get better info about roots theme on their site or via google.

    Thread Starter Spencer Hill

    (@s3w47m88)

    Let me rephrase my question then:

    It seems that BP & BS are viewed as a sort of “standard”, yet Twenty Twelve doesn’t use them. So is that because Twenty Twelve has it’s own methodology? Or is there any specific reason? Etc…

    What a theme does, or doesn’t, use is entirely up to that theme’s developer.

    And please do not bump your topics., That’s not allowed here.

    Thread Starter Spencer Hill

    (@s3w47m88)

    I understand that what a Theme does or doesn’t do is up to the developer. BP/BS don’t dictate what a Theme does or doesn’t do (I assumed you were familiar with them?), rather it’s a framework, just as Twenty Twelve is, to enable developers to get any number of things done faster.

    So I’m still seeking a response from users in the community about my original question. But since there seems to be some confusion let me clarify what I’m asking:

    BP/BS seem to be a widely adopted standard framework for website development. Yet Twenty Twelve does not utilize them. I don’t want to adopt them if Twenty Twelve is unlikely to do so ever, but I also feel that they provide a broader set of strengths and features then Twenty Twelve does so I would be surprised if this hasn’t been, at least, considered.

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