Warning

This theme is outdated and should not be used anymore. If you are looking for a modern Single Page Application implementation using the WP-API you should consider trying out our ReactJS boilerplate instead.

them.es Starter Theme for Single Page Applications

them.es Starter (SPA) is a Single Page Application Starter Theme using Web components - the future of Web Development. Please note that the Source files are only recommended for WordPress Developers who are searching for a simple, solid, proved and tested SPA Starter Theme to build upon. Don't expect a ready-to-use WordPress Theme!

If you want to see it in action or want to download a customized Theme for free, check out https://them.es/starter-SPA.

What's included?

• WordPress Theme
• Polymer Web Components
• Bower configuration to install Polymer and keep required Components updated
• Theme Customizer API
• 1 Menu
• 1 Blog section

What's not included?

• jQuery is not needed for Polymer Web Components and will not be used on the frontend anymore

Getting Started

• Download the Starter Theme under https://them.es/starter-SPA and unzip it in a new Project folder
• Prerequisites: Bower needs to be installed on your system
• Open the Project directory in Terminal and run this command to install all required packages
• $ bower install
• Upload the Theme to your WordPress instance and activate it
• Install and activate the WP REST API Plugin Make sure you are using WordPress v4.7+
• Add new Pages and Blog Posts
• Select the Front page and the Posts page under Settings / Reading
• Create a new menu and assign the location Main Navigation Menu
• Use the Theme Customizer to add a logo
• Update manifest.json and replace all icons in /img
• Now it's up to you to add and build new Web elements under /elements
• Don't forget to keep your Polymer elements updated using Bower
• $ bower update

Technology

• Polymer and Polymer Starter Kit, BSD license
• Bower, MIT license

Copyright & License

Code and Documentation © them.es

Code released under GPLv2+