Baseline Theme Version 1.1

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:01:08 +0000

It had been a while since I’d done any WordPress development, but I recently dusted off my Baseline theme to start a new project only to find that the jQuery libraries weren’t loading properly. A quick bit of research revealed that new versions of WordPress require a slightly different syntax when using jQuery, so I made a few changes.

jQuery UI is now loaded using wp_enqueue_script("jquery-ui"); instead of linking to Google’s hosted copy.

The code for loading Superfish uses this syntax:

jQuery(document).ready(function() {
        jQuery('ul.sf-menu').superfish();
    });

Lists will now obey margins of neighboringÂ floating elements by default because I declared this in style.css:
```
div#content ul, div#content ol {
	list-style-position: inside;
}
```

Later versions of WordPress don’t support the ‘$’ syntax normally used with jQuery. Wherever you would normally use ‘$’ (such as $(document).ready ();), you have to use ‘jQuery’ instead (jQuery.document.ready();). There were a couple of other housekeeping items like reformatting style.css and creating a table of contents for it. Baseline should be all set to work with the latest versions of WordPress again. Download it here.Similar Posts:

Baseline WordPress Theme Version 1.0.2

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:34:43 +0000

I’ve uploaded a new version of the Baseline theme for WordPress development. The only change this time around is that I’m using wp_enqueue_script() to include WordPress’ existing copy of JQuery. (Hat tip to Chris Coyier.) This seems like a significant enough change to merit a small version bump.

I used the Baseline theme as a launching pad for this website. At least for me, it serves as a good starting point when you begin developing a brand new theme.

If you find this useful, you might be interested in checking outÂ Jeff Starâ€™s functions.php template.Similar Posts:

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