them.es Starter Theme (Material)

them.es Starter (Material) is a WordPress Starter Theme built with Material Design UI components for the web. Please note that the Source files are only recommended for WordPress Developers who are searching for a simple, solid, proved and tested Material Design 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-material

What’s included?

• WordPress Theme
• Material Design UI components
• Sass Source files
• webpack configuration
• NPM configuration to keep the required build libraries updated and to add new libraries
• Customization API
• 2 Menus
• Demo Content

What’s not included?

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

Task Automation

This Theme comes with a built in webpack task automation. Sass source files will be compiled if changed, vendor prefixes will be added automatically and the CSS will be minified. JS source files will be bundled and minified.

• Prerequisites: Node.js (NPM) needs to be installed on your system
• Open the Project directory / in Terminal and install the required Node.js dependencies: webpack, Sass-Compiler, Autoprefixer, etc.
• $ npm install
• Run the watch script
• $ npm run watch
• Modify /assets/main.scss and /assets/main.js
• Test the Theme
• Run the build script
• $ npm run build

More information on the Sass Module System

• Sass Module System

Technology

• Material Components, MIT license
• Sass, MIT license
• webpack, MIT license
• @wordpress/scripts, GPLv2+ and Mozilla Public License v2.0

Copyright & License

Code and Documentation © them.es

Code released under GPLv2+