Standard Child Themes

This is a public repository for the 8BIT community to contribute, maintain, share, and improve child themes specifically for Standard.

If you're interested in getting started with child themeing, be sure to grab our child theme starter kit.

Guidelines

In order for child themes to be accepted into this repository, they must adhere to the following guidelines...

1. Be fully localized
2. Include a README
3. Include at least one screenshot
4. Be compatible with Standard 3

How To Get Started

The Short Version

1. Using your favorite GitHub client, fork this repository
2. Place the directory in your existing wp-content/themes directory.
3. Create a subdirectory for your child theme and begin developing it
4. Commit your theme to the repository and create a pull request
5. 8BIT will merge your pull request

The Long Version

8BIT has published a series of blog posts specifically targeting new developers or new users of GitHub.

To get started, be sure to read the series in its entirety.

FAQ's

Why isn't my child theme showing up in the WordPress Dashboard?

Because the child themes are located in a subdirectory (that is, wp-content/themes/standard-child-themes, the child theme's stylesheet needs to properly reference Standard.

Make sure that your style.css contains this:

@import url( '../../standard/style.css' );

Rather than this:

@import url( '../standard/style.css' );

When will my theme be merged into the repository?

As soon as we have time to merge the pull request.

Are you guys responsible for vetting the quality of the theme?

No. This responsibility falls on the developer. We're simply providing a way for our community to openly and freely contribute to Standard.

What do we do if we have any other questions?

Shoot us a question at [info@8bit.io](mailto:info@8bit.io?subject=[8BIT Child Theme Repository]+I+have+a+question!)