ACF Flexible Content Layouts Starter Kit

A starter kit for Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Flexible Content, providing essential layouts commonly used in WordPress themes. The kit uses minimal CSS Flexbox-based layouts and adaptable ACF configurations, making it easy to implement and modify. Additionaly, it includes Webpack and npm for easy compilation and minification of assets.

ACF Starter Layouts

The available ACF Flexible Content layouts and their options.

Media & Text

A two-column layout for image and text, with drag-and-drop reordering. If no image is added, the layout automatically adjusts to display the text content in full width.

Options:

• Columns (Repeater)
  • Content Type (Image or Text)
  • For "Image" Content Type
    • Image
  • For "Text" Content Type
    • Heading (Text Field)
    • Text (WYSIWYG Editor)
    • Link
• Image & Text Alignment (Top, Center, Bottom)
• Mobile Order (Default, Image First, Text First)

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Features

Ideal for showcasing features of products or services in multiple columns in a row.

Options:

• Features (Repeater)
  • Image
  • Title (Text Field)
  • Description (Textarea)
  • Link
• Columns (1 to 6)
• Alignment (Top, Center, Bottom)

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Call to Action

A layout for call-to-action sections, with an optional background image and overlay opacity setting.

Options:

• Headline (Text Field)
• Text (Textarea)
• Link
• Background Image
• Overlay Opacity (0 to 100)

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Slider

A responsive and accessible slider using Splide.js, a lightweight and modern JavaScript library for creating sliders and carousels.

Options:

• Slides (Repeater)
  • Image
  • Title (Text Field)
  • Description (Textarea)
  • Link
• Slides Per Row (1 to 6)
• Slides Per Move (1 to 6)
• Pagination (True/False)
• Arrows (True/False)
• Loop (True/False)
• Autoplay (True/False)
• Autoplay Duration (Number Field)
• Pause On Hover (True/False)
• Responsive (Repeater)
  • Breakpoint (Number Field)
  • Slides Per Row (Number Field)

Adding the Starter Kit to Your Theme

File Structure

Below is the file structure of the ACF Flexible Content Starter Kit:

• /src - JavaScript and SCSS source files.
• /build - Compiled and minified JavaScript and CSS files.
• /imports - ACF JSON files for importing.
• /layouts - Individual PHP files for each ACF layout.
• helper-functions.php - PHP functions used to output and format the ACF fields.
• flexible-content-loop.php - Main loop file used to output the ACF Flexible Content fields in your theme.
• webpack.config.js - Configuration file for Webpack, used to define how scripts and styles are compiled and bundled.
• package.json - NPM package dependencies and scripts for the project.

Import ACF Flexible Content Layouts

1. Locate the provided JSON file (acf-layouts.json) in /acf-flex-starter/imports/.

2. In your WordPress dashboard, go to ACF > Tools.

3. Under Import Field Groups, upload the acf-layouts.json file and click Import File.

4. Modify the field group's location as needed (default setting is "page").

This will add all the predefined layouts and configurations to your WordPress site.

Include Helper Functions

The helper-functions.php file must be included in your theme's functions.php as it contains essential functions used by the ACF layouts. Add the following line to include it:

include(get_template_directory() . '/acf-flex-starter/helper-functions.php');

Include the Flexible Content Loop

1. To integrate the flexible content layouts, include the flexible-content-loop.php file in your template. Add the following line to your PHP file where you want the layouts to appear:

include(get_template_directory() . '/acf-flex-starter/flexible-content-loop.php');

2. Make sure the ACF flexible content field is named "layouts", or modify the have_rows('layouts') in the loop to match your field name.
3. You can create additional layout files within the /acf-flex-starter/layouts/ directory. Name them after each layout, for example, your_custom_layout.php. These files will be automatically included and processed in the loop.

Include CSS and JavaScript

To include the CSS and JavaScript files, add the following lines to your theme's functions.php file.

Enqueue the CSS:

wp_enqueue_style('acf-flex-starter-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/acf-flex-starter/build/css/style.min.css', array(), '1.0.0');

Enqueue Splide CSS and JS for sliders:

wp_enqueue_style('splide-style', 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@splidejs/splide@4.1.4/dist/css/splide.min.css', array(), '4.1.4');

wp_enqueue_script('splide-main', 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/@splidejs/splide@4.1.4/dist/js/splide.min.js', array(), '4.1.4', true);

Enqueue the main JS file with splide-main as a dependency:

wp_enqueue_script('acf-flex-starter-main', get_template_directory_uri() . '/acf-flex-starter/build/js/main.min.js', array('splide-main'), '1.0.0', true);

Customize SCSS Settings

SCSS Variables

Update the _variables.scss file in acf-flex-starter/src/scss/ to fit your theme's design:

• Update the $container variable to match your theme's container class. Ensure to also update the container class name in the layout files located in acf-flex-starter/layouts/.
• Adjust the $container-width and breakpoint variables ($screen-sm, $screen-md, $screen-lg, $screen-xl) to fit your theme's design across various device sizes.

SCSS Mixins for Responsive Design

Utilize the max-screen and min-screen mixins for breakpoints:

@include max-screen(md) {
    // Styles for medium screens and below go here
}

@include min-screen(lg) {
    // Styles for large screens and above go here
}

// Use any of the size variables (sm, md, lg, xl) defined in the "_variables.scss" file.

Build Instructions

Setup

To work with the SCSS and JS files, you'll need to have Node.js installed.

Run the following command in the acf-flex-starter directory to install the necessary packages:

npm install

Compile and Minify SCSS and JavaScript

To watch for changes in SCSS and JavaScript files and automatically recompile (for development):

npm run watch-scss

To compile and minify both SCSS and JavaScript files once (for production):

npm run build