We were thrilled to find a little write-up about Bootplate featured on ColorLib’s 18 Resources for Bootstrap 4. Here’s what they had to say: Bootplate is going to get itself a lot of admiration if it continues to keep up the good work of releasing boilerplates and skeleton templates for Bootstrap 4 niche based themes.… more Bootplate Love from ColorLib
We’re thrilled at the reception Bootplate v1.x has received and that has inspired a lot of ideas for an upcoming version 2.0. Here are just a few things we’re thinking about in this next big release. Faster oEmbed Media Embedded content with external requests can really slow a site down. This is especially true when… more The Future of Bootplate
We absolutely adore WordPress, but without taking the right precautions, you can end up with a sluggish site. We believe good website performance equals good web design. It’s a big part of what our Bootplate theme framework project is all about. Why Performance Matters First time visitors will only hang around for a few seconds… more Good Performance is Good Design
Bootplate is all about being a wicked-fast WordPress theme. After a lot of review of the work by the Filament Group on their loadCSS.js project, we decided to include a few custom functions in version 1.5 that copies WordPress’ CSS and JS enqueue process, but allows for heavier CSS to be loaded asynchronously (i.e. without… more Asynchronous Loading CSS in v1.5
The term “WordPress theme framework” refers to a code base in a Parent Theme used as the foundation for custom development of a WordPress child theme. In the old days, there were some crucial problems with the way themes were developed and maintained. There was no good way of upgrading WordPress theme functionality without losing… more What’s a WordPress Theme Framework?
We discussed creating a series of child themes for the Bootplate framework a few days ago. Well, we went ahead and did a super-basic one we’re calling Childplate. You can download and customize the heck out of from its own GitHub repo. In the future, we’ll be releasing more “fleshed-out” themes, but you gotta start… more Introducing Childplate