darkstar-theme-public

This repository contains a sample only of the darkstar-theme WordPress theme and build. You can follow instrutions below to get the WordPress site running locally, or just grab the theme files.

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Getting Started with Lando

To get this site running in a local Lando environment, follow these steps:

1. Set Up Lando

Create a lando.yml file in the root of your project with the following configuration:

name: darkstar-theme
recipe: wordpress
config:
webroot: .
database: mariadb
services:
appserver:
type: php:8.0
database:
type: mariadb
proxy:
appserver:
- darkstar-theme.lndo.site
tooling:
npm:
service: appserver
composer:
service: appserver
wp:
service: appserver

2. Start and Rebuild Lando

Run the following commands to initialize your environment:

lando start
lando rebuild -y

3. Database Import

To import a WordPress database, use:

lando db-import backup.sql

After importing, update URLs for your local environment:

lando wp search-replace 'https://www.live-site.com' 'http://darkstar-theme.lndo.site' --skip-columns=guid

4. Permalink Settings

Once everything is set up, visit Settings > Permalinks in the WordPress admin area and click Save Changes to regenerate .htaccess rules.

5. Accessing the Site

Visit http://darkstar-theme.lndo.site in your browser to view the theme in your local environment.

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Features and Tools

1. Build Tools

• Gulp: Used for asset minification and optimization.
• Lando: Utilized for local development environments.

2. Dynamic Content with ACF

• Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) for dynamic content management.
• Components and ACF Loop:
  • Found in themes/darkStarMediaTheme/components.
• ACF JSON:
  • Custom field configurations are stored in themes/darkStarMediaTheme/acf-json.

3. Source Files

• All source files are located in themes/darkStarMediaTheme/src.

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CSS and Layout Updates

• This theme was originally built using Bootstrap, but most Bootstrap code has been replaced with CSS Grid.
• Over time, all remaining Bootstrap code will be removed.
• A new custom navigation walker will be created to fully transition away from Bootstrap.

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wp-config.php

Ensure your wp-config.php file is configured correctly for local development. Here’s an example:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', true);
define('WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false);
@ini_set('display_errors', 1);

$table_prefix = 'wp_';

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Notes

• This repository is a public sample and does not include sensitive data or configuration files.

Feel free to explore the code and adapt it for your own projects!