Roots theme comes with a nice set of Docs https://github.com/retlehs/roots/tree/master/doc but if you want to make sure you don’t overwrite something important or want to keep updating your theme then you should create a child theme.
As far as I am aware and based on interpretation of your heavily indecipherable question (no disrespect intended) you are asking for a plugin or framework that you can install in WordPress that will allow you to visually convert a PSD into a WordPress theme. As far as I know there isn’t such a thing … Read more
There’s no right or wrong answer to this question which might mean this question gets closed. But you should research this elsewhere as its already been widely debated on blogs online – for and against, pros and cons. That aside, you need to decide what the purpose of using a framework is – for YOU. … Read more
Just learn how to create WordPress plugins, and you can add pretty much any functionality you want.
as for your first answer , Like always, you can do that in many ways.. you can use a local folder synch write a function to allow wp to use a themefrom other install (3 filters to check : template_directory_uri // theme_root //theme_root_uri ) install a multiblog network mode and use the same theme for … Read more
Logically, I think this can be done. There should be a way to integrate Angular along with WordPress for your SPA. You would have to use the wordpress REST API to connect them both though. Also, you would need to enqueue the scripts in functions.php for the same. Although I am not sure about running … Read more
The advantage of using a framework is two-fold: If using a theme framework to build a regular theme, it can give you a head start by giving you mature code (in most major frameworks, anyway) that you can use as a base for your customizations. This gives you more control of the theme framework code … Read more
You can enable child themes for any theme: http://codex.wordpress.org/Child_Themes If you want your parent theme based off another parent theme, for example you want a theme based off of Twitter bootstrap and apply any changes they make to your framework, without over-riding your changes, use revision control. Git Mercurial etc.
You’re absolutely right. Frameworks like Thesis, Genesis, and Ultimatum (among others) are essentially barebones themes that allow for modular customization with child themes and skins (in terms of Thesis, though it’s been years since I used it, so that may have changed). I use Ultimatum as a framework for features, for instance, and have child … Read more
Most frameworks are specifically designed to easily handle a large range of applications, while WordPress is quite limited when it comes to using its API to create applications like the one you mentioned. If you want to compare WordPress as a PHP framework with existing popular frameworks, think of it as one of the worst … Read more