Starkers HTML5 v3.0
Download zip (57kb) Well it’s been roughly 2½ years since Elliot Jay Stocks first released Starkers, a completely naked WordPress theme for designers and developers to build on.
Like so many others I found Elliot’s theme invaluable, and so about 7 months ago I decided to create an HTML5 version that others would be able to use.
Starkers is a bare bones WordPress theme created to act as a starting point for the theme designer… Elliot Jay Stocks, Starkers
Now with the introduction of WordPress 3.0 I’m pleased to unveil the new version of Starkers HTML5, just like the previous version this one has been based on Elliot’s Starkers, which in turn was based on the new default theme known as Twenty Ten.
So what’s new?
Thanks to WordPress 3.0 theme developers now have new APIs that allow them to easily implement custom backgrounds, headers, shortlinks, menus, post types, and taxonomies.
The Twenty Ten theme shows off all of these new features, whereas Starkers leaves the functionality but strips back the styling.
For a more comprehensive look at everything that has improved in WordPress 3.0 you can check out the 3.0 Codex page.
Final notes
Since the only way to get IE to acknowledge HTML5 elements, is to use the HTML5 shiv, Remy Sharp has put together a mini script that enables all the new elements which has been included in the theme.
For a more in-depth look into HTML5 you can check out the following websites:
HTML5 Doctor, Dive into HTML5, the WC3 working draft and the WHATWG working draft
Karl Dawson also has a similar yet slightly different HTML5 version of Starkers available on his website called Brave New World, make sure you check it out.
Any Updates?
Like with all things new (*cough* iPhone4) there’s bound to be a few things that I’ve overlooked. So if you’ve got any feedback or suggestions then please leave a comment below or contact me via email.
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Going to give this a try, I normally code from scratch, but this could save me a lot of time.
Thanks!
Looks good, I might try it out in my next WP theme ;)
Thanks!
The starkers theme save me a lot of time. always.
Great, exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing.
Woah! It’s like you read my mind. Just yesterday I was looking for a way to integrate HTML5 in wordpress.
downloading now – awesome! :)
I’ve used a very old version of Starkers a couple of times before, can’t wait to give this one a try! Thanks for sharing :)
finally! thanks dude.
Thanks heaps for the comments everyone, I hope you find the theme useful.
If you have any suggestions or find any errors please let me know ;)
downloading…
and trying….
Thanks, this is so helpfull. thank you for sharing.
I’ve installed this on my locally setup wordpress 3.01, but is failing to work. Has this been tested with 3.01?
@Rich the theme has been tested with WordPress 3.01 and is working as expected.
Starkers HTML5 is a stripped back version of the Twenty Ten theme… no styling is applied, it’s meant to look blank.
Thanks for the hard work! I look forward to updating my site to the new version.
Great stuff mate! Going into my next wp-site!
Peace!