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[Resolved] Plans for maintenance/support of Toolset Start Theme?

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Problem:
Recent blog posts indicate that you're encouraging the use of standard WordPress themes for most new projects, but that the TS theme remains available for advanced and current applications. It was stated that no new features will be added to it. I'm curious just how much of an orphan it is at this point. Will you, for example, update it for Bootstrap 4 along with your other components, and make sure that it retains compatibility with the rest of Toolset as the latter evolves? Do you have plans to retire it at some point, and if so, when?

Solution:
We have no plans to develop the Starter theme further, but will continue to maintain it.
So we will retains compatibility with the rest of Toolset, for the Bootstrap problem, we will provide a setting in Dashboard-> Toolset-> Settings, section "Bootstrap loading", there is an option "Toolset should load Bootstrap 3.0", then you can keep on using Bootstrap 3.0 with Toolset Starter theme and other Toolset plugins, and there isn't any plan to implement Bootstrap 4 to Toolset Start Theme yet.

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Last updated by Luo Yang 7 years ago.

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#590019

Could you give me a clear statement of your plans for support of the Toolset Starter Theme? Recent blog posts indicate that you're encouraging the use of standard WordPress themes for most new projects, but that the TS theme remains available for advanced and current applications. It was stated that no new features will be added to it. I'm curious just how much of an orphan it is at this point. Will you, for example, update it for Bootstrap 4 along with your other components, and make sure that it retains compatibility with the rest of Toolset as the latter evolves? Do you have plans to retire it at some point, and if so, when?

It would be helpful to have this information when choosing a theme for new projects. Thanks.

#590124

Dear Jerry,

Yes, you are right:
We have no plans to develop the Starter theme further, but will continue to maintain it.
So we will retains compatibility with the rest of Toolset, for the Bootstrap problem, we will provide a setting in Dashboard-> Toolset-> Settings, section "Bootstrap loading", there is an option "Toolset should load Bootstrap 3.0", then you can keep on using Bootstrap 3.0 with Toolset Starter theme and other Toolset plugins, and there isn't any plan to implement Bootstrap 4 to Toolset Start Theme yet.

#590351

Thank you. My take-away is that I should avoid the Toolset Starter Theme for new projects, even advanced ones, but that you intend to provide support for existing implementations.

#590419

You are welcome.