flexpress/component-theme

Base theme for WordPress

FlexPress theme component

Implement concreate class

class MyConcreteThemeClass extends AbstractTheme {}

Implement the abstract setupRoutes() method

• Please consult the documentation for the component-routing for how to setup routes
• Here is a simple example:

protected function setupRoutes()
{

  // Search route
  $this->router->addRoute(
      'searchController',
      function () {
          return is_search();
      }
  );

}

Install via Pimple

• Please note you will have to create all the components listed below in your pimple config, of which you will need to consult the corresponding components documentation.

$pimple["theme"] = function($c) {
  return new MyConcreateThemeClass(
    $c,
    $c['router'],
    $c['hooker'],
    $c['templatingFunctions'],
    $c['taxonomyHelper'],
    $c['postTypeHelper'],
    $c['ACFHelper'],
    $c['shortcodeHelper'],
    $c['imageSizeHelper']
  );
};

Public methods

init($themePath)

• This method, as the name suggests initialises the theme, which does the setting up of allt the hooks required to add the functionality. Use the $themePath to set the root directory of the theme:

// Setup in the functions.php file
$pimple['FlexPress']->init(__DIR__);

afterSetupTheme()

• Used by the hook after_theme_setup, which utilised all the helpers used by the theme, such as setting up image sizes, terms and custom post types.

templateInclude()

• Used by the hook template_include, which overrides the wordpress templating system in favour of the MVC with Timber/Twig setup.

getThemePath()

• Getter method which returns the path to the theme.

getThemeURL()

• Getter method for the theme url.

getDIC()

• Getter method for the DIC (pimple).

Protected methods

setupRoutes()

• Used to setup the routes, must be implmented.