prolific-wpgulp

Overview

This is a combination of our WordPress starter theme and a heavily modified WPGulp workflow maintaned by AhmadAwais.

NOTE: This project requires node version 14.0.0! Install this using Node Version Manager

Prerequisites

This project uses Gulp, a Node.js task runner and should already be installed as a prerequisite.

Confirm that node and npm are properly installed using the command line:

node --version
npm --version

Additionally, the Gulp command command line must be globaly installed.

npm install --global gulp-cli

You can verify that gulp-cli is installed by running

gulp --version

Finally, portions of this project are built using Composer, and npm postinstall will fail if Composer is not installed. Verify composer is properly installed with:

composer --version

Quickstart: Homebrew on macOS

On macOS, ensure command line tools are installed. If they are not, install them using

xcode-select --install

Then, install and update Homebrew. At the time of this writing, past the following into terminal:

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"
brew doctor
brew upgrade

Next, install node, gulp-cli and composer:

brew install node gulp-cli composer

Installing this project

After the prerequisites have been met, navigate to your the wp-content/themes/ folder and create a new folder to house your new theme. Inside this folder, run npx prolific-wpgulp

After complete, make sure to read the new README.md file inside your new theme folder.