WxT Bootstrap
A modern, component based and accessible theme powered by the
Bootstrap base theme and integrated extensively with the
WxT jQuery Framework., (*1)
This theme will strive to always work with the native Drupal 8 workflow which
consists of leveraging block layouts and twig templates by default. Over time
full support for various contributed modules such as Display Suite and Panels
will be added for more complex layout functionality., (*2)
Note: For up-to-date documentation please always consult our README.md file., (*3)
Installation
There are two possible installation methods to leverage the
WxT Bootstrap theme in Drupal 8:, (*4)
- distribution (recommended)
- standalone
The standalone install is provided as an additional installation method for
those who do not wish to have the full weight of a distribution and its
required dependencies., (*5)
Distribution
All dependencies are included as part of the Drupal WxT
distribution and come completely configured alongside with additional
integrations and workflow improvements., (*6)
Note: We heavily recommend that you use the distribution method.
Limited support is provided for standalone., (*7)
- Extra configuration of WxT components and additional custom plugins
- Drupal application lifecycle and timely updates of core
- Workflow improvements and configuration of key contributed modules
StandAlone
WxT Bootstrap at a minimum requires the following dependencies:, (*8)
Note: The wet-boew assets need to be under the /libraries
folder with the proper naming scheme., (*9)
You can easily retrieve these dependencies via composer:, (*10)
composer require drupal/wxt_bootstrap
composer require drupal/wxt_library
Note: Please take a look at the composer.json file located in WxT Library which pulls in all of
the theme assets using a custom composer repository., (*11)
Setup
Enable either The WxT Bootstrap theme or derived sub-theme and
set it to be the default active theme in Drupal., (*12)
Sub-Theming
We provide a starterkit under the starterkits
folder that contains the
template for inheriting from wxt_bootstrap
., (*13)
Note: In order for your new sub-theme to inherit styles (and maybe other things)
from the wxt_bootstrap base theme you need to select your new sub-theme under the
Theme Visibility settings (/admin/config/wxt/wxt_library
)., (*14)
SCSS Compilation
You will need to have the following required dependencies for the following
commands to execute successfully:, (*15)
- NodeJS (v18.10.0) + NPM (v9.6.6) + Yarn (v1.22.19)
- Gulp install globally with the -g option
Inside the theme directory run the following to install the required NodeJS
dependencies:, (*16)
yarn install
, (*17)
Pre-requisites
Download and extract the latest 3.x.x version of
Bootstrap Framework Source Files into the root of your new
sub-theme. After it has been extracted, the directory should be renamed
(if needed) so it reads ./wxt_bootstrap/libraries/bootstrap
. Even though WxT
ships with the compiled bootstrap files as libraries we still need the source
files to compile the bootstrap overrides., (*18)
With Gulp
Run the following commands inside the theme directory to compile SCSS to CSS:, (*19)
-
gulp scss
(Creates the initial css file)