[Roots Theme homepage](http://www.rootstheme.com/)

# Roots Theme documentation

Roots is a starting WordPress theme made for developers that’s based on [HTML5 Boilerplate](http://html5boilerplate.com/) and [Bootstrap from Twitter](http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/).

## Installation

* Clone the git repo - `git clone git://github.com/retlehs/roots.git` - or [download it](https://github.com/retlehs/roots/zipball/master)
* Reference the [theme activation](activation.md) documentation to understand
everything that happens once you activate Roots

## Configuration

Edit `lib/config.php` to enable or disable support for various theme functions
and to define constants that are used throughout the theme.

Edit `lib/init.php` to setup custom navigation menus and post thumbnail sizes.

## Getting started

* [Usage](usage.md) — Overview of the project contents.
* [FAQ](faq.md) — Frequently asked questions, along with their answers.

## The core of Roots
* [Theme library](lib.md) — A guide to the `lib/` directory which contains all of the theme functionality, including: [theme activation](activation.md), the [theme wrapper](wrapper.md), [clean up](cleanup.md), and [rewrites](rewrites.md).
* [Theme templates](templates.md) — A guide to the `templates/` directory which contains all of the theme templates.

## Development

* [Contributing to Roots](../CONTRIBUTING.md) — Guidelines on how to contribute effectively.
* [Extending and customizing Roots](extend.md) — Going further with Roots.