Thematic html5 plugin
This plugin will convert the markup of themes based on the Thematic theme framework to use html5 elements. Requires Thematic 1.0 or later. New filters were introduced in Thematic 1.0.2 that optimizes the use of this plugin, but it will work with Thematic 1.0 as well using an output buffer.
It uses the built in filters of Thematic to change the markup in desired places. If you are using any childtheme_override_* functions they will still work, and will override this plugin’s loops as well. You will then need to make sure that your override loops uses html5 yourself.
The markup changes are:
- doctype changed to
<!doctype html> - conditional comment classes from html5boilerplate are added to the opening
<html>tag - meta tag “charset” added to
<head> - defunkt meta tag http-equiv=Content-type removed (replaced by meta tag above)
- #header uses
<header>element - nav_menu and page_menu uses the
<nav>element - post pagination links uses the
<nav>element - nav-above and nav-below uses the
<nav>element - the loops are using the
<article>element for individual posts. - .entry-header uses the
<header>element - the post title will always be a
<h1> - .entry-utility uses the
<footer>element - widget areas are
<aside>elements, with individual widgets as<section>elements. The widget title is<h1> - #footer uses
<footer>element
The plugin will also add a html5shiv javascript so the new elements will work with older IE browsers. It tries to be detect if any other script has been enqueued, like modernizr, and will only add the script if necessary.
The plugin is intentionally very bare bones, no settings or checkboxes, just activate and go. Ideas, bug reports and general feature requests are welcome at the github issue tracker.
Download & install the zip archive
The plugin package installer can be downloaded from the WP2E project tab called “code”.
1 – Select the version to download if this option is available otherwise the “latest” version of the main plugin will be used.
2 – After downloading the zip archive install the plugin package installer in you local environment and activate the script from the plugin list.
3 – Under the section “Plugins” of the admin dashboard you should see a new “Dependencies & Licenses” link. Follow the instructions from this panel to finalize the installation of the missing dependencies.
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- Give a name to your project
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- Download the Installer Package
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- Install & activate the plugin locally
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- Install the suggested dependencies
Tips: Use the WP2E panel to add/suggest new dependencies to the local installation. Press F5 in the list of dependencies if the changes are not displayed right away.