Theme Developer Handoff

What You Inherit

• This theme is the starter for new client builds.
• Plugin source packages are usually omitted from new client repos.
• Client sites install needed plugins from release zips (dist/releases/) instead of editing plugin source in the client repo.

Practical Scope

• Theme developers usually work only in asnet-core-theme.
• Theme output should stay plugin-agnostic: consume shortcode/API data, avoid plugin-internal assumptions.
• Keep markup and utility classes maintainable for future handoff.
• Client profile data can be fetched once from DevCore option asnet_client_info and mapped as needed in theme code.

Build Quick Start

• Install dependencies at repo root: npm install
• Build theme Tailwind CSS: gulp tailwind
• Optional critical CSS build: gulp tailwind-critical
• Process all images: gulp images
• Process only new images: gulp new-images
• Live dev loop: gulp watch

Packaging

• Theme zip only (explicit): npm run release:theme
• Theme zip only (default safe mode): npm run release
• Full suite (theme + plugins): npm run release:all
• Release zips are written to dist/releases/.