Toolbox gone?

  • stevebradburn · Member ·

    I saw a post a little earlier mentioning Sandbox and Toolbox. Sandbox is still available, but Toolbox can’t be found when searching themes, and on its page is listed as retired. The page mentions _s, but all the links are for the GitHub/.org version.

    Is Toolbox retired? Is it being replaced? Is underscore coming to WordPress.com?

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  • timethief · Member ·

    Please see what Staff macmanx says about “retired themes” in this thread https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/can-i-use-retired-themes?replies=3#post-1170826

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    Hm, it is definitely retired, but we don’t have any plans to offer _s here as of yet.

    Sandbox is very similar to Toolbox and hasn’t been retired yet. You might want to try that for now.

  • stevebradburn · Member ·

    Thanks for those replies, maybe I need to rewrite my question, especially in line with the response on another thread…

    Your choice is just about right. Toolbox comes, in a way, as a newer and modernized Sandbox, coded in HTML5 with latest web practices in mind. Toolbox would be a more solid and forward looking choice for you to start with.

    So Toolbox has gone, underscore isn’t arriving yet… and I’m not sure I want to head back to Sandbox.

    The recent email regarding business websites was interesting, but I’m not sure if there is a good generic business theme. Some specific business types are well catered for, but I need a theme for a business who have virtually no photos ( so there goes the portfolios), no products (it’s a service industry) and will write few posts other than the occasional news items. They want it quick, cheap and easy to use themselves. WordPress.com fits, but picking a theme which works isn’t easy, especially if we only have Sandbox as a framework theme. Suggestions?

  • staff-blorbo · Staff ·

    I brought this up to our Theme Team after we chatted, and _S is here, just not in name.

    Most of our recent in-house themes are built on _S, like http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/publish/ and http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/superhero/

    When you start using Custom Design, you have the option to either add to a theme’s CSS or replace it. Basically, these themes are some very fancy CSS on top of _S. Replace the CSS, and you have an _S-powered blank slate.

  • stevebradburn · Member ·

    I saw Superhero after I last posted, and like it. Publish looks good too, as a sep up from _S’s minimalism. I have a better look at both.

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