[wp-hackers] best way to check for bootstrap

Chris McCoy chris at lod.com
Wed Feb 26 20:34:51 UTC 2014


Ya for example, I looked at “the-bootstrap” on the themes directory on
wordpress.org

The handler used is tw-bootstrap

And for example strap press from bragthemes uses bootstrap-styles and
bootstrap-scripts for the bootstrap .css and .js

Probably the best way is to use an option

On 2014-02-26, 2:14 PM, "Madalin Ignisca" <madalin.ignisca at gmail.com>
wrote:

>That's nice to find out of a plugin that alters gravity forms output
>optimized for Bootstrap.
>
>You could create an options page with a simple question: load bootstrap or
>not?
>
>Let the user choose.
>
>I found the slug for bootstrap named in dozens of ways by theme authors
>and
>you can't keep up with them as nobody respects a standard like use
>something like "bootstrap" and "bootstrap-component". If everybody would
>do
>that, we would have a better world :D
>
>I think that leaving the option to the user to disable loading bootstrap
>from your plugin is the best way, so play with conditions ;)
>
>
>On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Chris McCoy <chris at lod.com> wrote:
>
>> Reason I ask, is my plugin makes gravityforms into bootstrap, and I
>>don’t
>> want to load the bootstrap css and js if its already loaded.
>>
>> I know I could add an admin_notices saying bootstrap css/js required,
>>etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2014-02-26, 1:59 PM, "Madalin Ignisca" <madalin.ignisca at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Bootstrap from getbootstrap.com is a frontend framework that should be
>> >available normally only on theme level.
>> >
>> >If you're building a theme with Bootstrap, you should not worry that it
>> >would be loaded by something else as it should not (if you find a
>>plugin
>> >that does it, well, the plugin author doesn't likes some good practices
>> >and
>> >standards).
>> >
>> >The theme is the presentation layer and the top layer of WordPress and
>> >only
>> >it should handle this kinds of libraries.
>> >
>> >It shouldn't be included in the core as there are dozens of
>>alternatives
>> >and Bootstrap isn't a standard, it's just popular; there are others
>>better
>> >done with more features then Bootstrap (well, maybe just my opinion).
>> >
>> >
>> >On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:52 PM, Nikola Nikolov
>> ><nikolov.tmw at gmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> The best approach in my opinion is to use "bootstrap" as it's handle
>>in
>> >> wp_register/enqueue_style - after all you shouldn't really need
>> >>different
>> >> version of bootstrap(or multiple instance of bootstrap) on the same
>> >>page.
>> >>
>> >> Of course you can probably hook late to wp_enqueue_scripts and go
>> >>through
>> >> all of the enqueued styles and see if there's anything that contains
>> >> bootstrap. Obviously that's an overkill and will not always work.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:31 PM, Chris McCoy <chris at lod.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > What would be the best way to check if bootstrap is added (enqueue)
>> >>so I
>> >> > don¹t load it twice.
>> >> >
>> >> > Also any plans on adding bootstrap to core shipped scripts?
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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