What is a wordpress theme framework?
A theme framework is a theme that is designed to be a flexible foundation that can serve as a parent theme for building child themes. The use of theme framework may ease theme development by reducing the volume of work which may be needed in creating a backbone for your theme.

Available Frameworks

• Sandbox (Scott’s page)
• Thematic (Ian’s page)
• WP Framework (Official page)
• Hybrid (Official ?age)
• Carrington (Official page)
• The Buffet Framework (Official page)
• WP Basis (Official page)
• Starkers (Official page)

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