Title: Cotton Framework
Author: w3prodigy
Published: <strong>May 25, 2010</strong>
Last modified: July 25, 2010

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# Cotton Framework

 By [w3prodigy](https://profiles.wordpress.org/w3prodigy/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/cotton-framework.0.1.3.zip)

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 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/cotton-framework/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/cotton-framework/#developers)

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## Description

This is a public beta.

Cotton Framework comes with a complete XHTML / CSS Theme for designers to style 
using Child Themes.

 * W3C Standards Compliant XHTML and CSS
 * Mobile / Handheld device ready
 * Print Friendly
 * Cross Browser Compliant
 * Google Web Site Verification
 * Bing Web Site Verification
 * Google Analytics Web Property ID Setting
 * 7 Standard Widget Areas
 * 14 Optional Advanced Widget Areas

#### Included Optional Plugins

 * Robots Generator – Improve framework for search engines with a robots file.
 * Sitemap Generator – Improve framework for search engines with a sitemap file.
 * Mobile Support – Enable support for Mobile / Handheld Browsers.
 * Google Hosted AJAX Libraries – Register Google’s hosted AJAX Libraries with WordPress.

#### Send Us Your Site

We’d like to see some examples of how the framework is being used. Send your live
site examples to w3prodigy at gmail dot com.

#### Reporting Issues and Requesting Features

Please report any issues or feature requests to http://code.google.com/p/cotton-
framework/issues/ using your google account.

## Installation

 1. Upload the ‘cotton-framework’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

#### Creating Your Own Themes

For more information on WordPress Child Themes, visit https://codex.wordpress.org/
Theme_Development#Child_Themes_style.css

To view the framework theme:
 1. Activate the Cotton Framework theme through the‘
Appearance’ menu in WordPress

To create a theme based on the Cotton Framework, WordPress needs to know that your
theme is a Child Theme, place the following in your comment header in your style.
css
 Template: cotton-framework

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Cotton Framework” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ w3prodigy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/w3prodigy/)

[Translate “Cotton Framework” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/cotton-framework)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cotton-framework/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/cotton-framework/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cotton-framework/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/cotton-framework/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### Version 0.1.3

 * Resolved issues with Front Page Category functionality.
 * Resolved issues for Child Themes.
 * Doctype Setting removed, standard is now XHTML 1.0 Transitional for performance
   optimization. Transitional allows width and height attributes for img tag optimization.
 * Added Bing Site Verification to the Settings page.
 * Added 10 pixel margin to ‘posts’ ID.

#### Version 0.1.2

 * Widget Areas changed for better consistency.
 * Framework Theme functions file was split into 3 files: functions.php, functions-
   hooks.php and functions-filters.php
 * In-line actions placed in theme files.
 * Framework CSS optimized to resolve concerns and various issues. Tiered navigation
   now functions as designed.
 * Revised defined Widget Areas.

#### Version 0.1.1

 * Minor Patch to fix Validation issues.

#### Version 0.1

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.3**
 *  Last updated **16 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.0.5**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cotton-framework/)
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## Contributors

 *   [ w3prodigy ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/w3prodigy/)

## Support

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