wp-content/themes/knoll/
Knoll
A school theme built for the four things parents actually visit for, and nothing else on the front page.
== Description ==
Parents visit a school website for term dates, closures, the newsletter and a phone number. Knoll’s front page is those four, above the fold, on a phone — and the closure banner is prominent enough to be seen at seven in the morning in the snow.
Term dates are structured and generate an academic-year calendar, an ics feed and a “next holiday” line without anyone maintaining three copies.
Newsletters are posts with attachments, archived by year, searchable — rather than a folder of PDFs with names like newsletter-final-v2.pdf.
== Screenshots ==
Numbered the way they ship in /assets/. Click any one to see it full width.
== Installation ==
- Install and activate the theme.
- Enter your term dates for the year.
- Set up the closure banner. It is empty and hidden until you use it.
The closure banner has an expiry so nobody has to remember to take it down.
== Frequently asked questions ==
Multi-academy trusts?
One site per school, or a multisite. A single site covering four schools produces four confusing calendars.
Staff logins?
Standard WordPress roles. A staff area is a plugin decision.
== Changelog ==
= 2.4.0 =
- Closure banner with automatic expiry.
- Term dates generate an ics feed.
= 2.2.0 =
- Newsletter archive with search, replacing the file list.