Starter Templates for Big Box Theme Creation

📋 Summary

Introduce a collection of stripped-down starter templates or example themes for Big Box, designed to help new users learn the basics of theme creation without being overwhelmed by the complexity of existing portfolio-level themes.

🎯 Feature Overview

• Provide simple, barebones templates showcasing:

  • How wheels, views, and layouts are structured.

  • Basic navigation between views.

  • Examples of animations, transitions, and positioning.

• Templates would be easy to tweak, encouraging experimentation without requiring a full theme build from scratch.

• Keep them intentionally minimal, so they don’t compete with or diminish the value of advanced community-created themes.

• Offer them directly in the LaunchBox/Big Box theme manager or as a downloadable starter pack.

🛠 Example Use Case

• A novice user wants to move the wheel from the bottom to the left side of the screen. Instead of diving into a large, complex theme, they open a starter template and adjust a few properties.

• Another user likes the structure of a template but adds their own background artwork and animations to create something unique.

• Over time, beginners progress from tweaking templates to building and releasing fully custom themes.

📦 Benefits

• Lowers the barrier to entry for theme creation.

• Encourages more creativity and experimentation in the Big Box community.

• Provides a foundation for new creators without relying on veteran theme creators to share their portfolio files.

• Likely to increase the number and variety of themes available, strengthening the overall ecosystem.