The You Are Theme is a very personal, minimalistic theme for WordPress. It is currently compatible with WordPress 2.8, but efforts are underway to modernise the theme, making it easier to use, maintain and customise. It is based off of the YouAre theme created by the former social network, YouAre.com.
Please read this post for more information on this project, the suspension and the future of the project.
Due to the fact that the original YouAre Theme was issued under the GNU Public License, I do not think that the You Are Theme can break from that tradition. This is also what allows me to take the code structure, refactor it, improve upon it and develop a new theme from it - so you will not hear me complaining about it! Before the first stable release, though, I will try to figure out if this is really the case.
It is currently available for download through Github. It will be publicised on the WordPress Themes Directory upon releasing the first stable version.
The YouAre Theme will be refactored, recoded to emphasise Semantic Web practices, updated to HTML5 and will be upgraded to WordPress 3.7.1, but at this time, there are no plans to continue the YouAre Theme, instead focusing on the You Are Theme (currently, that is the name being used while the theme is in development). The YouAre theme and its revisions/updates will continue to historically be available through Github as they are committed. There will be some structural improvements and refactoring made so that the theme can be properly maintained, as well as documentation written. The documentation will be made available on the You Are Theme GitHub page as it is written and updated as the code is maintained.
As soon as the theme gets closer to being 3.7.1 compatible, yes there will be a dedicated demo site. Until that time, however, you can preview the progress of the theme at the developer's personal blog, Not My Pony where she has the You Are Theme installed and continually makes updates and improvements to the structure of the theme.
Note: These instructions were not written by me, but by the creator of the original theme. Please understand that as the theme is improved, these will be much simpler (such as the plugins no longer being required). Thanks for your understanding. ;)
Plugins required and recommended are in the zip files that you downloaded. Upload and activate plugins, before activating the theme itself. No template editing required. Just plugin activation :)
More info: http://jessicasideways.github.io/youare/classic.html
- Unpack or unzip YouAre.
- Upload the contents inside the '/plugins' folder from the zip to your '/wp-content/plugins' directory in your web server (use your FTP client).
- Log in to the WordPress Administration Dashboard. Go to Plugins menu and active plugins uploaded.
- Upload the /youare folder to your /wp-content/themes directory.
- Click 'Themes' sub-menu from 'Appearance' menu.
- Activate the YouAre theme from the available list of themes to preview.
- Click on the YouAre Options menu item, scroll to the bottom and click "Save".
- To make an archive page: add new page with page template 'Archives'.
- To make a tag cloud page: add new page with page template 'Tags'.