Base Starter for a WordPress Theme functions.php file

functions.php

<?php
new ThemeName();

class ThemeName {

/**
 * Starting off…
 */
	function __construct() {
		//add_editor_style();
		$this->add_sidebars();
		$this->add_image_sizes();
		$this->actions_and_filters();

	}


	function actions_and_filters()
	{
		add_action( 'init', array( &$this, 'page_excerpts_init' ) );

		/**
		 * Automatically move JavaScript code to page footer, speeding up page loading time.
		 */
		remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_print_scripts');
		remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_print_head_scripts', 9);
		remove_action('wp_head', 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 1);
		add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_print_scripts', 5);
		add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 5);
		add_action('wp_footer', 'wp_print_head_scripts', 5);
		

		add_action( 'init', array( &$this, 'enqueue_scripts' ), 1 );
		add_filter('excerpt_more', array( &$this, 'new_excerpt_more'));

	}


	function new_excerpt_more($more) {
       global $post;
		// return ' <a href="'. get_permalink($post->ID) . '">more...</a>';
		return '…';
	}



/**
 * [enqueue_scripts description]
 * @return [type] [description]
 */
	function enqueue_scripts() {
		if ( !is_admin() ) {
			 wp_dequeue_script( 'jquery' );
			 wp_deregister_script( 'jquery' );

			 wp_enqueue_style( 'foundation',  get_bloginfo( 'template_url' ).'/foundation.min.css', array(), '1.0', $media = 'all' )
			 wp_enqueue_script('jquery', get_bloginfo( 'template_url' ).'/javascripts/jquery.js', array(), '1.9.0', TRUE);		
			 wp_enqueue_script('foundation', get_bloginfo( 'template_url' ).'/javascripts/foundation.min.js', array('jquery'), '1.0', TRUE);
			 wp_enqueue_script('app', get_bloginfo( 'template_url' ).'/javascripts/app.js', array('jquery'), '1.0', TRUE);
		}
	}

/**
 * Custom image sizes used in this theme
 */
	function add_image_sizes() {
		add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
		add_image_size( 'articlePreview', 144, 97, true ); // 4 thumb sub-nav
		add_image_size( 'articleInline', 304, 209, false ); // blog thumbnail
		add_image_size( 'homeFeatured', 304, 145, true ); // blog thumbnail
		add_image_size( 'articleMain', 624, 352, false ); // blog splash
	}

/**
 * Sidebars used in this theme
 */
	function add_sidebars() {
		if ( function_exists( 'register_sidebar' ) ) {
			register_sidebar(
				array( 'name' => __( 'Right Hand Sidebar' ),
					'id' => 'right-sidebar',
					'description' => __( 'Widgets in this area will be shown on the right-hand side.' ),
					'before_title' => '<h1>',
					'after_title' => '</h1>'
					)
				);
		}
		add_theme_support( 'post-thumbnails' );
	}

/**
 * Add support for page excerpts
 * @return [type] [description]
 */
	function page_excerpts_init() {
		add_post_type_support( 'page', 'excerpt' );
		add_post_type_support( 'post', 'excerpt' );
		// register_nav_menu( 'main-menu', __( 'Main Menu' ) );
	}


/**
 * Get the parent id of the current page
 * @return [type] [description]
 */
	function get_parent_id() {
		global $post;
		if ( !$post ) {
			return 0;
		}
		$p = $post;
		$topparentpageid = $p->ID;
		$post_parent_id = $p->post_parent;
		while ( $post_parent_id ) {
			$p = &get_post( $post_parent_id );
			$topparentpageid = $p->ID;
			$post_parent_id = $p->post_parent;
		}
		return $topparentpageid;
	}

/**
 * [get_page_title description]
 * @param  [type] $post_id [description]
 * @return [type]          [description]
 */
	function get_page_title( $post_id=NULL ) {

	}





}


	?>