Boilerplate starts with the Starkers theme (http://starkerstheme.com/)... mixes in HTML5 Boilerplate (http://html5boilerplate.com/)... then makes a couple minor modifications... 1) moved IE conditionals from to , to better synch with Modernizr... 2) above also allowed me to remove the recommended by www.phpied.com/conditional-comments-block-downloads/... 3) moved extraneous items (like Modernizr, jQuery, Belated PNG, etc.) to Admin panel (not the last item in the Settings drop-down)... The only extraneous items left in the mark-up are the two favicon references in header.php; read about it there. * The directory "- MOVE TO ROOT" is filled with HTML5 Boilerplate goodness that should be copied FROM that directory and pasted TO your blog's root directory. * The .htaccess in that directory is filled with things which I honestly do not understand... I had to comment-out several items in order to get my WP installation to work, so, play if you like. Be sure to read these "read me" type files as well: - _READ_ME.txt and _LICENSE.txt are from Starkers Theme - README.markdown is from HTML5 Boilerplate Thanks, Atg