Texas Tribune Sass
Project description
Collection of Sass styles and mixins for use at the Texas Tribune.
Installation and Configuration
You can install this using pip like this:
pip install tt_sass
Once installed, you need to add it to your INSTALLED_APPS. You can do that however you like or you can copy-and-paste this in after your INSTALLED_APPS are defined.
INSTALLED_APPS += ['tt_sass', ]
tt_sass relies on django-staticfiles in order to work. You must run the collectstatic command inside your project like this:
python manage.py collectstatic --link
Remember, you must re-run this command any time you add new staticfiles.
Now you’re ready to start using tt_sass.
Usage
You can use this inside your Sass by adding the following:
@import "tt_sass/texastribune"
Once you’ve done that, you need to compile your Sass. Assuming you’re using the default Texas Tribune setup of having a static directory at your project root, you should run the following:
sass --load-path=static/ --watch --poll --compass static
This command setups up the path correctly for all of your code and watches the file for changes.
Using the Grid
The grid is based off of Chris Coyer’s simple grid. The syntax has been changed around a little bit and it’s been mixinified, but the concept is the same.
To create a grid, similar to a row in frameworks like Foundation and Bootstrap, you use the .grid class. Inside a grid, you add cells and tell them how far to span. For example, you do this to create a grid with 12 columns (the default) and two cells, one of 8 columns and one of 4 columns:
<div class="grid"> <div class="cell w-8"></div> <div class="cell w-4"></div> </div>
Creating a Semantic Grid
TODO
Using the Responsive Mixins
tt_sass provides you with a breakpoint mixin for handling responsive design. It ships with the following breakpoints built-in:
- mobile-portrait
defaults to max-width: 320px
- mobile
defaults to max-width: 720px
- tablet
defaults to min-width: 720px
- classic
defaults to min-width: 960px
You can over ride any of these values by setting a variable by their name prior to importing tt_sass/texastribune.
You use the mixin like this:
p +breakpoint(mobile) font-size: 1.2em +breakpoint(tablet) font-size: 1.1em +breakpoint(classic) font-size: 1.0em
You can specify an arbitrary breakpoint as well:
div +breakpoint("max-width: 500px") background-color: red
Various Helpers
TODO
Examples
All of these are being documented in the example/ Django project. See that directory for instructions on how to run that project.
Contributing
This project is released in hopes that it helps people understand how you might build your own Sass framework for use in the context of a Django project. As such, contributions from those outside the Texas Tribune probably won’t be accepted.
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