silverstripe-styleguide
Generates a styleguide for a SilverStripe theme using CSS documentation., (*1)
Requirements
SilverStripe 4 or higher, (*2)
Installation
$ composer require benmanu/silverstripe-styleguide
Basic Usage
Define the base css/scss folder through the site config., (*3)
BenManu\StyleGuide\StyleGuideController:
paths: 'styleguide/scss' // the base folder used to render kss.
css_files:
- 'themes/default/css/screen.css' // any css theme files to include in the styleguide.
js_files:
- 'themes/default/js/script.js' // any js theme files to include in the styleguide.
Opens up a controller route /sg
., (*4)
Comments tagged with Styleguide 1.0
, Styleguide 2.0
etc are used to create the main /sg/style-guide
navigation.
Sub-navigation sections are generated with tags of Styleguide 1.1
, Styleguide 1.2
etc.
Sub-navigation children are made up of section modifiers like .btn-default
, .btn-primary
., (*5)
Example
You can use the styleguide module scss/css as an example using the below config in your site _config/config.yml
file., (*6)
BenManu\StyleGuide\StyleGuideController:
paths: 'styleguide/scss'
css_files:
- 'styleguide/dist/css/screen.css'
Kitchen Sink CSS Example
/*
#Components
All the components!
Styleguide 1.0
*/
/*
#Buttons
Use the button classes on an <a>, <button>, or <input> element.
Markup:
<a class="btn $modifierClass">Button</a>
Template: Includes/Button
SectionTemplate: BenManu/StyleGuide/Includes/SGColorPalette
Deprecated:
If there was a deprecation notice it would go here.
Experimental:
If there was any experimental notes they would go here.
.btn-default - Standard button.
.btn-default:hover - Subtle hover highlight.
.btn-primary - Provides extra visual weight and identifies the primary action in a set of buttons.
.btn-success - Indicates a successful or positive action.
.btn-danger - Indicates a dangerous or potentially negative action.
$success - The success hex code variable.
$danger - The danger hex code variable.
Compatible in IE6+, Firefox 2+, Safari 4+.
Styleguide 1.1
*/
See the KSS documentation for further details, with a couple of exceptions being the Template:
, and SectionTemplate:
parameters. The Template:
parameter will render a SilverStripe template file as the example (see Fixtures below), and the SectionTemplate:
will render a SilverStripe template file as the Section display., (*7)
All comment descriptions are treated as markdown and parsed through parsedown., (*8)
Section And SectionTemplate
Fixtures
A yml fixture file can be created in the (project)/styleguide/ directory called fixture.yml, used to populate template variables., (*9)
All template files should be placed under the key Template, example:, (*10)
Template:
Includes/Footer:
FooterContent: '<p>Here is some footer content</p>'
Alternatively you can reference other non-template values to populate relationships (has_one, has_many, many_many) and field values, example:, (*11)
SiteConfig:
main:
Title: MySite Title
Site:
link1:
Link: #link1
Text: Link 1
link2:
Link: #link2
Text: Link 2
link3:
Link: #link3
Text: Link 3
StyleGuide:
main:
Content: '<p>Here is some footer content</p>'
Template:
Includes/Footer:
SiteConfig: =>SiteConfig.main
FooterLinks: =>Site.link1, =>Site.link2, =>Site.link3
FooterContent: =>StyleGuide.main.Content
Pages
A yml fixture file can be created in the (project)/styleguide/ directory called pages.yml, used to create additional main and children pages. The Template
parameter should be the same name as a SilverStripe template file in your theme., (*12)
All template files should be placed under the key Page, example:, (*13)
Page:
documentation:
Title: Documentation
Template: SGDocumentation
performanceMonitoring:
Title: Performance Monitoring
Template: SGPerformanceMonitoring
Alternatively you can populate a Children
parameter referencing a list of child pages to include in the sub-navigation:, (*14)
Documentation:
general:
Title: General
Template: SG_General
css:
Title: Css
Template: SG_Css
js:
Title: Js
Template: SG_Js
git:
Title: Git
Template: SG_Git
images:
Title: Images and icons
Template: SG_ImagesAndIcons
Children:
child1:
Title: Child 1
Template: SGChild
child2:
Title: Child 2
Template: SGChild
Page:
documentation:
Title: Documentation
Children: =>Documentation.general, =>Documentation.css, =>Documentation.js, =>Documentation.git, =>Documentation.images
performanceMonitoring:
Title: Performance Monitoring
Template: SGPerformanceMonitoring
Children: =>Children.child1, =>Children.child2
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