Emory Libraries Style Guide

A style guide for Emory Libraries' websites

This style guide expresses the Emory Libraries' design system and includes patterns from Emory Libraries' Pattern Library.

Prerequisites

This style guide was built using Brad Frost's Style Guide Guide, which requires Jekyll, a static site generator. Jekyll is built on top of Ruby and requires that Ruby 2.2.5 or greater be installed on your system and has been preloaded for use with RubyGems. Additionally, this project requires Bundler version 1.17.1 or greater for managing RubyGem dependencies. It has also been setup to utilize a Grunt wrapper for improved task automation.

Installation

Prior to installation, ensure that all prerequisites have been met. Then, to install this project on your system:

1. Download and unzip the compressed package, or clone the repo using:

git clone https://github.com/emory-libraries/style-guide-guide

2. Then cd to your project's folder in a terminal, and install all depdencies:

bundle install && npm install

3. Initialize the dependencies and start the Jekyll server:

bundle exec jekyll serve

or

grunt dev

The Jekyll server will build the static site and watch for changes. To view the style guide and see live changes, visit http://127.0.0.1:4000/ in your browser.

Getting Started

You can either use Bundler and Jekyll's CLI or Grunt to generate the static site and make changes to the style guide:

Using Bundler and Jekyll

• bundle exec jekyll serve --config _config.development.yml - Builds the style guide and starts a live server at http://127.0.0.1:4000/, then watches for changes made to the source files.

• bundle exec jekyll build --config _config.production.yml - Builds the style guide and outputs it to a _site directory

Using Grunt

• grunt dev - Builds the style guide and starts a live server at http://127.0.0.1:4000/, then watches for changes made to the source files.

• grunt dist - Builds the style guide and outputs it to a _site directory

• grunt deploy - Builds the style guide (like grunt dist) and additionally deploys it to a host server

Using Jekyll

Jekyll is a versatile static site generator built with scalability and extensibility in mind. For more information on how to use it, refer to the Jekyll Documentation or review the Jekyll Resources for additional tutorials, guides, and other helpful tools.

Using Style Guide Guide

Brad Frost created Style Guide Guide as a quick and dirty way to build documentation for design systems based on his arguments about workshops vs. storefronts. It's intended to be used as a storefront for showcasing patterns from Pattern Lab, where Pattern Lab is the workshop. For additional information about Style Guide Guide, visit to the original Style Guide Guide repo by Brad Frost on Github.