Any objections to removing Bootswatch to make way for global css variables?

[David P Bauer]

Hi All,

I'd like to remove Bootswatch and replace it with an array of global CSS variables that would allow colors, fonts, etc. to be customized while maintaining a more consistent feel. Long term, this would possibly allow institutions to set those variables in their launch to help make tools match their LMS.

For example, you could set something like this in config.php and the colors in Tsugi (and the tools that don't overwrite the default styling) would match.

$theme = array("primary"=>"#1066EB", "text"=>"#111111", "nav-text"=>"#FFFFFF");

I could keep the Bootswatch code in place, but ideally, I'd like to upgrade Bootstrap to version 3.4.1 at the same time and keeping two copies of Bootstrap would muddy up the Output code a bit.

Is anyone opposed to removing Bootswatch support in master? If there are objections I can keep both around.

David

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[Chuck Severance]

No objections at all.   Bootswatch was my quick and dirty way to get it looking a little different than the default.

/Chuck

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[David P Bauer]

Great! I'll have a pull request soon with a lot of the UI updates I've been working on.

After the changes are in master and you do a git pull you will immediately see styling changes to the menu and a few other places (like the settings modal). By default, the menu color will be a bright blue but this is easily set in config.php. I've documented the variables that I've made so far in config-dist.php. I'm sure there will be tweaks and improvements needed along the way, so let me know if you see issues.

I'll also have QuickQuiz up on github.com/udaytonapps/quickquiz this week that can be an example of how to use some of the new components in Output.php.

David

[David P Bauer]

I've made the pull requests for the initial changes. You will need both to be updated for the new theme.

Tsugi Static

https://github.com/tsugiproject/tsugi-static/pull/1

Tsugi

https://github.com/tsugiproject/tsugi/pull/63

Let me know if there are any questions.

David