Difference between revisions of "Joomla LESS"
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== Not all LESS compilers are equal == | == Not all LESS compilers are equal == | ||
| − | The LESS compiler used for the Joomla core is obtained from [http://leafo.net/lessphp leafo.net/lessphp]. | + | The LESS compiler used for the Joomla core for code style consistency is obtained from [http://leafo.net/lessphp leafo.net/lessphp]. |
If you're working on your own template you can use any compiler you like. | If you're working on your own template you can use any compiler you like. | ||
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| + | == References == | ||
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| + | * [http://kyleledbetter.com/jui/less kyleledbetter.com/jui/less] - Example of building your own template.less | ||
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Revision as of 19:16, 19 December 2012
Most of the Joomla 3.0 default template stylesheets are written using LESS and then compiled to generate the CSS files.
Where can you find the .less stylesheets and compiler?[edit]
The .less building blocks are located in media/jui/less/. The template specific .lessfiles are located in templates/<templates>/less/.
The CSS generation wrapper script, LESS compiler, and other similar build tools are located in the build/ directory of the Joomla source located on GitHub. Refer to Git_for_Coders for more information on using GitHub. The build directory is only available from the Joomla source, it is not included in an official Joomla release.
How to re-generate the CSS stylesheets[edit]
To re-generate all the CSS files from a Joomla core distribution, you will need to execute the generation scripts as a CLI application.
For example:
cd joomla-cms/build c:\xampp\php\php.exe generatecss.php
Compiling your own LESS files for your template[edit]
To compile less files for your own template, you will need to take a copy of the generatecss.php script and adjust it to suite your template.
Not all LESS compilers are equal[edit]
The LESS compiler used for the Joomla core for code style consistency is obtained from leafo.net/lessphp.
If you're working on your own template you can use any compiler you like.
References[edit]
- kyleledbetter.com/jui/less - Example of building your own template.less