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diff --git a/swatchmaker/README.md b/swatchmaker/README.md index e00fe2a7..64645646 100644 --- a/swatchmaker/README.md +++ b/swatchmaker/README.md @@ -1,28 +1,33 @@ Create your own swatch ====================== -1. Download Bootstrap +1. Download Bootswatch ------ -Download and unpack [Bootswatch](https://github.com/thomaspark/bootswatch/tags). In terminal, navigate to `swatchmaker/` and run the command `make bootstrap` to update to the latest version of Bootstrap. +Download or clone [Bootswatch](https://github.com/thomaspark/bootswatch). -2. Install LESS +2. Install Bootstrap ------ -If you haven't already, install LESS to your machine via NPM. More information on that here: http://lesscss.org/#-server-side-usage +In terminal, navigate to `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/` and run the command `make bootstrap` to download the latest version of Bootstrap. -3. Customize Bootstrap +3. Install Bootstrap Dependencies ------ -Make your customizations to the two files found in the `swatch` directory, `variables.less` and `bootswatch.less`. +If you haven't before, [install npm](https://npmjs.org/). Next, navigate to `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/bootstrap/` and type `npm install` to locally install Bootstrap dependencies (uglify-js, jshint, recess, connect, hogan.js). -4. Build Customized Bootstrap +4. Customize Bootstrap ------ -In the `swatchmaker` directory, run `make bootswatch`. The compiled CSS files will be created in the `swatch` directory. +Make your customizations to the two files found in `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/swatch/`: `variables.less` and `bootswatch.less`. You can also copy over the less files from an existing theme and modify them. -You can run the watcher to automatically build Bootstrap whenever changes are saved with `ruby watcher.rb`. Requires `gem install directory_watcher`. + +5. Build Customized Bootstrap +------ +In `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/`, run `make bootswatch`. The compiled CSS files will be created in `/bootswatch/swatchmaker/swatch/`. + +You can run the watcher to automatically build Bootstrap whenever changes are saved with `make watcher` (Requires `gem install directory_watcher`). -5. Reset Bootstrap +6. Reset Bootstrap ------ If you want to reset `variables.less` and `bootswatch.less` to defaults, run `make default`.
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