Base

A Rock Solid, Responsive CSS Framework built to work on all devices big, small and in-between.

Lightweight and minimal code. Spend less time overriding styles and focus more time on creating beautiful website applications.

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Table of contents

• Overview
• Installation
• Documentation
• Templates
• Support
• Authors
• Credits
• License

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Overview

Base itself is a pretty thin CSS framework built on top of Normalize CSS. Include what you need on top of Base such as custom typography, custom grids, components and make it yours.

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Installation

If you are creating a new project from scratch, it is recommended that you use the base starter.

git clone https://github.com/getbase/starter.git --depth=1 \
new-website && cd new-website && rm -rf .git && \
npm install && npm start

For existing projects, simply install base using NPM.

npm install --save @getbase/base

Once you have Base installed, you can choose what to import and include your own custom styles.

HTML/CSS References:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="UTF-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
  <title>Your Website / App </title>
  <!-- Base Core -->
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/core.css">
  <!-- Base Common -->
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/code.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/forms.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/tables.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/typography.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/headings.css">
  <!-- Add Your Website / App Stylesheet -->
  <!-- ... -->
  <!-- Add Additional Modules -->
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/containers.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/grid.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/horizontal-spacers.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/vertical-spacers.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/spacers.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/display-helpers.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/flex-helpers.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/position-helpers.css">
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/typography-helpers.css">
</head>
<body>
  <p>
    Base!
  </p>
</body>
</html>

CSS Import:

/* Import Base */
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/core.css");

/* Import Base Common */
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/code.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/forms.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/tables.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/typography.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/headings.css");

/* Add Your Website / App Styles */
/* ... */

/* Add Additional Modules */
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/containers.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/grid.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/horizontal-spacers.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/vertical-spacers.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/spacers.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/display-helpers.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/flex-helpers.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/position-helpers.css");
@import url("https://unpkg.com/@getbase/base/typography-helpers.css");

SCSS Import:

/* Import Base */
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/_mixins";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/core";

/* Import Base Common */
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/code";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/forms";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/tables";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/typography";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/headings";

/* Add Your Website / App Styles */
@import "main";

// Add Additional Modules
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/containers";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/grid";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/horizontal-spacers";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/vertical-spacers";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/spacers";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/typography-helpers";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/display-helpers";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/flex-helpers";
@import "~@getbase/base/scss/position-helpers";

LESS Import:

/* Import Base */
@import "~@getbase/base/less/_mixins";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/core";

/* Import Base Common */
@import "~@getbase/base/less/code";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/forms";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/tables";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/typography";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/headings";

/* Add Your Website / App Styles */
@import "main";

// Add Additional Modules
@import "~@getbase/base/less/containers";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/grid";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/horizontal-spacers";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/vertical-spacers";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/spacers";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/typography-helpers";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/display-helpers";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/flex-helpers";
@import "~@getbase/base/less/position-helpers";

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Documentation

The best way to see what is inside Base is to view the Styleguide.

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Templates

There are a collection of free templates built with Base which are available to download on Gumroad.

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Support

• IE10+ and all other modern browsers.
• Please specify browsers you need to support in package.json according to browserslist docs.

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Credits

• Thanks to Nicolas Gallagher (@necolas) for (Normalize.css)[https://github.com/necolas/normalize.css/]

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Authors

Matthew Hartman

• https://github.com/matthewhartman
• https://twitter.com/matthewhartmans

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License

Code released under the MIT Open Source license.