In your terminal, create a new folder called mybulma
, navigate to it, then type the following command:
With node-sass
Use npm/yarn and node-sass
1. Create a package.json
file
#
npm init
This will launch an interactive setup to create package.json
. When prompted for an entry point, enter sass/mystyles.scss
.
2. Install the dev dependencies #
You only need 2 packages to customize Bulma: node-sass
and bulma
itself.
npm install node-sass --save-dev
npm install bulma --save-dev
Your package.json
should look like this at this point.
{
"name": "mybulma",
"version": "1.0.0",
"main": "sass/mystyles.scss",
"license": "MIT",
"devDependencies": {
"bulma": "^0.7.2",
"node-sass": "^4.9.2"
}
}
3. Create a Sass file #
Create a sass
folder in which you add a file called mystyles.scss
:
@charset "utf-8";
@import "../node_modules/bulma/bulma.sass";
Make sure to write the correct path to the bulma.sass
file.
4. Create an HTML page #
Create an HTML template which uses several Bulma components.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>My custom Bulma website</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="css/mystyles.css">
</head>
<body>
<h1 class="title">
Bulma
</h1>
<p class="subtitle">
Modern CSS framework based on <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Flexible_Box_Layout/Basic_Concepts_of_Flexbox">Flexbox</a>
</p>
<div class="field">
<div class="control">
<input class="input" type="text" placeholder="Input">
</div>
</div>
<div class="field">
<p class="control">
<span class="select">
<select>
<option>Select dropdown</option>
</select>
</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="buttons">
<a class="button is-primary">Primary</a>
<a class="button is-link">Link</a>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Save this file as mypage.html
.
Notice the css/mystyles.css
path for your stylesheet. This will be the location of the CSS file we will generate with Sass.
Open the page in your browser:
![Bulma unstyled](https://versions.bulma.io/0.9.4/images/customize/custom-bulma-01-unstyled.png)
5. Add node scripts to build your CSS #
To build a CSS file from a Sass file, we can use node scripts. In package.json
, add the following:
"scripts": {
"css-build": "node-sass --omit-source-map-url sass/mystyles.scss css/mystyles.css",
"css-watch": "npm run css-build -- --watch",
"start": "npm run css-watch"
}
-
css-build
takessass/mystyles.scss
as an input, and outputscss/mystyles.css
, while omitting the source map -
css-watch
builds the CSS and watches for changes -
start
is simply a shortcut forcss-watch
To test it out, go in your terminal and run the following command:
npm run css-build
If set up correctly, you will see the following message:
Rendering Complete, saving .css file...
Wrote CSS to /path/to/mybulma/css/mystyles.css
Reload the page and it should be styled like this:
![Bulma default styles](https://versions.bulma.io/0.9.4/images/customize/custom-bulma-02-default.png)
To watch for changes, just launch the following command:
npm start
6. Add your own Bulma styles #
Replace the content of the mystyles.scss
file with the following:
@charset "utf-8";
// Import a Google Font
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Nunito:400,700');
// Set your brand colors
$purple: #8A4D76;
$pink: #FA7C91;
$brown: #757763;
$beige-light: #D0D1CD;
$beige-lighter: #EFF0EB;
// Update Bulma's global variables
$family-sans-serif: "Nunito", sans-serif;
$grey-dark: $brown;
$grey-light: $beige-light;
$primary: $purple;
$link: $pink;
$widescreen-enabled: false;
$fullhd-enabled: false;
// Update some of Bulma's component variables
$body-background-color: $beige-lighter;
$control-border-width: 2px;
$input-border-color: transparent;
$input-shadow: none;
// Import only what you need from Bulma
@import "../node_modules/bulma/sass/utilities/_all.sass";
@import "../node_modules/bulma/sass/base/_all.sass";
@import "../node_modules/bulma/sass/elements/button.sass";
@import "../node_modules/bulma/sass/elements/container.sass";
@import "../node_modules/bulma/sass/elements/title.sass";
@import "../node_modules/bulma/sass/form/_all.sass";
@import "../node_modules/bulma/sass/components/navbar.sass";
@import "../node_modules/bulma/sass/layout/hero.sass";
@import "../node_modules/bulma/sass/layout/section.sass";
Since you are watching for changes, simply save the file to see the result:
![Bulma customized](https://versions.bulma.io/0.9.4/images/customize/custom-bulma-03-styled.png)
And voilà! You've managed to install and customize Bulma.
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