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This module creates a simple interface for developing LESS powered websites using Silverstripe.

LESS is a powerful API that allows you to develop CSS styles with real programming logic. This lets developers generate styles expressively, as opposed to repetitively, supporting maintainable and responsive designs.

LESS injects functionality such as variables, mixins, operations and functions.

This module is built on the LessPhp implementation of LESS.

Credits and Authors

Olivier Penhoat - Author - https://github.com/openhoat/silverstripe-lessphp
Damian Mooyman - https://github.com/tractorcow/silverstripe-lessphp

Requirements

SilverStripe 3.0 or above
PHP 5.3

Installation Instructions

Extract all files into the 'lessphp' folder under your Silverstripe root, or install using composer

composer require "tractorcow/silverstripe-lessphp": "3.0.*@dev"

Create a 'lesscss' directory within your themes folder (eg /themes/tractorcow/lesscss). This is where you should place all less scripts. Subthemes may have their own lesscss folders.
Make sure that your css folder has write access on your development environment (or on your staging environment if you intend to build scripts there).
To compile CSS files either run in development mode, or perform a manual flush with ?flush=all

Documentation

LESS API reference can be found at http://lesscss.org/#docs

Examples

For more examples please see http://lesscss.org/#synopsis

Variables and Nested Rules

/themes/tractorcow/lesscss/typography.less.css

@color: #4D926F;

.typography
{ 
    p {
        color: @color;
    }
    h1 {
        color: @color;
    }
}

Will generate:

/themes/tractorcow/css/typgraphy.css

.typography p {
    color: #4D926F;
}
.typography h1 {
    color: #4D926F;
}

Mixins (or macros)

/themes/tractorcow/lesscss/layout.less.css

.rounded-corners(@radius: 5px)
{
    border-radius: @radius;
    -webkit-border-radius: @radius;
    -moz-border-radius: @radius;
}

#header {
    .rounded-corners;
}
#footer {
    .rounded-corners(10px);
}

Will generate:

/themes/tractorcow/css/layout.css

#header {
    border-radius: 5px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 5px;
    -moz-border-radius: 5px;
}
#footer {
    border-radius: 10px;
    -webkit-border-radius: 10px;
    -moz-border-radius: 10px;
}

License

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
The name of Damian Mooyman and/or Olivier Penhoat may not be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

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