Vanilla Framework is an extensible CSS framework, built using Sass and is designed to be used either directly or by using themes to extend or supplement its patterns.

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You can link to the latest build to add directly into your markup like so, by replacing the x values with the version number you wish to link.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://assets.ubuntu.com/v1/vanilla-framework-version-x.x.x.min.css" />

Pull down the latest version of Vanilla into your local node_modules folder and save it into your project's dependencies (package.json) as follows:

npm install --save-dev vanilla-framework

Now ensure that your SASS builder is including modules from node_modules. E.g. for Gulp:

// gulpfile.js
gulp.task('sass', function () {
  return gulp.src('[your-sass-directory]/**/*.scss').pipe(
    sass({
      includePaths: ['node_modules'],
    })
  );
});

Please note, that to provide the best browser support you should also include autoprefixer as a build step.

Then reference it from your own Sass files, with optional settings:

// Optionally override some settings
$color-brand: #ffffff;

// Import the theme
@import 'vanilla-framework/scss/vanilla';
@include vanilla;

// Add theme if applicable

If you don't want the whole framework, you can just @include specific parts - e.g. @include vf-b-forms.

Keep up to date with all new developments and upcoming changes with Vanilla.

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