compass/doc-src/content/frameworks.haml

---
title: Plugins and frameworks
crumb: Plugins and frameworks
---

%h3
  Adding Frameworks to Compass

%ul
  %li
    Add a folder under
    %code
      compass/frameworks
  %li
    Register it by creating a file in
    %code
      compass/lib/compass/frameworks/
  %li
    Require it in
    %code
      compass/lib/compass/frameworks.rb
    \.

%h3
  Supported Frameworks

%table.datagrid
  %tr
    %th Framework
    %th Version
    %th Status
    %th Homepage
    %th Documentation
  %tr
    %td Compass Core
    %td 0.10
    %td pre5
    %td
      %a
        http://compass-style.org
    %td
      You are currently vising the Compass docs.
  %tr
    %td Blueprint
    %td 0.8.0
    %td Stable
    %td
      %a
        http://blueprintcss.org/
    %td
      %a{:href => "/docs/reference/blueprint/"}
        Blueprint docs
  %tr
    %td YUI
    %td 2.5.2
    %td Beta
    %td
      %a
        http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/grids/
    %td
      %a{:href => "http://wiki.github.com/chriseppstein/yui-compass-plugin/"}
        YUI docs
  %tr
    %td 960
    %td 1.0
    %td Stable
    %td
      %a
        http://960.gs/
    %td
      %a{:href => "http://github.com/chriseppstein/compass-960-plugin"}
        Compass960 plugin on Github

%h3
  Compass plugins

%p
  Compass allows you to easily download, install, and upgrade plugins that share design and design elements between users and projects.

%p
  For instructions on how to install a plugin, please refer to the individual plugin's instructions.

%h3 Released Plugins

%h4 Frameworks

%ul
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/chriseppstein/compass-960-plugin" }
      960.gs
    – a lightweight CSS framework for producing fixed-width grid-based layouts
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/adamstac/grid-coordinates" }
      Grid Coordinates
    – a lightweight CSS framework for producing fixed-width grid-based layouts, based on
    %a{ :href => "http://1kbgrid.com/" }
      1KB CSS Grid
    (which was loosely based on 960.gs). Supports nested grids.
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/alexcabrera/graphpaper" }
      GraphPaper
    – a lightweight CSS framework for producing fixed-width grid-based layouts
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/tdreyno/compass-baseline" }
      Baseline
    – a CSS framework for producing grid-based layouts (up to 8 columns) with typography. See
    %a{ :href => "http://baselinecss.com/" }
      http://baselinecss.com/
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/bangpound/compass-drupal-zen-plugin" }
      Drupal Zen
    – adds the Drupal Zen theme STARTERKIT to Compass
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/ericam/compass-susy-plugin" }
      Susy
    – a semantic CSS framework creator. Susy is an expert at fluid grids in an elastic (or fluid, or fixed) shell that will never activate the horizontal scroll bar.

%h3
  Colors
%ul
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/chriseppstein/compass-colors" }
      Compass Colors
    – for working with colors in Sass, and generating color themes

%h3
  Widgets
%ul
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/imathis/fancy-buttons" }
      Fancy Buttons
    –
    %a{ :href => "http://sass-lang.com/tutorial.html#mixins" }
      mixins
    to get beautiful buttons with
    %span.caps
      CSS
    gradients that degrade nicely.  Uses Compass Colors.

%h3
  Misc
%ul
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/tdreyno/compass-slickmap" }
      Slickmap
    – plugin for
    %a{ :href => "http://astuteo.com/slickmap/" }
      slickmap
    sitemaps

%h3
  Sass Libraries
%p
  Libraries are simply Sass stylesheets or
  %a{ :href => "http://sass-lang.com/docs/yardoc/file.SASS_REFERENCE.html#partials" }
    partials
  \.
%ul
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/handcrafted/handcrafted-compass-mixins/blob/master/_border-radius.scss" }
      Handcrafted Rounded Corners
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/ntreadway/JQuery.tools.tabs.scss" }
      Ntreadway JQuery tools tabs
%h3
  Plugins that are Works-In-Progress
%ul
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/hpoydar/compass-aristo-plugin" }
      Aristo
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/marnen/compass-elastic-plugin" }
      Elastic
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/jtoy/compass-fluid960-plugin" }
      Fluid 960
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/kosmas58/compass-jquery-plugin" }
      jQuery
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/djmaze/compass-yaml-plugin" }
      %span.caps
        YAML

%h3
  Other Sass-based Projects
%ul
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/jazen/css" }
      Jazen’s
      %span.caps
        CSS
      Framework
    – Sass library that
    %em
      should
    be a compass plugin.
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/teejayvanslyke/sassafras" }
      Sassafras
    – Color Scheme Generator for Sass
  %li
    %a{ :href => "http://github.com/danboy/tenplate" }
      Tenplate
    – Another Sass library with rails helpers.