Overview

The Drupal 9 UW Boundless theme is port of the Drupal 7 version. It is a subtheme of Bootstrap.

Unlike the Drupal 7 version, custom blocks must be created manually. Below is suggested default code for the Thinstrip, Footer and Quicklinks blocks.

Thinstrip

Add a new custom block (/admin/structure/block/block-content). Put #Thinstrip" in the block description and paste the following content in the body, customizing the graphics and the uw-thin-links menu as needed.

<header class="uw-thinstrip">

  <div class="container">
    <a href="https://uw.edu" title="University of Washington Home" class="uw-patch" tabindex='-1' aria-hidden='true'>University of Washington</a>
    <a href="https://uw.edu" title="University of Washington Home" class="uw-wordmark">University of Washington</a>
  </div>
  <div class='align-right'>
      <nav class="uw-thin-strip-nav" aria-label='role navigation'>
          <ul class="uw-thin-links">
            <li><a href="/" title="Item 1">Item </a></li>
            <li><a href="/f" title="Item 2">Item 2</a></li>
            <li><a href="/" title="Item 3">Item 3</a></li>
          </ul>
      </nav>
      <nav id='search-quicklinks' aria-label='search and quick links'>
      <button class='uw-search' aria-owns='uwsearcharea' aria-controls='uwsearcharea' aria-expanded='false' aria-label='open search area' aria-haspopup='true'>

          <svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
               width="19px" height="51px" viewBox="0 0 18.776 51.062" enable-background="new 0 0 18.776 51.062" xml:space="preserve">
          <g>
              <path fill="#FFFFFF" d="M3.537,7.591C3.537,3.405,6.94,0,11.128,0c4.188,0,7.595,3.406,7.595,7.591
                c0,4.187-3.406,7.593-7.595,7.593C6.94,15.185,3.537,11.778,3.537,7.591z M5.245,7.591c0,3.246,2.643,5.885,5.884,5.885
                c3.244,0,5.89-2.64,5.89-5.885c0-3.245-2.646-5.882-5.89-5.882C7.883,1.71,5.245,4.348,5.245,7.591z"/>

              <rect x="2.418" y="11.445" transform="matrix(0.7066 0.7076 -0.7076 0.7066 11.7842 2.0922)" fill="#FFFFFF" width="1.902" height="7.622"/>
          </g>
          <path fill="#FFFFFF" d="M3.501,47.864c0.19,0.194,0.443,0.29,0.694,0.29c0.251,0,0.502-0.096,0.695-0.29l5.691-5.691l5.692,5.691
              c0.192,0.194,0.443,0.29,0.695,0.29c0.25,0,0.503-0.096,0.694-0.29c0.385-0.382,0.385-1.003,0-1.388l-5.692-5.691l5.692-5.692
              c0.385-0.385,0.385-1.005,0-1.388c-0.383-0.385-1.004-0.385-1.389,0l-5.692,5.691L4.89,33.705c-0.385-0.385-1.006-0.385-1.389,0
              c-0.385,0.383-0.385,1.003,0,1.388l5.692,5.692l-5.692,5.691C3.116,46.861,3.116,47.482,3.501,47.864z"/>
          </svg>

      </button>
      <button class='uw-quicklinks' aria-haspopup='true' aria-expanded="false" aria-label="Open quick links">Quick Links<svg version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" x="0px" y="0px" width="15.63px" height="69.13px" viewBox="0 0 15.63 69.13" enable-background="new 0 0 15.63 69.13" xml:space="preserve"><polygon fill="#FFFFFF" points="12.8,7.776 12.803,7.773 5.424,0 3.766,1.573 9.65,7.776 3.766,13.98 5.424,15.553 12.803,7.78"/><polygon fill="#FFFFFF" points="9.037,61.351 9.036,61.351 14.918,55.15 13.26,53.577 7.459,59.689 1.658,53.577 0,55.15 5.882,61.351 5.882,61.351 5.884,61.353 0,67.557 1.658,69.13 7.459,63.019 13.26,69.13 14.918,67.557 9.034,61.353"/></svg></button>
      </nav>
  </div>

</header>

Go to the block layout page (/admin/structure/block) and click "Place block" in the Thinstrip region.

Note that in order for the styling to work as intended, your content should be wrapped in a <header class="uw-thinstrip"></header> element and should contain the uw-search and uw-quicklinks buttons verbatim if you intend to use the search and quickinks flyout.

Search

[To do.]

UW Footer

Create a custom block to go in your footer and place it in the . The following content will get you started:

    <a href="https://uw.edu" class="footer-wordmark">University of Washington</a>

    <h3 class="be-boundless"><a href="https://uw.edu/boundless/">Be boundless</a></h3>

    <h4>Connect with us:</h4>

    <nav role="navigation" aria-label="social networking">
        <ul class="footer-social">
            <li><a class="facebook" href="https://www.facebook.com/UofWA">Facebook</a></li>
            <li><a class="twitter" href="https://twitter.com/UW">Twitter</a></li>
            <li><a class="instagram" href="https://instagram.com/uofwa">Instagram</a></li>
            <li><a class="youtube" href="https://www.youtube.com/user/uwhuskies">YouTube</a></li>
            <li><a class="linkedin" href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/university-of-washington">LinkedIn</a></li>
            <li><a class="pinterest" href="https://www.pinterest.com/uofwa/">Pinterest</a></li>
        </ul>
    </nav>

    <nav role="navigation" aria-label="footer links">
        <ul class="footer-links">
            <li><a href="https://uw.edu/accessibility">Accessibility</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://uw.edu/home/siteinfo/form">Contact s</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://uw.edu/jobs">Jobs</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://uw.edu/safety">Campus safety</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://my.uw.edu/">My UW</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://uw.edu/admin/rules/wac/rulesindex.html">Rules docket</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://uw.edu/online/privacy">Privacy</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://uw.edu/online/terms">Terms</a></li>
            <li><a href="https://uw.edu/newsletter/">Newsletter</a></li>
        </ul>
    </nav>

Quicklinks

Create a quicklinks custom block and place it in the Quicklinks region. This is the default content:

<nav id="quicklinks" aria-label="quick links" aria-hidden="true">
  <ul id="big-links">
    <li><span class="icon-myuw"></span><a href="https://my.uw.edu/" tabindex="-1">MyUW</a></li>
    <li><span class="icon-calendar"></span><a href="https://uw.edu/calendar/" tabindex="-1">Calendar</a></li>
    <li><span class="icon-directories"></span><a href="https://directory.uw.edu/" tabindex="-1">Directories</a></li>
    <li><span class="icon-libraries"></span><a href="https://lib.uw.edu/" tabindex="-1">Libraries</a></li>
    <li><span class="icon-medicine"></span><a href="https://www.uwmedicine.org/" tabindex="-1">UW Medicine</a></li>
    <li><span class="icon-maps"></span><a href="https://uw.edu/maps/" tabindex="-1">Maps</a></li>
    <li><span class="icon-uwtoday"></span><a href="https://uw.edu/news/" tabindex="-1">UW News</a></li>
  </ul>
<h3>Helpful Links</h3>
  <ul id="little-links">
    <li><span class="false"></span><a href="https://itconnect.uw.edu/" tabindex="-1">Computing/IT</a></li>
    <li><span class="false"></span><a href="https://isc.uw.edu/" tabindex="-1">ISC/Workday</a></li>
    <li><span class="false"></span><a href="https://hfs.uw.edu/Husky-Card-Services/" tabindex="-1">Husky Card</a></li>
    <li><span class="false"></span><a href="https://www.uwb.edu/" tabindex="-1">UW Bothell</a></li>
    <li><span class="false"></span><a href="https://www.tacoma.uw.edu/" tabindex="-1">UW Tacoma</a></li>
    <li><span class="false"></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/UofWA" tabindex="-1">UW Facebook</a></li>
    <li><span class="false"></span><a href="https://twitter.com/UW" tabindex="-1">UW Twitter</a></li>
  </ul>
 </nav>

Making a subtheme

Below are instructions on how to create a UW Boundless sub-theme using a Less preprocessor.

• Prerequisites
• Additional Setup
• Overrides

Prerequisites

• Read the @link getting_started Getting Started @endlink and @link sub_theming Sub-theming @endlink documentation topics.
• You must understand the basic concept of using the Less CSS pre-processor.
• You must use a local Less compiler.
• You must use the Bootstrap Framework Source Files ending in the .less extension, not files ending in .css.

Additional Setup {#setup}

Download and extract the latest 3.x.x version of Bootstrap Framework Source Files into the root of your new sub-theme. After it has been extracted, the directory should be renamed (if needed) so it reads ./uw_boundless/bootstrap.

If for whatever reason you have an additional bootstrap directory wrapping the first bootstrap directory (e.g. ./uw_boundless/bootstrap/bootstrap), remove the wrapping bootstrap directory. You will only ever need to touch these files if or when you upgrade your version of the Bootstrap Framework.

{.alert.alert-warning} WARNING: Do not modify the files inside of ./uw_boundless/bootstrap directly. Doing so may cause issues when upgrading the Bootstrap Framework in the future.

Overrides {#overrides}

The ./uw_boundless/less/variable-overrides.less file is generally where you will the majority of your time overriding the variables provided by the Bootstrap Framework.

The ./uw_boundless/less/bootstrap.less file is nearly an exact copy from the Bootstrap Framework Source Files. The only difference is that it injects the variable-overrides.less file directly after it has imported the Bootstrap Framework's variables.less file. This allows you to easily override variables without having to constantly keep up with newer or missing variables during an upgrade.

The ./uw_boundless/less/overrides.less file contains various Drupal overrides to properly integrate with the Bootstrap Framework. It may contain a few enhancements, feel free to edit this file as you see fit.

The ./uw_boundless/less/style.less file is the glue that combines the Bootstrap Framework Source Files and overrides.less files together. Generally, you will not need to modify this file unless you need to add or remove files to be imported. This is the file that you should compile to ./uw_boundless/css/styles.css (note the same file name, using a different extension of course).

After making changes to the less files, you will need to recompile them in order to update the site's css. There is a shell script uw_boundless/less/compile.sh that will invoke the less compiler (lessc) in the proper way to rebuild the css and place it in the correct place.

See also:

• @link theme_settings Theme Settings @endlink
• @link templates Templates @endlink
• @link plugins Plugin System @endlink

Drupal 8 Implementation Notes

template.php -> uw_boundless.theme

The uw_boundless_preprocess_block() function has been removed. Since blocks can appear in multiple regions in D8 there is no information available as to the intended region when a block is preprocessed. This functionality has been moved to CSS-- see uw.body-content.less and uw.sidebar.less.

The functions uw_boundless_menu_tree__main_menu() and uw_boundless_menu_link__main_menu() are not ported because D8 does not implement those hooks. Rather, that functionality is folded into the template file menu--main.html.twig.

The same applies to uw_boundless_breadcrumb() and breadcrumb.html.twig.