UK Intellectual Property Office Assets

This project is used to build the UK Intellectual Property Office frontend UI styling.

The style sheets are also available independently as a Node.js module:

npm i ipo-assets-frontend

Usage

UK IPO assets have been built as an addon for existing GOV.UK Elements and GOV.UK Frontend Toolkit packages.

When compiled with GOV.UK Frontend, it will produce style sheets ready for use on UK IPO projects.

Requirements

UK IPO assets are available in two forms. This repository provides you with everything you should need to start development. The Node.js package is intended for the end user.

As a Visual Studio project:

• Microsoft Visual Studio.
• Node.js version 3.X+.
• GOV.UK Elements.
  • GOV.UK Frontend Toolkit.
• A compiler such as Web Compiler.

As a Node.js module:

• Node.js version 3.X+.
• GOV.UK Elements.
  • GOV.UK Frontend Toolkit.
• A SASS compiler such as gulp-sass (if you wish to manually compile your own style sheets).

Installation

As a Visual Studio project:

This is recommended for users who wish to make changes to the style sheets.

• Download and install Node.js.
• Install Web Essentials 2017 for Visual Studio.
• Clone this repository:

  https://github.com/intellectual-property-office/Assets.git

• Install all project dependencies:

  npm install

• Open the Visual Studio solution file.
• Rebuild the solution.

As a Node.js module:

This is recommended for users who wish to use the style sheets.

• Download and install Node.js.
• Run the following command to install the UK IPO assets module:

  npm i ipo-assets-frontend

• Install all dependencies:

  npm install

Help

For additional guidance, contact the IPO UX team.