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alphagov / govuk_template

❗️GOV.UK Template is deprecated, and will only receive major bug fixes and security patches. A template containing the GOV.UK header and footer, and associated assets.
https://alphagov.github.io/govuk_template/
MIT License
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Closed jaherulalom closed 8 years ago

jaherulalom commented 8 years ago

Im quite new to this.

I have cloned a copy of this repo using tower and it is tracking the origin/master.

I have opened the project using Aptana Studio 3.

I have not done any changes at all. Just want to run the app

When i run it opens up on firefox and does not display correctly.

Im sure i am missing something. Is there a tutorial or documentation i can follow.

robinwhittleton commented 8 years ago

Hi Jaherul, thanks for getting in touch.

Primarily govuk_template provides a shared header and footer for GOV.UK and services that run on it. It’s not really designed to run as its own thing; usually people find the version that matches their templating language (for example Mustache or ERB) and pull it into their app as a package (we publish to Rubygems and NPM).

If you want to prototype a GOV.UK service then the prototype kit will provide a better base for you to work from. This is a Node.JS project that already includes this template along with other components and styles, and can be run directly.

Does that explain enough to get started? Happy to answer any more questions you might have.