NHS England theme

The WordPress theme running on the main site and most subsites of england.nhs.uk.

Plugin dependencies

The theme calls functions from the following plugins:

• ACF PRO
• Post Indexer Plugin
• Co-Authors Plus
• An unpublished plugin called star-ratings

However, it should function with only ACF PRO. (And it might function without).

Development

Install dependencies

% composer install
% yarn install

Run tests

% vendor/bin/peridot spec -r dot
% vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix --dry-run -v --diff

Build assets

% grunt

Code and design style

• This theme is based on iguana and whippet-theme-template
• Use SVG inline within the markup and style/position using class names - this is for speed and is good practice at least at the time of writing
• Graphics / Icons should be made using SS Pika as the icon font - if no icon exists try to create one in the same style or question the need for an icon. Icons should be used graphic symbols and as way-finding points for information contained within the document
• Colours should be pulled from the NHS colour pallet defined in assets/scss/settings/_colour.scss
• Type is set in Frutiger and falls back to a system font stack
• Use the grid defined in assets/scss/helpers/_grid.scss it works in a fractional way so there should be enough flexibility
• If you need to use similar functional SCSS in multiple files consider adding it to the mixins defined in assets/scss/helpers/_mixins.scss
• Settings is the place for all common theme settings like; typography, use of colour, margins, padding etc.

Licence

Made by dxw. Licensed under the MIT licence.