# Va_Common

This includes generation of header and footer, as well as the assets for vets.gov, such as javascript, scss, images, fonts.

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

```ruby
gem 'va_common'
```

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install va_common

## Usage

For the stylesheets, include this in the application.css file

    *= require va_common_main

For the js, include this in the application.js file

    //= require va_common_main

Your primary layout (likely application.html.erb) should have a block that looks something like this:

    <%= render 'va_common/main' %>

You may also include `va_common/header` and `va_common/footer` separately.

IMPORTANT: Rails must be restarted after installing this gem to ensure the search paths for partials are found.

### Special IE <3

To get around the special selector limits of IE9, there is a gem called [css_splitter](https://github.com/zweilove/css_splitter) included. To make it go:

Add this to the config/initializers/assets.rb file

    Rails.application.config.assets.precompile += %w( application_split2.css)

Add this to views/layouts/application.html.rb in the head tag


    <%= split_stylesheet_link_tag "application", :media => "all" %>
    
    <!--[if lte IE 9]>
        <link href="/stylesheets/application_split2.css" media="all" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />
    <![endif]-->

Create a new file called application_split2.css to the same directory as application.css.scss, and put this in it

    /*
     *= require 'application'
     */ 

## Development

After checking out the repo, run `bin/setup` to install dependencies. Then, run `rake false` to run the tests. You can also run `bin/console` for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run `bundle exec rake install`. 

## Releasing

You will need to be added as an owner of va_common to release a new version.  If you have never released a gem before, go to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org) and create an account.  Then from the command line run `curl -u qrush https://rubygems.org/api/v1/api_key.yaml > ~/.gem/credentials; chmod 0600 ~/.gem/credentials`

To release a new version, update the version number in `lib/va_common/version.rb`, and then run `bundle exec rake release`, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the `.gem` file to [rubygems.org](https://rubygems.org).

## Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/[USERNAME]/va_common. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the [Contributor Covenant](contributor-covenant.org) code of conduct.