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CurlyFramework Tiny Framework for accessibility and sustainability, not only for MODX. Based on Tachyons, powered by Alpine.js and flavoured with lessons learned over the years.

Better accessibility and sustainability in web development?

It doesn't have to be a complete overhaul, small steps can help you get there. I recommend Michelle Barker's talk "Building a greener web" at "All Day Hey! 2023". Here are some tips:

  • Use WebP and native lazyload (images, embeds).
  • Use fewer fonts and try to use variable fonts (.woff2).
  • Load embeds only on user interaction.
  • Test keyboard navigation.
  • Test reduced-motion.
  • Find a community to test and discuss accessibility and sustainability with real people.

Samples

Modal

Modal [popover]

The script also takes care of the focus so that it stays in the modal. Here is a example link to the test. You can also close it with the Escape key.

Accordion

Accordion <details>

Tabs

Slider

Filter

Results: Filter:

Richtext

This is a H4 headline.

A paragraph after a headline is here.

Another paragraph after a paragraph is here.

This is a H5 headline.

A paragraph after a headline is here.

Another paragraph after a paragraph is here.

This is a H4 headline.

A paragraph after a headline is here.

Another paragraph after a paragraph is here.

Form accessible upload

Success

Photo Preview

Styleguide

Type Scale mobile desktop

Colors

Spacing

Grid

Features

Fluid Scale

All elements can be scaled using the .scale-content in the HTML node. Along with the CSS grid and responsive font classes, this is a great basis for the design presets from Figma, Adobe XD and zeplin.io.

Security & Caching

The .htaccess file has been greatly enhanced with compression, caching and header settings such as content security policy or XSS protection.

MODX

Together with modmore's ContentBlocks you can create a flexible website builder with 100% code control. The modx.css file brings a minimalist layout to the MODX Manager backend.

Interested in MODX? Have a look at JoliTypo and Gitify-Preset.

Get it

Get the latest version

git clone git@github.com:jenswittmann/CurlyFramework.git or npm i curlyframework

Include the CSS and JS files in your markup and you are ready to go! Override the CSS settings using custom properties and use inline JS via AlpineJS to skip the build process.

Need more?

Install dependency via npm i and use CodeKit (or esbuild with custom config) to compile your assets. Play around, learn and share.