Pattern Library Notes

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Pattern Section: Text/Content

Patterns used for conveying information to a reader, usually in the form of text.

Page title

Sits at the top left of the page, it tells the user where on the site they located.

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Section title

A less prominent title, for use in describing a specific section of the page.

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Main body content container

A wrapper that provides some base styles and a selector to grab onto to get at the textual content inside. Usually sits inside a .body-content, in contrast to a header.body-header.

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Emphasised lead text

A big, bold paragraph to draw the would-be reader’s attention.

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Main body content (sample)

Uses the Main body content container and Emphasised lead text patterns, and other standard content, to convey information to a reader. The .body-content-text here might also have the column column--primary classes applied, depending on the context. (Columnizing this content is usually recommended, to maintain a width that’s optimal for reading.)

Note: <h3> or lower tags are the headings optimized for display in main body content; the rest are either meant for higher levels in the heading hierarchy (i.e. the application title takes <h1> and the page title takes <h2>).

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Blog article container

The basic container for a blog article displayed alongside many others. Goes inside a Main body content container pattern, generally, possibly combined with a Centred text column pattern. Note the use of microformats.

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Blog article container (full text)

The basic container for a blog article displayed on its own. Goes inside a Main body content container pattern, generally, possibly combined with a Centred text column pattern. Note the use of microformats.

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Blog article title

The title for the article, with an anchor linking to its canonical URL. Goes inside a Blog article container pattern. Note the use of microformats.

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Blog article excerpt

Excerpt for the article, meant for display in a stream or feed. Goes inside a Blog article container pattern. Note the use of microformats.

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Blog article full content

Content of the article. Goes inside a Blog article container pattern. Note the use of microformats.

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Blog article meta

Meta for the article, generally found at the end. Goes inside a Blog article container pattern. Note the use of microformats.

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More on the blog

Links to other content on the blog. Goes inside a Main body content container pattern, generally, possibly combined with a Centred text column pattern. (Shown here with sample links.)

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