Welcome to the realm of Cardinal, an innovative modular CSS framework that emphasizes performance and scalability – perfect for all your web development needs! In this blog, we’ll explore how to set up Cardinal, customize it, and offer troubleshooting tips along the way.

What is Cardinal?

Cardinal is a powerful, “mobile-first” CSS framework designed specifically for front-end web developers. It simplifies the process of designing responsive websites, user interfaces, and applications by eliminating unnecessary design choices, thus allowing you the freedom to unleash your creativity.

Features

• Mobile-first CSS written for the LESS preprocessor
• normalize.css.
• Sensible global styles, variables, and mixins.
• A flexible grid system with encapsulated styles for common UI components such as buttons and forms.
• Optimized utility classes for excellent gzip compression.
• The total framework is only 11.27kB when minified and gzipped!

Getting Started

Let’s dive into how you can incorporate Cardinal into your project.

Package Managers

The simplest way to use Cardinal is through package managers like Bower or npm. Here’s how to get started:

Bower

cd your-project-directory
bower install --save cardinal

npm

cd your-project-directory
npm install --save cardinalcss

Updating Cardinal

To keep your Cardinal installation up to date, simply run the following command:

bower update cardinal

npm update cardinal

Customizing Cardinal

Once Cardinal is up and running, you might want to customize its functionalities to meet your specific needs.

Including Partials

You can include the entire framework or opt for specific partials in your project. Here’s a basic approach:

@import url(....pathtobower_components/cardinal/cardinal.less); 
@import url(project-file.less);

Modifying Variables

To tweak the default variables, create your own project-specific variables file instead of modifying Cardinal directly. Here’s how to override a variable:

project-variables.less
$font-size: 17;
$line-height: 26;

Further Documentation

For additional resources, check the README files in major directories or consult the further documentation available.

Browser Support

Cardinal supports most modern browsers, including:

• Google Chrome 25+
• Mozilla Firefox 19+
• Safari 6.0+
• iOS Safari 6.0+
• Opera 12.1+
• Android 4.2+
• Internet Explorer 9+

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues while using Cardinal, here are a few troubleshooting ideas:

• Ensure Node.js and npm are installed correctly.
• Verifying if Cardinal was installed in the correct directory.
• If errors persist, check your LESS files for correct import paths and syntax.
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