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Integrate thoughtbot's new design for the entire rubycentral.org website.

enatario and others added 30 commits June 22, 2026 11:09
Blank slate CSS and compilation changes
* Update the stylelint to more closely align with our best practices

* Run lint fix on files
* Simplify nav html and adjust location in html

* Add logo

* set open and close state for nav

* use data attrs instead of classes

* responsive header

* uncomment footer
* type setup

* border radius

* more semantic naming for font sizing and clamping

* button styling

* link styling

* color logo
* style base top nav items

* add aria current to links
* Basic footer styling

* Add gridding and design out footer more

* Add newsletter back in with styling

* lint
* Build HTML for new homepage content

* Remove generated labels and tool versions file

* rebase and reconcile comments

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Co-authored-by: Elaina Natario <elaina.natario@gmail.com>
* CTA component wiring up

* Create CTA component

* add cta component to every page
* Basic outline for hero component

* color themed backgrounds

* basic typography for hero

* Style basic link list

* cta buttons and fancy link styling

* add container across the board for max width on content

* lint

* Add image component
* Basics for info block design

* section component build

* test  with custom programs

* typographic styling

* add gridding to sections

* add images to text and image blocks

* layout bug fixes

* lint
* fix some duplicate ids

* layout adjustments

* lint

* adjust photos
* Add partial for a headshot

* style images

* Add to about page

* adjust grid breakpoint
* Add search to nav

* collapse navigation to just header nav
* Use brand typefaces

* gentler type scale

* simplify font family custom property

* quick fixes

* lint

* image updates to bw and uniform corners

* special corner for hero image

* Update logo to primary one
* adjust hero header to include marquee and remove image

* add in gallery photos on homepage

* crossfade images

* fade in on collage

* integrate yellow

* MORE YELLOW

* rearranging of items in hero

* overhaul link list section

* info block on home

* grid fix

* info block and section grid update

* adjust hero typography

* create feature info block
* logo sponsors component

* adjust ruby alliance area

* adjust section content
* news feed basic wip

* design out post article

* update toc style and architecture

* featured news

* pagination styling

* more featured items

* tagging

* lint

* typography update

* finesse tag logic
* relinking a bunch of things to real links

* link adjustment on programs
This reverts commit 1433fb3.
enatario and others added 6 commits June 29, 2026 09:01
Horizontally scrollable timeline track with year markers and short labels pulled from Ghost CMS. Clicking a year swaps a detail panel below with the page's full body content. Defaults to the most recent entry on load.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Add timeline to about page
@mghaught mghaught changed the title Updated designs [DO NOT MERGE YET] Update the site's design Jul 9, 2026
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Pull request overview

This PR overhauls the Ruby Central Ghost theme to match thoughtbot’s new site design, introducing a new component-based template structure, a layered CSS architecture, and updated JS behaviors for navigation and interactive sections.

Changes:

  • Replaces legacy page-/layout-scoped CSS with layered, token-driven base/components/utilities CSS and new UI components (hero, global nav/footer, news listing, timeline, etc.).
  • Refactors templates/partials to a new component library and updates key pages (home, news index, about, post, plus new custom templates).
  • Updates the frontend build/dev workflow (separate CSS build/watch via Lightning CSS; improved LiveReload watching including .hbs).

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utils/reload.js Expands LiveReload to watch the theme root and additional extensions.
src/js/post/index.js Replaces tocbot usage with custom post TOC generation/highlighting.
src/js/app/timeline.js Adds timeline interaction (select year, show matching detail, scroll behavior).
src/js/app/navigation-top.js Removes legacy top navigation JS.
src/js/app/index.js Switches app entry to new modules and adds tag-nav “active link” logic.
src/js/app/home-involvement.js Adds hover-driven home involvement image swapping.
src/js/app/global-nav.js Adds mobile/global nav toggle behavior for the new header.
src/css/utilities/_hide-visually.css Introduces a visually-hidden utility for accessibility patterns.
src/css/utilities/_grid.css Introduces reusable grid utilities for the new layouts.
src/css/utilities/_container.css Introduces a reusable container utility for consistent page widths.
src/css/resets/_normalize.css Adds normalize.css as the reset layer.
src/css/pages/post.css Removes legacy post page styles.
src/css/pages/open-source.css Removes legacy open-source page styles.
src/css/pages/home.css Removes legacy home page styles.
src/css/pages/conferences.css Removes legacy conferences page styles.
src/css/pages/about.css Removes legacy about page styles.
src/css/modern.css Removes legacy “modern” styling block.
src/css/layout/reset.css Removes legacy layout reset.
src/css/layout/navigation-top.css Removes legacy navigation-top layout styles.
src/css/layout/footer.css Removes legacy footer layout styles.
src/css/layout/dropdown.css Removes legacy dropdown styling.
src/css/layout/container.css Removes legacy container styles (replaced by utilities).
src/css/components/static-content.css Removes legacy static content component styling.
src/css/components/sponsors.css Removes legacy sponsors component styling.
src/css/components/profile-image.css Removes legacy profile image styling.
src/css/components/get-involved.css Removes legacy “get involved” component styling.
src/css/components/divider.css Removes legacy divider styling.
src/css/components/code.css Removes legacy code styling (replaced by new system).
src/css/components/button.css Removes legacy button component styling.
src/css/components/back.css Removes legacy “back” link styling.
src/css/components/.gitkeep Keeps components directory tracked.
src/css/components/_video-tease.css Adds new video tease component styling.
src/css/components/_timeline.css Adds timeline component styling.
src/css/components/_team-member.css Adds team member component styling.
src/css/components/_sponsor-logo.css Adds sponsor logo component styling.
src/css/components/_sponsor-group.css Adds sponsor group component styling.
src/css/components/_section.css Adds reusable section layout component styling.
src/css/components/_post.css Adds new post header/TOC styling.
src/css/components/_pagination.css Adds pagination styling aligned with the new design.
src/css/components/_news.css Adds new news listing, featured news, and tag-nav styling.
src/css/components/_link-list.css Adds link-list component styling for featured lists/navigation blocks.
src/css/components/_info-block.css Adds info-block component styling (incl. container query layout).
src/css/components/_info-block-feature.css Adds featured info-block variant styling.
src/css/components/_image.css Adds a shared responsive image wrapper style.
src/css/components/_home-stats.css Adds marquee-style home stats component styling.
src/css/components/_home-involvement.css Adds home involvement section styling.
src/css/components/_hero.css Adds new hero component styling.
src/css/components/_global-nav.css Adds new global navigation styling + container query behavior.
src/css/components/_global-footer.css Adds new global footer styling + container query behavior.
src/css/components/_cta.css Adds CTA callout component styling.
src/css/components/_cta-buttons.css Adds CTA button-group layout styling.
src/css/base/variables.css Removes legacy CSS variable set (replaced by new tokens).
src/css/base/typography.css Removes legacy typography base (replaced by new base type system).
src/css/base/_variables.css Introduces new design tokens (colors, typography, spacing, borders, etc.).
src/css/base/_typography.css Introduces new base typography rules and heading utility classes.
src/css/base/_tables.css Adds base table styling and wrappers.
src/css/base/_modal.css Adds base dialog/modal styling with motion-aware transitions.
src/css/base/_media.css Adds base media element normalization and SVG fill defaults.
src/css/base/_lists.css Adds base list and definition list styling.
src/css/base/_layout.css Adds base layout and theme background switching by page class.
src/css/base/_forms.css Adds comprehensive base form controls styling (incl. data-URI icons).
src/css/base/_fonts.css Switches from Google Fonts imports to self-hosted variable fonts.
src/css/base/_disclosures.css Adds base details/summary disclosure styling.
src/css/base/_buttons.css Adds new button system and variants.
src/css/base/_animation.css Adds reduced-motion-aware smooth scrolling.
src/css/app.css Rebuilds the CSS entrypoint using @layer + new import structure.
rollup.config.js Removes PostCSS pipeline from Rollup (CSS now built separately).
post.hbs Rebuilds post layout (grid + TOC + redesigned header).
partials/person.hbs Removes legacy person partial.
partials/pagination.hbs Updates pagination markup and accessibility labeling.
partials/navigation.hbs Replaces navigation markup with the new global header/nav structure.
partials/navigation-top.hbs Removes legacy navigation-top partial.
partials/icons/menu.hbs Adds new menu icon SVG partial.
partials/icons/logo.hbs Adds new logo SVG partial.
partials/icons/gem-badge.hbs Adds gem badge SVG partial.
partials/icons/arrow.hbs Adds arrow icon SVG partial.
partials/get-involved.hbs Removes legacy get-involved partial.
partials/footer.hbs Replaces footer with new global footer layout and newsletter form.
partials/components/video-tease.hbs Adds video tease component partial.
partials/components/timeline.hbs Adds timeline component partial powered by tagged pages.
partials/components/team-member.hbs Adds team-member component partial.
partials/components/sponsor-logo.hbs Adds sponsor-logo component partial.
partials/components/sponsor-group.hbs Adds sponsor-group component partial.
partials/components/section.hbs Adds generic “section” wrapper partial with grid options.
partials/components/news-tease.hbs Adds a news teaser list item component.
partials/components/news-tag-nav.hbs Adds a news topic/tag filter nav component.
partials/components/news-featured.hbs Adds a featured news component.
partials/components/link-list.hbs Adds link list component (optionally featured) for navigation blocks.
partials/components/info-block.hbs Adds info-block component partial.
partials/components/info-block-feature.hbs Adds featured info-block partial.
partials/components/image.hbs Adds responsive image component using img_url srcset variants.
partials/components/hero.hbs Adds generic hero component partial.
partials/components/hero-home.hbs Adds home hero component partial (currently includes placeholder images).
partials/components/cta.hbs Adds CTA component partial wrapper.
partials/components/cta-buttons.hbs Adds CTA button(s) partial to render primary/secondary CTAs.
package.json Bumps theme version + adds Lightning CSS build/watch scripts and deps.
index.hbs Replaces simple post list with redesigned news index layout + featured slot + tag nav.
home.hbs Replaces home layout with new components and section composition.
default.hbs Updates favicon/link tags and swaps nav render to {{navigation}}.
custom-sponsors.hbs Adds new sponsors custom template using new components.
custom-programs.hbs Adds new programs custom template using new components.
custom-events.hbs Adds new events custom template using new components.
custom-community.hbs Adds new community custom template using new components.
assets/images/favicon.svg Adds new SVG favicon asset.
about.hbs Replaces about page layout with new hero/timeline/team/governance sections.
.stylelintrc.json Updates stylelint ordering/quoting rules.
.stylelintignore Adds ignore rules for normalize and vendor CSS.
.gitignore Ignores local Netlify folder.
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package.json:80

  • tocbot remains in devDependencies, but all runtime usage has been removed (src/js/post/index.js no longer imports/initializes it and the CSS import was removed from src/css/app.css). Keeping it adds unnecessary install size and potential supply-chain surface.
    "rollup-plugin-terser": "7.0.2",
    "stylelint": "14.9.1",
    "stylelint-order": "5.0.0",
    "tocbot": "^4.25.0"
  }

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mghaught and others added 2 commits July 9, 2026 14:00
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mghaught merged commit 95e2345 into main Jul 9, 2026
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