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In this video, we'll create a set of variables for font stacks and a set for the project asset paths.
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So now we're gonna create another set of
variables, this time for our font stacks.
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And we'll follow the same naming pattern
we used for our colors.
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So, in our variables.scss partial, let's
scroll down, and
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right below the color variables, let's
create a new area for
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the font stacks, so I'm gonna add a
comment for font stacks.
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So first we're going to write the generic
term,
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our font stacks share, which is font
stack, or stack.
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Let's just say stack, and then we're going
to write the more specific description.
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So here with this variable, let's describe
a sans-serif font stack
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by typing sans-serif.
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[SOUND] And as the value for this
variable, we can actually go
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over to our base partial, and copy this
Helvetica, Arial,
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sans-serif stack from our body rule, and
paste it in as the variable's value.
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So next, let's create another font stack
variable, so we'll write the generic
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term first, so stack and this variable
will describe a Helvetica font stack.
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So let's say stack Helvetica.
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[SOUND] And the value for this will be the
Helvetica Neue stack in the body rule.
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So I'm gonna copy the entire font stack
this time.
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And paste it in as the stack Helvetica
value.
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But this time, instead of having the
sans-serif stack written out,
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I can just delete it and we can now
replace it with or sans-serif variable.
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All right.
Let's do one more.
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Let's create a variable called stack,
abolition for
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our Abolition fonts used on the main
headline, and in our h2.
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So we'll say stack-abolition.
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[SOUND] And as the stack-abolition value,
[SOUND] let's first
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include the [SOUND] Abolition Regular font
family, followed by a comma,
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and then we'll want to include the
sans-serif font stack after that.
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All right, so we're done with our font
stack variables.
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And again, if you want, you can do a two
tier variable structure for these, and
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that will work great on larger projects,
and in fact,
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you'll see some of the benefits of doing
that in the modular CSS with Sass course.
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But we'll go ahead and stick with these
variables moving forward.
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And for an extensive reference on font
stack variables,
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take a look at the teacher's notes.
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I've posted a link on that.
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So now, let's begin replacing the font
stacks in our base partial
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with our new variables.
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So first, in our body rule, we can replace
the Helvetica Neue
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stack with the stack-helvetica variable.
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[SOUND] So I'm just gonna select the
entire font stack, delete it and
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paste in our new variable.
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Then right below that, let's get rid of
the Abolition Regular stack.
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And we'll go back to the variables partial
and copy this variable and
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paste it in as the new font family value.
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So, next, since we're repeating this 10
pixel
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border-radius value several times in our
stylesheets.
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Let's also create a variable for this.
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So back in our variables partial, below
the font stack variables,
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let's create a new section for Border
radius.
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So we could also probably name our
variables something like
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br-main or br image.
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Maybe br content.
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Or we can say radius main.
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And that's fine, but let's just stick with
the variable br for this project.
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And as a value, we'll type 10 pixels.
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So now we can use this br variable in
place of the repeated value.
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So for instance, let's go to our base
style.
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We'll first save our variables partial.
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And in our base style, we'll find the
image rule and
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replace the 10 pixel value with our new
variable.
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So next, let's go inside our layout
directory and
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bring up the containers partial.
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And scroll down, and as we'll see here in
the wildlife rule, we have a border
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radius declaration, so let's replace the
value here as well with our variable.
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And finally,
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let's also define a variable that sets the
path to some of our project assets.
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So let's start with images.
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So below the Border radius variable, let's
create a new comment for new Asset paths.
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[SOUND] So we're gonna call our image path
variable
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path dash image, [SOUND] and as a value,
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we're going to define the relative path to
the image directory.
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[SOUND] All right, so let's go ahead and
save our variables partial,
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and now we'll go inside our layout
directory, and
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we're gonna bring up the header.css
partial.
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And we're gonna replace the main
background image path here,
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with our new variable.
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Now since our image path value is a
string, we'll need to use what's
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called interpolation to pass the variable
in this value.
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So first, let's select and delete the
hardcoded path.
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And the syntax for
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interpolation consists of a hash followed
by a set of curly braces.
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And inside the curly braces is where we
write the variable we wanna pass,
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which in this case is path dash image.
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All right, so now we can go ahead and save
our header partial, close it out, and
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there's one more image value we need to
take care of in our wildlife container.
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So let's open up the containers partial
and scroll down to the wildlife rule.
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And as you can see here in the background
value,
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we're going to replace the image path with
our variable.
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And once again, we're going to interpolate
the variable by typing hash, curly braces,
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then inside the curly braces, the name of
the variable, just path dash image.
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All right, so let's save our file.
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Bring up the preview, refresh, and
everything still looks good.
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All our images are showing up.
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So now if the path to our images ever
changes,
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we only need to change it in the one
variable here.
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Instead of digging through our
stylesheets, replacing them one by one.
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