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Meg Gutshall edited this page Oct 23, 2021 · 5 revisions

We built our site utilizing many tools. The following is an outline of what technologies we are currently using, why, and any others that we're looking into in order to update the site.

Third-party Plugins

CSS

  • Bootstrap (v4.0.0): Quickly design and customize responsive mobile-first sites with Bootstrap, the world’s most popular front-end open source toolkit, featuring Sass variables and mixins, responsive grid system, extensive prebuilt components, and powerful JavaScript plugins.
  • Font Awesome (v5.2.0): Get vector icons and social logos on your website with Font Awesome, the web's most popular icon set and toolkit.
  • IcoFont (v1.0.1): 2100+ free icons to spice up your creative designs.
  • Linearicons (v1.0.0): Ultra crisp line icons with integrity.
  • Slick (v1.8.0): The last carousel you'll ever need. No longer maintained. Alternatives:
    • Splide: A lightweight, powerful and flexible slider and carousel, written in pure JavaScript without any dependencies.
    • Embla Carousel: The most fluid carousel library with unmatched swipe precision.
    • Tiny Slider: A Vanilla JavaScript slider for all purposes.
    • Swiper: The modern mobile touch slider with hardware accelerated transitions.
  • Owl Carousel (v2.3.4): Deprecated. Alternatives:
    • Splide: A lightweight, powerful and flexible slider and carousel, written in pure JavaScript without any dependencies.
    • Embla Carousel: The most fluid carousel library with unmatched swipe precision.
    • Tiny Slider: A Vanilla JavaScript slider for all purposes.
    • Swiper: The modern mobile touch slider with hardware accelerated transitions.
  • Animate.css (v3.7.x): A cross-browser library of CSS animations. As easy to use as an easy thing.
  • Meanmenu (v2.0.7): A responsive menu plugin. No longer maintained.
  • Magnific Popup (v1.1.0): A light-weight lightbox script. No longer maintained. Is this still needed?

JavaScripts

  • Bootstrap (v4.0.0): Quickly design and customize responsive mobile-first sites with Bootstrap, the world’s most popular front-end open source toolkit, featuring Sass variables and mixins, responsive grid system, extensive prebuilt components, and powerful JavaScript plugins.
  • Slick (v1.8.0): The last carousel you'll ever need. No longer maintained. Alternatives:
    • Splide: A lightweight, powerful and flexible slider and carousel, written in pure JavaScript without any dependencies.
    • Embla Carousel: The most fluid carousel library with unmatched swipe precision.
    • Tiny Slider: A Vanilla JavaScript slider for all purposes.
    • Swiper: The modern mobile touch slider with hardware accelerated transitions.
  • Isotope (v3.0.6): Filters & sorts magical layouts.
  • imagesLoaded (v4.1.4): Detects when images have been loaded. No longer maintained.
  • Waypoints (v2.0.3): Triggers a function when you scroll to an element. No longer maintained. Alternatives:
    • ScrollMagic: The javascript library for magical scroll interactions.
  • Counter-Up2 (v1.0.x): A lightweight module that counts up to a targeted number when the number becomes visible. Alternatives:
    • countUp.js: Animates a numerical value by counting to it.
  • Owl Carousel (v2.3.4): Deprecated. Alternatives:
    • Splide: A lightweight, powerful and flexible slider and carousel, written in pure JavaScript without any dependencies.
    • Embla Carousel: The most fluid carousel library with unmatched swipe precision.
    • Tiny Slider: A Vanilla JavaScript slider for all purposes.
    • Swiper: The modern mobile touch slider with hardware accelerated transitions.
  • Meanmenu (v2.0.7): A responsive menu plugin. No longer maintained.
  • Magnific Popup (v1.1.0): A light-weight lightbox script. No longer maintained. Is this still needed?
  • Simple Jekyll Search (v1.7.2)
  • WOW (v1.1.3): Reveals CSS animation as you scroll down a page. No longer maintained.

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