django-bulma

A Bulma Theme for Django Projects

A Django base theme based on Bulma (bulma.io). Bulma is a modern CSS framework based on Flexbox.

*** work in progress ***

Installation

• Install the python package django-bulma from pip

pip install django-bulma

Alternatively, you can install download or clone this repo and call pip install -e ..

• Add to INSTALLED_APPS in your settings.py:

'bulma',

• If you want to use the provided base template, extend from bulma/base.html:

{% extends 'bulma/base.html' %}

{% block title %}Bulma Site{% endblock %}

{% block content %}
  Content goes here...
{% endblock content %}

• If you want to customize bulma sass and your own components:

  4.1 Copy bulma static files into your project's STATIC_ROOT:

  python manage.py copy_bulma_static_into_project
  

  You should see bulma dir appeared in your STATIC_ROOT. It contains two dirs:

  • sass - this is the place where you can put your own sass code and customize bulma variables
  • css - this is where compiled sass output goes, you should link this file in your base.html

  4.2 Install npm packages for sass compilation to work:

  python manage.py bulma install
  

  4.3 Start sass watch mode:

  python manage.py bulma start
  

• For forms, in your templates, load the bulma_tags library and use the |bulma filters:

  Example template

  
  {% load bulma_tags %}
  
  {# Display a form #}
  
  <form action="/url/to/submit/" method="post">
     {% csrf_token %}
     {{ form|bulma }}
     <div class="field">
       <button type="submit" class="button is-primary">Login</button>
     </div>
     <input type="hidden" name="next" value="{{ next }}"/>
  </form>
  

Included templates

django-bulma comes with:

• a base template,
• django core registration templates,

Bugs and suggestions

If you have found a bug or if you have a request for additional functionality, please use the issue tracker on GitHub.

https://github.com/timonweb/django-bulma/issues

2017 - 2025 (c) Tim Kamanin - A Full Stack Django and Wagtail Developer