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This Jekyll implementation creates static archives of the City of Boston's fiscal budgets. It uses Gulp for building everything, so that we can more easily incorporate things like BrowserSync, Stylus and any necessary plugins.

To get up and running, download (or fork) this repo. Then in your project run:

bundle install
npm install

Now use gulp to build the site. REQUIRED: Set a "source" in order to build the project using data from a specific fiscal year, for example:

gulp --source fy17

For local development pass the "local" flag:

gulp --local --source fy17

At this point, you should be able to visit your site at http://127.0.0.1:4000.


In order to prevent breaking relative links from the boston.gov wrapper and serve the appropriate assets (like images, css, and js) from boston.gov, we need to preserve its base_url (found in the <head as <base href="https://www.boston.gov">). We also need to be able to use relative links and assets specific to the budget app when runing this site locally and in production. We accomplish this with the url directive in _config.yml. We also needed to create a config file with a url specifically for local dev. If you've already built the site with gulp, you can run it locally using that config file:

bundle exec jekyll serve --config _config_dev.yml

This will make the site available at http://127.0.0.1:4000/


To create custom pages, you can simply add reusable components to markdown files.

IMPORTANT: Before adding any components you must add the "components:" key.

Here's a short list of some common components you can use:

Breadcrumbs Screenshot of breadcrumb page navigation

Set local key to true in order to use app domain (e.g. budget.boston.gov) instead of wrapper base domain (e.g. boston.gov)

- breadcrumbs:
  - title: Home
    url: "/"
  - title: Budget
    url: "/budget"
  - title: Operating Budget
    url: "/operating-budget"
    local: true
  - current: Cabinets
  - published: 3/28/17

Intro Screenshot of page introductory section

Set sidebar_menu to false in order to have full spanning title, short description, and description sections

- intro:
  - title: Executive Summary
    short_desc: >
      <div>"This budget is a manifestation of my vision for a
      Thriving, Healthy, and Innovative Boston."</div>
      <div>- Martin J. Walsh, Mayor</div>
    description: >
      Mayor Walsh presented a balanced budget that maintains 
      high levels of support in critical areas such as education 
      and public safety, makes limited strategic investments,
      continues the City's commitment to addressing its long-term
      liabilities, and builds on the Administration's record of 
      strong fiscal management. This is made possible by the 
      Administration's achievement of efficiencies and savings. 
      The City's data-driven managerial approach was recently 
      validated by the affirmation of Boston's triple A bond rating.
    sidebar_menu: true

Text Block Screenshot of a block of text component

Omit the right_image key to have the text span the full screen

- text_block:
  - title: Introduction
    body: >
      At the time Mayor Walsh took office, the City of Boston had successfully 
      weathered the storms of previous recessions. However, several major revenue
      sources never fully recovered, cost pressures continued to grow, and deferred
      investments persisted across City government. In its first two years, the 
      administration has systematically engaged in independent operational reviews
      and other planning efforts aimed at making government more efficient in order 
      to address areas needing renewed attention.
    right_image: http://tomakeawebsite.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Google-charts-plugin.jpg

Spanning Image Screenshot of an image that spans the full screen

spanning_image:
  - title: Lorem ipsum title
    desc: This is the description for the spanning image
    link:
      - text: Click Here
        url: https://google.com
    src: https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/styles/resp_wide_2000x800custom_boston_wide_1x/public/winter_swimming_10.jpg?itok=W91jOE5G&timestamp=1452037695
    alt: Placeholder alt text
    title: Placeholder image title

Grid Screenshot of a grid of items

- grid:
  - grid_title: General
  - title: Boston Common
    subtitle: Downtown
    body: >
      Two centuries separate the creation of the Boston Common and the Public Garden, 
      and what a difference that period made.
    img: https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/styles/grid_card_image/public/allston2.jpg?itok=jMsIfnJ6
    link: https://boston.gov
  - title: Another Title
    subtitle: Subtitle
    body: >
      New Two centuries separate the creation of the Boston Common and the Public Garden, 
      and what a difference that period made.
    img: https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/styles/grid_card_image/public/backbay5.jpg?itok=sA4Mz_05
    link: https://google.com
  - title: Test
    subtitle: test
    body: >
      NEW New Two centuries separate the creation of the Boston Common and the Public Garden, 
      and what a difference that period made.
    img: https://www.boston.gov/sites/default/files/styles/grid_card_image/public/bayvillage3.jpg?itok=iDf79UIP
    link: /

Table Screenshot of a simple table component

- table:
  - title: Budget summary
    columns:
      - "Category": Total revenues
        "FY14 Actual": $2,654.35
        "FY15 Actual": $2,780.42
        "FY16 Budget": $2,857.10
        "FY17 Budget": $2,975.13
      - "Category": Total expenditures
        "FY14 Actual": $2,644.88
        "FY15 Actual": $2,773.06
        "FY16 Budget": $2,875.10
        "FY17 Budget": $2,975.13
      - "Category":
          name: Test Link
          link: /path
        "FY14 Actual": $9.47
        "FY15 Actual": $7.36
        "FY16 Budget": $0.00
        "FY17 Budget": $0.00
      - "": Surplus (Deficit)
        "FY14 Actual": $9.47
        "FY15 Actual": $7.36
        "FY16 Budget": $0.00
        "FY17 Budget": $0.00

JS Table Screenshot of a table that pulls data from a JSON source

- js_table:
  - title: NERD
    json_source_url: "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/1mfGnwQDsx5Am-_VDvcYiRUzuKsUjlhkx4hVjUOjl2Rc/od6/public/values?alt=json"
    columns:
      - column_name: Session Name
        json_key: gsx$title
      - column_name: Presenter
        json_key: gsx$presenter
      - column_name: Description
        json_key: gsx$description
      - column_name: Day
        json_key: gsx$day
      - column_name: Time
        json_key: gsx$time
  - title: Remote JSON
    json_source_url: "http://mysafeinfo.com/api/data?list=presidents&format=json"
    columns:
      - column_name: Name
        json_key: nm
      - column_name: Party
        json_key: pp
      - column_name: Term
        json_key: tm
  - title: Test
    json_source_url: "https://spreadsheets.google.com/feeds/list/17BxE2iSmejr7iJKoudYjqIe52c4z3bjqsjb2boDh8yw/od6/public/values?alt=json"
    columns:
      - column_name: Test HEY
        json_key: gsx$test
      - column_name: THINGY
        json_key: gsx$thing
      - column_name: Other Thing!
        json_key: gsx$otherthing

2 Column Text Block Screenshot of two columns of text

- text_col_2:
  - col: >
      <p>First Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam non turpis nibh.
      Sed eleifend orci pretium magna tempus vehicula. </p>
      <ol>
      <li>Donec sodales massa vel leo porttitor</li>
      <li>condimentum. Ut condimentum commodo quam.</li>
      <li>Phasellus sed metus eu velit pellentesque</li>
      </ol>
  - col: >
      Second Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam non turpis nibh.
      Sed eleifend orci pretium magna tempus vehicula.
      <blockquote>Donec sodales massa vel leo porttitor. Ut condimentum commodo quam.</blockquote>
      condimentum. Ut condimentum commodo quam. Phasellus sed metus eu velit pellentesque
      porta. Suspendisse iaculis feugiat accumsan.

3 Column Text Block Screenshot of three columns of text

- text_col_3:
  - col: >
      <p>Fisrt Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam non turpis nibh.
      Sed eleifend orci pretium magna tempus vehicula. </p>
      <p>Donec sodales massa vel leo porttitor
      condimentum. Ut condimentum commodo quam. Phasellus sed metus eu velit pellentesque
      porta. Suspendisse iaculis feugiat accumsan.</p>
  - col: >
      Second Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam non turpis nibh.
      Sed eleifend orci pretium magna tempus vehicula.
      <blockquote>Donec sodales massa vel leo porttitor</blockquote>
      condimentum. Ut condimentum commodo quam. Phasellus sed metus eu velit pellentesque
      porta.
  - col: >
      Third Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Aliquam non turpis nibh.
      <ul>
      <li>Sed eleifend orci pretium magna tempus vehicula.</li>
      <li>Donec sodales massa vel leo porttitor</li>
      </ul>
      condimentum. Ut condimentum commodo quam. Phasellus sed metus eu velit pellentesque
      Sed eleifend orci.

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