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{% capture scss_code %}
// 1. Import the initial variables
@import "../sass/utilities/initial-variables";
@import "../sass/utilities/functions";

// 2. Set your own initial variables
// Update blue
$blue: #72d0eb;
// Add pink and its invert
$pink: #ffb3b3;
$pink-invert: #fff;
// Add a serif family
$family-serif: "Merriweather", "Georgia", serif;

// 3. Set the derived variables
// Use the new pink as the primary color
$primary: $pink;
$primary-invert: $pink-invert;
// Use the existing orange as the danger color
$danger: $orange;
// Use the new serif family
$family-primary: $family-serif;

// 4. Setup your Custom Colors
$linkedin: #0077b5;
$linkedin-invert: findColorInvert($linkedin);
$twitter: #55acee;
$twitter-invert: findColorInvert($twitter);
$github: #333;
$github-invert: findColorInvert($github);

// 5. Add new color variables to the color map.
@import "../sass/utilities/derived-variables";
$addColors: (
  "twitter":($twitter, $twitter-invert),
  "linkedin": ($linkedin, $linkedin-invert),
  "github": ($github, $github-invert)
);
$colors: map-merge($colors, $addColors);

// 6. Import the rest of Bulma
@import "../bulma";
{% endcapture %}

<div class="content">
  <p>If you're familiar with <a href="http://sass-lang.com/">Sass</a> and want to <strong>customize</strong> Bulma with your own colors and variables, just install Bulma via <strong>npm</strong>:</p>
</div>

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  <div class="media-left">
    <p class="title is-5">1</p>
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  <div class="media-content">
    <p class="title is-5">
      <strong>Download</strong> the source files:
    </p>
    {% highlight bash %}npm install bulma{% endhighlight %}
    <div class="content">or clone the repository: <a href="https://github.com/jgthms/bulma">https://github.com/jgthms/bulma</a></div>
  </div>
</article>

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  <div class="media-left">
    <p class="title is-5">2</p>
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  <div class="media-content">
    <p class="title is-5">
      <strong>Set</strong> your variables
    </p>
    <p class="subtitle is-6">
      Create a file called <code>mystyles.scss</code> and add your own colors, set new fonts, override Bulma's default styles...
    </p>
    <div class="bd-highlight-full">
      {% highlight sass %}{{ scss_code }}{% endhighlight %}
    </div>
  </div>
</article>

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  <div class="media-left">
    <p class="title is-5">3</p>
  </div>
  <div class="media-content">
    <p class="title is-5">
      See the <strong>result</strong>: before and after
    </p>
    <p class="subtitle is-6">
      As <code>$blue</code> has been updated, and since <code>$blue-invert</code> is automatically calculated with the <strong>function</strong> <code>$blue-invert: findColorInvert($blue)</code>, the <code>$blue-invert</code> is now black instead of white</p>
    </p>
    <figure>
      <img width="640" height="640" src="{{site.url}}/images/customize-before.png" alt="Customizing Bulma with Sass">
      <img width="640" height="640" src="{{site.url}}/images/customize-after.png" alt="Customizing Bulma with Sass">
    </figure>
  </div>
</article>