Emulsify

Starters

Emulsify Drupal

Installation

Requirements

  1. Node (we recommend NVM)
  2. Emulsify CLI (Not strictly recommended, but all docs will assume its use)

Picking a version

  • 4.x - Drupal 9.x compatible
  • 2.x - Drupal 8.x compatible (No longer supported)

Inside a Composer-Based Drupal Instance

The recommended method of installing the Drupal Starter is via the Emulsify CLI. Before you follow the steps below, verify you have the CLI installed npm install -g @emulsify/cli.

Here's a video walkthrough that quickly shows these steps, plus a little more about the CLI

  1. In your project root, initialize a theme based on the Drupal starter emulsify init "My Awesome Theme" (Using your preferred theme name)
  2. Move into your new theme cd web/themes/custom/my_awesome_theme
  3. Install the Compound system with the default components emulsify system install compound
  4. Build theme npm run build
  5. Enable your theme and its dependencies* **drush then THEME_NAME -y && drush en components emulsify_twig -y
  6. Set your custom theme as the default drush config-set system.theme default THEME_NAME -y
  7. See the FAQ for the final step to avoid the .git can't be found error

* drush then is the correct command for Drush versions >= 9. drush en is the command to use for Drush versions <= 8.
** if it's not already a part of your project, run composer require drupal/components drupal/emulsify_twig to get the required Drupal modules.

Standalone (for prototyping outside of a Drupal install)

  1. Install the starter at your preferred location, and pass a starter* (like Drupal) emulsify init "My Awesome Theme" --platform drupal . (The preceding snippet uses . to indicate "the current location")
  2. cd into that directory and install your system. emulsify system install --repository https://github.com/emulsify-ds/compound.git --checkout main for the latest version or emulsify system install --repository https://github.com/emulsify-ds/compound.git --checkout [branch/tag/commit] if you would like to use a specific version.
  3. Now you can run npm run build to simply compile things, or npm run develop to start working on the components in isolation.
  4. See the FAQ for the final step to avoid the .git can't be found error

* If you don't pass a starter, the CLI will try to figure out your environment, but if it can't it'll fail. By passing one explicitly the CLI skips the "try to figure it out" step, and just uses what you pass.