Components

The Rivet components are a well-documented set of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript assets.

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The Rivet components documentation contains examples, code snippets, and guidance on UX best-practices. There are several ways you can use Rivet in your project. The following instructions will help you get started.

Download Rivet

You can download a ZIP file that contains the compiled and minified CSS and JavaScript, images, and a starter HTML file.

Download Rivet

Download contents

The download contains the following files:

Compiled CSS (expanded and minified versions)
Compiled JavaScript (expanded and minified versions)
Sass source files
Starter index.html file

css/
  |—— rivet.css
  |—— rivet.min.css
js/
  |—— rivet.js
  |—— rivet.min.js
sass/
  |—— components/
  |—— core/
  |—— libs/
  |—— utilities/
  |—— rivet.scss
index.html

Axure UI and Wireframe kit

We've created an Axure wireframe kit with accurate representations of all the Rivet components. Download the Axure kit to help you create prototypes that will translate to Rivet components.

Download Axure kit

Install via NPM

Rivet is available as an NPM package. See the documentation on getting started with Rivet to learn more about installing Rivet using NPM.

Hosted CSS and JavaScript

Production applications

The hosted CSS and JavaScript assets are a good solution for prototyping ideas, early stages of development, and small apps that don’t get heavy traffic. We recommend managing Rivet as a dependency with NPM as a long-term solution for production apps with a large number of regular users.

The quickest way to get started with Rivet is using the centrally-hosted CSS and JavaScript files. Copy and paste this <link> element to <head> of your document. Make sure it is placed before any other stylesheets.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://assets.uits.iu.edu/css/rivet/1.7.1/rivet.min.css">

Rivet has a minimal amount of JavaScript that is required for some components, like the header. Copy and paste this link and add to the end of your document, just before the closing </body> tag.

<script src="https://assets.uits.iu.edu/javascript/rivet/1.7.1/rivet.min.js"></script>

Starter template

Here’s a basic starter template with the hosted CSS and JavaScript hooked up. Copy and paste into your favorite editor to start using Rivet.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en-US">
<head>
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://assets.uits.iu.edu/css/rivet/1.7.1/rivet.min.css">
    <title>Rivet starter file</title>
</head>
<body>
    <header class="rvt-header" role="banner">
        <a class="rvt-skip-link" href="#main-content">Skip to content</a>
        <div class="rvt-header__trident">
            <svg class="rvt-header__trident-logo" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 41 48" aria-describedby="iu-logo" aria-hidden="true">
                <title id="iu-logo">Indiana University Logo</title>
                <rect width="41" height="48" fill="#900"/>
                <polygon points="24.59 12.64 24.59 14.98 26.34 14.98 26.34 27.78 22.84 27.78 22.84 10.9 24.59 10.9 24.59 8.57 16.41 8.57 16.41 10.9 18.16 10.9 18.16 27.78 14.66 27.78 14.66 14.98 16.41 14.98 16.41 12.64 8.22 12.64 8.22 14.98 9.97 14.98 9.97 30.03 12.77 33.02 18.16 33.02 18.16 36.52 16.41 36.52 16.41 39.43 24.59 39.43 24.59 36.52 22.84 36.52 22.84 33.02 28 33.02 31.01 30.03 31.01 14.98 32.78 14.98 32.78 12.64 24.59 12.64" fill="#fff"/>
            </svg>
        </div>
        <span class="rvt-header__title">
            <a href="#0">Application Title</a>
        </span>
    </header>
    <main role="main" id="main-content">

        <!-- **************************************************************
            Start building here!
        *************************************************************** -->

    </main>
    <footer class="rvt-footer m-top-xxl" role="contentinfo">
        <div class="rvt-footer__trident">
            <svg role="img" alt="" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="25" viewBox="0 0 20 25">
                <polygon points="13.33 3.32 13.33 5.21 14.76 5.21 14.76 15.64 11.9 15.64 11.9 1.9 13.33 1.9 13.33 0 6.67 0 6.67 1.9 8.09 1.9 8.09 15.64 5.24 15.64 5.24 5.21 6.67 5.21 6.67 3.32 0 3.32 0 5.21 1.43 5.21 1.43 17.47 3.7 19.91 8.09 19.91 8.09 22.76 6.67 22.76 6.67 25.13 13.33 25.13 13.33 22.76 11.9 22.76 11.9 19.91 16.1 19.91 18.56 17.47 18.56 5.21 20 5.21 20 3.32 13.33 3.32" fill="#900"/>
            </svg>
        </div>
        <ul class="rvt-footer__aux-links">
            <li class="rvt-footer__aux-item">
                <a href="https://accessibility.iu.edu/assistance/">Accessibility</a>
            </li>
            <li class="rvt-footer__aux-item">
                <!-- You can learn more about privacy policies and generate one
                    for your site here:
                    https://protect.iu.edu/online-safety/tools/privacy-notice/index.html -->
                <a href="#0">Privacy Notice</a>
            </li>
            <li class="rvt-footer__aux-item">
                <a href="https://www.iu.edu/copyright/index.html">Copyright</a> &copy; 2019 The Trustees of <a href="https://www.iu.edu/">Indiana University</a>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </footer>
    <script src="https://assets.uits.iu.edu/javascript/rivet/1.7.1/rivet.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Using Rivet with other frameworks

Currently Rivet does not support the use of additional CSS frameworks like Bootstrap, Foundation, etc. If you choose to use one of these frameworks alongside Rivet it is up to you to resolve any conflicts that arise.