This repository contains the development source code for the California State Web Template, an HTML template and website standard offered by the California Department of Technology to state agencies and departments within the State of California and beyond.
The California State Web Template is designed to promote a responsive and standard look and feel to ensure a uniform user experience across state entities. The web template includes many usability, security and accessibility requirements and is updated regularly to meet evolving industry standards and best practices.
The state web template is an open source project which you can find on the CA Office of Digital Services GitHub repository. There are various technology versions of the web template available for consumption. Collaboration is highly encouraged and user feedback and contributions are always considered and often implemented.
You can use this repository to download, clone, fork or contribute to the development of the state web template. You can also browse the components, search icons, explore color themes and learn what's new in the latest version of the template.
To download or clone this repository, click on the green Code button on the top right corner of this page. You can also use the command line to clone the repository using git clone https://github.com/Office-of-Digital-Services/California-State-Web-Template-Development.git.
To fork this repository, click on the Fork button on the top right corner of this page. This will create a copy of this repository in your own GitHub account that you can modify and customize.
To contribute to this repository, you can create a pull request with your proposed changes. Please follow the contribution guidelines before submitting a pull request.
For more information on how to use the state web template, please visit webstandards.ca.gov. There you will find documentation on how to get started, how to customize the template, how to follow the web standards and best practices, and how to join the community of web developers and designers working with the state web template.
You can also visit template.webstandards.ca.gov to see examples of websites built with the state web template and learn more about the upcoming design system that will replace the state web template in the future.
The state web template is licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.