079 The Clean Markup Module with René Haché and M Parker - Modules Unraveled Podcast

## Project
* What is the Clean Markup Module?
    * Allows a site administrator to configure the markup spit out by blocks and panels.
    * Submit feature requests and patches for other modules!

* What does the module actually do?
    * Blocks:
        * On the block configuration page, there's a vertical tab with options for customizing the markup. e.g.:
            * Disable or set the HTML5 element to use as the block wrapper,
            * Enable or disable an inner div,
            * Add classes to the outer block element,
            * Add custom attributes (i.e. role="navigation")
            * Set the HTML5 element to wrap the title,
            * Toggle whether the block title is displayed visually,
            * Disable or set the HTML5 element to wrap the content.
    * Panels
        * Provides a pane style with similar markup options as the blocks.
        * Provides a region style with similar markup options as the blocks and panes.
            * Also lets you enable or disable separator divs between panes in the region.
        * Provides four clean panel layouts.
            * One Column Clean: one region and single wrapper.
            * One Column Reset: one region with no wrapper.
            * Six pack: six regions.
            * Myriad: five rows with four regions each that will output the absolute minimum markup. For example, a row with only one region will not output the row wrapper.

* Where does it fit in with other modules?
    * Complements Display Suite
        * DS lets you customize node, user layouts.
    * Complements Fences.
        * Served as an inspiration to our module.
        * Really early on, our module was going to be a patch to Fences.
        * Fences deals exclusively with fields though.
    * Complements Mothership
        * Great HTML reset theme
        * Problem is that if you want to customize HTML element for a particular block, say, you have to write it's own theme files — on a site with lots of blocks, that gets unwieldy.
    * Semantic panels
        * Actually didn't know of this project originally.
        * Disclaimer: Have not used or worked with it.
        * Pretty similar to the panels part of our module.
        * Quick glance over the settings form suggests it provides fewer points of customization.
        * Have filed an issue to collaborate with them.

* What's the future of the module?
    * Plan to support views.
        * Semantic views - it lets you customize the field and row wrappers, but doesn't support customizing view-header, view-content, view-footer regions and the view wrapper itself.

## Use Cases
* Is this best utilized during the initial development phase?
* How easy is it to retrofit it into an existing site?

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