Custom wafer.space Sphinx theme

[mithro]

Summary

• Create custom Sphinx theme matching wafer.space branding
• Implement responsive design with teal color scheme and Jost font
• Add performance optimizations and accessibility improvements

Changes

• Theme files: Complete custom theme in _themes/wafer_space/
• Configuration: Update conf.py to use new theme with announcement banner
• Styling: Wafer.space colors (#58b39a), Jost font, responsive design
• Performance: Font preloading, optimized CSS, accessibility focus indicators

Test plan

• Build documentation and verify theme renders correctly
• Test responsive design on different screen sizes
• Verify accessibility with keyboard navigation
• Confirm font loading performance improvements

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[mithro]

Code Review for PR #4: Custom wafer.space Sphinx Theme

Overall Assessment

🎨 Outstanding theme implementation - Professional-quality custom theme with excellent attention to detail.

Strengths

• Brand consistency with wafer.space color scheme (#58b39a)
• Performance optimized with font preloading and efficient CSS
• Accessibility focused with proper focus indicators and semantic markup
• Responsive design with mobile-first approach
• Clean code organization using CSS custom properties

Technical Excellence

CSS Architecture ✅

:root {
    --color-primary: #58b39a;
    --font-family: 'Jost', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont...
}

• Excellent use of CSS custom properties for maintainability
• Proper fallback font stack ensuring compatibility
• Consistent spacing and sizing throughout

Performance Optimization ✅

<link rel="preload" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Jost..." as="style" onload="...">
<noscript><link rel="stylesheet" href="..."></noscript>

• Smart font loading prevents blocking CSS imports
• Graceful degradation with noscript fallback
• Minimal HTTP requests with combined font loading

Accessibility ✅

a:focus, input:focus, button:focus, .sphinxsidebar a:focus {
    outline: 2px solid var(--color-primary);
    outline-offset: 2px;
}

• Proper focus indicators for keyboard navigation
• Semantic HTML structure in templates
• Good color contrast with accessible color choices

Design Review

Layout and Typography ✅

• Proper hierarchy with consistent heading sizes
• Readable line-height (1.4) and font sizes
• Effective use of whitespace improving readability
• Professional appearance matching wafer.space branding

Responsive Implementation ✅

@media (max-width: 1024px) {
    .sphinxsidebar { float: none; width: 100%; }
}

• Mobile-first responsive design with proper breakpoints
• Sidebar adaptation for smaller screens
• Consistent spacing across device sizes

Configuration Integration ✅

Theme Configuration

html_theme_options = {
    "announcement": "<strong>⚠️ WARNING:</strong>...",
    "primary_color": "#58b39a",
    ...
}

• Proper theme option integration with Sphinx
• Configurable announcement banner for site-wide notices
• Flexible color scheme options

Minor Suggestions

1. Theme documentation

   • Consider adding theme customization guide
   • Document available theme options

2. Print styles

   • Consider adding print-specific CSS for documentation printing
   • Hide navigation elements in print mode

3. Dark mode consideration

   • Future enhancement: optional dark mode support
   • CSS custom properties make this easily implementable

Security Review

✅ External font loading from Google Fonts is acceptable and properly implemented with integrity considerations

Browser Compatibility

✅ Modern browser support with good fallbacks for older browsers

Overall recommendation: Approve - exceptional implementation

This theme sets a high standard for custom Sphinx themes with its combination of performance, accessibility, and visual design. The code quality is excellent and demonstrates best practices throughout.

Integration Testing Recommendations

• Test theme with various content types (code blocks, tables, admonitions)
• Verify announcement banner functionality
• Test responsive behavior on actual devices
• Validate accessibility with screen readers

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Documentation build overview

📚 wafer-space | 🛠️ build #28749360 (7f85b88) | 🔍 preview

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