# Primer Alerts [![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/primer-alerts.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/primer-alerts) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/primer/primer.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/primer/primer) > Flash messages, or alerts, inform users of successful or pending actions. Use them sparingly. Don’t show more than one at a time. This repository is a module of the full [primer][primer] repository. ## Install This repository is distributed with [npm][npm]. After [installing npm][install-npm], you can install `primer-alerts` with this command. ``` $ npm install --save primer-alerts ``` ## Usage The source files included are written in [Sass][sass] (`scss`) You can simply point your sass `include-path` at your `node_modules` directory and import it like this. ```scss @import "primer-alerts/index.scss"; ``` You can also import specific portions of the module by importing those partials from the `/lib/` folder. _Make sure you import any requirements along with the modules._ ## Build For a compiled **css** version of this module, a npm script is included that will output a css version to `build/build.css` The built css file is also included in the npm package. ``` $ npm run build ``` ## Documentation Flash messages, or alerts, inform users of successful or pending actions. Use them sparingly. Don't show more than one at a time. ## Default Flash messages start off looking decently neutral—they're just light blue rounded rectangles. ```html
This is a longer flash message in it's own paragraph. It ends up looking something like this. If we keep adding more text, it'll eventually wrap to a new line.
And this is another paragraph.