Those aren't spans.  They are bootstrap classes that "span" columns in
the grid.  Named badly perhaps but very different from a <span> tag.

On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:44 AM, zaphod <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I would suggest that you also check into a css preprocessor so that you can 
> clean up your html.  Bootstrap will have you putting a bunch of span tags 
> into your divs which I personally can't stand.  If you use a preprocessor 
> like LESS or SASS, you can change it from:
>
> <div class="row">
>   <div class="span3">My Column</div>
>   <div class="span9">My other Column</div>
> </div>
>
>
> to something like:
>
> <div class="myForm">
>   <div class="label">My Column</div>
>   <div class="value">My other Column</div>
> </div>
>
> in this example, my sass file would look like this:
>
> .myForm
>   @extend .row
>     .label
>       @extend .span3
>     .value
>       @extend .span9
>
>
> That way if you need to change the layout, you're not hunting down span 
> classes in your html and your css remains more semantic.  You'll also not be 
> tied to bootstrap this way.
>
>
>
>
> On Jun 13, 2013, at 9:07 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>
>> Just go here: http://twitter.github.io/bootstrap/ - read the getting
>> started section and proceed from there.  It's major league easy.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Anyone have suggestions on how to get started with Bootstrap?
>>>
>>> thx,
>>> larry
>>
>>
>
> 

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