correct, I referred to them incorrectly, they are classes.

I still believe they are not semantic especially when you have to start using 
multiple bootstrap classes like

<div class="span9 offset2">

or 

<table class="table table-striped table-bordered table-condensed">….


On Jun 13, 2013, at 10:04 AM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> 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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