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 >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:364515 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
