span9 has nothing to do with the content of the div.  It's strictly for what 
the div should look like.  



On Jun 13, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote:

> 
> How is that not semantic?
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 11:10 AM, zaphod <[email protected]>wrote:
> 
>> 
>> 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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