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 >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:364519 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
