Hi all,

I can't really find any good documentation of not only directions, but
explanations of what css/less is and how to customize bootstrap
websites in the current file structure. I'm also very new to
development as well and would just like more understanding of how this
works, so please excuse my semantics. Any help for these questions?

1. Where are the color variables that are defined in a .less? I'm
guessing these are found in variables.less. I've tried adjusting
variables.less, but I know this does not work since they need to be
compiled.

2. Where are the compiled color variables located in a .css? I'm
assuming this is in a css file but I do not know the name of it. I
believe the process when making changes in the variables.less file is
to replace the variables.less file, compile it as a css file, then
replace the current css file with old variables with the new one with
new variables.

3. What exactly is client-side, server-side compiling? When
downloading the bootstrap files, it obviously doesn't have a compiler
in it, and I understand its not good practice to client-side compile.
Is that all there is to worry about this?

4. What is the html code syntax for reading styles from a .css file?
Is it something like <script src="/ / /style.css>?

5. Is it possible to create a brand new .less with color variables,
then compile it into a .css, and rather than replace, just include the
script so it takes priority over predefined color variables? I'm
guessing yes as well, but is this also good practice? I would like to
assume yes since when a new bootstrap version comes out we can just
take the color variables we define in a .css file and add them to the
new file package, right?


Thanks guys.

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