Great help! Thanks man
On 12 May 2013 13:30, Raul MATEi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Put Bootstrap in less/libs/bootstrap directory, and your app in less/myapp > (or any name), in less/ directory have an application.less (or styles.less, > or any-name.less) and import bootstrap and all your custom LESS files in > it. I've attached a ZIP archive that you can use as a starting point. > > Use a LESS compiler to generate application.css, application-ie7.css and > application-ie8.css in css/ folder. As I said in my previous email I use > WinLess which auto compiles those 3 files everytime I make mods in my less > files. > > But hey, that's just one idea, I'm sure others use it in different ways, I > would like to know their opinion too. > > > Raul. > > > > > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:52 AM, Ujjwal Thaakar > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> So basically have my own version of the bootstrap files that I wish to >> modify and my own bootstrap.less which imports the actual boostrap.less so >> that I can replace those files with newer version of boostrap as and when >> they arrive. Right? >> >> >> On 12 May 2013 01:27, Raul MATEi <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> >>> I recommend you to use Bootstrap's LESS files you can download them from >>> GitHub and use LESS for your own project, here's an older topic I replied >>> not so long ago: >>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/twitter-bootstrap/EpNZEiefCwg, >>> you can take some of my "ideas" from there. >>> >>> I'm using it that way in many different projects and everything goes >>> faster and faster. For example I had to modify the grid width in a recent >>> project which was translated from plain CSS to LESS, the project was >>> started with a customized version of Bootstrap's CSS generated directly >>> from their site with a grid with of 988px, a few days ago I've moved >>> everything to LESS to make it much more maintainable. To make the grid >>> 988px width I just had to re-declare the @gridColumnWidth to 64px in my own >>> vars.less which is included after Bootstrap's vars.less so that variable >>> overwrites the Bootstrap's one. >>> >>> As you'll see in the above topic, I use WinLess to compile all LESS >>> files to CSS, you can use other LESS compilers if you want, but for me that >>> worked and it still works like a charm. In time I became faster and I have >>> a manageable UI frameworks with untouched Bootstrap files and access to all >>> it's variables (for use or overwrites) at anytime. >>> >>> Hope it helps, >>> Raul. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Ujjwal Thaakar < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Guys, >>>> I'm building a web app with a distinctive look and I want to use >>>> bootstrap as a base. Now this is a long term project and I want to be able >>>> to keep up to date with bug fixes and new features on bootstrap while >>>> maintaining my distinctive look which could mean losing the gradients or >>>> adding a couple of extra classes. What's the best way to go about it? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "twitter-bootstrap" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >>> Google Groups "twitter-bootstrap" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/twitter-bootstrap/7qQXhvgG-RI/unsubscribe?hl=en >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >>> [email protected]. >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Thanks >> Ujjwal >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "twitter-bootstrap" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "twitter-bootstrap" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/twitter-bootstrap/7qQXhvgG-RI/unsubscribe?hl=en > . > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Thanks Ujjwal -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "twitter-bootstrap" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
