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Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by alabut »

kunle wrote: post #25
alabut wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm creating a library of design patterns for BS, so ping me if you want to be included. EDIT: I'm sorry I don't have a signup list yet! Just email me at my HN username at gmail and I'll send out an alert that way.

would love to be included. Would be cool also if you could allow users just plug in any palette from www.colourlovers.com or patterns from subtlepatterns.com which would add quick/mass customization of a site and really simple/sweet A/B testing.

Ha, Darius from colourlovers was one of the first people I tested the idea out on over breakfast a few weeks back and he really warmed up to it, especially considering the ambitious marketplace he's building now:

http://creativemarket.com

And subtlepatterns kicks ass, it's been my secret designer weapon ever since it came out.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by alabut »

pault wrote: post #22
alabut wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm creating a library of design patterns for BS, so ping me if you want to be included. EDIT: I'm sorry I don't have a signup list yet! Just email me at my HN username at gmail and I'll send out an alert that way.

Do you have a public repo?

Unfortunately no, not yet, I'm still abstracting out the themes from a few recent side projects and wanted to clean things up before posting anywhere.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by masterj »

mgcross wrote: post #28
Periodic wrote: post #7

After playing around with Bootstrap, I realized what a huge boon it was to my projects (programmer lacking in design skills). One thing I like about it is I don't have to pick colors. It does the border, button, text, and nav-bar colors for me. I don't trust myself to pick my own colors! I would really like a way to preview or be able to pick some other colors other people have made. Maybe you could expose a perma-li…

If you need a responsive grid with a similar aesthetic, check out Zurb's Foundation: http://foundation.zurb.com

I believe bootstrap will be adding a responsive grid with bootstrap 2.0, currently being developed in the 2.0-wip branch.

http://bootstrap.io/Demo/Scaffolding

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by nicpottier »

What? No top bar customization? That is the biggest giveaway for Bootstrap and the easiest way to differentiate your site.

Once you add that then you'll have something super useful. I've customized the top bar color for a few different sites and it is a bit painful. (there was an open bug about making it easier, haven't checked it lately though)

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by sdoowpilihp »

A huge benefit to this tool would be instant change feedback. Specifically, given that this site uses bootstrap, it would be nice to see the changes you put in to the various input fields change the css settings for the editor itself.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Generator

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Post by iconfinder »

Periodic wrote: post #7

After playing around with Bootstrap, I realized what a huge boon it was to my projects (programmer lacking in design skills). One thing I like about it is I don't have to pick colors. It does the border, button, text, and nav-bar colors for me. I don't trust myself to pick my own colors! I would really like a way to preview or be able to pick some other colors other people have made. Maybe you could expose a perma-li…

Use sites like http://www.colourlovers.com/ to get inspiration for colors. If you are a programmer you should spend some time studying the color theory - much of it is based on math and you can actually often calculate which colors will work together.
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