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Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo

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Post by akx » Sun, Feb 16, 2014, 2:20 PM UTC

kartikkumar wrote: post #32

I'm building a MVP at the moment and whilst I have a basic understanding of HTML and CSS, I am looking towards Bootstrap to get things going. We started with a simple LaunchRock landing page [1], but now we want to hook the site up to MailChimp, do a bit of A/B testing and also start building elements of our platform using RoR. I don't want to deal with the nightmare of using Wordpress as the front-end for this, so B…

The only real pitfall re Bootstrap in my opinion is that Bootstrap sites (especially Bootstrap 2) tend to look, well, bootstrap-y if you don't customize things.

If you want to pay a few bucks instead of customizing things yourself, check out Wrapbootstrap and/or Bootswatch.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo

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Post by hiphopyo » Sun, Feb 16, 2014, 2:21 PM UTC

chrissyb wrote: post #30

hiphopyo wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed, as with my earlier link ( http://subtraction.com/pics/0703/grids_are_good.pdf ), I'm not arguing against grids as a design tool. I'm arguing against transferring them programatically to HTML and CSS when tools like http://hashgrid.com/ allows you to transfer them visually just fine. People argue they need grids for their websites to be responsive, but that is not what grids are for. At least not according to…

Thanks for the link, it was a good read. I understand where you are coming from now. Can you suggest a good article for reading up on "gridless" responsive design? I've just been looking at http://thatcoolguy.github.io/gridless-boilerplate/ It would be good to learn more about this philosophy.

Interesting link. Cheers mate. Unfortunately I do not have any more info on this subject.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo

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Post by baby » Sun, Feb 16, 2014, 2:29 PM UTC

hiphopyo wrote: post #20

baby wrote: post #14

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I've done it both ways and it's just faster with grids. When you don't want to spend too much time in the CSS part of your website. Especially for avoiding testing it with multiple browsers, using a framework like BS is really useful.

Good point. Thanks.

to expand, it still feels like a hack most of the time, and I must use like 20% of all the package (form styling are very useful though). And I bet most web developers who use BS do that, but it's not really important as BS is really light and you should focus on shipping (and BS helps focusing on things that matter).

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo

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Post by baby » Sun, Feb 16, 2014, 2:29 PM UTC

susi22 wrote: post #39

I wish there was a website which collects decent looking websites which are under the Creative Commons License.

you can always copy what you like and change it a little. Art is simulacrum.

Re: Twitter Bootstrap Expo

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Post by __xtrimsky » Tue, Feb 18, 2014, 3:15 AM UTC

sgdesign wrote: post #2

Serious question: what do these sites get from using Bootstrap? I can't see any of Bootstrap's UI elements in use, so is it the grid? If so, I think something like Susy ( http://susy.oddbird.net ) is far superior. It's more powerful, and also won't pollute your markup with classes like "col-md-6".

Responsive Design.

Writing that from scratch isn't easy.

And then a few things I save time on: grids buttons (in case I don't want to bother making my own) modal popups (they are easy to use) forms