Bootstrap Tutorial v3 (Part 1)
Make a Responsive Website quickly and easily
1. Download Bootstrap
http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/
- Click on “Download Bootstrap” button (The first button of the three)
- Unzip file
Note that there are three folders:
- css
- fonts
- js
2. Create Basic Template
http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/#template
- Copy code from the above page and paste it into a new HTML page.
- Save page as index.html and save to your folder with the css, fonts, and js folders
3. Note that the Basic Template includes the following:
Viewport meta tag
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
This tells the browser to set the viewport to the width of the device with an initial scale of 1.
Link to Bootstrap CSS file
<link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
HTML shiv
HTML shim for IE – Enables styling of HTML5 elements in versions of Internet Explorer prior to version 9
Add after links to CSS
<!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries --> <!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// --> <!--[if lt IE 9]> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script> <![endif]-->
Link to jQuery library
<!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) --> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <!-- Include all compiled plugins (below), or include individual files as needed --> <script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
4. Voilà! Here it is.
The file should look like this code below.
<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <title>Bootstrap 101 Template</title> <!-- Bootstrap --> <link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <!-- HTML5 Shim and Respond.js IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries --> <!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// --> <!--[if lt IE 9]> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.2/html5shiv.min.js"></script> <script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script> <![endif]--> </head> <body> <h1>Hello, world!</h1> <!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) --> <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script> <!-- Include all compiled plugins (below), or include individual files as needed --> <script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script> </body> </html>
Hello, the Download Bootstrap link is not correct. Do you have the new link to download the file for Dreamweaver?
Thanks!
Thanks for the heads up! I changed the link so it is correct now.
Thank you!
Nice Article,
Clear and to the point.