Wells can be used within Bootstrap to create an inset look to a pseudo panel. They appear kind of like panels, but without the chance to color them. Instead, you have text that is inset from a box when you use the well class to a div. This can be used as a overly simple panel…
Breadcrumbs have been used since the time of Hansel and Gretal so people can find their way back from whence they came. Luckily, web bread crumbs work better than the ones that Hansel laid down. Basically, it is a way for users to see how deep in the web site’s navigation they’ve gone, and how…
Bootstrap provides a way to easily display an “alert” message. Essentially it is a background color, and foreground color which work together to make a message standout. An alert is generally going to be a simple block of text, and doesn’t have a lot of extra markups text. This works similarly to if you had…
Panels are similar to Bootstrap alerts, but on steroids. Instead of a simple line or two of text, a panel will include a header section, as well as a body. This will give it a more prominent look that will allow it to stand out. You can have more than just a line of text….
Bootstrap provides numerous classes to help provide hints as to what content you should/shouldn’t show to users, based upon the size of their device. Using a prefix of visible- or hidden-, you can define if an element should be shown to a user or not the based upon the size of the user’s display device….
Bootstrap provides several helper classes to “help” you display information to your viewers. As you would assume, you can apply these helpers by adding the class(es) to your given tags. Colors You can apply different colors to your text, based upon the colors defined for primary, success, info, etc. This is via a class with…
Forms is the most common way you will get information from your users. However, given the responsive nature of Bootstrap, you do not know how users will normally come to you – therefore you have to be careful of how you design your forms. A class=”form-control” can be used to make <input>, <select>, and <textarea>…
Creating a navigation is extremely important for any website. How you define and use your navigation will often define how well your site will perform. The navbar is the set of classes that Bootstrap uses to help you work on defining, building, and displaying your site navigation. It is also responsive, and if the browser…
