Hi,

 

Firstly if this in the wrong category I apologise.

 

Anyway I have been looking at some website templates, now I must admit I have been out of the website game for a few years but one of the templates I was intesterested in spoke of Bootstrap. On trying to find the offical site I must admit it just confused the hell out of me.

So my questions are, what is Bootstrap? Is it something that needs to be installed on a server?

 

The template I saw looked great but I noticed some extra's I may need, twitter feed being one and a couple of other bits, also a couple of bits taken away, how easy is it to remove or add things with Bootstrap? I mean is it contained in its on ecosystem.

 

And finally I have seen on a site that has something to do with Bootstrap, lots of Bootstrap Admin themes. Are these just things that you download, put on the server and it interacts with Bootstrap giving admin functionality or are they something completely different?

 

Sorry for all the questions, I really do appreciate they are very noobish.

 

Thank you

Jon

Bootstrap is a html css framework.. that helps u build resposnive html templates thts adjust to different screens sizes.. they are just static html

 

the admin templates u have seen are just html templates tht u can use from ur projects...

 

to add functionalities to those admin themes .. u need to know implement server side languages like php /asp

 

from ur question u look like u are new to webdesign.. i wud request u to first learn the basics of html css from htmldog and codecademy.. then learn about media queries(thts wht used to make html templates responsive).. after that think of using bootstrap

I agree with sash above, if you have been out for a few years then get upto speed with the new technologies before jumping into frameworks.

 

For your information Bootstrap is a front-end framework built on Less (Less is basically a css preprocessor that compiles to css and makes writing css faster). It is designed primarily for rapid prototyping. You can override any of the styles, or better still you can download all the individual components for it and just include those you wish to use. (I myself have changed quite heavily those that I include).

 

Bootstrap does not require any server side scripts or coding to run, and doesn't even require ,less if you just download the compiled version although in a real world project I'd consider that bad practice as you'll be forcing the users to download a tonne of css and js that is not used.

 

You do not need any kind of social or twitter feed to run Bootstrap.

 

New things to read up on seen as you have been out of the game a while:

1. HTML5
2. CSS3
3. Responsive design & Media Querys
4. CSS Preprocessors (LESS) if you are gonna use bootstrap
5. jQuery - js framework
6. Version control (Git)
7. Task management (Grunt)

Edited April 20, 201412 yr by rbrtsmith

Just a quick note, Bootstrap 3 uses less for its CSS parts now, there is a Sass version also though

 

Wanted to make a note of that because learning CSS *might* not be the end of your learning journey with Bootstrap.

 

Id recommend using a smaller CSS framework like skeleton first, just to get the gist of it. There are lots of useful/cool things inside bootstrap though

Thanks for the replies and the comments, wow, a lot sure does change in just a couple of years!

 

Basically I was looking for a template for a website, I don't need any logins or anything fancy, its just a website advertising a business's services, however most templates I saw were bootstrap templates. So I assume most of the work has been done and I would just need to change the text.

 

The admin themes did confuse me to be honest, when something is advertised as a Bootstrap admin theme, its hard to work out if its an admin theme for bootstrap or admin theme using bootstrap. Just threw me a bit.

 

They do have other templates using Wordpress or Joomla, maybe it might be easier to start off on those as I need something up and running within the month.

 

Ok, well this is the template I was looking at :- http://www.dynamic-template.com/template/preview/85937

 

The only thing I need to do apart from change the text was remove the "Products" category from the top and electronic repair from the slider. You can see at the top above the template the scaffolding etc.

 

Anyway thank you again for your help, I really appreciate it and its been very helpful

 

Jon