Get Bootstrap to your web project

Bootstrap is one of the most popular HTML,CSS and JavaScript framework used to develop web applications. Also it is a free and open source software designed by twitter including HTML,CSS and JavaScript based designed templates. This article will show you how to set up Bootstrap in your computer



Method 1

Step 1

Go to getbootstrap.com to download Bootstrap and click  Download Bootstrap button. There You will get the following window.



Click Download Bootstrap button and save the zip file.

Step 2

Extract the zip file in to a new folder. There you will get three folders named as css, fonts and js.


Step 3

Rename the folder and make it simple(eg : bootstrap). Then you will have to copy the  bootstrap folder to the root directory of the web project.

Step 4

Get the bootstrap Basic template and copy it to your text editor and save it in your web project folder.
Folder structure of the web project is shown in the below diagram.



Then edit the html code as follows. (Refer the line numbers in the following code when editing your html code.)


Line 11 and 26:  Enter the renamed folder name.

Example :  
<link href="bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">
<script src="bootstrap/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>

Now you can use Bootstrap framework to your Web project.

Method 2

You can use the Bootstrap CDN  and copy the code to your html file. The links given in CDN codes are executed in your browser online when your run the html file.




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