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CSS CSS Foundations Values and Units Absolute Length Units

Posted by Jennelle Barajas
Jennelle Barajas
5,317 Points

What does it mean to "bootstrap the page"?

Guil says,

*So I've set up an HTML page containing several div elements with different class attributes. It's linked to a style sheet I created just to bootstrap our page...*

Thank you in advance.

1 Answer

Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points
Stone Preston
Stone Preston
42,016 Points

it means to get it up and running/looking nice without you doing all the work. the css "bootstraps" the page into something that looks decent

there is also a CSS framework from Twitter called Bootstrap that you can use to make a decent looking site without much effort. this idea of "bootstrapping" is where it gets its name

Jennelle Barajas
Jennelle Barajas
5,317 Points

Ohh right on.

Thank you!