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<header class="jumbotron subhead" id="overview">
  <h1>Scaffolding</h1>
  <p class="lead">Bootstrap is built on a responsive 12-column grid. We've also included fixed- and fluid-width layouts based on that system.</p>
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<section class="bs-docs-contents">
  <h3>Contents</h3>
  <ol>
    <li><a href="#global">Global styles</a></li>
    <li><a href="#gridSystem">Grid system</a></li>
    <li><a href="#fluidGridSystem">Fluid grid system</a></li>
    <li><a href="#gridCustomization">Customizing</a></li>
    <li><a href="#layouts">Layouts</a></li>
    <li><a href="#responsive">Responsive design</a></li>
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    <h1>Global styles <small>for CSS reset, typography, and links</small></h1>
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  <h2>Requires HTML5 doctype</h2>
  <p>Bootstrap makes use of certain HTML elements and CSS properties that require the use of the HTML5 doctype. Include it at the beginning of all your projects.</p>
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&lt;!DOCTYPE html&gt;
&lt;html lang="en"&gt;
  ...
&lt;/html&gt;
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  <h2>Typography and links</h2>
  <p>Bootstrap sets basic global display, typography, and link styles. Specifically, we:</p>
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    <li>Remove <code>margin</code> on the body</li>
    <li>Set <code>background-color: white;</code> on the <code>body</code></li>
    <li>Use the <code>@baseFontFamily</code>, <code>@baseFontSize</code>, and <code>@baseLineHeight</code> attributes as our typographyic base</li>
    <li>Set the global link color via <code>@linkColor</code> and apply link underlines only on <code>:hover</code></li>
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  <p>These styles can be found within <strong>scaffolding.less</strong>.</p>

  <h2>Reset via Normalize</h2>
  <p>With Bootstrap 2, the old reset block has been dropped in favor of <a href="http://necolas.github.com/normalize.css/" target="_blank">Normalize.css</a>, a project by <a href="http://twitter.com/necolas" target="_blank">Nicolas Gallagher</a> that also powers the <a href="http://html5boilerplate.com" target="_blank">HTML5 Boilerplate</a>. While we use much of Normalize within our <strong>reset.less</strong>, we have removed some elements specifically for Bootstrap.</p>

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    <h1>Default grid system <small>12 columns with a responsive twist</small></h1>
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  <h2>Live grid example</h2>
  <p>The default Bootstrap grid system utilizes <strong>12 columns</strong>, making for a 940px wide container without <a href="#responsive">responsive features</a> enabled. With the responsive CSS file added, the grid adapts to be 724px and 1170px wide depending on your viewport. Below 767px viewports, the columns become fluid and stack vertically.</p>
  <div class="bs-docs-grid">
    <div class="row show-grid">
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row show-grid">
      <div class="span4">4</div>
      <div class="span4">4</div>
      <div class="span4">4</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row show-grid">
      <div class="span4">4</div>
      <div class="span8">8</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row show-grid">
      <div class="span6">6</div>
      <div class="span6">6</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row show-grid">
      <div class="span12">12</div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <h3>Basic grid HTML</h3>
  <p>For a simple two column layout, create a <code>.row</code> and add the appropriate number of <code>.span*</code> columns. As this is a 12-column grid, each <code>.span*</code> spans a number of those 12 columns, and should always add up to 12 for each row.</p>
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&lt;div class="row"&gt;
  &lt;div class="span4"&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div class="span8"&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
  <p>Given this example, we have <code>.span4</code> and <code>.span8</code>, making for 12 total columns and a complete row.</p>

  <h2>Offsetting columns</h2>
  <p>Move columns to the left using <code>.offset*</code> classes. Each class increases the left margin of a column by a whole column. For example, <code>.offset4</code> moves <code>.span4</code> over four columns.</p>
  <div class="bs-docs-grid">
    <div class="row show-grid">
      <div class="span4">4</div>
      <div class="span4 offset4">4 offset 4</div>
    </div><!-- /row -->
    <div class="row show-grid">
      <div class="span3 offset3">3 offset 3</div>
      <div class="span3 offset3">3 offset 3</div>
    </div><!-- /row -->
    <div class="row show-grid">
      <div class="span8 offset4">8 offset 4</div>
    </div><!-- /row -->
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&lt;div class="row"&gt;
  &lt;div class="span4"&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div class="span4 offset4"&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>

  <h2>Nesting columns</h2>
    <p>To nest your content with the default grid, add a new <code>.row</code> and set of <code>.span*</code> columns within an existing <code>.span*</code> column. Nested rows should include a set of columns that add up to the number of columns of its parent.</p>
    <h3>Example</h3>
    <p>Here two nested <code>.span4</code> columns are placed within a <code>.span8</code>.</p>
    <div class="row show-grid">
      <div class="span8">
        Level 1 of column
        <div class="row show-grid">
          <div class="span4">
            Level 2
          </div>
          <div class="span4">
            Level 2
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
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&lt;div class="row"&gt;
  &lt;div class="span8"&gt;
    Level 1 column
    &lt;div class="row"&gt;
      &lt;div class="span4"&gt;Level 2&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div class="span4"&gt;Level 2&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
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    <h1>Fluid grid system <small>12 responsive, percent-based columns</small></h1>
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  <h2>Live fluid grid example</h2>
  <p>The fluid grid system uses percents instead of pixels for column widths. It has the same responsive capabilities as our fixed grid system, ensuring proper proportions for key screen resolutions and devices.</p>
  <div class="bs-docs-grid">
    <div class="row-fluid show-grid">
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
      <div class="span1">1</div>
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      <div class="span4">4</div>
      <div class="span4">4</div>
      <div class="span4">4</div>
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    <div class="row-fluid show-grid">
      <div class="span4">4</div>
      <div class="span8">8</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row-fluid show-grid">
      <div class="span6">6</div>
      <div class="span6">6</div>
    </div>
    <div class="row-fluid show-grid">
      <div class="span12">12</div>
    </div>
  </div>

  <h3>Basic fluid grid HTML</h3>
  <p>Make any row "fluid" by changing <code>.row</code> to <code>.row-fluid</code>. The column classes stay the exact same, making it easy to flip between fixed and fluid grids.</p>
<pre class="prettyprint linenums">
&lt;div class="row-fluid"&gt;
  &lt;div class="span4"&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;div class="span8"&gt;...&lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>

  <h2>Fluid nesting</h2>
  <p>Nesting with fluid grids is a bit different: the number of nested columns should not match the parent's number of columns. Instead, each level of nested columns are reset because each row takes up 100% of the parent column.</p>
  <div class="row-fluid show-grid">
    <div class="span12">
      Fluid 12
      <div class="row-fluid show-grid">
        <div class="span6">
          Fluid 6
        </div>
        <div class="span6">
          Fluid 6
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
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&lt;div class="row-fluid"&gt;
  &lt;div class="span12"&gt;
    Level 1 of column
    &lt;div class="row-fluid"&gt;
      &lt;div class="span6"&gt;Level 2&lt;/div&gt;
      &lt;div class="span6"&gt;Level 2&lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>

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    <h1>Grid customization</h1>
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  <h2>Variables in LESS</h2>
  <p>The default grid is built on a few variables for easy customization via LESS. All variables can be found in <strong>variables.less</strong>.</p>
  <table class="table table-bordered table-striped">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Variable</th>
        <th>Default value</th>
        <th>Description</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td><code>@gridColumns</code></td>
        <td>12</td>
        <td>Number of columns</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><code>@gridColumnWidth</code></td>
        <td>60px</td>
        <td>Width of each column</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><code>@gridGutterWidth</code></td>
        <td>20px</td>
        <td>Negative space between columns</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><code>@fluidGridColumnWidth</code></td>
        <td>6.382978723%</td>
        <td>Width of each fluid column</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><code>@fluidGridGutterWidth</code></td>
        <td>2.127659574%</td>
        <td>Negative space between fluid columns</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>

  <h3>How to customize</h3>
  <p>Modifying the grid means changing the three <code>@grid*</code> variables and recompiling Bootstrap. Change the grid variables in <strong>variables.less</strong> and use one of the <a href="less.html#compiling">four ways documented to recompile</a>. If you're adding more columns, be sure to add the CSS for those in <strong>grid.less</strong>.</p>

  <h2>Staying responsive</h2>
  <p>Customization of the grid only works at the default level, the 940px grid. To maintain the responsive aspects of Bootstrap, you'll also have to manually customize the grids in <strong>responsive.less</strong> until a future update improves this.</p>

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    <h1>Layouts <small>Basic templates to create webpages</small></h1>
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  <h2>Fixed layout</h2>
  <p>Provides a common fixed-width (and optionally responsive) layout with only <code>&lt;div class="container"&gt;</code> required.</p>
  <div class="mini-layout">
    <div class="mini-layout-body"></div>
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<pre class="prettyprint linenums">
&lt;body&gt;
  &lt;div class="container"&gt;
    ...
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/body&gt;
</pre>

  <h2>Fluid layout</h2>
  <p>Create a fluid, two-column page with <code>&lt;div class="container-fluid"&gt;</code>&mdash;great for applications and docs.</p>
  <div class="mini-layout fluid">
    <div class="mini-layout-sidebar"></div>
    <div class="mini-layout-body"></div>
  </div>
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&lt;div class="container-fluid"&gt;
  &lt;div class="row-fluid"&gt;
    &lt;div class="span2"&gt;
      &lt;!--Sidebar content--&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
    &lt;div class="span10"&gt;
      &lt;!--Body content--&gt;
    &lt;/div&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
</pre>
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    <h1>Responsive design <small>Media queries for various devices and resolutions</small></h1>
  </div>

  <h2>Enabling responsive features</h2>
  <p>Turn on responsive CSS in your project by including the proper meta tag and additional stylesheet within the <code>&lt;head&gt;</code> of your document. If you've compiled Bootstrap from the Customize page, you need only include the meta tag.</p>
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&lt;meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"&gt;
&lt;link href="assets/css/bootstrap-responsive.css" rel="stylesheet"&gt;
</pre>
  <p><span class="label label-info">Heads up!</span>  Bootstrap doesn't include responsive features by default at this time as not everything needs to be responsive. Instead of encouraging developers to remove this feature, we figure it best to enable it as needed.</p>

  <h2>About responsive Bootstrap</h2>
  <img src="assets/img/responsive-illustrations.png" alt="Responsive devices" style="float: right; margin: 0 0 20px 20px;">
  <p>Media queries allow for custom CSS based on a number of conditions&mdash;ratios, widths, display type, etc&mdash;but usually focuses around <code>min-width</code> and <code>max-width</code>.</p>
  <ul>
    <li>Modify the width of column in our grid</li>
    <li>Stack elements instead of float wherever necessary</li>
    <li>Resize headings and text to be more appropriate for devices</li>
  </ul>
  <p>Use media queries responsibly and only as a start to your mobile audiences. For larger projects, do consider dedicated code bases and not layers of media queries.</p>

  <h2>Supported devices</h2>
  <p>Bootstrap supports a handful of media queries in a single file to help make your projects more appropriate on different devices and screen resolutions. Here's what's included:</p>
  <table class="table table-bordered table-striped">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Label</th>
        <th>Layout width</th>
        <th>Column width</th>
        <th>Gutter width</th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <td>Smartphones</td>
        <td>480px and below</td>
        <td class="muted" colspan="2">Fluid columns, no fixed widths</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Smartphones to tablets</td>
        <td>767px and below</td>
        <td class="muted" colspan="2">Fluid columns, no fixed widths</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Portrait tablets</td>
        <td>768px and above</td>
        <td>42px</td>
        <td>20px</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Default</td>
        <td>980px and up</td>
        <td>60px</td>
        <td>20px</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td>Large display</td>
        <td>1200px and up</td>
        <td>70px</td>
        <td>30px</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>
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/* Landscape phones and down */
@media (max-width: 480px) { ... }

/* Landscape phone to portrait tablet */
@media (max-width: 767px) { ... }

/* Portrait tablet to landscape and desktop */
@media (min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 979px) { ... }

/* Large desktop */
@media (min-width: 1200px) { ... }
</pre>


  <h2>Responsive utility classes</h2>
  <p>For faster mobile-friendly development, use these utility classes for showing and hiding content by device. Below is a table of the available classes and their effect on a given media query layout (labeled by device). They can be found in <code>responsive.less</code>.</p>
  <table class="table table-bordered table-striped responsive-utilities">
    <thead>
      <tr>
        <th>Class</th>
        <th>Phones <small>480px and below</small></th>
        <th>Tablets <small>767px and below</small></th>
        <th>Desktops <small>768px and above</small></th>
      </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
      <tr>
        <th><code>.visible-phone</code></th>
        <td class="is-visible">Visible</td>
        <td class="is-hidden">Hidden</td>
        <td class="is-hidden">Hidden</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <th><code>.visible-tablet</code></th>
        <td class="is-hidden">Hidden</td>
        <td class="is-visible">Visible</td>
        <td class="is-hidden">Hidden</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <th><code>.visible-desktop</code></th>
        <td class="is-hidden">Hidden</td>
        <td class="is-hidden">Hidden</td>
        <td class="is-visible">Visible</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <th><code>.hidden-phone</code></th>
        <td class="is-hidden">Hidden</td>
        <td class="is-visible">Visible</td>
        <td class="is-visible">Visible</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <th><code>.hidden-tablet</code></th>
        <td class="is-visible">Visible</td>
        <td class="is-hidden">Hidden</td>
        <td class="is-visible">Visible</td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <th><code>.hidden-desktop</code></th>
        <td class="is-visible">Visible</td>
        <td class="is-visible">Visible</td>
        <td class="is-hidden">Hidden</td>
      </tr>
    </tbody>
  </table>

  <h3>When to use</h3>
  <p>Use on a limited basis and avoid creating entirely different versions of the same site. Instead, use them to complement each device's presentation.</p>

  <h3>Responsive utilities test case</h3>
  <p>Resize your browser or load on different devices to test the above classes.</p>
  <h4>Visible on...</h4>
  <p>Green checkmarks indicate that class is visible in your current viewport.</p>
  <ul class="responsive-utilities-test">
    <li>Phone<span class="visible-phone">&#10004; Phone</span></li>
    <li>Tablet<span class="visible-tablet">&#10004; Tablet</span></li>
    <li>Desktop<span class="visible-desktop">&#10004; Desktop</span></li>
  </ul>
  <h4>Hidden on...</h4>
  <p>Here, green checkmarks indicate that class is hidden in your current viewport.</p>
  <ul class="responsive-utilities-test hidden-on">
    <li>Phone<span class="hidden-phone">&#10004; Phone</span></li>
    <li>Tablet<span class="hidden-tablet">&#10004; Tablet</span></li>
    <li>Desktop<span class="hidden-desktop">&#10004; Desktop</span></li>
  </ul>

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