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Support => General => Topic started by: ROUBOS on March 28, 2014, 19:19:14

Title: Bootstrap and Elxis [SOLVED]
Post by: ROUBOS on March 28, 2014, 19:19:14

Hi,
I've just come across Bootstrap the front end framework. It seems to have some powerfull tools for creating a responsive templates.
My question is,
can I create a html/css site based on bootstrap and then create an Elxis template out of it?

All the Elxis site I have ever created where prior Elxis4, and for all I created the templates from scratch my self. Then just added the Elxis php code to make up an Elxis template.

Would this work? Will there be any problems, conflicts?

Will I just use bootstrap to create a template and then add the php code required by Elxis?

thanks

Title: Re: Bootstrap and Elxis
Post by: datahell on March 28, 2014, 20:23:39

Bootstrap is a CSS framework. You can create a template with it, Elxis doesn't limits you in this. In fact you can use any CSS/JS framework you like. But in your CSS you have also to use Elxis CSS declarations for the various html elements it generates. If you don't do so you will have a wrapper with bootstrap and everything else will look a little ugly (styled only by Elxis' standard.css file).

Title: Re: Bootstrap and Elxis
Post by: ROUBOS on March 28, 2014, 22:07:32

yes I know.

thanks, thats awesome to know.
Now I need a simple guide on everything required for an Elxis template. Meaning the php code for creating module positions and the check for items to be displayed according to language etc.
Or are they the same as the older Elxis version?

Title: Re: Bootstrap and Elxis
Post by: nikos on March 29, 2014, 00:36:40

Read the Templates development guide (https://www.elxis.net/docs/developers/tutorials/templates-guide.html) on Elxis 4.x Documenation

Title: Re: Bootstrap and Elxis
Post by: ROUBOS on March 29, 2014, 09:39:15

thanks :)