Role of Bootstrap in By using Open Source CMSes
Twitter Bootstrap, which was launched by the social networking website Twitter, for open source web development technology for creating front end web frameworks, has turned a year older and continues to support the popularity that it gained right after its launch. However, with the application getting older and stronger, it has also brought some good news along with it for your web development community. The framework which was used in creating beautiful and professional websites by prestigious establishments like- The White House, NASA, etc., has released a yet another advanced version 2. 1 for its fans and users.
The journey so far
Twitter, which has already carved a niche amongst the open source web development community for its unique approach, has released most of its codes as an open source. Unlike other frameworks, this time too Bootstrap has released its new version as an open source, accessible by every individual, instead of making it accessible only by the experts. This amazing approach of the framework has made it highly popular amongst the web designers as well as the users.
In its twelve months journey, Bootstrap has made a significant contribution in giving a new shape to the open Source Content Management Systems by integrating with them and creating exclusive, clean, simple and professional themes and web templates, which are later on changed to sophisticated websites. Web sites made out of the Bootstrap framework are highly compatible with all the major internet browsers, simplifies reactive designs, and speeds up the performance of front end web applications.
Bootstrap and WordPress
The widely accepted open source blogging platform, WordPress has recently evolved as a website designing and development platform. The CMS now offers an array of themes and web templates as a front person program for development of web applications. When WordPress theme developers combine Twitter's Bootstrap in their creation, they can get a well coded, advanced, feature loaded and classy WordPress theme which they can use in the WordPress website. Use of HTML5, CSS3, jQuery and JavaScript plug-ins are another advantage in their creation of value added features.
Standard WordPress theme, StrapPress theme, WP-Bootstrap, Synapse Corporate Theme, Instyle, Reactive Collection theme, etc. are some of the WordPress themes and web templates made out of Bootstrap framework.
Bootstrap and Joomla
With Joomla community needs to use the Twitter Bootstrap; we can see a greater level of consistency between the add-ons. For instance, if you have a medium-sized Joomla website with 15-20 elements in it, your web developer needs to spend a considerable amount of time updating the icons and types buttons bootstrap of each element so as to keep up the pace with the rapidly changing world, otherwise your website might appear broken/ inconsistent. Independent of the above Bootstrap is also useful in creating beautiful Joomla themes and web templates.
Bootstrap and Drupal
Use of Twitter Bootstrap with Drupal version 7 can lead to the creation of a high-end reactive themes along with some impeccable front-end program components which they can use while developing web applications for a Drupal based website.
The new version of Bootstrap
With the release of its new version, the users of the framework are pushed a step ahead. The developers of the framework have focussed on making the latest version of the application accessible to a maximum number of users with its expanded benefits. The new version has fixed nearly 100 bugs that existed in its previous version, included new documentation with new navigations, new tagline, new layout and new font style, apart from using a new easy to use program, adding a few new features, increased the flexibility and durability of their codes and has added, live examples and walkthroughs.
The new features of the version include, dropdowns that supports the submenus, use of table rows for varieties, buttons with block levels, Attach JavaScript plugin, navigations and dropdowns with 'disabled' feature, enhanced input facility with prepended and appended support, lighter navigation automatically with an choice to darken it, new font size and line height, consistent grid system and much more.