Bootstrap 3: Adding Interactivity to Your Site

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Free Online Course: Bootstrap 3: Adding Interactivity to Your Site provided by LinkedIn Learning is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 1-2 hours worth of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from LinkedIn Learning. Bootstrap 3: Adding Interactivity to Your Site is taught by Jen Kramer.

Overview
  • Learn how to add rich, interactive features like thumbnail galleries, image carousels, and web forms to your websites with Bootstrap 3.

    Twitter's Bootstrap is one of the most popular HTML/CSS/JavaScript frameworks for creating responsive websites. Here, Jen Kramer shows you how to add interactive elements like a thumbnail gallery, image carousel, or contact form using Bootstrap and a simple text editor. Plus, learn to style these features with CSS and add helpful JavaScript-based pop-ups and tooltips that enhance their usability. Along the way, you can test your Bootstrap prowess with a series of challenge videos.

    Need help getting Bootstrap up and running? Check out Bootstrap 3 Essential Training.

Syllabus
  • Introduction

    • Welcome
    • Using the exercise files
    • Using the challenges
    1. Setting Up
    • Installing Sublime Text 2
    • Installing Bootstrap 3
    • Installing jQuery
    2. Creating a Thumbnail Gallery with Modal Pop-Ups
    • Planning the thumbnail gallery
    • Creating the thumbnail gallery grid layout
    • Creating the modal windows
    • Linking the thumbnails to the modal windows
    • Enhancing the thumbnail layout with captions
    • Challenge: Styling thumbnails and modals
    • Solution: Styling thumbnails and modals
    3. Creating an Image Carousel for the Homepage
    • Planning the image carousel and prepping images
    • Creating the image carousel
    • Adding carousel navigation
    • Adding captions to the carousel
    • Adding and styling a carousel position indicator
    • Customizing the carousel rotation interval and wrapping style
    • Challenge: Create modal windows in your carousel
    • Solution: Create modal windows in your carousel
    4. Creating Forms
    • Including a text input and styling it with a grid
    • Creating and formatting radio buttons
    • Creating and formatting a selection dropdown menu
    • Adding a comments box and tooltips
    • Adding a check box and using collapse to enhance usability
    • Challenge: Styling the form
    • Solution: Styling the form
    Conclusion
    • Next steps