Comments on Bootstrap 3 Template File

The basic Bootstrap 3 html file found at http://getbootstrap.com/getting-started/ is shown below.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<!-- The above 3 meta tags *must* come first in the head; any other head content must come *after* these tags -->
<title>Bootstrap 101 Template</title> <!-- Bootstrap -->

<link href="css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <!-- HTML5 shim and Respond.js for IE8 support of HTML5 elements and media queries -->
<!-- WARNING: Respond.js doesn't work if you view the page via file:// -->
<!--[if lt IE 9]>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/html5shiv/3.7.3/html5shiv.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://oss.maxcdn.com/respond/1.4.2/respond.min.js"></script>
<![endif]-->
</head>
<body>
<h1>Hello, world!</h1> <!-- jQuery (necessary for Bootstrap's JavaScript plugins) -->
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.12.4/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</body>
</html>


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This template file should be placed in your site folder. Your site folder should contain three folders [css], [fonts], and [js] at the top level of the site. Even if you are going to access Bootstrap and jQuery through a CDN, it is still a good idea to create these folders since you may want to supplement the Bootstrap css file with your own css file and have your own JavaScript file to supplement the Bootstrap JavaScript file.

Revised: November 15, 2017