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So I've signed up for this online course on Bootstrap which is, to put it simplistically, a CSS framework that will hopefully make it easier for me to make the website I'm working on responsive (i.e. change the layout for different devices, so we don't need to maintain separate mobile and desktop sites). The very first section of the course has this:

Please read this carefully.

The working files for this course can be obtained by visiting: [link] Once downloaded please come back to this page to continue your course.

Note: We've also created a video that covers how to download and unzip your files for users who are unfamiliar with downloading and unzipping files. Just visit this link: [link]

WHY ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW HOW TO DOWNLOAD AND UNZIP A FILE TRYING TO LEARN BOOTSTRAP? I suppose it's people whose bosses have said "What's this Bootstrap thing everyone's using? We should have it. Go put it on our site" to the person whose web duties consist mainly of typing content into a template someone else has already created.

The downloading was slightly more complex than usual as the link went to a place where you put in your email address (presumably so they can put you on a mailing list, or so they can track who they send links to, or both) and they email the real link to you, but it was pretty simple to follow.

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[hunningham]

I am also bemused be this... I cannot see coping with bootstrap unless, at the very least, you are competent at and happy with using a text editor to write HTML and CSS.