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Show HN: Bootswatch, free swatches for your Bootstrap site

407 pointsby parkovover 13 years ago

21 comments

quanover 13 years ago
Wow, what a coincidence! I just created a very similar project <a href="http://www.lavishbootstrap.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lavishbootstrap.com/</a><p>How did you generate the different themes, and are they stored in different css/less files?
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stdbrouwover 13 years ago
It's interesting to see Bootstrap is slowly turning into what jQuery UI was always supposed to be.
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wildmXranatover 13 years ago
As a developer, I'm not kidding when I say that Bootstrap and related projects made it feel like perpetual Christmas. Thanks mate!
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jonny_ehover 13 years ago
This is very very cool.<p>It'd be even cooler if users could customize the themes right on the site, but that's probably obvious and not easy to implement.
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rvenugopal1over 13 years ago
This is awesome. I presume this is targeted at Bootstrap 2.0. Correct? One question I have is, how do you plan to deal with changing versions of Bootstrap. Just so I understand, are you recommending dropping the chosen variables.less along with bootstrap less files to compile it?<p>Thanks
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pinchyfingersover 13 years ago
My life keeps getting better. Thanks you, Thomas and Quan, both. I always leave the front-end work for last because design is ridiculously more difficult than coding. Guys like your are easing the anxiety I feel every time I start trying to figure out colors, fonts, layout, etc.
josscrowcroftover 13 years ago
I love the concept - my only problem with it is that the six starter themes (swatches) featured on the site aren't really attractive enough, more like failed experiments... it could benefit from a design-off where popular designers create a swatch with their own take on the Bootstrap, and submit it to the site...<p>PS: Overheard on Twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/#!/bcherry/status/169960949967626241" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/#!/bcherry/status/169960949967626241</a>):<p><i>New web dev trend: "Yo dawg I heard you like Bootstrap so I made bootstrap for your Bootstrap so you can bootstrap while you Bootstrap."</i>
mcobrienover 13 years ago
This is great! One minor thing I noticed is that on the homepage, the bottom three swatches don't seem to link to individual files properly -- they all download the bootstrap.min.css, regardless of what you choose in the split button.
alanmeaneyover 13 years ago
Thanks Thomas, this is great. Really wanted to customize bootstrap for a demo site for a project I'm working on and your Spacelab swatch is perfect, saved me loads of time. I'll drop you a mail for a peak when it's live, should be in the next week or so.
joshmandersover 13 years ago
What would be awesome is a way to select all custom colors and build a unique bootstrap swatch right on the site with live preview, like <a href="http://bytefluent.com/vivify/" rel="nofollow">http://bytefluent.com/vivify/</a> does for VIM color schemes.
thehodgeover 13 years ago
This is fantastic and just what bootstrap needs to stop people complaining about all the bootstrap sites looking the same.. I hope this stays on the frontpage a while so more people can find out and contribute..
arturadibover 13 years ago
More and more folks are realizing the power of Open Source - why limit it to functional code when we all need design just as much? This is a fantastic trend, and (I hope) just the beginning.
corrodedover 13 years ago
Isn't this almost the same as this?<p>wrapbootstrap.com/themes<p>which was featured a couple of days ago? Maybe you could submit your "swatches" as themes and earn a couple of bucks :)
Blocks8over 13 years ago
Nice site. I bookmarked it but it would be cool to sign up for a email when there are new themes available. A very passive way to stay top of mind.<p>Thanks for creating this!
mobyteaover 13 years ago
great stuff, lavishbootstrap is great too. hope that maybe the kuler color schema or the colourlovers api get inside!
creatomover 13 years ago
Just awesome, that's exactly what Bootstrap was missing! I hope your project will grow big, good luck!<p>P.S. That would be even cooler if there were more dark themes.
jsavimbiover 13 years ago
That's really nice, thank you. All I did was download the file and replaced my existing bootstrap.min.css with it and it works great.
tormentorover 13 years ago
Awesome! Soon all our sites will look like bootstrap but now with a variety of different colors. THANKS!! CSS is so hard.
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PaulAnundaover 13 years ago
this is awesome, thanks for the contribution!
radagaisusover 13 years ago
Nice work. thanks!
railsmaxover 13 years ago
That's really cool!!! Thanks a lot !!!