Got it, thanks for the clarification. lillian
On Monday, November 16, 2015 at 3:30:58 PM UTC-8, Anthony wrote: > > And note, this issue is not specific to the web2py scaffolding app -- it > applies to any site you want to migrate from Bootstrap 2 to Bootstrap 3 (or > 4) or to Semantic UI, etc. > > On Monday, November 16, 2015 at 6:29:26 PM UTC-5, Anthony wrote: >> >> On Monday, November 16, 2015 at 5:09:57 PM UTC-5, lillian wrote: >>> >>> Anthony, >>> >>> The app mostly uses the default styling which is why I was surprised so >>> much of it seemed broken when I tried to migrate, >>> >> >> Yes, but it is the default styling for Bootstrap 2. The CSS rules for >> frameworks like Bootstrap are not based on HTML elements alone. Rather, the >> framework itself prescribes both a particular HTML structure and a set of >> specific CSS classes. Therefore, when switching from one framework to >> another (including from one major version of Bootstrap to another), it is >> not simply a matter of swapping out the CSS rules -- you also have to >> change all the HTML markup and CSS class names so they are consistent with >> the requirements of the new framework. >> >> If you stick Bootstrap 3 CSS rules in an app whose markup is written for >> Bootstrap 2, it's not going to work. Whether or not you have stuck to the >> default styling in the original Bootstrap 2 markup is irrelevant. >> >> >>> It seems like it might be easier to start a new app and just move the >>> controllers/views/models over from the old app and go from there. >>> >> >> Yes, that was my point. You are migrating to a new front-end framework, >> which has its own unique requirements for markup and class names. >> >> Anthony >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
