Okay I took the plunge early and purchased Steve's starter kit. Even though I am capable of producing/editing/updating style sheets I do not consider it to be my strength so it would take me far longer to do than someone well versed and working with css all the time.
A while back, through a business associate I had some basic work done on a style sheet by a lad fresh out of college having studied in this area. The results were good and I have given serious consideration to contracting him to develop a full "house style" for my business. However my concerns were that he does not know Alpha so I would end up paying for him to learn the nuances of the product to allow him to build the new style.
Then along came Steve who took the plunge to put together his starter kit! Now I am sure many had the same thoughts that I had! ie: We have seen promises before ......etc etc but I was encouraged by the postings and with a real business need to have some modern professional looking styles for several applications soon! I signed up!
There were still some gaps, mainly around panel navigators and list controls but Steve has continued to develop the product and is rapidly covering these areas.
With Alpha making such rapid developments with the product the styling has lagged behind although I have no doubt that at some point this will be corrected, however I have a business to run and like it or not clients do look at the styling and my needs are now.
I have found it very straightforward to integrate the kit into an existing application and today one of my clients had a first peek and were suitably impressed.
If you have needs for a styling update definitely recommend checking it out. And no I am not on commission :-)
http://www.alpha-bootstrap.com/
Glen
A while back, through a business associate I had some basic work done on a style sheet by a lad fresh out of college having studied in this area. The results were good and I have given serious consideration to contracting him to develop a full "house style" for my business. However my concerns were that he does not know Alpha so I would end up paying for him to learn the nuances of the product to allow him to build the new style.
Then along came Steve who took the plunge to put together his starter kit! Now I am sure many had the same thoughts that I had! ie: We have seen promises before ......etc etc but I was encouraged by the postings and with a real business need to have some modern professional looking styles for several applications soon! I signed up!
There were still some gaps, mainly around panel navigators and list controls but Steve has continued to develop the product and is rapidly covering these areas.
With Alpha making such rapid developments with the product the styling has lagged behind although I have no doubt that at some point this will be corrected, however I have a business to run and like it or not clients do look at the styling and my needs are now.
I have found it very straightforward to integrate the kit into an existing application and today one of my clients had a first peek and were suitably impressed.
If you have needs for a styling update definitely recommend checking it out. And no I am not on commission :-)
http://www.alpha-bootstrap.com/
Glen
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