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Inspiritas - a free Bootstrap theme by Ripple

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Somewhat misleading, highcharts is only barely free, any use with a profit motive requires the paid license.

The other parts are pretty though.

Thanks.

I've mentioned this in the code: https://github.com/littke/inspiritas-bootstrap/blob/master/j...

I'll clarify it in the blog post.

There's a typo: the code you pointed to says Highcarts.com, it should read Highc_h_arts.com

thanks, fixed

I have nothing against charging fee for your work but hey, you have to make it very clear. Now your site still says its free to use.. and I also believe you clearly are trying to give this impression to potential users. This is not fair.

Non-designer here - I've never been able to get gradients right (the ones on the buttons, headers, etc). Is there a comprehensive guide to crafting this look?

Not that I know of. Might be a good blog post for the future, though. For now you could have a look at the theme at GitHub, if you'd like.

Take a look at these for inspiration: http://hellohappy.org/css3-buttons/

The basics: choose a color, lighten it 5-10% for the top, darken it 10% for bottom, add a little saturation to the darker color. Dark (but not black) text with a `0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,.75)` shadow.

I found it amusing that a recent blog post of the creator of those buttons has the quote:

  I believe 'a science of design' to be an impossible and indeed misleading goal.
  — Fred Brooks

Pay attention folks, this is how you use bootstrap.

Care to elaborate? I love Bootstrap but I look at this and see a design whose creator probably didn't see much benefit to using Bootstrap beyond being part of the Bootstrap ecosystem (i.e. they can clearly create a great design with or without Bootstrap).

Well, just because you can roll your own javascript library doesn't mean it's always the most effective way to build a website. What I like about this specifically is: it extends and overrides bootstrap, which makes it forward-compatible, and it does a great job of creating a very distinctive UI while retaining standard bootstrap DOM structure, so (in theory) you can just drop it into your existing bootstrap site and nothing will break.

Everything else I've seen so far re: skinning bootstrap has been very underwhelming. Tweaking the default color variables just isn't enough.

Agreed. I love bootstrap's structure and formatting, but am hesitant to use it anymore since it gives off a "weekend side-project" vibe instead of "serious company".

Themes like these that change the appearance without changing the structure are awesome. Most bootstrap themes are just color modifications to the standard bootstrap. Inspiritas actually looks and feels completely new, which makes it useful. Kudos to Jonatan.

Great work. Just wondering if you tested on IE<9? On IE8 does not look very good.

What's with the dashboards on all these Bootstrap themes?

Are we going to get submerged with bootstrap/wordpress/else themes? I understand you want to show it off and that it is development/design/"hacker" related, but I also think that there are more appropriate places to receive the feedback you are looking for and to get in touch with the correct audience. I know that a lot of people show their products to HN and often get a good feedback but I would prefer if it was a new product or something more interesting.

At the moment we are far from swamped with Bootstrap themes. They are fairly relevant to my interests at the moment and I'm happy to see at least a few more before I start complaining.

I'd be happy to see a few less U.S. startup culture-related posts but I never vote them up so I suggest you do the same in cases like this.

I agree. I wish you could filter startup porn (and job ads) out of HN.

But bootstrap is great for hackers who don't have design help so it really is "Hacker News".

The show and ask HN posts are extremely simple to speed read over. Just as in any other aspect of your life you don't have to read everything in front of you. Just learn to skim and cherry pick your articles.

Well since you asked... (shameless plug), here is another 'free' one (requires link back or you can pay to remove it) http://portnine.com/bootstrap-themes/preview

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