Setting up the HTML template file

From your new project folder, open index.html in your editor. This sample markup file came with H5BP and contains several best practices and recommendations within it. We'll build on this basis and integrate it with our Bootstrap workflow. First, let's take a moment to note what's in it.

Scanning down through the file, you'll notice several interesting features. These are clearly explained in the H5BP documentation. You may easily get there from http://h5bp.com, but let me briefly run through a few of the features here. You'll see them in the following order:

  • The HTML5 doctype:
    <!DOCTYPE html>
  • Conditional comments for Internet Explorer, which enable developers to compose fixes for older IE browsers using appropriate ...

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