How to use bootstrap with 16 or 24 columns

Question

I need some help setting bootstrap 2.0.4 to be 16 or 24 column instead of the default 12 columns i can\'t understand what am i doing wrong i tried the customize option on th

Answer 1

Simple enough to alter in less - http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/scaffolding.html#gridCustomization

You'll want to change the variables there to what you want -

e.g.

@gridColumns: 24
@gridColumnWidth: 30px
@gridGutterWidth: 10px

If using a fluid-grid, you'll want to change these variables proportionally too, otherwise span12 will still take up 100% of the width and span24 will take up 200%

@fluidGridColumnWidth
@fluidGridGutterWidth

As stated:

How to customize

Modifying the grid means changing the three @grid* variables and recompiling Bootstrap. Change the grid variables in variables.less and use one of the four ways documented to recompile. If you're adding more columns, be sure to add the CSS for those in grid.less.

You can change the variables and download the new css right here: http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/download.html#variables

Here's a compiled example that should work for 16 columns (haven't tested, let me know how it works): https://s3.amazonaws.com/intenex/bootstrap16columns.zip