The following code shows how to create an alert block with close button.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
href="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/css/bootstrap-combined.min.css">
<script type='text/javascript'
src="http://netdna.bootstrapcdn.com/twitter-bootstrap/2.3.1/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head><!--from w w w. j a v a 2s. c o m-->
<body style='margin:30px'>
<div class="alert alert-error alert-block" style="width: 200px">
<button class="close" data-dismiss="alert("asdf")">×</button>
<span>Before you can continuelds highlighted below.</span>
</div>
</body>
</html>