The following code shows how to align to vertical center.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<script type='text/javascript'
src='http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.js'></script>
<script type='text/javascript'
src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/2.1.0/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
<style type='text/css'>
@import<!-- w w w . j a v a 2 s . c om-->
url('http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css');
.container {
margin-top: 10px;
}
.span6:first-child {
line-height: 300px;
}
.span6 {
line-height: 170px;
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="row" style="display: table">
<div class="span6"
style="height: 300px; background: red; display: table-cell !important; vertical-align: middle;">
Block 1 - Vertically center me please!</div>
<div class="span6"
style="height: 170px; background: blue; display: table-cell !important; vertical-align: middle;">
Block 2- Center me too</div>
</div>
</diV>
</body>
</html>