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## Alert with Links
Add the `alert-link` class to any links inside the alert to create matching colored links:
## Example
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## Dismissing Alerts
Add the `.alert-dismissible` class to the alert's div, and then add the `class="close"` and `data-dismiss="alert"` classes to the close button's link to enable the dismiss functionality.
## Example
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**Note:** × (×) is the HTML entity for the multiplication sign, used here to represent the close action, not the letter "x".
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## Alert Animation
The `.fade` and `.show` classes are used to add a fading effect when closing an alert:
## Example
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