make links in error messages not be blue, but instead match the text color and be bold:

bootstrap.css

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Designed and built with all the love in the world @twitter by @mdo and @fat.
- * Date: Mon Oct  3 22:26:41 PDT 2011
+ * Date: Mon Oct  3 22:36:24 PDT 2011
  */
 /* Reset.less
  * Props to Eric Meyer (meyerweb.com) for his CSS reset file. We're using an adapted version here	that cuts out some of the reset HTML elements we will never need here (i.e., dfn, samp, etc).
@@ -1960,6 +1960,16 @@ button.btn::-moz-focus-inner, input[type=submit].btn::-moz-focus-inner {
   /* IE7 spacing */
 
 }
+.alert-message a {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  color: #404040;
+}
+.alert-message.danger p a,
+.alert-message.error p a,
+.alert-message.success p a,
+.alert-message.info p a {
+  color: #ffffff;
+}
 .alert-message h5 {
   line-height: 18px;
 }
@@ -2014,6 +2024,12 @@ button.btn::-moz-focus-inner, input[type=submit].btn::-moz-focus-inner {
   background-color: #ddf4fb;
   border-color: #c6edf9;
 }
+.alert-message.block-message.danger p a,
+.alert-message.block-message.error p a,
+.alert-message.block-message.success p a,
+.alert-message.block-message.info p a {
+  color: #404040;
+}
 .pagination {
   height: 36px;
   margin: 18px 0;

bootstrap.min.css

@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ footer{margin-top:17px;padding-top:17px;border-top:1px solid #eee;}
 button.btn::-moz-focus-inner,input[type=submit].btn::-moz-focus-inner{padding:0;border:0;}
 .close{float:right;color:#000000;font-size:20px;font-weight:bold;line-height:13.5px;text-shadow:0 1px 0 #ffffff;filter:alpha(opacity=20);-khtml-opacity:0.2;-moz-opacity:0.2;opacity:0.2;}.close:hover{color:#000000;text-decoration:none;filter:alpha(opacity=40);-khtml-opacity:0.4;-moz-opacity:0.4;opacity:0.4;}
 .alert-message{position:relative;padding:7px 15px;margin-bottom:18px;color:#404040;background-color:#eedc94;background-repeat:repeat-x;background-image:-khtml-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, from(#fceec1), to(#eedc94));background-image:-moz-linear-gradient(top, #fceec1, #eedc94);background-image:-ms-linear-gradient(top, #fceec1, #eedc94);background-image:-webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%, #fceec1), color-stop(100%, #eedc94));background-image:-webkit-linear-gradient(top, #fceec1, #eedc94);background-image:-o-linear-gradient(top, #fceec1, #eedc94);background-image:linear-gradient(top, #fceec1, #eedc94);filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(startColorstr='#fceec1', endColorstr='#eedc94', GradientType=0);text-shadow:0 -1px 0 rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);border-color:#eedc94 #eedc94 #e4c652;border-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25);text-shadow:0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5);border-width:1px;border-style:solid;-webkit-border-radius:4px;-moz-border-radius:4px;border-radius:4px;-webkit-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);-moz-box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);box-shadow:inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.25);}.alert-message .close{*margin-top:3px;}
+.alert-message a{font-weight:bold;color:#404040;}
+.alert-message.danger p a,.alert-message.error p a,.alert-message.success p a,.alert-message.info p a{color:#ffffff;}
 .alert-message h5{line-height:18px;}
 .alert-message p{margin-bottom:0;}
 .alert-message div{margin-top:5px;margin-bottom:2px;line-height:28px;}
@@ -302,6 +304,7 @@ button.btn::-moz-focus-inner,input[type=submit].btn::-moz-focus-inner{padding:0;
 .alert-message.block-message.error{background-color:#fddfde;border-color:#fbc7c6;}
 .alert-message.block-message.success{background-color:#d1eed1;border-color:#bfe7bf;}
 .alert-message.block-message.info{background-color:#ddf4fb;border-color:#c6edf9;}
+.alert-message.block-message.danger p a,.alert-message.block-message.error p a,.alert-message.block-message.success p a,.alert-message.block-message.info p a{color:#404040;}
 .pagination{height:36px;margin:18px 0;}.pagination ul{float:left;margin:0;border:1px solid #ddd;border:1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);-webkit-border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;border-radius:3px;-webkit-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);-moz-box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);box-shadow:0 1px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05);}
 .pagination li{display:inline;}
 .pagination a{float:left;padding:0 14px;line-height:34px;border-right:1px solid;border-right-color:#ddd;border-right-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);*border-right-color:#ddd;text-decoration:none;}

docs/index.html

@@ -1538,19 +1538,19 @@
     <div class="span12">
       <div class="alert-message warning">
         <a class="close" href="#">&times;</a>
-        <p><strong>Holy guacamole!</strong> Best check yo self, you’re not looking too good.</p>
+        <p><strong>Holy guacamole!</strong> Best check yo self, you’re not <a href="#">looking too good</a>.</p>
       </div>
       <div class="alert-message error">
         <a class="close" href="#">&times;</a>
-        <p><strong>Oh snap!</strong> Change this and that and try again.</p>
+        <p><strong>Oh snap!</strong> Change this and that and <a href="#">try again</a>.</p>
       </div>
       <div class="alert-message success">
         <a class="close" href="#">&times;</a>
-        <p><strong>Well done!</strong> You successfully read this alert message.</p>
+        <p><strong>Well done!</strong> You successfully <a href="#">read this</a> alert message.</p>
       </div>
       <div class="alert-message info">
         <a class="close" href="#">&times;</a>
-        <p><strong>Heads up!</strong> This is an alert that needs your attention, but it’s not a huge priority just yet.</p>
+        <p><strong>Heads up!</strong> This is an alert that needs your attention, but it’s not <a href="#">a huge priority</a> just yet.</p>
       </div>
 
       <h4>Example code</h4>
@@ -1580,7 +1580,7 @@
       </div>
       <div class="alert-message block-message error">
         <a class="close" href="#">&times;</a>
-        <p><strong>Oh snap! You got an error!</strong> Change this and that and try again.</p>
+        <p><strong>Oh snap! You got an error!</strong> Change this and that and <a href="#">try again</a>.</p>
         <ul>
           <li>Duis mollis est non commodo luctus</li>
           <li>Nisi erat porttitor ligula</li>

lib/patterns.less

@@ -646,6 +646,18 @@ input[type=submit].btn {
     *margin-top: 3px; /* IE7 spacing */
   }
 
+  // Make links same color as text and stand out more
+  a {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    color: @grayDark;
+  }
+  &.danger p a,
+  &.error p a,
+  &.success p a,
+  &.info p a {
+    color: @white;
+  }
+
   // Remove extra margin from content
   h5 {
     line-height: @baseline;
@@ -700,6 +712,14 @@ input[type=submit].btn {
       background-color: lighten(#6bd0ee, 25%);
       border-color: lighten(#6bd0ee, 20%);
     }
+    // Change link color back
+    &.danger p a,
+    &.error p a,
+    &.success p a,
+    &.info p a {
+      color: @grayDark;
+    }
+
   }
 }