Hi Pat!
Thanks for posting!
Did you use the template in the client on local or did you open it from a server?
I testet it on Domino 8.5.3FP3 and 4 as well as Domino 9.
Maybe you should clean/recompile/whatever the template/database before using it on your server. I experienced this with almost all Xpages-templates that I downloaded here. After that they work like a charm.
BTW: your comment to the blog post above: I have another Bootstrap'ed template here which uses a custom control for the whole layout. Check it out here: http://www.openntf.org/internal/home.nsf/project.xsp?action=openDocument&name=Bootstrap%20UI%20Template%20Kit