JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/css/bootstrap.css">
<script src="http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/assets/js/bootstrap-alert.js"></script>
<div class="alert" style="display: none"> 
    <a class="close" onclick="$('.alert').hide()">×</a>  
    <strong>Warning!</strong> Best check yo self, you're not looking too good.  
</div>

<a href="#" onclick="$('.alert').show()">show</a>

CSS

.alert{
    width:200px;
}