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work mule
Senior Member
USA
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 Posted - 24 August 2002 : 15:21:25
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Originally posted by OneWayMule
I'm not sure if I'm allowed to post this; so if you want it removed, work mule, let me know.
(don't wanna start a "War of the Mules"  )
It's good that you did post it. I haven't been on these boards for quite awhile.
In regards to the stylesheet being done as an .asp page, here was my thinking. Normally the stylesheet is .css, but I wanted to allow people to change the colors and other properties through the Snitz Admin where possible. I could have done an FSO version, but as a general rule of mod development, it's advised to stay away from using it to make it useable by all.
By using the external stylesheet version, the advantage is that if you can take advantage of server/browser caching, the user should only have to get this file once from the server (time period depends on browser/server settings). Subsequent pages that make reference to the stylesheet should be retrieving it from the browser cache.
The advantage is you eliminate a ton of font tags from the page. Embedding it in the < head > isn't necessary. It doesn't change so css is best done using the external stylesheet. With the external stylesheet the block of code which is css isn't required to be sent with every page if caching is done properly. |
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Immanuel
New Member
64 Posts |
Posted - 24 August 2002 : 18:40:25
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What is CSS? 
Does it need special features on the server?
Does it work on all browsers?
Does it change the interface?
Does it add/substract features?
Is it a recomended mod for everyone?
Immanuel |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 24 August 2002 : 18:59:46
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Originally posted by @tomic
I could see waiting if it was hard but I converted my site to CSS by hand(didn't use the perl script) in about 6 hours.
That's a perfect example of how you should not think about converting Snitz to CSS. I posted a similar reply as what I'm about to write in another topic:
When you convert your own forums to CSS, you look at what you want.
When a team gets appointed to convert Snitz to CSS, they will look at what will be good for almost everyone. That will mean editing of every table, every row, every cell and every block of text (and in some instances seperate lines) will have to get styles appointed to them. As you can hopefully understand, that cannot be done in 6 hours. |
Edited by - Roland on 24 August 2002 19:00:27 |
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Roland
Advanced Member
Netherlands
9335 Posts |
Posted - 24 August 2002 : 19:03:29
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Originally posted by Immanuel
What is CSS?
Does it need special features on the server?
Does it work on all browsers?
Does it change the interface?
Does it add/substract features?
Is it a recomended mod for everyone?
Immanuel
Although the site looks bad, this article should give you some insight: http://www.macworld.com/2001/08/howto/webpublishing.html |
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robbear7
Junior Member
106 Posts |
Posted - 31 August 2002 : 12:18:08
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Has anyone used this MOD to convert Snitz 3.4.01 to CSS? Even better yet, would anyone maybe have a stock Snitz 3.4.01 already converted to CSS that they wouldnt mind sharing?
I hardly mind doing it myself, but if someone has a Snitz converted already, that would be such a huge timesaver and would totally make my day! 
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Free Dreamweaver Templates and loads of help for CSS, XHTML and Web Standards. |
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