Have you thought of doing it the "other" way? 1. Put new code in <div class="newcss"> (or maybe <body class="newcss">) 2. Then, prefix all reset styles with div.newcss
This will give you new code bloat too, but then all you to do is remove the div.newcss once the legacy code is all updated Parag On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 11:24 AM, Samuel Mikel Bowles < sam...@atomicobject.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am working on a largeish web application that has a lot of legacy CSS and > HTML. I am currently working on a plan to refactor all of the HTML and CSS. > The code is currently bloated, poorly written, and in desperate need of an > update. On all new sections of that application that I create I want to use > more modern, semantic code but in order to do so I need a method that > allows > me to progressively improve the code throughout the site. > > Here's what I am thinking: > > The site, as is the norm, has a common header and footer. It has a few > configurations (two column, one column, etc) in a few places. I would like > to start at the root: update the main elements that span the whole site: > header, footer, basic structural elements like the columns, etc. The idea > is > that by updating these elements first I ensure that any new sections of the > application can use "pure" code. > > The idea of starting with a reset style is a bit of a nuclear option > though. > It would most likely ruin all the rest of the styles in the site. So my > idea > is to create a bomb-shelter for legacy code. For now I would wrap sections > that have yet to be updated in <div class="legacy"> and use this to reverse > the effect of the reset style. This would give me a reprieve until I can > update each of these sections. > > I know that this would temporarily bloat my css. I can live with a little > temporary bloat on the road to css zen. > > Here's my question: > > Does anyone know of a set of unreset styles? Something that will give me a > comprehensive set of defaults that will get as close as possible to a > cross-browser norm? > > Thanks, > Samuel Mikel Bowles > Design Director, Atomic Object > 616.776.6020 | http://atomicobject.com/ > ______________________________________________________________________ > css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] > http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d > List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ > List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html > Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/ > ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
