+1 for the OOCSS mentality.
A simple example: lets say you have 3 types of linked headers. Start with a
base class that defines the most common use, then use additional classes
in conjunction with the base class to define the variations.
/* Default linked header */
.headerLink {
text-decoration: none;
font: 1.2em/1 tahoma, sans-serif;
color: red;
}
.headerLink a:hover {
text-decoration: underline;
}
/* Alternate linked header 1 */
.headerLink-alt1 {
color: blue;
}
.headerLink-alt1 a:hover {
background-color: yellow;
}
/*Alternate linked header 2 */
.headerLink-alt2 {
color: orange;
font-size: 2em;
}
<h1 class="headerLink"><a href="#">default header</a></h1>
<h1 class="headerLink headerLink-alt1"><a href="#">alternate header
1</a></h1>
<h1 class="headerLink headerLink-alt2"><a href="#">alternate header
2</a></h1>
At least that's how I think it would apply in the context of this
conversation.
Kevin
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 2:52 AM, Ghodmode <ghodm...@ghodmode.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:29 AM, John <j...@coffeeonmars.com> wrote:
> > As I evolve my site, I'm differentiating styles by altering the name so
> that
> > I can adjust attributes.
> >
> > example: home page head and sub-page head might be mostly the same, but
> one
> > might need different positioning or color.
> >
> > can my style sheet get too long? It only measures about 2K in size right
> > now, but what if it got to a whopping 16K?
>
> As far as I know, there's not a limitation on the size. As Philippe
> Wittenbergh, mentioned, Internet Explorer limits the number of rules
> to 4095 and the number of stylesheets to 31 (not 32).
>
> Here are a couple of links that refer to this limitation in IE:
> -
> http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/iewebdevelopment/thread/ad1b6e88-bbfa-4cc4-9e95-3889b82a7c1d/
> - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262161
>
>
> > is that a big concern, or is the human angle a bigger deal in terms of
> > keeping everything straight?
>
> It's annoying when IE imposes a limitation on us that none of the
> other browsers do, but I think that almost all sites should fit within
> the 31/4095 limit.
>
> Having said that, I have run into the stylesheet limitation on a large
> Django-based site with lots of developers working on lots of different
> parts of the site. But the problem only happened in development
> because we minified and combined the stylesheets before pushing into
> production. Also, there was a lot of room for optimization of all of
> the code that would have eliminated the problem entirely.
>
> Something that might help is the concept of Object-Oriented CSS which
> was presented by one of the Yahoo developers.
>
> The GitHub Wiki:
> - https://github.com/stubbornella/oocss/wiki
>
> The presentation:
> -
> http://www.stubbornella.org/content/2009/03/23/object-oriented-css-video-on-ydn/
>
> Or just the slides:
> - http://www.slideshare.net/stubbornella/object-oriented-css
>
> > thanks!
> >
> > J
>
> --
> Ghodmode
> http://www.ghodmode.com/blog
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