[css-d] External CSS for large, design-heavy Web apps

[Troy Brophy]

I'm looking for some "best practices" information on setting up external
style sheet(s) for a large web site that has highly variable design elements
from section to section. 

 

Specifically, I am thinking about separating the CSS aspects controlling
layout (DIV margins, padding, etc) and display (font-families, colors,
etc.). This is a pretty straightforward use of CSS, although I imagine there
are still optimal ways to go about doing this. But for this application
(www.engage.com  ) there are a large number of
design elements, each of which is currently controlled by very specific sets
of entries in one of the CSS docs. (This site's CSS is a mess right now,
with inline and external styles. It's been handled by a number of different
people, which doesn't help.)

 

If anyone can recommend a good article, or site devoted to this topic, I
would be much obliged. Unfortunately, I'm new to this list, so I haven't had
an opportunity to read along with any existing discussions.

 

Thanks,

Troy

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Re: [css-d] External CSS for large, design-heavy Web apps

[Jim Nannery]

Afternoon Troy

You wrote

> I'm looking for some "best practices" information on setting up external
> style sheet(s) for a large web site that has highly variable design 
> elements
> from section to section.
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> If anyone can recommend a good article, or site devoted to this topic, I
> would be much obliged. Unfortunately, I'm new to this list, so I haven't 
> had
> an opportunity to read along with any existing discussions.
>
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> Thanks,
>
> Troy
>

There is some great information to be found in the list wiki [1]

Welcome to the list.

[1] http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=MaintainableCss

hth

Jim Nannery
owner - www.redfernenterprises.com 


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