Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-09-01 Thread Alan Gresley
On 1/09/2011 7:31 PM, Tim Dawson wrote: On 31/08/2011 17:34, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: The talk was interesting, but the camera work poor. Too much presenter, it was difficult to see the slides. Did anyone catch what she talking about towards the end; it sounded like 'pre-' something. Tim On

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-09-01 Thread Tim Dawson
On 31/08/2011 17:34, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: My favourite part from that presentation was when she said (paraphrased) what's between the brackets is trivial, it's the selectors that are the tricky part. Kevin The talk was interesting, but the camera work poor. Too much presenter, it was diffic

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-08-31 Thread Venditelli, Daniel - Web Development Administrator
-boun...@lists.css-discuss.org] On Behalf Of Tim Dawson Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 10:54 AM To: css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] CSS Organization On 31/08/2011 17:34, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: > My favourite part from that presentation was when she said > (paraphrased) wha

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-08-31 Thread Kevin A. Cameron
I'm guessing that was preprocessors, the likes of LESS or SASS. Kevin On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 10:53 AM, Tim Dawson wrote: > On 31/08/2011 17:34, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: > >> My favourite part from that presentation was when she said (paraphrased) >> what's between the brackets is trivial, it's

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-08-31 Thread Tim Dawson
On 31/08/2011 17:34, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: My favourite part from that presentation was when she said (paraphrased) what's between the brackets is trivial, it's the selectors that are the tricky part. Kevin The talk was interesting, but the camera work poor. Too much presenter, it was diffi

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-08-31 Thread Kevin A. Cameron
My favourite part from that presentation was when she said (paraphrased) what's between the brackets is trivial, it's the selectors that are the tricky part. Kevin __ css-discuss [css-d@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discus

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-08-30 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Aug 31, 2011, at 2:38 AM, Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd) wrote: >> Let's suppose that by looking to those wireframes, I can say that all my h2 >> will have a padding-bottom of 10px. >> However, if later on, I create a rule telling that the ul will have a margin >> top of 5px... (because al

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-08-30 Thread mem
On 30-08-2011 19:31, Ingo wrote: mem schrieb am 30.08.2011 19:31 I must develop the CSS for those 100 pages and I'm really afraid about the fact that, I will have, almost surely, rules that will overwrite each other and it will be a mess, sooner or later. Here is an interesting discussion: h

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-08-30 Thread Ingo
mem schrieb am 30.08.2011 19:31 I must develop the CSS for those 100 pages and I'm really afraid about the fact that, I will have, almost surely, rules that will overwrite each other and it will be a mess, sooner or later. Here is an interesting discussion: http://www.stubbornella.org/content

Re: [css-d] CSS Organization

2011-08-30 Thread Philip TAYLOR (Webmaster, Ret'd)
mem wrote: > Let's suppose that by looking to those wireframes, I can say that all my h2 > will have a padding-bottom of 10px. > However, if later on, I create a rule telling that the ul will have a margin > top of 5px... (because almost all may have that attribute) if I place the h2 > on top

[css-d] CSS Organization

2011-08-30 Thread mem
Hello all, I have just finished the wireframes phase for this project, and now the designer is creating the final layouts for each of those pages. I must develop the CSS for those 100 pages and I'm really afraid about the fact that, I will have, almost surely, rules that will overwrite each

Re: [css-d] css organization - (divide and conquer) or not?

2007-07-19 Thread Jack Toering
>I was wondering what is best< You already know this could be a Ford vs. Chevy post, but here is what time has taught me. Unorganized is not the way to go. It will cost you even during the initial development if it isn't organized. This is what shook out from my experience: A, I have one main

Re: [css-d] css organization - (divide and conquer) or not?

2007-07-18 Thread Emanuele Venezia
Personally, I tried once method 2 and lately had to repent for it, because I kept going forward and backward in the file to change the rules or to find a mistake etc. I'm not an expert web developer, but recently I approached another method involving more files. I prefer to have a basic file for

Re: [css-d] css organization - (divide and conquer) or not?

2007-07-17 Thread Rakesh Pai
May I add: Method 4: /* Header styles */ div#header { /* all header related styles, making no distinction between of layout and typography */ } div#header img { /* style rules for the logo */ } /* Navigation */ ... /* Content area */ ... /* Footer */ ... I personally find this to be m

Re: [css-d] css organization - (divide and conquer) or not?

2007-07-17 Thread david
Paul Hanson wrote: > #Method3 - have to change 1 files, un-organized .posts{ > color: orange; background-color: black; > font-size: 1em; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; > float:left; width: 200px; } > > I was wondering what is best, for a quick job, i'd probably do #3; but > f

Re: [css-d] css organization - (divide and conquer) or not?

2007-07-17 Thread Arian Hojat
Cool thanks. I think I'll stick to 1 file and separate by areas on the page (generic/basic rules for page; nav, header, content, mainContent, sidebar, footer, etc). Sometimes I get the rule that applies to generic things like a hyperlink in nav, header, content areas, so im not sure where to group

Re: [css-d] css organization - (divide and conquer) or not?

2007-07-17 Thread Don Stefani
Or... Just use some comments to explain what each file does. If your reason for splitting things up is valid, then share the reasons and explain. The next person may think you are smart and write sexy code. And you know, "chicks dig sexy code". - dstefani

Re: [css-d] css organization - (divide and conquer) or not?

2007-07-17 Thread David Hucklesby
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:18:17 -0400, Arian Hojat wrote: > I have been looking at some tutorials. and some recommend the usual 'split > into > basic.css, typography.css, layout.css, colors.css, etc', but I can see a few > peoples' > arguments that to make a change for 1 thing, you might be looking

Re: [css-d] css organization - (divide and conquer) or not?

2007-07-17 Thread Paul Hanson
One thing to consider for your 3rd idea is that if you have to pass the project off to someone else, the other two methods require the new person to understand your logic and why you split things up into multiple files. This could lead to frustration on their part if they don't fully understand wha

[css-d] css organization - (divide and conquer) or not?

2007-07-17 Thread Arian Hojat
I have been looking at some tutorials. and some recommend the usual 'split into basic.css, typography.css, layout.css, colors.css, etc', but I can see a few peoples' arguments that to make a change for 1 thing, you might be looking at changing alot of files. For example, when you want do change lay