Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-26 Thread John
I'll probably be throwing them up online for testing soon, and I know I'll have issues/questions. I'm going to flag your email to me so that I can alert you when they're up, if that works. J On Aug 26, 2011, at 10:40 AM, Ted Rolle Jr. wrote: John, would you be willing to post or e-mail

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-26 Thread Kevin A. Cameron
Nice! And thanks Tim for the clarification, I'll definitely be incorporating that syntax in future projects. Kevin On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 6:06 PM, John wrote: > > On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: > > +1 for the OOCSS mentality...Start with a base class that defines the m

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread John
On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: +1 for the OOCSS mentality...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. this is working *very* well for me, both solving problems and

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread Tim Climis
On Thursday, August 25, 2011 4:40:45 pm Kevin A. Cameron wrote: > Now I'm confused, Tim, you had used a period between the class names...? I > wasn't really sure of that syntax and hadn't looked into it. > > ".headerLink.alt2 { >color: orange; >font-size: 2em; > }" > The key to mine is t

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread Tim Climis
On Thursday, August 25, 2011 3:09:35 pm John wrote: > On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: > > .headerLink-alt1 a:hover { > > > > background-color: yellow; > > > > } > > Can any character be used before "alt1" "alt2" etc? > > I could be > > .headerLink_alt1 > > right? ar

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread John
On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: .headerLink-alt1 a:hover { background-color: yellow; } Can any character be used before "alt1" "alt2" etc? I could be .headerLink_alt1 right? are there any characters it can't, or ought not be? J __

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread Mark Kelly
Hi. On Thursday 25 Aug 2011 at 21:47 Greg Wilker wrote: > I've been thinking that developing with IE6 in mind is in the past - my > experience and data shows that people using IE/Windows have left IE6. [snip] > Are people seeing data contraire to this? One of the main sites I maintain is still

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread Kevin A. Cameron
Greg Wilker wrote: > -Original Message- > > From: Tim Climis > > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:12 PM > > Subject: Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long? > > > > This might be nitpicking but wouldn't it be more like this? (Or is this >

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread Greg Wilker
-Original Message- > From: Tim Climis > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 1:12 PM > Subject: Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long? > > This might be nitpicking but wouldn't it be more like this? (Or is this one of the cases that makes IE6 choke and die?) I&#

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread Tim Climis
> At least that's how I think it would apply in the context of this > conversation. > This might be nitpicking but wouldn't it be more like this? (Or is this one of the cases that makes IE6 choke and die?) /* Default linked header */ .headerLink { text-decoration: none; font: 1.2em/1 ta

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread John
On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: +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

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread Kevin A. Cameron
+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-decorat

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-25 Thread Ghodmode
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:29 AM, John 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

Re: [css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-24 Thread Philippe Wittenbergh
On Aug 25, 2011, at 6:29 AM, John wrote: > 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? 16kb is nothing… :-) Besides, you should gzip your stylesheets on your live server to guarantee a faster download / transfer. And con

[css-d] can style sheets be too long?

2011-08-24 Thread John
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 r