Instead of doing this, use cascading stylesheets like they were intended to be used:
In both applications, have a "global.css" or similar that handles all of the layout, etc, that is common to both sites. Then, in each application, include a "appXYZ.css" that simply changes colors, background images, etc, that you would presumably be doing on a per-site basis. -- Jeremy Thomerson http://www.wickettraining.com On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 7:17 AM, Eric Hamel <dantehick...@gmail.com> wrote: > Good Point. In all honesty, I'm looking for a practical way to "skin" 2 > applications which are identical layout wise. Inherently, I don't want to > manage 2 different stylesheets as that will lead to maintenance hell. > > The idea was to build a Template implemented in both applications to which > I > would override/pass to the template > colors/background-colors/background-image. Might not be the best > approach... > > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 3:42 AM, Chris Colman > <chr...@stepaheadsoftware.com>wrote: > > > That method of css generation you propose would be generating CSS (even > > if it were into a separate .css file) with each page render. If you're > > dealing with a lot of CSS that probably isn't the most efficient method. > > > > Generating CSS at render time would mean the browser could not take > > advantage of CSS caching - which would be bad in these days of quite > > large CSS files. > > > > You might be better off considering a separate CSS generator that > > doesn't generate CSS at 'page render time'. > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: Eric Hamel [mailto:dantehick...@gmail.com] > > >Sent: Saturday, 8 May 2010 5:52 AM > > >To: users@wicket.apache.org > > >Subject: CSS Templating > > > > > >All, > > > > > >I've been exploring the use of TextTemplateHeaderContributor.forCss > > method > > >to build a CSS template for multiple application. > > > > > >Take for example: > > > > > >IModel<Map<String, Object>> model = new > > >AbstractReadOnlyModel<Map<String,Object>>(){ > > > > > >private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; > > > > > >@Override > > >public Map<String, Object> getObject() { > > > HashMap<String,Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>(); > > >map.put("body-bgcolor", "red"); > > > return map; > > >} > > > > > >}; > > > add(TextTemplateHeaderContributor.forCss(WelcomePage.class, > > >"Template.css", > > >model)); > > > > > >with CSS template: > > > > > >body{ > > > > > >background-color: ${body-bgcolor}; > > > > > >} > > > > > > > > > > > >The output works. However, the template is contributing to the header > > in > > >the > > >form of: > > > > > ><style type="text/css"><!-- body{ background-color: red; }--></style> > > > > > >which is unacceptable. Is there a way to generate a .css file to be > > used by > > >the application ? > > > > > >Thank you > > > > > >-- > > >Sent by Eric Hamel > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@wicket.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@wicket.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Sent by Eric Hamel >
