[WSG] Exporting inline CSS
Hi all, Quick question, I have a client with lots of HTML file that have inline CSS. (Over 300 docs) I am looking for some software, or way, that will export this inline css into a external css file. Or even just move it into a embedded style sheet. Thanks in advance for any help. Kind Regards Jacobus van Niekerk Creative Consultant web: http://www.catics.com/ | http://www.freelancecontractors.com tel: + 27 21 982 7805 ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
RE: [WSG] Exporting inline CSS
Quick question, I have a client with lots of HTML file that have inline CSS. (Over 300 docs) I am looking for some software, or way, that will export this inline css into a external css file. Or even just move it into a embedded style sheet. Am not aware on any package that would do this for you, but it should be quite easy to set up a Regular Expression routine to strip all style='foo' content from a page. Regards Scott Swabey General Manager Lafinboy Productions :: website design :: website development :: graphic design e [EMAIL PROTECTED] t +61 (0)415 193 126 w www.lafinboy.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Exporting inline CSS
Scott Swabey (Lafinboy Productions) wrote: Am not aware on any package that would do this for you, but it should be quite easy to set up a Regular Expression routine to strip all style='foo' content from a page. The harder part would be to have it not just strip out the styles, but externalise them while keeping them working in the final output. The brute force approach would be to just assign a unique, random ID to each element where a style attribute is found, then create a matching, specific entry in the new external CSS. The - hypothetical - right way would be for a parser to analyse the entire document structure, work out how styles can be applied generically (all paragraphs inside this div have a certain style, so create a rule for div#blah p rather than individual style rules), and still find the odd few special cases and assign a class. Sounds like AI to me...even if you can find a halfway automated system, I doubt that the final result would be any more satisfactory than just leaving the style attributes in the markup, I'm afraid... -- Patrick H. Lauke _ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively [latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.] www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
RE: [WSG] Exporting inline CSS
Quick question, I have a client with lots of HTML file that have inline CSS. (Over 300 docs) I am looking for some software, or way, that will export this inline css into a external css file. Or even just move it into a embedded style sheet. Am not aware on any package that would do this for you, but it should be quite easy to set up a Regular Expression routine to strip all style='foo' content from a page. I think the question related to style blocks in the HTML, not style= attributes. Surely the question is, are we sure the CSS is all the same for all those 300 files? If it is, it's trivial to do it with regular expression-type searching as you say. If not, it could be very tricky. Have You Validated Your Code? John Horner(+612 / 02) 8333 3488 Developer, ABC Kids Onlinehttp://www.abc.net.au/ ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Exporting inline CSS
If the HTML files were valid XHTML it would be a relatively easy job extracting the styles using XSLT.On 6/1/05, Patrick H. Lauke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Scott Swabey (Lafinboy Productions) wrote: Am not aware on any package that would do this for you, but it should be quite easy to set up a Regular _expression_ routine to strip all style='foo' content from a page.The harder part would be to have it not just strip out the styles, but externalise them while keeping them working in the final output. Thebrute force approach would be to just assign a unique, random ID to eachelement where a style attribute is found, then create a matching, specific entry in the new external CSS. The - hypothetical - right waywould be for a parser to analyse the entire document structure, work outhow styles can be applied generically (all paragraphs inside this div have a certain style, so create a rule for div#blah p rather thanindividual style rules), and still find the odd few special cases andassign a class.Sounds like AI to me...even if you can find a halfway automated system, I doubt that the final result would be any more satisfactory than justleaving the style attributes in the markup, I'm afraid...--Patrick H. Lauke_ re·dux (adj.): brought back; returned. used postpositively[latin : re-, re- + dux, leader; see duke.]www.splintered.co.uk | www.photographia.co.uk http://redux.deviantart.com**The discussion list forhttp://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help**
Re: [WSG] Exporting inline CSS
G'day Quick question, I have a client with lots of HTML file that have inline CSS. (Over 300 docs) I am looking for some software, or way, that will export this inline css into a external css file. Or even just move it into a embedded style sheet. Replacing the styles (whether style blocks in the head of the documents or inline as attributes) will be difficult. Removing them should be simple could be done with Macromedia Dreamweaver. It can go through a whole site, find all elements with a style attribute, and remove the attribute. If each doc has a style element in the head section, you could use the same method to replace it to use an imported style sheet. Biggest question is: how consistent is the site's layout? Will it work with an overall style sheet or two? Regards -- Bert Doorn, Better Web Design http://www.betterwebdesign.com.au/ Fast-loading, user-friendly websites ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
Re: [WSG] Exporting inline CSS
Quick question, I have a client with lots of HTML file that have inline CSS. (Over 300 docs) Good Lord, what was that previous author thinking!?? There's no escaping this problem - you're just gonna have to start from scratch. Don't waste your time with export/import methods. MATTHOM matthom.com/ On 5/31/05, Jacobus van Niekerk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Quick question, I have a client with lots of HTML file that have inline CSS. (Over 300 docs) I am looking for some software, or way, that will export this inline css into a external css file. Or even just move it into a embedded style sheet. Thanks in advance for any help. Kind Regards Jacobus van Niekerk Creative Consultant web: http://www.catics.com/ | http://www.freelancecontractors.com tel: + 27 21 982 7805 ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help ** ** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list getting help **
