On 3/11/06, Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I propose we remove the css dependency as follows:
>
> 1) Add the following one line project.css to each project:
> @import url("http://jakarta.apache.org/style/jakarta.css";);

Why not use relative urls? Using absolutes will make it harder to test
changes to the css.

>From jakarta.apache.org:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/style/style.css" type="text/css"/>

> 2) Upload jakarta.css to this location (I've created a suitable one)
> which contains our colours and designs (eg. blue headers)

Where is jakarta.css going to go in SVN?

> Each page in commons will then use the maven-base and maven-theme css
> files as per default maven. The jakarta.css file then overrides these as
> needed. Thus most users will see no change.

Are maven-base and theme css's in svn too?

> If the user is running a copy of the website on their own box and they
> are offline, then the standard maven colours and design will be used
> (eg. grey and red headers).

Relative url :)

> If we want to update all commons websites, we just update jakarta.css.
>
> I propose we remove the menus.dtd dependency by just removing it. Users
> will just have to click a couple more links to move between components.
> IMHO, the simplicity of the resulting design overrides the loss of
> functionality.

+1.

Simplified site, simplified build.

Hen

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