Hi,
I work for an enterprise-level ecommerce platform and we have separated our site build process into two phases - functionality and look-and-feel (or you could say separate content and style). The html and any javascript is completed as much as possible during the functionality phase, so the look-and-feel phase is as close as we can get it to just using CSS and images to apply a design. We identified a problem when using CSS developers whose normal way of working is to save the html of a site locally and apply the CSS. Our sites are dynamic and we may need to add products and content to the site at any point during the build process. This meant they could be developing CSS against out of date content. To solve this problem we have commissioned a CSS developer tool, which is essentially a local proxy. It allows you to work with local CSS (or indeed images or javascript) and preview your changes against a dynamic site. The tool is fully functional (although still in beta) and we have been using it internally for a few months. I have particularly found it useful for bugfixing of our live sites. You can fix any CSS problem on any browser and be confident that you have tested it against the real site before pushing your fix live. The tool is still in beta and the set up requires use of the command line, but please do try it out and let me know if you find it useful: http://www.venda.com/page/developertools If you wish to run the tool on several browsers at once, note that it's best to run several instances of the site. Also it's best not to proxy too many files at once as this can cause your browser to slow down. I hope you find this useful - I'd be greatful for any feedback Cheers, Olly ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [[email protected]] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
