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 j...@coffeeonmars.com wrote: On Aug 25, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Kevin A. Cameron wrote: +1 for the OOCSS mentality...Start with a base class

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

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

2011-08-25 Thread Ghodmode
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 5:29 AM, John j...@coffeeonmars.com 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

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 {

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

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

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've been thinking that developing

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

2011-08-25 Thread Kevin A. Cameron
Wilker jer...@well.com 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 one of the cases that makes IE6 choke and die

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 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 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? are there any characters

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 that the

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

[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

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