This email is to be read subject to the disclaimer below. Hi Justin, I haven't looked at using alternate stylesheets for a while but from what I remember the one of the important features is the title attribute as well as the obvious rel="alternate stylesheet" It works as follows: - If there is no title (and it's not marked alternate) then the stylesheet will be loaded by default and apply across all titles. - Then then any other stylesheets not marked alternate are loaded - and all stylesheets with the same title will display. - Alternate stylesheets are not loaded but when switching the core (untitled) should still apply. Here's a snippet <link rel="stylesheet" href="core.css"> <link rel="stylesheet" href="default.css" title="Default"> <link rel="alternate stylesheet" href="alt1.css" title="Alternate 1"> <link rel="alternate stylesheet" href="alt2.css" title="Alternate 2"> I've done a very quick test in IE6 and Mozilla and doesn't seem to have any problems. Cheers, Mark Lynch Development Manager - Business Innovation Online Ernst & Young - Australia http://www.eyware.com/ http://www.eyonline.com/ Direct: +612 9248 4038 Fax: +612 9248 4073 Mobile: +61 421 050 695 Justin French <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com.au> cc: Sent by: Subject: [WSG] alternate style sheets expert here? [Virus checkedAU] [EMAIL PROTECTED] dsgroup.org 21/05/2004 10:48 AM Please respond to wsg Do we have an expert on alternate stylesheets in the house? I'm a little confused. What I'd like to do is link or @import a few base style sheets for the general (default) site design first. Then on top of that I'd like to link to a series of alternate style sheets that ADD TO those base styles. Seems easy enough, and the code on http://www.simplebits.com/ seems like a good starting place, but when I look at his alternate style sheets, they're not *alternate*, they're *alternate additional*, in other words, the alternate style sheets act as a group of alternatives (of which 0-1 can be selected) which will be applied *in addition to* the base style sheet. Is this a reasonable summary? Can someone provide a clearer definition? To add to the confusion, I'm hoping to tie this all into a PHP session and membership preferences, but that's another story all together :) --- Justin French http://indent.com.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 ***************************************************** -------------------- NOTICE - This communication contains information which is confidential and the copyright of Ernst & Young or a third party. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication please delete and destroy all copies and telephone Ernst & Young on 1800 655 717 immediately. If you are the intended recipient of this communication you should not copy, disclose or distribute this communication without the authority of Ernst & Young. Any views expressed in this Communication are those of the individual sender, except where the sender specifically states them to be the views of Ernst & Young. Except as required at law, Ernst & Young does not represent, warrant and/or guarantee that the integrity of this communication has been maintained nor that the communication is free of errors, virus, interception or interference. Liability limited by the Accountants Scheme, approved under the Professional Standards Act 1994 (NSW) -------------------- ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
