> I was wondering whether it is better to use the import command in the main > style sheet and import the other style sheets that way or to have multiple > link hrefs to stylesheets or whether it makes no difference how you do it.
@import will stop working at 2 levels deep (an @imported stylesheet will import another, but that second @imported file won't import a thrid) -- or as is my understanding (sorry, can't find reference atm) It doesn't really make a difference. The main factor in my mind is browser negotiation. Which browsers do you want to serve your CSS to? Is the type.css file simple CSS1? If so, perhaps use the plain old <link /> method (with media='screen' or 'all' ONLY) so NN4 can get some nicer typographic styling... The print one is simple -- <link media='print' /> If you've got crazy floated column madness (who doesn't?), I'd import that one like this: <style media="screen,projection" type="text/css"> /* block IEmac 'cause it tends to bork with float layouts \*/ @import url(layout.css); /* that'll do nicely */ </style> the media attribute value of 'screen,projection' will block NN4, the comment hack will block IEmac. The 'projection' value tells Opera to use this stylesheet in the rare occassion that someone views your site in Opera's full screen/projection mode. It's a bit old now, but I wrote an article about this stuff last year: http://leftjustified.net/journal/2004/10/07/css-negotiation/ hope that helps :) Andrew. p.s -- Helen, I think we were both on a Blackboard conference call together last week! (Im with Griffith uni) Small world! ;) -------------------------------- http://leftjustified.net/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
