[Pmwiki-users] Re: Re: Call For Directory Simplicity

[Christian Ridderström]

On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 14, 2004 at 05:44:11AM +0100, Christian Ridderstr?m wrote:
> > 
> > But while we are talking about the directory structure. I started thinking 
> > about the CSS-files. Right now they're located in pub/CSS, but if (when) I 
> > fiddle with the CSS-files, I risk losing these changes the next time I 
> > upgrade pmwiki, or have I missed something?

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> The answer is to not fiddle with the distributed CSS-files...just override
> the definitions in pub/css/local.css.  About the CSS-files:
>   stdlayout.css 
>     has the minimal definitions needed for things to work properly,
>     such as the layout for page history.  It should probably not be
>     modified, nor need to be modified.
>   pmwiki.css
>     The default PmWiki "skin".  The best way to change this is to copy
>     the file to another name such as myskin.css and then set 
>     $PageSkin='myskin'; in config.php
>   local.css
>     A place to put site-wide CSS settings
>   $Group.css, $Group.$Title_.css
>     Group and page-specific CSS settings
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I wasn't aware it's as simple as just overriding the stuff in local.css 
 -- I assume this file doesn't come with pmwiki.tar.gz -- and this also
explains why the pages include so many css-files (which I've been
wondering about).

Btw, can a css-file include another css-file?

> I'll put notes in the CSS files indicating that they shouldn't be modified
> as well as instructions about where to put modifications.  Does that work?

Yes, that should work.

/Christian

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Christian Ridderstr?m                           http://www.md.kth.se/~chr