[support] css files

[Shai Gluskin]

Roger,

You never need to touch or inspect the files in default/files/css. Ever.
They are not part of the development process. Leave them alone and forget
about them.

Whenever you are doing any development at all, css compression MUST be
turned *off*:

In Drupal 6 it is set at: admin/settings/performance
In Drupal 7 it is set at: admin/config/development/performance

In short:

   1. Look in theme .info to see last css file called
   2. Turn off css compression
   3. Add css to last css file called
   4. Clear drupal caches (you may need to clear browser cache in some
   cases, especially with Chrome)
   5. Test
   6. Repeat 3,4, and 5 until satisfied.
   7. Turn css compression back on.

Shai

On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 5:07 PM, Roger <arelem at bigpond.com> wrote:

> <snip>
>  So all your CSS tweaks should go into the very last CSS file that is
> called. Calendar css would be found in the calendar module. But all
> module CSS is called before your theme css, and you don't want to hack
> the calendar module. In your theme, go to its .info file and see the
> order of the css files called and find the last one (it's typically
> style.css or local.css). Put your changes in there. Clearing cache is
> always a good thing.
> </snip>
>
> I'll look in .info, had not thought of that, thanks.
>
> My observations/tests so far.
> --Clearing Cache does not clear the files in /default/files/css.
> --I do not know where to look for discussion on this /default/files/css
> and the erasing of files therein. Do they regenerate with modified css
> code if erased?
> --It seems that the css in /default/files/css is th last called,
> according to firebug.
> --css in this file overrides the css elsewhere in some but not in all
> cases.
> --Altering css code in these files has no effect on the display.
> --Altering css in the calendar module has no effect on the display while
> the /default/files/css is present.
> --Altering the css in /files/css with firebug changes the display but
> making the same alteration the file does not.
> --None of the above seems to apply with other modules and themes.
>
> More testing
> Thanks to all who help
> Roger
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