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autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-01-2007
[eluser]josh48202[/eluser]
i created a separate stylesheet to keep the stuff organized better for the stuff i add in and i edited the autoload.php file n added
Code:
$autoload['stylesheet'] = array('application/views/stylesheet.css');autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-02-2007
[eluser]BoltClock[/eluser]
You can't autoload stylesheets as far as I know.
I would create a directory under /application/views called /css, then save the stylesheet in there. Then I'd create a separate view file called header.php and add the <link /> pointing to the stylesheet and get all my view files to include('header.php') at the top the old school way.
Don't worry, I'm new to CI too so there may be a better way around this. Hope that helped
autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-02-2007
[eluser]josh48202[/eluser]
i think what i added to the autoload.php worked but it doesnt always work on somefiles. some files i have to add the link to the stylesheet and the other times i dont. so i dont know
autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-02-2007
[eluser]Michael Wales[/eluser]
You can't autoload a stylesheet. Your best bet is to create a global view file named header and then load that from all of your normal view files.
autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-02-2007
[eluser]josh48202[/eluser]
alright well b4 i tried autoloading the stylesheet i was using this so il just stick with this instead of doing the header thing ur guys are taling about
Code:
<style type='text/css'>
<?
$this->file(BASEPATH.'application/views/stylesheet.css');
?>
</style>autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-02-2007
[eluser]Michael Wales[/eluser]
That's basically what we're saying to, except rather than typing that into every file you can do something like this:
_global/header.php
Code:
<html>
<head>
<title>My Site</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen, projection" />
</head>whateverview.php
Code:
<?= $this->load->view('_global/header'); ?>
<body><p>Wow!</p></body>
</html>There are quite a few advantageous to this - mainly, if you ever change stylesheets (or add more), you only have to change one file.
autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-02-2007
[eluser]josh48202[/eluser]
ooo gotcha ya yea thats easier to remember and type thank you for your help.
autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-28-2007
[eluser]adamp1[/eluser]
I have just released by Asset Linker library. This does everything you want, so give it a go.
Link is in my sig
autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-28-2007
[eluser]Nick Husher[/eluser]
Additionally, the "$this->file()" approach prints the contents of the stylesheet into a <style></style> block, which isn't ideal. If you externally link your stylesheets (with a <link/> tag or otherwise) and your server is set up correctly (with Last-Modified or Expires headers), you can significantly reduce your bandwidth needs for a given page because the stylesheet need only be downloaded once and can be used across pages. My only additional suggestion is to set a base href and declare everything relative to that:
Code:
<html>
<head>
<base href="<?=site_url() ?>" />
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" href="assets/css/style.css" />
...This way your server's base path could be "www.example.com" while your CodeIgniter base path (defined in config.php) can be something different, such as "www.example.com/my_CI_app/test" while still allowing you to use the same header template in all your views.
autoload stylesheet - El Forum - 12-28-2007
[eluser]eggshape[/eluser]
One solution I've used is to create a CSS-autoload helper, autoload the helper using CI, and then call the helper function in each view to pull the correct CSS according to the viewfile name.