Renamed css file but still uses the copy

[FredTheFifth]

Hi All,

Just starting to get into cascading stylesheets but still very much a beginner!!

I should add that this is on a WAMP server on my XP laptop.

As a backup I copied stylesheet.css to stylesheet_orig.css and then edited stylesheet.css but the settings in the copy were still being picked up.

I removed the copy and then it used stylesheet.css

I tend to make copies like this when I am editing files so can anyone explain what is going on please and if there is anything I can do to prevent this behaviour?

Ta.
FTF

[gjh42]

Zen Cart automatically loads all stylesheets in the folder according to specific rules. If you want to save a backup copy, name it stylesheet.bak (or pretty much anything but .css).

[rstevenson]

In the css folder there is a Readme file. You guessed it, I'm going to suggest you read it.

It tells you about the way that ZC picks up css files, and the nifty things you can do because of this method. But here's the secret: rename your old file as stylesheet.old because all files that end in .css will be picked up and used.

[ Oops! Glenn beat me to it. But he cheated -- his answer is shorter. ]

Rob

[FredTheFifth]

Many thanks to you both.

Presumably I can't do rem statement like this either cos it certainly has a strange effect! How should I do it if I want to keep the old value handy?

A.category-top, A.category-top:visited {
/* color: #008000; /*
color: #966fb5;
text-decoration: none;
}


Regards.
FTF

[afo]

Many thanks to you both.

Presumably I can't do rem statement like this either cos it certainly has a strange effect! How should I do it if I want to keep the old value handy?

A.category-top, A.category-top:visited {
/* color: #008000; /*
color: #966fb5;
text-decoration: none;
}


Regards.
FTF

Change that to

/*	color: #008000; * /

[FredTheFifth]

Hi Mary,

The code didn't copy/paste into my post very well. It was tabbed out like you show, so I'm not sure what you are suggesting.

Regards.
FTF

[stevesh]

Should be :

A.category-top, A.category-top:visited {
/* color: #008000; */
color: #966fb5;
text-decoration: none;
}

The closing rem tag is the opposite of the opening tag. You had them the same.

[kostiakot]

In the css folder there is a Readme file. You guessed it, I'm going to suggest you read it.

It tells you about the way that ZC picks up css files, and the nifty things you can do because of this method. But here's the secret: rename your old file as stylesheet.old because all files that end in .css will be picked up and used.

[ Oops! Glenn beat me to it. But he cheated -- his answer is shorter. ]

Rob

Thank you for info...

[FredTheFifth]

Should be :

A.category-top, A.category-top:visited {
/* color: #008000; */
color: #966fb5;
text-decoration: none;
}

The closing rem tag is the opposite of the opening tag. You had them the same.

Thanks!!

Yunno, I reckon I could have looked at that for days and not spotted it!!!

Cheers.
FTF