Renamed css file but still uses the copy

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

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).

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

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

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

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

Change that to

/*	color: #008000; * /

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

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.

rstevenson:

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

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...:clap:

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.

Thanks!!

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

Cheers.
FTF