Referencing multiple Kentico CSS definitions within one another

K Fisher asked on February 13, 2015 11:48

Hi, Im working on a website with alot of css which Id like to keep with Kentico but as separate css "files". I would like the main css "file"/object to pull in definitions from several other css "files/objects but I only know how to import css using format of:

@import url("base.css");

Ive noticed I cant find the css "files" defined within Kentico. Are the css definitions stored within the database? As I cant see them in the file system?

Appreciate any thoughts

Kate

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Stephen Rushing answered on March 9, 2015 22:50

In our case, we're using SASS, so embedded stylesheets need to use the actual stylesheet code, rather than the processed/cached version.

For that, I'm currently using this macro expression:

{% CMSContext.Current.GlobalObjects.CssStylesheets.MyOtherStylesheet.StylesheetDynamicCode |(user)zbynekh|(hash)b05f4aae5a6031a37db33e14d35acdb496585eb681a2e0fcc2449aa212db11f4%}

Each @import url(...) creates a separate request, which may be excessive. If you want to reduce those requests, but don't need the dynamic code for a preprocessor, you can use the following to embed the processed/cached version:

{% CSS.Stylesheets["MyOtherStylesheet"] |(user)zbynekh|(hash)f07d3fe1c566d3aff51473cea6c620500267e1f287764cdd442a8b11d18b079d%}

The only disadvantage to these approaches that I've encountered is that you need to re-save the main stylesheet, after one of the embedded stylesheets is changed.

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Brenden Kehren answered on February 13, 2015 14:48

Yes if you're using the Kentico UI to create your stylesheets they are stored in the database. You can import them using a URL like so:

/CMSPages/GetResource.ashx?stylesheetname=StyleSheetCodeName

The code name comes from the UI. Using the GetResource handler allows Kentico to minimize stylesheet as well.

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K Fisher answered on March 10, 2015 10:00

Many thanks for your feedback Stephen we need to use more than one sheet at times, this will definitely help.

Much appreciated

Kate

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