Re: Re; How to remove . . .<linked style sheets?>

JTP,

Man, thank you for the file path clarification.That is indeed a biggie!

For the balance of you all:

~Relativity~ is what I didn't take into consideration in my precious
statements. As some of you know, I do a _ lot _ of work for various schools
and public information systems (libraries for instance). As such I - have
to -  cater to "old" browsers. NN4 and MSIE 5 are *state of the art* in the
average library school system in this area, as sad as that may be.

Case in point one of the elementary schools I service has approximately 200
computers, NONE of them have anything as new as a 4.X version browser on
them, the majority are NN 3.X or below. Seriously. If you are a Geek, maybe
MAC LC III will mean something to you, or Apple IIci, or WIN3.0 on a 286 ~
that is what I mean by old.

So . . . my apologies to all for this . . .  It would appear I am suffering
from MentalPause . . . or something.

Fuzzy.



At 04:29 PM 10/2/01 , jtpolk(at)texas.net wrote:
>> Second, and this really is a question, not a smart a**ed wise crack: Isn't
>> there still some *major* browser support issues for "linked" style sheets?
>> 
>
>	NS= Netscape 4.x
>	IE= MSIE 5.x
>
>No ''major'' browser support issues for linked sytle sheets on the web
>server. 
>
>The main problem is with style sheets on the file system. For instance,
>if we have the following in a linked style sheet, in a directory called
>styles off of the main directory of the web server.
>
>background-image: url(/images/background.gif);
>	*** NS works /IE works ***
>
>background-image: url(images/background.gif);
>	NS works / IE no work
>
>background-image: url(../images/background.gif);
>	*** NS works / IE works ***
>
>So, on the web server, there are no problems.
>
>On the file system, it is a whole other problem. What works with MSIE
>will not work with Netscape and vice versus. For example:
>
>background-image: url(/images/background.gif);
>	NS no work /IE no work
>background-image: url(images/background.gif);
>	NS works / IE no work
>background-image: url(../images/background.gif);
>	NS no work / IE works 
>
>Thus, for CSS, there is now way to view the files with a background on a
>file system in with a linked style sheet in a matter that works for both
>of these browsers.
>
>> *At this point in time* based on this issue, isn't it "better" (though
>> admittedly more work) to include these style declarations in each
>> individual document?
>
>No, as pointed out above, linking a graphic has two methods that work in
>both IE and NS on the web server.
>
>> Speaking to more work; of course I realize the whole darned idea of CSS is
>> to allow us to create "one file" containing style information for a "whole
>> web site", and I LOVE that idea - but my (personal) research into browser
>> support for linked style sheets seems to mandate that I ~do~ go through the
>> trouble to copy and paste style information in each document,
>
>
>Regarding this final point: what, when, where is is broke based on your
>personal research. The only difficulty I have found has been in the use
>of a background image as detailed above.
>
>Are there others CSS features that do not work when linked in as a style
>sheet???
>
>
>
>-- 
>
>
>Jim Tom Polk -:- jtpolk(at)texas.net -:- http://camalott.com/~jtpolk/	
>	''You might as well fall flat on your face as 
>	  lean over too far backwards.''      --James Thurber--
>   "The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three 
>          elements: energy, matter and enlightened self-interest." 
> 		- G'Kar  "Survivors"

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