[Solar-talk] layout generator

[Paul M Jones]

On Aug 4, 2006, at 9:39 AM, Rodrigo Moraes wrote:

>> The only alternative I can think of is to make the .css.php file a
>> standalone php file, and then you could link to it like this ...
>>
>>      <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="Solar/styles/
>> _onetruelayout.css.php" />
>>
>> ... but that has its own set of problems.
>
> It is not good to generate CSS on the fly because it is an unnecessary
> php processment to run all the times.

Agreed.


> Unless you are "creating it" and
> want to see a preview (then, an action can generate the CSS and
> replace the static file call in @import). Better is to generate and
> save a CSS file for a defined layout once it is defined, but when to
> save? And how to make this a 'private' action? I mean, this looks like
> an app, not a layout manager. But there are some ideas to be explored
> here, I hope.

Also agreed; it seems like OTL-App is working its way toward being a  
"generator"; as you say, one can save the resulting code and put it  
in "styles/", then @import or <link />  that static file.



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