This relates to a Trial Version

I’m attempting to upload a CSS file to the upload folder but I get a message saying that I can’t upload a file of that type.

Related Information:
File name = Article_Header_1V0.css
File Upload preferences are set to “All File Types”

What is the source of the problem?

Thanks.

Why would you do that? CSS can be stored as templates through the Control Panel (having a special template type “CSS") - no need to upload, just copy and paste the code in a template.

ms - 12 May 2008 11:14 AM

Why would you do that? CSS can be stored as templates through the Control Panel (having a special template type “CSS") - no need to upload, just copy and paste the code in a template.

Well, call this inexperience, but it seemed as though it would be less trouble to do all my CSS edits locally and just upload the revised file than to make edits to both the css files. However, yr point about just cutting and pasting the contents of the whole file probably amounts to the same effort.

Your point notwithstanding I also thought it would be less effort to upload new CSS files rather than having to create a new template for the CSS within EE.

For my first experimental page I created css templates within EE but having done that it seemed intuitively, but perhaps incorrectly, that the process of managing all the css files would be easier if it were handled locally and then uploaded so that there were identical versions both locally and in EE. Making edits or even copying and pasting the contents of the file seems that it would be a possibly source of introducing errors.

Thanks for your help.

I personally create a folder in the EE root called ‘interface’, inside which goes folders for CSS and JS. And I then just whack the CSS and JS in there, seperate to the EE control panel entirely.

Whichever way floats your boat, the disadvantage of this method of course is that you can’t access the files via CP which is occassionally rather handy.

Dorich, of course, you can do whatever you like when hosting EE on your own webspace. Then, it might be useful to use the “save templates as files” option. But as far as I know, that option isn’t available in the trial. However, I would want to keep templates and CSS in the same place - either stored in the database only or saved as a file. That way, you even have the benefit of using EEs caching mechanisms to speed up delivery.

Markus

Thanks Andy and ms for the additional thoughts.

Much appreciated.