[ALLY] Re: Other question about stylesheets
From: allenk:powerup:au at: 25-Apr-2001 11:24
Hi Etienne,
I would vote for option1 over option2. Using stylize you have the power to
not only add new styles but can overide all the existing ones, so you can
enforce a uniform (but different) style on all your apps. So changing a look
and feel for an app is just a matter of changing the name of the style used
in layout or altering the stylesheet.
; a style
corporate-styles: stylize [
text: text font-size 12
h1: h1 crimson
logo: image [image %xyz.gif]
....
....etc
]
;Later the company decides to change logo and major headings are to be in
the new company color of "navy"
.
corporate-styles: stylize [
text: text font-size 12
h1: h1 navy
logo: image [image %xyz2.gif]
...
...etc
]
However you may also decide to combine the two methods you present by doing
the following.
corp-colors: [
alt-headings: crimson
background: black
company-green: leaf - 0.30.0
]
corporate-styles: stylize [
text: text font-size 12
h1: h1 corp-colors/alt-headings
logo: image [image %xyz2.gif]
...
...etc
]
This gives you the power of simple styles in layouts without the need to add
facets each time they are used, but also gives you a standard place to find
those facets when needed.
layout [h1 "New heading" corp-colors/company-green]
I hope this made some sense. The answer you need depends on your situation
really.
Cheers,
Allen K
