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[John Nor]

I apologise if I have missed something obvious but I am not sure where to put my css files.

I am trying to import a couple of designs fom DW. A home page and a section page. Each of them are linked to the same css files that were created in DW.

It appears that Actinic does not use the same files that were created in DW but rather copies and alters them and places them into its own Site1 folder.

After registering the designs with Actinic I could not get the designs to link with the .css files.

If I can use my own css files - where do I put them?

Using trial version 8 - Catalogue

I would describe myself as being competant with HTML and CSS but if I'm being honest I have not found Actinic to be a walk in the park. However if it can do what its 'says on the tin' then it is just what I am looking for.

Is there is dreamweaver tutorial available online I could look at???

[pinbrook]

if you want to edit the actinic stylesheet in a standard css editor rather than Actinic (or Dreamweaver) then do the following:

Create a new blank file in your 'Site1' folder called 'custom.css' (or something).

Copy and paste the entire contents of the 'Actinic Stylesheet' layout into this file.

Delete the following two lines:
/*import theme-specific classes */
@import url("theme.css");

Save the file.

Now go to Actinic and in the 'Design' tab select 'Actinic Stylesheet' from the 'Select Page Type' window.

Underneath
@import url("theme.css");
add the following line:
@import url("custom.css");

You can now delete all the other classes in the layout.

You can now edit 'custom.css' in whatever editor you want, and Actinic willl substitute all the variables.

[John Nor]

Does this mean that I have to merge all my .css files into one large file including actinics standard css file?

Can actinic not read external css files other than ones in the site directory?

Thanks,

John

[cdicken]

John

If you create an external css file, and save it in the same folder as your HTML design (i.e. don't save it in a sub-folder) then when you register a design with Actinic, the styles from the file will be used. When you register the design, the external CSS file is copied into the 'PreviewHTML' and 'SiteHTML' folders within 'Site1' - so the file will preview and upload correctly.

Hope that helps.