Using CSS with Actinic

[danbranigan]

Hi,

I'm looking into redesigning an existing Actinic site for a client.

I've set up the dreamweaver integration and am able to look into all the templates etc to see how the pages hold together.

I've used one of the clean layouts as a starting point - but I'm struggling with the way ACtinic uses the stylesheet.

I've tried editing the actinic.css stylesheet, but when I regenerate the site the changes are overwritten. The .actxxsmall, .actregular also don't seem to ba able to changed to something far more practical and web standard like percentages - again these get overwritten.

Is there anyway to add extra CSS hooks into the templates to gain more control over the pages. Otherwise this system seems incredibly inflexible from a design point of view.

Dan

[NormanRouxel]

I've tried editing the actinic.css stylesheet, but when I regenerate the site the changes are overwritten

Make sure you're editing the actinic.css in Site1. This is the master copy that is used to generate the one that gets uploaded.

[wjcampbe]

Which actinic.css are you modifying? If it's the one in PreviewHTML folder, this is not the real one.

The only files that can be modified and have a permanent effect on Actinic file generation are the ones in the Site1 folder.

Basically, Dreamweaver - properly integrated - lets you graphically see which template needs to be adjusted, and then - only using the template info box at the bottom of DW - to navigate to the template in the Site1 folder and make adjustments. The page has to be rebuilt by the catalogue software from the altered template, you cannot make sweeping changes in DW and write those into PreviewHTML or Site1 and have a positive effect.

[jont]

You can either add in to the exisiting actinic.css sheet or link in others into the Act_Primary.html template