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11/10/2014 7:24 PM
 
Hi Mike,

Some of the ones like what you specified are part of a CSS reset that nearly every skin/theme developer uses (check the link in the default.css comments) but, I can agree that there have been some things in the default.css that are a bit annoying. Back in DNN 5 and prior versions, I would unload the default.css, but then started noticing some issues w/ my edit views, so use the following technique w/ caution. Check out this skin object by 40Fingers. Its a very versatile tool. I haven't used the unload css feature in a while, so, not sure if its still applicable.

http://www.40fingers.net/WeblogsNews/...


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11/11/2014 3:54 AM
 
Mike Ryckman wrote:
I just don't see any reason why this stuff would be included in a default css file. I'd totally get it if DNN wanted to have a css-reset.css file or something. But if you can't disable it, why is this here? Admittedly, this isn't really my area, but it seems that in a world of great competition for CMS systems and a move to a more agnostic design, that DNN would want to avoid creating extra work for people trying to develop DNN skins and modules.

Mike

I think most of us agree default.css should be cleaned up or removed.
It's an inheritance from the past (DNN 4/5).
The problem right now is that if you would change / remove it in the core, the skins that have been built directly  on DNN would fail because of the missing declarations in default.css

For now you can either use your own reset styling on top of skin.css or use our skin object mentioned before (which can also unload default.css only when not logged in).
Simply not loading it is a problem because there is styling for the editing components of DNN in there.



 
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11/11/2014 8:56 AM
 
Thanks guys - and Timo, that makes sense. I definitely get the headaches with backwards compatibility stuff.

Just as a thought, maybe DNN could just make some options easier, but default to the legacy approach. For example, they could split the DNN core styles (things like "dnnFormItem") out from the css reset styles and make two separate files. Then, have both of those files load by default with every skin. Then, make some option to turn one or both of them off.

Mike
 
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11/11/2014 9:07 AM
 
Mike Ryckman wrote:
Thanks guys - and Timo, that makes sense. I definitely get the headaches with backwards compatibility stuff.

Just as a thought, maybe DNN could just make some options easier, but default to the legacy approach. For example, they could split the DNN core styles (things like "dnnFormItem") out from the css reset styles and make two separate files. Then, have both of those files load by default with every skin. Then, make some option to turn one or both of them off.

Mike

Right, I agree, that should be the approach.
I though about adding a split up default.css to my stylehelper, but I'm a bit too busy ATM.. :-)

 
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7/4/2017 6:45 AM
 
Bumping an old thread. Now on DNN 9.1.0, I noticed that default.css is still around, and it's 100K. Is this needed? Is there a recommended way to get rid of it?

Thanks for any insight.
 
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