Comments on: Create a Dynamic CSS File in MODx

By: Gregory Smart

Gregory Smart — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:51:00 +0000

I have also ran across this Revo color picker lately, it has been working well for me: http://modxcms.com/forums/index.php?topic=59277.0

By: e-Stonia Web

e-Stonia Web — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 10:04:00 +0000

Actually the solution was to have the part of the CSS code (where I need to be able to change values for each page separately) in a chunk and then I can have in the chunk TV. So I can let customer for example choose header image for each page via TV and header image is defined in CSS.

By: Creating a User Config Page in Revo | Greg Smart

Creating a User Config Page in Revo | Greg Smart — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:41:08 +0000

[...] Config document and retrieve any TV value(s). This approach can also be extended, as I described in Create a Dynamic CSS File in MODx, to allow the end user the control over just about any of your site’s CSS values as [...]

By: e-Stonia Web Developers

e-Stonia Web Developers — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:07:15 +0000

Thanks a lot! That works just perfect. Simple solutions that often just doesn't come to mind:)

By: Gregory Smart

Gregory Smart — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 19:17:56 +0000

I generally try to avoid in-line CSS statements, but in a case like this it
could be the most direct approach. I would create a PHx statement (place it
in the header below the primary CSS document call) something
like: [+phx:if=`[+yourTV+]`:is=``:then=``:else=`inlineCSSwithTVcolorcode`+].
I would also define a default attribute in the primary CSS document, if a
call to the same attribute is found later in the HTML document it will be
respected.

Thanks, Greg.

Greg Smart
Project Development
Pleth, LLC
1-888-276-0848

By: e-Stonia Web Developers

e-Stonia Web Developers — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:41:45 +0000

I checked that post and from there the initial idea came – but that doesn't solve the issue. There I can define from which page's template variable for example the color is taken. But I want to define the color for every page I create. For example I want to create a TV called “ColorCode” and then define it for every page I create.

If I just create TV “ColorCode” and add to CSS [*ColorCode*] then that obviously won't work as it will look what's the TV value in CSS document's “ColorCode” TV.

By: Gregory Smart

Gregory Smart — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 09:17:29 +0000

This might help:
http://www.gregorysmart.com/2010/01/08/create-a...

By: e-Stonia Web Developers

e-Stonia Web Developers — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:53:53 +0000

Just wondering now weather it's possible to make it possible to choose page backgroud color or whatever else in CSS different option on each page.

By: e-Stonia Web Developers

e-Stonia Web Developers — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:51:31 +0000

Got it working now. The trick was to make the media type to: text/css as by default it was text/css.

Thank you very useful idea:)

By: e-Stonia Web Developers

e-Stonia Web Developers — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 19:19:42 +0000

Weird, I created style.css document and it shows fine when I go to mydomain.com/style.css but when I link it as a CSS file at template then nothing happens:S