looking at other sites style.css

Quoth the raven named Rich:

 > <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="style.css" TYPE="text/css" />
 > in the index page. So the style sheet is at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.anysite.com/style.css" target="_blank">www.anysite.com/style.css</a> .....
 >
 > When I put that in my browser, it says "downloading file, but I searched my
 > HD for style.css, it doesn't seem to be there !

You are probably using Internet Explorer. It doesn't know how to
display a css file. The file will actually be somewhere in your cache
files, but with an odd name.

Use Mozilla, Firefox, or Opera to view the file, and it will display
directly in the browser window, as expected.

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 > Quoth the raven named Rich:
 >
  > > <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="style.css" TYPE="text/css" />
<font color=green>  > > in the index page. So the style sheet is at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.anysite.com/style.css</font" target="_blank">www.anysite.com/style.css</font</a>>
......
  > >
  > > When I put that in my browser, it says "downloading file, but I searched
my
  > > HD for style.css, it doesn't seem to be there !
 >
 > You are probably using Internet Explorer. It doesn't know how to
 > display a css file.

Mine does.

On default settings it fires up a notepad window.
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Rich wrote in message ...
 > I've pretty much just discovered how Cascading Style Sheets can help me.
 > When I first learnt html, I enjoyed finding sites I liked the look of,
 > and viewing the source.

 > Is there a way of doing this with style sheets ?

I do a 'View Source' which then normally shows where the sytylesheet is
located on the server.

For example one I looked at earlier ..
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk" target="_blank">http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk</a>

Go to 'View Source' (by right clicking in the main frame), and it shows the
CSS file as ...
<link rel="stylesheet" href="BMRstyle.css">

so I just added BMRstyle.css to the end of the URL and picked up the
Stylesheet that way, as in ...
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css" target="_blank">http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css</a>

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Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
 > Quoth the raven named Rich:
 >
  >> <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="style.css" TYPE="text/css" />

  >> searched my
  >> HD for style.css, it doesn't seem to be there !
 >
 > The file will actually be somewhere in your cache files, but
 > with an odd name.

usually the name with a number between square brackets, like
this: style[1].css, in 'temporary internet files'

 > Use Mozilla, Firefox, or Opera to view the file, and it will display
 > directly in the browser window, as expected.

In Netscape as well.

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"Steve R." <stevie_ritchie(NOSPAM)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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 > Rich wrote in message ...
  > > I've pretty much just discovered how Cascading Style Sheets can help me.
  > > When I first learnt html, I enjoyed finding sites I liked the look of,
  > > and viewing the source.
 >
  > > Is there a way of doing this with style sheets ?
 >
 > I do a 'View Source' which then normally shows where the sytylesheet is
 > located on the server.
 >
 > For example one I looked at earlier ..
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk</font" target="_blank">http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk</font</a>>
 >
 > Go to 'View Source' (by right clicking in the main frame), and it shows
the
 > CSS file as ...
 > <link rel="stylesheet" href="BMRstyle.css">
 >
 > so I just added BMRstyle.css to the end of the URL and picked up the
 > Stylesheet that way, as in ...
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css</font" target="_blank">http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css</font</a>>
 >
 > Just click on that and if you have Frontpage or Dreamweaver installed
 > (possibly others) it will open in the editor.
I have IE6, and Charles I wish it did open notepad !! Steve, I worked that
out, just can't figure why it ain't working on my comp !Nothing opens, even
though on my comp other activities open Allaire Homesite.

Still, at least I know its a local prob

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"Els" <els.aNOSPAM RemoveThis @tiscali.nl> wrote in message
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 > Beauregard T. Shagnasty wrote:
  > > Quoth the raven named Rich:
  > >
   > >> <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="style.css" TYPE="text/css" />
 >
   > >> searched my
   > >> HD for style.css, it doesn't seem to be there !
  > >
  > > The file will actually be somewhere in your cache files, but
  > > with an odd name.
 >
 > usually the name with a number between square brackets, like
 > this: style[1].css, in 'temporary internet files'
 >
  > > Use Mozilla, Firefox, or Opera to view the file, and it will display
  > > directly in the browser window, as expected.
 >
 > In Netscape as well.
 >
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 >
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 > - Renato Russo -

Thanks Els,

Thats why I couldn't find it I was searching for style.css , now I've put in
style*.css all becomes clear !

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Rich wrote:
 > "Steve R." <stevie_ritchie(NOSPAM)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 > news:ONk7c.22400$O36.481043711@news-text.cableinet.net...
  >> Rich wrote in message ...
   >>> I've pretty much just discovered how Cascading Style Sheets can
   >>> help me. When I first learnt html, I enjoyed finding sites I liked
   >>> the look of, and viewing the source.
  >>
   >>> Is there a way of doing this with style sheets ?
  >>
  >> I do a 'View Source' which then normally shows where the sytylesheet
  >> is located on the server.
  >>
  >> For example one I looked at earlier ..
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk</font" target="_blank">http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk</font</a>>
  >>
  >> Go to 'View Source' (by right clicking in the main frame), and it
  >> shows the CSS file as ...
  >> <link rel="stylesheet" href="BMRstyle.css">
  >>
  >> so I just added BMRstyle.css to the end of the URL and picked up the
  >> Stylesheet that way, as in ...
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css</font" target="_blank">http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css</font</a>>
  >>
  >> Just click on that and if you have Frontpage or Dreamweaver installed
  >> (possibly others) it will open in the editor.
 > I have IE6, and Charles I wish it did open notepad !! Steve, I worked
 > that out, just can't figure why it ain't working on my comp !Nothing
 > opens, even though on my comp other activities open Allaire Homesite.
 >
 > Still, at least I know its a local prob

Do you have a default application specified for .css files?

Perhaps textpad would be a useful acquisition?

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Charles Sweeney wrote:

  >>You are probably using Internet Explorer. It doesn't know how to
  >>display a css file.
 >
 >
 > Mine does.
 >
 > On default settings it fires up a notepad window.

That probably has more to do with your OS default file display settings.
I've got mine set to open all internet related files with Moz but I
can always right click on a file and choose "open with". I don't use IE
anymore ... it just won't WORK, but before it broke it behaved the way I
described.
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Steve R. wrote:

 > so I just added BMRstyle.css to the end of the URL and picked up the
 > Stylesheet that way, as in ...
<font color=purple> > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css</font" target="_blank">http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css</font</a>>
 >
 > Just click on that and if you have Frontpage or Dreamweaver installed
 > (possibly others) it will open in the editor.

That's not a feature ... it's a glitch!
*grin*
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On Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:00:18 +0000 (UTC), "Rich" <noone.RemoveThis@none.org>
wrote:

 >
 >"Steve R." <stevie_ritchie(NOSPAM)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
 >news:ONk7c.22400$O36.481043711@news-text.cableinet.net...
  >> so I just added BMRstyle.css to the end of the URL and picked up the
  >> Stylesheet that way, as in ...
<font color=green>  >> <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css</font" target="_blank">http://www.photographer.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/BMRstyle.css</font</a>>
  >>
  >> Just click on that and if you have Frontpage or Dreamweaver installed
  >> (possibly others) it will open in the editor.

 >I have IE6, and Charles I wish it did open notepad !! Steve, I worked that
 >out, just can't figure why it ain't working on my comp !Nothing opens, even
 >though on my comp other activities open Allaire Homesite.
 >

IE will 'usually' open a file in the aplication you have associated
with that file type in Windows explorer.

So to get the file to open in notepad when you type the URL in the IE
address bar:
- go to windows explorer
- select options (wherever it is on one of the menus for your win
version)
- go to file types tab of options
- select (or add) CSS file type and enter notepad.exe as the
associated program

Now type the URL in the IE address bar.

If you get the page using Kybie (see my sig - select a link to the
page using that css and press F7) it will also sav the css to your
disk. You will then see the location of the css file on your disk when
you view the source of the offline page.

Hope that helps.
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"Rich" <noone DeleteThis @none.org> wrote in message
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 > Hi,
 >
 > I've pretty much just discovered how Cascading Style Sheets can help me.
 > When I first learnt html, I enjoyed finding sites I liked the look of, and
 > viewing the source.
 >
 > Is there a way of doing this with style sheets ?
 >
 > A site (say <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.anysite.com" target="_blank">www.anysite.com</a> ) has the line
 >
 > <LINK REL=StyleSheet HREF="style.css" TYPE="text/css" />
<font color=purple> > in the index page. So the style sheet is at <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.anysite.com/style.css</font" target="_blank">www.anysite.com/style.css</font</a>>
......
 >
 > When I put that in my browser, it says "downloading file, but I searched
my
 > HD for style.css, it doesn't seem to be there !
 >
 > Any ideas ?

In your browsers address bar:
view-source:http://www.anysite.com/style.css

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Charging up on a white horse Beauregard T. Shagnasty said:
: You are probably using Internet Explorer. It doesn't know how to
: display a css file. The file will actually be somewhere in your cache
: files, but with an odd name.

That is not entirely accurate. Just click to open the file and then save
it to where you want it with the name you want it to have.

I save css files from time to time with Internet Explorer and that
is how I have always done it.

I get asked to save, I open instead and then from the text editor
save it to a aptly named folder.

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Charging up on a white horse 1keytools david said:
: So to get the file to open in notepad when you type the URL in the IE
: address bar:
: - go to windows explorer
: - select options (wherever it is on one of the menus for your win
: version)
: - go to file types tab of options
: - select (or add) CSS file type and enter notepad.exe as the
: associated program

Actually there is an easier way. Just right click a CSS file and highlight
'open with' then select 'choose the program'. Choose the program you
want to have always open that file and make sure the box is checked next to
'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file'

That is what worked for me but I don't use notepad because notepad
makes a mess of the CSS. It is all on one or two lines stretching all
the way from left to right.

I use WinSyntax to open CSS files and it neatly orders them with proper
line breaks etc. Much better than notepad for this and it is free.

Actually I pretty much use WinSyntax for everything I open so I can see
it how it should look rather than how notepad thinks it should look. LOL.

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