How Css Is Parsed???

cberks · 04-03-2006, 07:18 AM

Instead of having 2 versions of an event one a short one and the other an extended one i am using a <div> within the text and a css statement display: none to hide the extended text in one template and display: inline to display it in another template

I understand that by resetting variables one can have various 'types" of list in the same page and that in a template one can change which of the field ie title descr are included but it appears that one cannot have two variants of the same css statement on one page (I am not that familiar with css is all css parsed first and then the page processed? making the last <div class the one that is used?) or should it be possible to have on the same page one list with display: none; in its template and another on the same page with display: inline; in ints template

Regards, Chris

ve9gra · 04-03-2006, 07:59 AM

For that you should probably just use a different template. Copy the /templates/file.php that you're using, and modify it to hide the description. Then call that new template in the $template="whatever"; statement.

cberks · 04-03-2006, 08:18 AM

I am using 2 templates on the same page one with display: none and one with display: inline but only one of these statements is active for the whole page it appears -- have not yet tried to work out in which order the templates are resolved but presume last one's display statement prevails - I will do more testing

ve9gra · 04-03-2006, 09:54 PM

No no... not the CSS of the template... the template itself. Modify it so that the [description] placeholder is just not there. If you only modify the CSS the classes will overwrite each other.

cberks · 04-03-2006, 10:39 PM

That was my basic question "do the CSS statement? Yu have answered that - thanks! I have a page with a list down the side with only titles (ie descr removed from the template and the right side of the page is the blog with comnplete description and then on my home page I have the same event from the left list on the blog page but with the <div display: none statement in the CSS of the template so that on home page i show short description (not to be confused with title)

What I was attempting was to have title and short descr and title and long descr on same page which as you say will not workj as CSS overwrites thanks for confirmation

Regards, chris

ve9gra · 04-04-2006, 07:20 AM

I tried to look at your page and I'm unable to understand exactly what you mean with title short description and long description... The calendar only provides Short Description (aka Title) and Details (Long Description).

If you could take a screen shot of your page and explain exactly what you're trying to acheive, we might be able to find a solution for you.