I suggest you read the links I posted if you're interested in the why.
Curtis Garman wrote: > > What does it matter if you are allowing your css to cache in the user's > browser? > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 3:19 PM, rowlando <n...@rowlando.com> wrote: >> >> I'm a front-end developer rather than a back-end dev so this might >> explain my >> silly questions. "80% of the end-user response time is spent on the >> front-end", so says the YUI performance blog. Anything that can be done >> on >> the front-end to aid better performance is simply good practice. >> >> The reason that I want to concatenate CSS into a single file is for >> performance reasons. Reducing HTTP requests is one of the best ways to >> speed >> up your website. >> >> http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#num_http >> >> Using the @import statement does not concatenate the files. The use of >> @import is actually worse, from a performance perspective, than many >> <link> >> tags because files are downloaded sequentially rather than in parallel. >> Read >> Steve Souders blog for more info. >> >> http://www.stevesouders.com/blog/2009/04/09/dont-use-import/ >> >> >> Curtis Garman wrote: >>> >>> Why does it all need to be the same physical file? I would use the css >>> import statement to import your global.css as shown below and then >>> link the global.css file to your pages (as you mentioned)...this will >>> give you ability to seperate your css but avoid the bother with the >>> jsp includes. >>> >>> @import url(../global/i_base.css); >>> @import url(../global/i_header.css); >>> @import url(../global/i_footer.css); >>> @import url(../global/i_layout.css); >>> @import url(../global/i_button.css); >>> >>> >> >> -- >> View this message in context: >> http://www.nabble.com/How-to-use-Includes-in-CSS-files-tp26024235p26032674.html >> Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> >> > > > > -- > Curtis Garman > Web Programmer > Heartland Community College > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-use-Includes-in-CSS-files-tp26024235p26059631.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
