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[stefas Friend stefasJoin date: July 2013Posts: 3Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#188924

Where should we edit the CSS files in order to override future updates ?

I can see CSS files in t3-assets > dev and the template folder > less

Which one is safe to use ?

[John Wesley Brett Moderator John Wesley BrettJoin date: July 2013Posts: 2142Downloads:17Uploads:26 Thanks: 175 Thanked: 645 times in 426 posts]

#498918

Use the file “custom.css” in your template css folder.
This is specifically created to allow you to customize without fear of losing your work when updates appear.

Have fun!

[MoonSailor Friend MoonSailorJoin date: November 2011Posts: 1106Downloads:0Uploads:245 Thanks: 89 Thanked: 248 times in 223 posts]

#498981

Hi stefas,

If your site is in development stage, you can set “Enable Development Mode” to “Yes”: it will automatically compile less to css and put it to folder t3-assets > dev. When finishing, you can compile Less to Css button

and set “Enable Development Mode” to “No”

now your site will load from css folder of your template.

Check out this documentation page for more info: http://t3-framework.org/documentation/customization.html#custom-css

Regards

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[stefas Friend stefasJoin date: July 2013Posts: 3Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanked: 1 times in 1 posts]

#500008

Hi MoonSailor,

We have edited the t3-assets > dev > CSS Files. When we compile less to css or set enable mode to NO the default css stylesheets load.

What are we doing wrong ? We have only edited CSS files in t3-assets > dev folder.

[Saguaros Moderator SaguarosJoin date: September 2014Posts: 31405Downloads:237Uploads:471 Thanks: 845 Thanked: 5346 times in 4964 posts]

#500082

Hi Stefas,

I’m afraid that you’re mis-understanding the Compile Less to Css option. The Compile LESS to CSS option is to compile the LESS that that we use to develop the webiste to CSS files that our website runs on (when development mode is off). The LESS files will be compiled to corresponding CSS files. And it will override all current CSS files.

Hence, if you are not familiar with Less and want to customize with Css, you should make your own changes in /templates/ja_yourdefault_template/css/custom.css

Hope you got the idea.

Regards

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