can CF be forced to parse files without a .cfm extension? 1

[gtbikerider]

I need to use variables inside a CSS file. How can I make ColdFusion parse the .css file. Alternativly, is there a way I can rename the .css to .cfm?

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John

 

[Wullie]

In your HTML, where you would normaly link to file.css, just link to file.cfm instead. The browser doesn't care what extension your CSS file has, it will work regardless.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[gtbikerider]

Thanks Wullie

You're right of course.

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John

 

[r937]

what about browser caching? doesn't the browser issue that whatchmacallit http request, "give me the file only if it has changed since datestamp"? how would you be able to get the coldfusion css template to do that?

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[Wullie]

If caching is an issue, then you just fool the browser into forcing a reload for every request by appending a random query string.

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/file.cfm?<cfoutput>#RandRange(1, 9999999)#</cfoutput>" type="text/css" />

If you are already passing a query string, you can just add a fake variable onto the end of it as follows:

<link rel="stylesheet" href="/file.cfm?var1=value1&var2=value2&fakestring=<cfoutput>#RandRange(1, 9999999)#</cfoutput>" type="text/css" />

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[r937]

no, wullie, the other way around

you would prefer that the browser cache the css file

you do not want a different css file on every page, right?

http://www.httpsniffer.com/http/1425.htm

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[Wullie]

you do not want a different css file on every page, right?

That depends on what influences the variables that are in the file. If you have something in the file that needs to be read/could change on every page request, then you couldn't have it cached.

If you want to make sure it is cached, then you could use cfcache and then a local copy of the output is stored on the server and client's machine:

http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/6.1/htmldocs/tags-pa8.htm

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[Wullie]

Rudy,

The following shows an example of using the If-Modified-Since header:

http://www.petefreitag.com/item/235.cfm

Because the CSS file is parsed for CF, you could get away with using this without a problem.

Hope this helps

Wullie

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[r937]

beautiful, wullie, thanks



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