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[resolved] [Plugin: Simpler CSS] comparison to another plugin (3 posts)

  1. Ovidiu
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    hi there.
    I have been using this plugin until now: http://rizapn.blogsome.com/2008/10/19/updated-custom-css-plugin/

    the difference I see, is that your plugin stores the css in the DB while the other one creates actual files. I like the DB solution more.
    But the other one, is able to create one file for each theme, while your css applies to any theme...

    I am not sure what the better solution is, anyway, I like that you filter the css to scan for dangerous code, while I am unsure if the other one does.

    maybe some other people using wpmu can contribute some of their thoughts?

    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simpler-css/

  2. freddyware
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    Hi.

    Thank you for your feedback. Having looked through the other CSS plugin, it seems that it adds a reference to the custom stylesheet in the <head> section and provides a backend to edit that stylesheet file. (Actually, the database solution is much easier to manage and code, and more compatible — no FTP access or read/write privileges required.) Since the other plugin only adds a <link href /> to the external stylesheet, it is not possible to filter that CSS file except upon save.

    I understand what you're saying about one file for each theme — that plugin provides the functionality to override the styling of a particular theme, while Simpler CSS applies site-wide. Would you be in support of a possible feature in my plugin, Simpler CSS, to support saving multiple stylesheets and enabling one of them?

    Thank you for using Simpler CSS.

    Regards,
    Frederick

  3. Ovidiu
    Member
    Posted 8 months ago #

    Thanks for the open minded and quick feedback. I really like the ability to filter the css and I prefer the DB approach, as there have been extensive discussions on the wpmu forums about which approach is better and it seems the DB one kinda "won".

    Would you be in support of a possible feature in my plugin, Simpler CSS, to support saving multiple stylesheets and enabling one of them?

    Yes I would but to be honest, I am not sure if that is actually desirable :-( I just raised the matter as an open discussion here. I'll open a new thread on the wpmu forums and point people here, maybe I'll get another opinion on this matter, see here: http://mu.wordpress.org/forums/topic.php?id=11579

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