Comments on: Adding version to theme CSS file http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/adding-version-to-theme-css-file A blog by Prelovac Media CEO Vladimir Prelovac Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:37:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ben Landenhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/adding-version-to-theme-css-file/comment-page-1#comment-23593 Ben Landen http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1288#comment-23593 this tip help me to do my work easy..thank you..keep posting this tip help me to do my work easy..thank you..keep posting

]]> By: iCosminhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/adding-version-to-theme-css-file/comment-page-1#comment-21698 iCosmin http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1288#comment-21698 Ok, so it did screw it up...I've pasted the code to TinyPaste: http://tinypaste.com/8f49b4Cheers, Cosmin. Ok, so it did screw it up...

I've pasted the code to TinyPaste: http://tinypaste.com/8f49b4

Cheers,
Cosmin.

]]> By: iCosminhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/adding-version-to-theme-css-file/comment-page-1#comment-21697 iCosmin http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1288#comment-21697 I've had issues in Firefox on a client site I was building.Looks like Firefox 3.x has some caching problems and that resulted in it not always being able to load my style.css.So I searched and found your solution, but as you say, it only works when the CSS changes. My CSS is not changing but stupid Firefox still can't load it after a few browsed pages.My solution, inspired by yours, was to use PHP's uniqid() function in order to append a unique number after the '?' at the end of the file URI.Here's how (please edit in case WordPress screws up the code)<pre><code> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="" />Hope this helps others that have the same issue.I know it's not very elegant, since it always reloads your CSS, but if you have it minified for the live site, it's not a big deal (ok, true, it depends on how much traffic you get, but still...)Thanks, Vladimir! </code></pre> I've had issues in Firefox on a client site I was building.

Looks like Firefox 3.x has some caching problems and that resulted in it not always being able to load my style.css.

So I searched and found your solution, but as you say, it only works when the CSS changes.
My CSS is not changing but stupid Firefox still can't load it after a few browsed pages.

My solution, inspired by yours, was to use PHP's uniqid() function in order to append a unique number after the '?' at the end of the file URI.

Here's how (please edit in case WordPress screws up the code)


<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href=""  />

Hope this helps others that have the same issue.

I know it's not very elegant, since it always reloads your CSS, but if you have it minified for the live site, it's not a big deal (ok, true, it depends on how much traffic you get, but still...)

Thanks, Vladimir!
]]> By: Chris Peacockhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/adding-version-to-theme-css-file/comment-page-1#comment-17841 Chris Peacock http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1288#comment-17841 My mistake, I thought it just used today's date, but I understand it uses the files modified date (is that right, sorry I'm not familiar with filemtime function, guess I should google it). Definitely makes more sense to me now. Great idea! My mistake, I thought it just used today's date, but I understand it uses the files modified date (is that right, sorry I'm not familiar with filemtime function, guess I should google it). Definitely makes more sense to me now. Great idea!

]]> By: Vladimirhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/adding-version-to-theme-css-file/comment-page-1#comment-17835 Vladimir http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1288#comment-17835 Every visit will not require a re-download, only when the CSS is changed. Every visit will not require a re-download, only when the CSS is changed.

]]> By: Ash Goodmanhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/adding-version-to-theme-css-file/comment-page-1#comment-17779 Ash Goodman http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1288#comment-17779 Excellent! I am implementing it on all of my client websites going forward. Thank you for another excellent tip Vladimir. Excellent! I am implementing it on all of my client websites going forward. Thank you for another excellent tip Vladimir.

]]> By: Chris Peacockhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/adding-version-to-theme-css-file/comment-page-1#comment-17775 Chris Peacock http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1288#comment-17775 Awesome trick! Nice way to keep from Ctrl-refreshing all the time. But I don't think it is a good idea to keep it that way. It is kind of like a debugging feature, you only want to use it when your doing lots of trial and error testing. Otherwise, every visit requires visitors to re-download the stylesheet, which increase the page load time a little bit. What about graphics? Should we do the same when we are fine tuning graphic designs, forcing visitors to re-download graphics on every page load? I know it's absurd, but proves my point I think. But still, awesome trick! Awesome trick! Nice way to keep from Ctrl-refreshing all the time. But I don't think it is a good idea to keep it that way. It is kind of like a debugging feature, you only want to use it when your doing lots of trial and error testing. Otherwise, every visit requires visitors to re-download the stylesheet, which increase the page load time a little bit. What about graphics? Should we do the same when we are fine tuning graphic designs, forcing visitors to re-download graphics on every page load? I know it's absurd, but proves my point I think. But still, awesome trick!

]]> By: ipadkuhttp://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/adding-version-to-theme-css-file/comment-page-1#comment-17771 ipadku http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/?p=1288#comment-17771 awesome trick master..its so can include author blog :) awesome trick master..

its so can include author blog :)

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