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Why does my style sheet fail to load in Internet Explorer?

Answer 1

+1 A:

is your <link> placed between <head></head> tags?

nicholasklick 2010-07-30 17:21:25

Answer 2

+5 A:

link should only appear in the head of the document.

prodigitalson 2010-07-30 17:22:03

i have other pages where link occurs in the body =\

DerNalia 2010-07-30 17:24:28

it should, but it can also appear outside the head depending on the DOCTYPE and the mode the browser is in. IE is infamous for its "quirks" mode.

Scott M. 2010-07-30 17:26:15

This is a good call. however, I was trying to optimize my RoR app, by having stylesheets only load when needed. but i suppose if they are cached, like good browsers do, it won't matter.

DerNalia 2010-07-30 17:36:28

"I was trying to optimize my RoR app, by having stylesheets only load when needed." Well the proper way to go about this IMO would be to make a helper that you can call from your views that adds `link` or `style` tags to the head of what will be the rendered page does RoR not have something like this built in? Both Symfony and Zend do which are what i normally code with.

prodigitalson 2010-07-30 20:20:56

Well, my app has a lot of AJAX.. the goal is to not have the page refresh if workflow says its better to stay where we are, and just page-replace.

DerNalia 2010-08-01 05:59:20

Answer 3

+3 A:

Try closing the <link> element like so...

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

I work with several projects that link in CSS from outside the <head> area, and I believe it generally works (perhaps not in IE6).

NOTE Even if it works, it is not on-spec. It's a better idea to place it in the <head> if you can.

Drew Wills 2010-07-30 17:28:08

Answer 4

+1 A:

if you are trying to optimize the RoR app. You can use a content_for..

for example... in your layout...

<head>
   <%= yield :head %>
 </head>

And

<% content_for :head do %>
   <%= stylesheet_link_tag 'upload-from-disk' %> 
<% end %>

in the view..

Doon 2010-07-30 17:48:25

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