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From: Nicola Ken Barozzi <nicolaken@apache.org>
Subject: Re: Skin colors from skinfconf into CSS
Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2003 18:37:45 +0100
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Ross Gardler wrote:

> Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
> 
>> #cn {
>>     background-image: url(../<xsl:value-of select="group-logo"/>);
>>     display: block;
>>     height: 17px;
>>     width: 138px;
>> }
> 
> 
> Well I still think this will prove a barrier to entry for skin 
> designers. I appreciate it's not much a learning curve, but it is one.
> 
> However, since I have no alternative suggestion other than a template 
> language (which is just as much a learning curve), and the benefits are 
> high I'll have to keep quiet(ish) ;-)

Note that this does not prevent you from simply overriding the CSS, as I 
*will* add a user CSS to all stylesheets.

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Nicola Ken Barozzi                   nicolaken@apache.org
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