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konrad
konrad

Reputation: 1724

Silverstripe Requirements::css() does not include css

I try to include custom css file for a certain page. I use Requirements::css() method in the PageController init(), but I also tried the template tag: <% require css(mytheme/css/aa.css) %>. The result is, there's no link to the file in generated page. There are no errors reported, just no effect. The init() method gets called, I can fire log from inside of it.

class AaPage_Controller extends Page_Controller {

    public function init () {
        parent::init();
        Requirements::css("mytheme/css/aa.css");
    }

}

I'm walking in circles now, could anyone with more SS experience suggest a way to debug the problem?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 844

Answers (3)

bummzack
bummzack

Reputation: 5875

I suggest you use Requirements::themedCSS. So to include aa.css, you could do:

Requirements::themedCSS('aa');

And in your template:

<% require themedCSS("aa") %>

This way it'll automatically search the template folder(s) for the requested resource.

Upvotes: 1

wmk
wmk

Reputation: 4626

It's a shame that the new API docs don't show the explanation of the method parameters any more, hopefully it's fixed soon.

If you look at the code (which is easy with a proper IDE, cause you can jump to the method your're calling) you'll see :

/**
 * Register the given stylesheet into the list of requirements.
 *
 * @param string $file  The CSS file to load, relative to site root
 * @param string $media Comma-separated list of media types to use in the link tag
 *                      (e.g. 'screen,projector')
 */
public static function css($file, $media = null) {
    self::backend()->css($file, $media);
}

The CSS file to load, relative to site root

As your theme is not at the site root, you need something like this:

Requirements::css("themes/mytheme/css/aa.css");

Upvotes: 4

Lamin Barrow
Lamin Barrow

Reputation: 879

Do you have a head area in your template file? You'll need to make sure that your .ss file has the bear minimum before Silverstipe will add your requirements css file to it. A basic html skeleton like the one below needs to be present.

<html>
<head>
    <title>Page title</title>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 0

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