[theme-reviewers] Using wp_enqueue_style() With IE Conditionals

Thu Apr 21 22:09:12 UTC 2011

Because I didn't really know about enqueue for stylesheets until recently
and now I've been so busy with work that I haven't got around to it since.

Curtis McHale
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On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> Why not just enqueue your own "plugins" stylesheet, at wp_head, with a
> priority of 9999?
>
> Chip
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Curtis McHale <curtis at curtismchale.ca>wrote:
>
>> Funny on personal projects I put my stylesheet after wp_head so I can
>> override the enqueued stylesheets for plugins that don't let you turn them
>> off or are way over qualified and make it hard to write CSS rules that kill
>> them. I know it's not best practice but it's way easier than fighting plugin
>> CSS all day.
>>
>> Curtis McHale
>> PH: 604.751.3482
>> http://www.curtismchale.ca
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>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>wrote:
>>
>>> I consider that to be by design, that the primary stylesheet, i.e.
>>> style.css, is hard-coded into the document head. That way, it's easier to
>>> override with enqueued stylesheets.
>>>
>>> Chip
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If you're going to require wp_enqueue_style for CSS files, then you
>>>> might want to provide some good examples of how to do that for things
>>>> like the normal style.css file and such, since the vast majority of
>>>> themes do not use the enqueue for normal styling.
>>>>
>>>> -Otto
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Justin Tadlock
>>>> <justin at justintadlock.com> wrote:
>>>> > That's fine by me.
>>>> >
>>>> > I thought we already had wp_enqueue_style() and wp_enqueue_script() in
>>>> the
>>>> > guidelines.  Now, I see that it was just a reference to the comment
>>>> reply
>>>> > script.
>>>> >
>>>> > On 4/21/2011 1:50 PM, Edward Caissie wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > I agree with "recommended" for adding additional stylesheets via
>>>> > wp_enqueue_style() immediately and pushing it to required with 3.2;
>>>> which
>>>> > seems will not be all that far off.
>>>> >
>>>> > I would also think that example, or similar ones, should be linked to
>>>> so
>>>> > authors have something to work from if/when they adapt this "new"
>>>> method.
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Cais.
>>>> >
>>>> > On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 2:39 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I agree - but we rarely take something from a non-suggestion to
>>>> *required*
>>>> >> in one step, unless a critical need exists.
>>>> >> The general path is to make something *recommended*, fit-test it for
>>>> a
>>>> >> while, and then bump it up to *required*.
>>>> >> Chip
>>>> >>
>>>> >> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 1:27 PM, Justin Tadlock <
>>>> justin at justintadlock.com>
>>>> >> wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> This should be the *required* way.  Additional stylesheets should
>>>> always
>>>> >>> be added with wp_enqueue_style().  This is what I've been putting in
>>>> my
>>>> >>> reviews, even for conditional stylesheets.
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> On 4/21/2011 1:22 PM, Chip Bennett wrote:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> I just found this:
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>>
>>>> http://iamzed.com/2010/01/07/using-wordpress-wp_enqueue_style-with-conditionals/
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> wp_enqueue_style(
>>>> >>>    'ie7-style',
>>>> >>>    get_template_directory_uri() . '/ie7.css'
>>>> >>> );
>>>> >>> global $wp_styles;
>>>> >>> $wp_styles->add_data( 'ie7-style', 'conditional', 'lte IE 7′);
>>>> >>>
>>>> >>> This might move into the Guidelines, as *Recommended* implementation
>>>> of
>>>> >>> enqueueing IE-conditional stylesheets. Thoughts?
>>>> >>> Chip
>>>> >>>
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