0003725: Auto-Update Style (CSS) Sheets - OXID eShop bugtrack

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0003725	OXID eShop (all versions)	3.1. Design, GUI, UX	public	2012-03-14 23:52	2012-11-27 22:04

Reporter	marco_steinhaeuser	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	resolved	Resolution	fixed
Product Version	4.5.8 revision 42471
Fixed in Version	4.6.6 revision 54646

Summary	0003725: Auto-Update Style (CSS) Sheets
Description	If you've done enough style sheet work, you'll now that eventually you'll run across a situation where updating the CSS can really make a mess of your website for other users/visitors. This is because other browsers will likely have a cached value of your OLD css, so all the changes you make to your design will incorrectly use this old css and possibly muck up the layout of your site pretty badly. To avoid this, some code should be added to force all browsers to re-cache upon a file change. This is standard in some other e-commerce platforms but, regrettably, missing in OXID. If you'd like to add this functionality, make the following change: Open file ./core/smarty/plugins/function.oxstyle.php Replace $sStyle = $myConfig->getResourceUrl($sStyle); with // BEGIN MOD: adding timestamp as query string to force browser reload on changes $sStyle = $myConfig->getResourceUrl($sStyle) . '?' . filemtime($myConfig->getResourcePath($sStyle)); // END MOD I hope the OXID guys will eventually make something like this standard. I've heard this fix may not work on some obscure browsers, but I've also never seen a better fix.
Additional Information	http://www.oxid-esales.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13732
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Theme	Both
Browser	All
PHP Version	any
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