https://github.com/zacharyvoase/django-cssmin

Easy CSS compression for Django.
https://github.com/zacharyvoase/django-cssmin

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Easy CSS compression for Django.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/zacharyvoase/django-cssmin
• Owner: zacharyvoase
• License: unlicense
• Created: 2010-04-08T14:12:47.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2010-04-08T14:22:09.000Z (over 15 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-04-16T01:47:03.360Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Python
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• Size: 105 KB
• Stars: 6
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
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  • Readme: README.md

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# `django-cssmin`

`django-cssmin` is a reusable application for [Django][] which makes it easy to

automatically [compress][] your CSS stylesheets.

  [django]: http://www.djangoproject.com/

  [compress]: http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/compressor/

## Why compress?

*   Reduce the overhead of multiple HTTP requests for multiple CSS files. By

    concatenating them into one file, the browser will only need to make one

    HTTP request, reducing server load and bandwidth.

*   Reduce the size of CSS files by stripping unnecessary bytes (whitespace, et

    cetera), saving network bandwidth and reducing page load times.

## Installation and Setup

*   Install the `django-cssmin` library:

    

        $ pip install django-cssmin # OR

        $ easy_install django-cssmin

    

    Either of these commands should install all the required dependencies.

*   Add `'djcssmin'` to your `INSTALLED_APPS` setting.

*   Add the necessary settings to your `settings.py` file:

        ## somewhere in settings.py

        CSSMIN_ROOT = '/path/to/my/project/'

        

        CSSMIN_INPUT = [

            #  YUI Reset CSS

            'http://yui.yahooapis.com/2.8.0r4/build/reset/reset.css',

            # 960 Grid System

            'media/css/960/reset.css',

            'media/css/960/text.css',

            'media/css/960/grid.css',

            # Local CSS Libraries

            'media/css/*.lib.css',

        ]

        CSSMIN_OUTPUT = 'media/css/style.min.css'

    

    More information on the available settings can be found

    [here](http://github.com/zacharyvoase/django-cssmin/blob/master/doc/settings.md).

## `DEBUG` mode

If `DEBUG` is set to `True` in your Django project when you run `django-cssmin`,

the CSS input files will only be concatenated to the output file, not

compressed. This allows you to debug your stylesheets with meaningful line

numbers during design, and then use the fully-minified version in production.

You can force specific behaviour with options to the `djboss cssmin` command;

see the output of `djboss cssmin --help` for more information.

## Usage

`django-cssmin` uses [`django-boss`][djboss], a library/tool for writing and

running Django management commands. This will be installed automatically by

setuptools when you install `django-cssmin`.

  [djboss]: http://github.com/zacharyvoase/django-boss

Usage is relatively simple:

    $ djboss --log-level DEBUG cssmin --prod-mode

    Saving http://yui.yahooapis.com/.../reset.css to a temporary file

    Saved http://yui.yahooapis.com/.../reset.css to tmp8QRfOa

    Reading tmp8QRfOa

    Reading media/css/960/reset.css

    Reading media/css/960/text.css

    Reading media/css/960/grid.css

    Minifying and writing to media/css/style.min.css

    Cleaning temporary file tmp8QRfOa

The compressed CSS stylesheet will be output to the filename given by the

`CSSMIN_OUTPUT` setting, in this case `media/css/style.min.css`.

## (Un)license

This is free and unencumbered software released into the public domain.

Anyone is free to copy, modify, publish, use, compile, sell, or distribute this

software, either in source code form or as a compiled binary, for any purpose,

commercial or non-commercial, and by any means.

In jurisdictions that recognize copyright laws, the author or authors of this

software dedicate any and all copyright interest in the software to the public

domain. We make this dedication for the benefit of the public at large and to

the detriment of our heirs and successors. We intend this dedication to be an

overt act of relinquishment in perpetuity of all present and future rights to

this software under copyright law.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR

IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS

FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS BE

LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF

CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE

SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

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