Conditional Comments in DW Templates

[Studio 24]

I've started to use conditional comments these days to help target CSS to IE6
and IE7, however Dreamweaver doesn't appear to understand any relative links
within conditional comments and thus doesn't update them when used in a
template across a site.

For example, if I have:

<!--[if lte IE 6]>
<link href="../assets/css/screen-ie6.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"
media="screen" />
<![endif]-->

In a template, usually in the HTML the relative path to the CSS will update
across pages in the site. But no so if it's in a conditional comment. Instead I
have to use the absolute path "/assets/css/screen-ie6.css" which then stops me
fully testing the site locally on my PC.

Anyone aware of a way around this? Or is it up to Adobe to make an update to
DW so relative paths can be re-written within DW templates (which would be very
nice)...

best wishes,
Simon

[Murray *ACE*]

> I've started to use conditional comments these days to help target CSS to

> IE6
> and IE7, however Dreamweaver doesn't appear to understand any relative
> links
> within conditional comments and thus doesn't update them when used in a
> template across a site.

This is correct.

> Or is it up to Adobe to make an update to
> DW so relative paths can be re-written within DW templates (which would be
> very
> nice)...

It is and yes, it would be.

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"Studio 24" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> I've started to use conditional comments these days to help target CSS to
> IE6
> and IE7, however Dreamweaver doesn't appear to understand any relative
> links
> within conditional comments and thus doesn't update them when used in a
> template across a site.
>
> For example, if I have:
>
> <!--[if lte IE 6]>
> <link href="../assets/css/screen-ie6.css" rel="stylesheet"
> type="text/css"
> media="screen" />
> <![endif]-->
>
> In a template, usually in the HTML the relative path to the CSS will
> update
> across pages in the site. But no so if it's in a conditional comment.
> Instead I
> have to use the absolute path "/assets/css/screen-ie6.css" which then
> stops me
> fully testing the site locally on my PC.
>
> Anyone aware of a way around this? Or is it up to Adobe to make an update
> to
> DW so relative paths can be re-written within DW templates (which would be
> very
> nice)...
>
> best wishes,
> Simon
>

[Studio 24]

fair enough - do you know if there's anywhere I can ask Adobe for this feature to be added to a future version of DW?...

[Murray *ACE*]

I sure do!

[url]http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/mmform/index.cfm?name=wishform[/url]


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"Studio 24" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
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> fair enough - do you know if there's anywhere I can ask Adobe for this
> feature to be added to a future version of DW?...