Name For CSS File

Question

Hi Guys,I want to toss something out there for discussion.  Typically page related CSS is placed in a file called styles or something similar.  I'm a bit more picky.  Because of my programming and database background I like to compartmentalize my CSS.  To me styles are those page elements that have been given a name either by ID or Class.  There are still a bunch of others that are not given a name. body, html and the list continues.  I plan on putting those types of elements into their own CSS file but I'm gaving difficulty chosing a name for that file.  I would appreciate any suggestions you might have.   Thanks in advance.

Nancy OShea · Accepted Answer

Filenames can be anything you wish, providing they meet standard HTTP naming conventions -- no special characters. I.e. style.css, custom.css, special.css, monkeybutts.css, foo.css, etc...

CSS selector names are limited to:

standard HTML tags,
re-usable classes,
unique IDs
special usecase wildcards * and >

It would be counterproductive to carve out separate CSS files for each selector types as that would adversely increase HTTP server requests and delay page load. For quicker loading web pages, a single stylesheet is usually faster than several separate ones. But there are exceptions.

Google Chrome Developers had a recent discussion about this on YouTube. Well worth watching BTW.

Is .css a bad idea?

osgood_ · Answer

html_tags, maybe

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