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Is StyleManager free for commercial sites?
Yes, StyleManager is free to use for all sites. By default, processed styles will have a few comments inserted at their beginning and the first load of your website will fire off a tracking request. These comments and tracking requests can easily be disabled by registering StyleManager.
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Why is StyleManager better than custom HTTP handlers?
- More Optimized: StyleManager combines CSS files before compressing. HTTP handlers naturally only know about each individual CSS file, so they can't combine. Combining is often a larger performance gain than minification.
- Easier: StyleManager has the ease of use of a ScriptManager. It's intuitive and simple. No need for web.config changes or adding code files to your project.
- Less Overhead: Instead of caching all the CSS in memory like most HTTP handlers do, StyleManager only runs the optimizations on the first request then caches them on the hard-drive.
- More Flexible: In only takes a second to toggle the compression or combination, set the output directory, output file name, or set any other of the many configuration properties.
- Extends CSS: As a bonus, StyleManager will do useful little things like resolve tildes in background-image definitions, and add support for CSS constants.
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Why is StyleManager better than build scripts?
- Easier: StyleManager has the ease of use of a ScriptManager. It's intuitive and simple. No need for web.config changes or adding build steps.
- Less Bothersome: StyleManager automatically updates the processed CSS files when things change without needing to do a build.
- More Flexible: In only takes a second to toggle the compression or combination, set the output directory, output file name, or set any other of the many configuration properties.
- Extends CSS: As a bonus, StyleManager will do useful little things like resolve tildes in background-image definitions, and add support for CSS constants.
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Why are my background images not displaying?
See the following documentation: Background Image Pathing.
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What is StyleManager's minification process?
You can read about it in-depth here.
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What does registering StyleManager do? How much is it?
Registering StyleManager prevents comments from being prepended to the processed stylesheets and disables the request which tracks usage. It effectively removes all references to "StyleManager" for the average user and grants an unbranded solution. This is often desirable or required by development standards. You may register StyleManager for a domain (e.g. www.grovebranch.net) or purchase an "unlimited" license, which will work for any sites you develop. A domain license is $14.99 and an unlimited license is $49.99.
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I just registered and purchased a key, but it isn't working!
Calm down - we'll get through this. First, make sure you're using the latest version of StyleManager. Second, ensure you've added the given license key ( it is provided after checkout and is also emailed to you ) to our web.config's section. If you think everything is correct and it's still not working, then please don't hesitate to write to "alundgren@grovebranch.net". Your issue will be addressed absolutely as soon as possible.
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How do I find what version of StyleManager I'm using?
Right-click StyleManager.DLL and select "Properties". Click to the "Details" tab and look for "Product Version".