[Fixed]-Generating dynamic CSS

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However, serving CSS as a view seems like it would cause a significant amount of overhead in a file that is constantly requested, so this is probably not a good solution.

And what if you would generate that CSS once?

  1. Default CSS is: /common/css.css
  2. Member customize CSS, now <link /> elements points to /user-specific/123.css?ts=123123123. 123 is of course an identifier of the member, and ts parameter contains a timestamp – a date of last CSS modification
  3. Make sure that your CSS generator sets proper HTTP headers responsible for client-side caching
  4. User browser request a CSS file – server replies with simple 304 Not Modified header – there is no need for any script execution or contents download
  5. When member modifies his CSS then you just update ts – once again just a single request is needed
👤Crozin

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Do the CSS dynamically via a view as normal, but use aggressive caching so that it loads quickly.

👤Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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You can try django mediagenerato, actually I read this Q and I was searching for solution like you, then I found that Django-mediagenerator

I didn’t tried it yet but it seams to be a solution.

👤UXE

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