transferring modified module css to theme

[Minus One]

i'm trying to be in keeping with prestashop theming best practices, by transferring the module css and tpl's - that i have modified outside of the theme - into the theme

 

but when i copy them, retain exactly the same folder name, the shop is still using the core module css, and not the new one i have copied into the theme folder

 

can someone tell me what i am doing wrong ? is there a trick to this ?

[El Patron]

what version of prestashop, assuming 1.4.ish

from your back office-->preferences-->perfromance

set Force Compile 'Y'

and

Cache 'N'

(note: if you use file system caching you may need to turn this off as well.

 

You should then see your changes,

 

Make sure to turn off force compile and enable caching when done.

[Minus One]

thanks for the response elpatron,

 

i have already Force Compile on and Cache off

i am on version 1.4.7.0

and using the "New Official PrestaShop standard theme 1.5"

 

i can see clearly all my changes, that is not a problem.

i just want to transfer all the css that i modify outside of the theme - into the theme so it will be easy to update in the future. but i can see the shop is still using the core module css if i delete it (and not the one i have placed in the theme folder)

i hope that makes sense ..

 

any other ideas ... ?

[El Patron]

Hi, without seeing the file structure of your changes, I am assuming you have put your .css for example outside of theme/css/global.css into a new file, yes? If so then you will need to tell PrestaShop by executing function addCSS, (search for this function).

 

also see, your themes headere.tpl which loads the .css files, you module would then need to addCSS as mentioned above.