By Antonio Simmons on Saturday, 15 March 2014
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My webmaster is telling me the CSS code is all on one line and it's kind of hard to make changes to the code. He uses Dreamweaver is there any other CSS editor he can use that displays the code by individual lines? He's using Firebug to help but can anyone please give me some advice to give to him?
hey antonio,
he's looking at the minified version of the css - that's the one for production but not for development. he could use a tool to unminify this if he really has to work on that file directly - but usually he should simply have a look at the less files. there is everything ne needs - hope that helps
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Saturday, 15 March 2014 22:23
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Thanks Alex, I'll let him know:)
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Saturday, 15 March 2014 22:35
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Hello Antonio,

The other way, is to turn on "development" mode but please ensure that your site has sufficient memory_limit and max_execution_time because the "less" compiler takes quite a bit of memory to compile all the less files. If I recall correctly, the compiler would take roughly about 70+MB to compile the less files.

Alternatively, if you are on 1.2.0 use the Compiler at the back end but this also means that you need to manually click on it everytime you make changes on the less files
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Saturday, 15 March 2014 23:37
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Thank You Mark
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Sunday, 16 March 2014 00:02
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You are most welcome
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Sunday, 16 March 2014 00:31
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Hi Mark,

So if he uses the compiler will he be able to save the changes to the my template folder so he doesn't have to do it again when an update comes out?
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Monday, 17 March 2014 01:27
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Hello Antonio,

Hm, not sure if I understand you here but when you install an "update" it will overwrite your files But the new "installer" will make a backup for your themes folder though.
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Monday, 17 March 2014 01:35
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