How should I add a print style sheet? Or should that already be included in layout.css as part of the file using @media (and so on, so that typography.css also has a print media section)?

Should I include alternative style sheets in the same way?

How do I add titles to my links to the CSS files in my themes?
so that

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="mysite/css/typography.css" />

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="new"  href="mysite/css/typography.css" />

What is the smartest way to include a special style sheet that is only in existence for one page and is quite large?

(Did that make any sense?)

Hi Kat,

Silverstripe's current handling of style sheets via the Requirements class (http://doc.silverstripe.com/doku.php?id=requirements) isn't the greatest. If you're trying to do anything specific with the stylesheets (like adding a print style sheet, adding alternative style sheets or serving IE stylesheets via MS conditional comments), you really need to hard code them into the template rather than using the requirements system.

There's some discussion of the reasons behind this and some possible solutions on the Silverstripe Development group (http://groups.google.com/group/silverstripe-dev/browse_thread/thread/b8bd6dd5ede2f84f) so feel free to hae a read if you're that way inclined and a comment if you want to add something.

In the meantime before it's fixed, I'd say the best way to include a print stylesheet and any alternative stylesheets is with a standard link:

<link href="mysite/css/layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" />
<link href="mysite/css/layout.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="all" title="alternative" />

Now, in terms of including a single stylesheet for a given page, you can either hard code it into that page's template, or perhaps more usefully use the Requirements class to include it only on pages of that pagetype.

For a site wide print stylesheet the best way is to use Requirements::themedCSS("print.css", "print"); in your Page_Controller -> init method (where the other files are included.)

Excellent Willr! Do you know what code that actually spits out onto the page?

That produces -> "<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="print" href="/themes/blackcandy/css/print.css" />"

Also might be helpful - http://api.silverstripe.com/default/Requirements.html#themedCSS

does themedCSS have extra options? Does it have an option for a title?

Answer: no

How do I add titles to my links to the CSS files in my themes?

You don't need title tags on your stylesheet link. Why would you put a title tag on your css file? I can't ever say Ive seen a title tag on a css file

It's not about need! It's about choice and alternatives. :) You can offer more than one style for your audience to choose from.

If you give a link a title, then it's preferred, but if you don't give one then it is persistent. A persistent style sheet will cascade through all the alternatives.

A preferred can be turned on and off :)

A List Apart: Alternative Style: Working With Alternate Style Sheets
by Paul Sowden