2022.2

Connect2018.2Enhancements
Sassy CSS
PlanetPressConnect2018.2introducesSassCSSpreprocessorfunctionalitytotheDesigner.
(SHARED-64625)
Sass(Syntactically Awesome Style Sheets)isanextensionofCSSthatenablesyoutousethingslike
variables,nestedrules,inlineimportsandmore.
MaintenanceofCSSstylesfortemplatesrequiringmanydifferentstylerulescanbecomeatedious
undertaking.Stylesheetsfileskeepgettinglargerandmorecomplexandthushardertomaintain.Some
commonchallengesinclude:
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Howtogroup/organizerulesthatbelongtogether?(e.g.stylesforanaddressblock,footeror
dynamictable)
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Howtoupdateacolorvalueorfontfamilyacrossmultiplerulesandevenacrossstylesheetfiles?
ACSSpreprocessorlikeSasssolvestheseproblemsandhelpsyouwritemaintainablecode.
InConnectDesigneroptionshavebeenaddedtotheStylesheetsfoldertocreateandcompileSass
files(.scssfilewrittenusingSass3syntax).FormoreinformationontheSasslanguagesee:
www.sass-lang.com.
Compilinga.scssfileoutputsanormalCSSstylesheetfilewhichisautomaticallylinkedtothecurrent
section.
AlternativelyusedraganddroptolinktheresulttoothersectionsorusetheIncludesdialogofaspe-
cificsection.
Commingling
Commingling(creatingajobfromcontentsetsthatwerecreatedwithdifferenttemplates)hasnow
beenaddedtoPlanetPressConnectasastandardfeature,justasitisforPReSConnect.(SHARED-
64963)
New ERP Template Wizards
ERP templateshavebeenaddedtotheTemplateWizards.(SHARED-52963)
Thenewwizardallowsyoutocreatesevendifferenttransactionalprintdocuments,allwithauniform
style.Theyallincludeadatamodelwithappropriatescriptingembedded.Basically,allyouneedtodois
usethewizardtocustomizecompanyinformation,logo,andcolor,andthencreateadatamappingthat
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