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JavaScript

Posted by James White
James White
847 Points

How do I load external css file instead of having them inline within the html file?

In this video, Chalkers creates a commonHeaders variable with Content-Type: text/html to be able to properly load the html files

https://teamtreehouse.com/library/build-a-simple-dynamic-site-with-nodejs/http-methods-and-headers/sending-content-type-headers-in-nodejs

However, if I decided to remove the CSS code and place it in a separate main.css and create a link inside the html file, it won't work, the page loads but without any styles.

How can this be solved?

var commonHeaders = {'Content-Type': 'text/html'};

function home(request, response) {
    if(request.url === '/') {
        response.writeHead(200, commonHeaders);
        render.view('header', {}, response);
        render.view('search', {}, response);
        render.view('footer', {}, response);
        response.end();
    }
}

1 Answer

Ioannis Leontiadis
Ioannis Leontiadis
9,828 Points
Ioannis Leontiadis
Ioannis Leontiadis
9,828 Points

Hello James,

you should handle the request which is generated from your html file.

Make your server serve the CSS file at '/someName.css' as you did with the html file at '/' .