<p>What's the difference between @import and <a href>? </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>Andrewds1021 wrote: Correct me if I am wrong but I thought: </p>

1. For legacy wikis - Fandom removed the Common.css v. Wikia.css order issue by changing how the files are loaded.
2. For UCP wikis - @import doesn't work because site CSS get's stuck after global CSS.

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<p>So this section is out-of-date: Help:Advanced_CSS_and_JS#Load_order? </p>

<p>Yes and no. The importance of load order for the purposes of @import in site CSS is no more (at least on legacy wikis). However, it is still applicable to personal CSS. Either way, it has always been the case (on legacy wikis) that global CSS does not prevent imports in site CSS and site CSS does not prevent imports in personal CSS. However, the styles are applied in that order which is critical when it comes to resolving conflicting styles with identical specificities. I hope that made sense. </p> <hr><p>Edit: </p><p>Well, I guess strictly speaking the answer is "yes". However, most of it is not out-dated. </p>

<p>I guess I was actually thinking about this section: Help:Community_CSS_and_JS#CSS_pages </p>

<p>The part about which is loaded first is indeed irrelevant now. However, it is still true that some wikis don't have Common.css load at all. So that portion of the section is still very much relevant. </p>

<div class="quote"><i> <p>AtoneTheMage wrote: What's the difference between @import and <a href>? </p> </i></div>
<p>a is a HTML element that makes links, @import is a CSS sentence to import one stylesheet into another. I'm not sure why you see a relation between them. </p>

<p>Given this previous thread, I am thinking AtoneTheMage might be getting confused by ambiguous wording. If I say, "a link element", I could mean one of two things. First, I could mean an a-tag that is used to creating a link on the page that users can click to go to a different page. Second, I could mean a link-tag that is used to "import" a script or stylesheet onto the page. </p>

<p>Yep, the second one is what I'm talking about </p><p>Example </p> <div dir="ltr" class="mw-geshi mw-content-ltr"><div class="css source-css">

   <link href<span class="sy0">=</span><span class="st0">"CSS/Website.css"</span> rel<span class="sy0">=</span><span class="st0">"stylesheet"</span><span class="sy0">></span>	
   <link href<span class="sy0">=</span><span class="st0">"CSS/Decoration.css"</span> rel<span class="sy0">=</span><span class="st0">"stylesheet"</span><span class="sy0">></span>

</div></div> <p>I think it imports the code even if it's not an HTML document (ie. css page imports onto another css page) </p>

<p>No. The link tag is used in HTML to import <s>scripts and</s> stylesheets. It cannot be used in CSS. Also, you can't use them in MediaWiki pages. </p>

<p>You also can't use the link tag in page source, since it isn't white-listed HTML. </p>