Upload images or use direct link to theme directory ?

Question

Hello,
I work with APEX 3.2 and Oracle 10g r2, on Windows XP.
I use my own CSS file, uploaded using Shared Components > Cascading Style Sheets > Create+, I added the link in the header section of the desired templates.
I want to define an image as "background-image" in my CSS file, but my images were uploaded using Shared Components > Images > Create+, so I have to use #WORKSPACE_IMAGES# but it's impossible in the CSS file !
Do i have to modify the template directly like that :
*<div style="background-image:url(#WORKSPACE_IMAGES#header.png)\></div\>*
or should I use direct links to my theme directory in my CSS file like that :
*#headerstyle{background-image:url(header.png)}*
For the moment I use the first solution, both work but I want to know which one is better, for me it would be better to have a separate file with all the CSS, whithout any CSS in the code. Nevertheless I think it's better to upload images instead of store them in the theme directory, no ?
Thanks.
Yann.

Answer 1

Hope it will be fixed in next versions ![It seems unlikely|http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?messageID=3932244]
If you are making extensive use of CSS, creating custom themes etc and you have access to the web server file system then the best approach is to move all CSS and images there (but using a different directory structure from that supplied by APEX).
If just making minor customisations, or you are restricted to workspace repository storage, then CSS rules referencing #WORKSPACE_IMAGES# or #APP_IMAGES# need to go into the page HTML Header or page template.