Difference between linked_css design area and link to css in parse

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Can someone please tell me what the differences are, pros/cons between using a linked_css design area as opposed to linking to the css files in the parse file eg <link href="mysource_files/common.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">.


Squiz have implemented two designs for us and both use a different way.

I have only used the linked css in the parse file (with the background images listed in the parse file).



thanks

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A linked_css design area is used with a CSS File asset type. This allows you to use the "mysource_files/image.jpg" file representation within your CSS to refer to background images. If you manually link a normal file asset in your parsefile, you need to hard-code the URLs to images, because Matrix cannot parse those files.