Question

I am using a Hosted CMS which does not allow server side access. And unless I am mistaken CSS3 Pie requires server side code to work properly. (.htaccess)

Is there a way to use CSS3 Pie (or another similar type of service) without server side access?

Answer 1

There are three ways:

• add the mime type using .htaccess

• Use the supplied PHP file to add the mimetype

• Use pie-js: http://css3pie.com/documentation/pie-js/

As mentioned on their page:

Advantages of the JS version

Since it is a normal .js file, PIE.js does not suffer from some of the
more annoying limitations of the PIE.htc behavior:

You can load PIE.js from a different domain than the HTML page. You
don’t have to worry about your server not using the correct
Content-type header for the file. Referencing the PIE.js file via a
relative path is simpler since you only have to do it once in each
HTML page. It is more easily integrated within JavaScript libraries.

Disadvantages of the JS version

Unfortunately there are some significant drawbacks to using PIE.js,
which is why the .htc behavior is still the recommended approach for
most users:

Invoking it requires writing some JavaScript, which means your styling
is scattered between CSS and JS code. The .js file blocks the parsing
of the page while it is loading, whereas the .htc file loads
asynchronously. You have to wait until the page’s DOM has completely
loaded before applying PIE.js to elements, whereas the .htc behavior
applies itself while the page is still loading. This means the “flash
of unstyled content” problem is much greater with PIE.js. PIE.js
cannot automatically attach and detach itself from elements which are
dynamically added to/removed from the page’s DOM, so you have to write
code to handle that yourself.