Trouble with W3TC cache and Amazon CloudFront CDN

[john_kaufman 0]

Looking for help -- I am trying to get W3TC running with Amazon CDN using 1.32 Platform Pro. I only modify the platformbase base.css for customization (not through the pagelines interface) and I'm in full width w/ canvas mode. The issue is that once I turn on CDN, it's as if my base.css is being ignored. Colors, fonts, etc. go missing. I've toggled minify, browser caching, etc. re-uploading my content and clearing the cache each time - still no luck. I double check my CloudFront storage each upload, the files exist on Amazon and Firebug shows the CNAMES, FQDN and file paths are set properly?? Anyone have similar issues or guidance? Thanks in advance - john_kaufman

[bryan-hadaway 3]

I don't have specific experience with those products. You might try setting your CSS in Custom CSS and then have it set to propagate inline to override caching issues. Otherwise, however you're minifying you could/should exclude base.css from minification. Thanks, Bryan

[Andrew 207]

You can fix this issue by adding your styles in the child theme to style.css (of the child) instead of base.css.

[john_kaufman 0]

Thanks guys. Bryan I didn't reply back in a timely fashion, but excluding the base.css DID work. Andrew I'll give that a try. Adopting the Amazon CloudFront has sped up my sites significantly, but I know there's still some more performance to squeeze out W3TC. Still having a little trouble Minifying carousel.js, but hey -- one step at a time! :-)