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The HTML5 Spec actually has a nice explanation of how to do the manifest. You can find it here: http://bit.ly/aLbKP0 http://bit.ly/aLbKP0 I wrote a blog post a
by eob 17y ago
The HTML5 Spec actually has a nice explanation of how to do the manifest. You can find it here: http://bit.ly/aLbKP0 http://bit.ly/aLbKP0
I wrote a blog post a while back that talks about how browsers handle the manifest files. Forgive the shameless self-promotion, but it might be interesting background reading: http://bit.ly/9WhsO8 http://bit.ly/9WhsO8
Basically, the manifest file is just a special text file that stores a list of the things you want the client to cache. This is the feature of HTML5 that enables offline access to web resources. Think of it as sort of a robots.txt for caching purposes.
- joshfinnie 17y agoI am sorry, but please no URL shorteners. http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/offline.html#a-sample-manifest http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/... http://edwardbenson.com/how-safari-and-firefox-handle-html-5-manifest http://edwardbenson.com/how-safari-and-firefox-handle-html-5...
- eob 17y agoGiven your comment, what a smile it brought to my face when I read your HN profile and learned you created a URL shortening service of sorts :) Apologies if I breached HN Etiquette. I'll post full URLs in the future.