Caching a web page from account

[N Soong]

Hello everyone! I'd just like to start by apologizing if this question seems to have an obvious answer, but as a noob to this sort of thing I really need help. What I've done is created a little web app that I'm hosting from my account. A very important feature is for this app to cache itself so it can be accessed offline. I have added the reference to the manifest file in the html file and also written out a manifest file (with the extension '.manifest'). I've currently got this manifest file in the directory '.cpanel\caches\' I know there's something I need to do with the .htaccess file but I haven't been able to find it, nor enable the 'show hidden files' option (I can't find that either!) Just for your info, this is a free account that I'm running. Basically I'd like to know what exactly I need to do to get the cache working ie what files I need to tweak and where to put the manifest file.

Thanks very much in advance and apologies for the noobish question

 

[essellar]

Your users will have to access your manifest file to create the offline (local) version of your app, and they can't get at anything outside of your public_html directory. You can place files just about anywhere in your account and include their content on web-accessible pages, but there is no way (over HTTP) for anyone to get directly at anything outside of public_html.

As for the .htaccess, ideally you'd want to create a MIME-type definition for the .manifest file type, but it's not actually necessary; it simply tells the server to send a specific MIME-type file header along with the file so the browser knows it's a manifest file (which you're already telling it using the meta tag).

 

[N Soong]

Your users will have to access your manifest file to create the offline (local) version of your app, and they can't get at anything outside of your public_html directory. You can place files just about anywhere in your account and include their content on web-accessible pages, but there is no way (over HTTP) for anyone to get directly at anything outside of public_html.

So I need to put the manifest file in the public directory? Is there anything I need to do other than that?

As for the .htaccess, ideally you'd want to create a MIME-type definition for the .manifest file type, but it's not actually necessary; it simply tells the server to send a specific MIME-type file header along with the file so the browser knows it's a manifest file (which you're already telling it using the meta tag).

So I can just leave the manifest file alone and it should work?

Thanks so much for your help thus far!

 

[essellar]

Other than placing it in a public directory, just make sure that the URL you include on your app page(s) is correct. And yes, you should be able to just leave the file as-is - but test in all of the browsers that you want to support. If you find you need to add the MIME-type to .htaccess, it's a simple one-liner, and if you need help with that you can post back to the "Scripts, 3rd Party Apps and Programming" forum here.

 

[N Soong]

Thanks for that; got it all fixed now