Asset Helper
The Asset Helper is designed to make keeping track of those pesky JavaScript, image, CSS and flash files just that little bit easier. We all know that its a bad plan to keep your files in your system/ folder, so where else can they go?
By using Asset Helper they can be easily stored on the site in a seperate folder and will also give you a firm structure to keep your files all organised logically.
[b]Folder Structure[/b]
[quote]assets/ -- css/ -- image/ -- js/ -- modules/ ---- modulename/ ------ css/ ------ image/ ------ js/ ---- modulename2/ ------ css/ ------ image/ ------ js/ [/quote]
This folder structure should make sense to you. Basically you have your generic files (logos, general stylesheets, banners, buttons, etc) and you have page specific ones, such as sub-page backgrounds and section headers. These go in a module in the asset folder named whatever you want (makes sense to give it the same name as your controller though eh?).
[b]Useage[/b] [code]$this->load->helper('asset');
// Load a css file from the main asset css folder css_asset('filename.css');
// Load a image from the modulename. Images has a 3rd optional param for attributes image_asset('filename.jpg', 'modulename', array('alt'=>'Image name!', 'width'=>50));
// Load a javascript from the main folder, BUT we only want the url and not the entire HTML tag. js_asset_url('filename.js', 'modulename');
// Want something other than a image, css or js? // The third param here tells us what the type is, typename being the folder its kept in. other_asset_url('banner.swf', '', 'flash'); [/code]
Download File: File:asset_helper.zip