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.

Folder Structure

/
-- css/
-- image/
-- js/
-- modules/
---- modulename/
------ css/
------ image/
------ js/
---- modulename2/
------ css/
------ image/
------ js/

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?).

Usage

$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');

Download File: File:asset_helper.zip

Category:Contributions::Helpers::Assets Category:Assets