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
assets/
—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?).
Useage
$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