Hi,
Since I started on HTML5, metro and win8. The interesting things are , IndexDB, offline etc. sadly I couldn't find end-end simple how to get offline working. Below I will explain the simplest How to -
1.
Create
asp.net site. Simple site given by Visual Studio.
2.
Think
about the resource you want to cache, since this is simplest; I limited myself
to cache one image file.
3.
Create
a web application in IIS and set virtual directory.
For
this web application set the MIME type
File type = .cache
Map to – text/cache-manifest
4.
Go
to page where is defined.
5.
Modify
this with
6.
Create
a file give the same name as defined in manifest=. So I am giving it
simple.cache
Simple.cache
should look like –
CACHE
MANIFEST
CACHE:
<>
(with extension and relatives ness>>
Since my cache file is simple.cache, and image file I plan to cache is “mylogo.png” (this is stored in root location for site) so the overall file is
CACHE MANIFEST
CACHE:
mylogo.png
Now run your site. Since the server is available it will run without any problem.
Now stop IIS and rerun site. This time the UI is different as it is coming under offline capability.
Now if you are starting IIS again and want to see original site delete cache from bowser setting. Without this, cached version will be displayed for this simple site.
Enjoy!!
