What's a Manifest file?
The best definition cames from this page: "It’s a list of all of the resources that your web application might need to access while it’s disconnected from the network."
How do I use this tool?
1. Type the url of your soon-to-be offline web application.
2. Manifest-o-dromo will scan the html and any CSS file that are linked to it looking for images, Javascript files and Stylesheets files.
Note that it will not add linked html files to the Manifest.
3. The generated Manifest file will be downloaded to your disk. Check your Downloads folder for a file named "manifest.text".
4. Repeat for any other html file on your app.
How do I use the Manifest file?
1. Rename the downloaded file to whatever.manifest.
2. Make sure that your server is configured to serve .manifest files with the content type text/cache-manifest.
3. Add a manifest attribute to the html element of your page.
You'll find more detailed instructions on the references below.
Ok, let's go!