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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Managing assets
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An asset in Yii is a file that is included into the page. It could be CSS, JavaScript or |
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any other file. Framework provides many ways to work with assets from basics such as adding `<script src="` tag |
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for a file that is [handled by View](view.md) section to advanced usage such as pusblishing files that are not |
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for a file that is [handled by View](view.md) section to advanced usage such as publishing files that are not |
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under webserve document root, resolving JavaScript dependencies or minifying CSS. |
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Declaring asset bundle |
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@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ In order to publish some assets you should declare an asset bundle first. The bu
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directories to be published and their dependencies on other asset bundles. |
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Both basic and advanced application templates contain `AppAsset` asset bundle class that defines assets required |
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applicationwide. Let's review basic application asset bundle class: |
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application wide. Let's review basic application asset bundle class: |
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```php |
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class AppAsset extends AssetBundle |
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@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ is an alias that corresponds to your website base URL such as `http://example.co
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In case you have asset files under non web accessible directory, that is the case for any extension, you need |
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to additionally specify `$sourcePath`. Files will be copied or symlinked from source bath to base path prior to being |
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registered. In case source path is used `baseUrl` is generated automatically at the time of publising asset bundle. |
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registered. In case source path is used `baseUrl` is generated automatically at the time of publishing asset bundle. |
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Dependencies on other asset bundles are specified via `$depends` property. It is an array that contains fully qualified |
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names of bundle classes that should be published in order for this bundle to work properly. |
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@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ Here `yii\web\YiiAsset` adds Yii's JavaScript library while `yii\bootstrap\Boots
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[Bootstrap](http://getbootstrap.com) frontend framework. |
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Asset bundles are regular classes so if you need to define another one, just create alike class with unique name. This |
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class can be placed anywhere but the convention for it is to be under `assets` directory of the applicaiton. |
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class can be placed anywhere but the convention for it is to be under `assets` directory of the application. |
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Registering asset bundle |
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]; |
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``` |
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In the above we're adding asset bundle definitions to `bunldes` property of asset manager. Keys there are fully |
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In the above we're adding asset bundle definitions to `bundles` property of asset manager. Keys there are fully |
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qualified class paths to asset bundle classes we want to override while values are key-value arrays of class properties |
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and corresponding values to set. |
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@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ Using asset converter
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Instead of using CSS and JavaScript directly often developers are using their improved versions such as LESS or SCSS |
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for CSS or Microsoft TypeScript for JavaScript. Using these with Yii is easy. |
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First of all, corresponding compression tools should be installed and should be availabe from where `yii` console |
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First of all, corresponding compression tools should be installed and should be available from where `yii` console |
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bootstrap file is. The following lists file extensions and their corresponding conversion tool names that Yii converter |
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recognizes: |
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