Custom HTML Document - Nested Folders - Linking to CSS JS files

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andydahl Aspiring developer Posts: 209 Reg: Jul 20, 2011 Villa Grove 4,540	confirm \| cancel 09/26/11 06:29 AM (14 years ago) Custom HTML Document - Nested Folders - Linking to CSS JS files Thanks so much to Buzztouch for even making this question possible! I'm a web designer who's made a couple of apps using BT and it's awesome! However, I'm having trouble getting xCode to respect nested folders. Here's the issue: 1) I design several HTML documents as I would for the web, with links in the Head to call CSS files and JS files, and a separate file for images. These are put in sub-folders in the site architecture. 2) I drag in the entire folder into the BT_Docs folder of xCode. 3) After pointing BT to the correct HTML doc, it successfully finds the document, but doesn't respect the links to the images, CSS and JS. If I move the images and css/js files in the BT_Docs folder (top level) and change the links in the HTML document, all works fine. This is a pain though, and I wish I understood what works and doesn't work with HTML docs. Any specific rules would be helpful! Title Comments Thanks so much to Buzztouch for even making this question possible! I'm a web designer who's made a couple of apps using BT and it's awesome! However, I'm having trouble getting xCode to respect nested folders. Here's the issue: 1) I design several HTML documents as I would for the web, with links in the Head to call CSS files and JS files, and a separate file for images. These are put in sub-folders in the site architecture. 2) I drag in the entire folder into the BT_Docs folder of xCode. 3) After pointing BT to the correct HTML doc, it successfully finds the document, but doesn't respect the links to the images, CSS and JS. If I move the images and css/js files in the BT_Docs folder (top level) and change the links in the HTML document, all works fine. This is a pain though, and I wish I understood what works and doesn't work with HTML docs. Any specific rules would be helpful!

David @ buzztouch buzztouch Evangelist Posts: 6866 Reg: Jan 01, 2010 Monterey, CA 78,840	09/26/11 08:39 AM (14 years ago) Awesome question, it's been awhile since I've seen it. Yeah, we should probably do something about explaining this and about a zillion other issues....we'll get there. Short Answer: Yes, you can do this. Long Answer: It's a matter of how you add the html and resources to your Xcode project. See this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2517918/iphone-dev-load-a-file-from-resource-folder Comments Awesome question, it's been awhile since I've seen it. Yeah, we should probably do something about explaining this and about a zillion other issues....we'll get there. Short Answer: Yes, you can do this. Long Answer: It's a matter of how you add the html and resources to your Xcode project. See this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2517918/iphone-dev-load-a-file-from-resource-folder

andydahl Aspiring developer Posts: 209 Reg: Jul 20, 2011 Villa Grove 4,540	09/26/11 08:52 AM (14 years ago) Many thanks David! I appreciate your help in figuring this out! You guys are truly awesome! Comments Many thanks David! I appreciate your help in figuring this out! You guys are truly awesome!

amysus Lost but trying Posts: 90 Reg: Oct 28, 2011 traveling the w... 3,650	10/20/12 09:31 AM (13 years ago) Greetings - Not sure if this thread is still being followed ... but I am having a similar issue. As a newbie, the stackoverflow doc is a bit over my head (and oh so much more). I am trying to use a JPlayer for audio. Like Andy, the player works fine locally with my nested folders set up as JPlayer suggests. And like Andy, things don't work in the iPhone simulator. I have tried moving all js and css files into BT_docs, but still does not work. What about the image files and the audio file (m4a)? Must everything associated with my HTML page go into the top level directory, BT_docs? Or, should I place the audio and image files in their respective BT folders? If so, do I reference those folders in the HTML, BT_sound/file.m4a? Also, like Andy stated, it is a pain to have to test locally one way and then rework the HTML to point to a different file structure for iOS - better if I can simply drag the one folder into XCode and voila. Perhaps this works now, somehow? Tips, advance, and/or condolences are appreciated ;-) Amy Comments Greetings - Not sure if this thread is still being followed ... but I am having a similar issue. As a newbie, the stackoverflow doc is a bit over my head (and oh so much more). I am trying to use a JPlayer for audio. Like Andy, the player works fine locally with my nested folders set up as JPlayer suggests. And like Andy, things don't work in the iPhone simulator. I have tried moving all js and css files into BT_docs, but still does not work. What about the image files and the audio file (m4a)? Must everything associated with my HTML page go into the top level directory, BT_docs? Or, should I place the audio and image files in their respective BT folders? If so, do I reference those folders in the HTML, BT_sound/file.m4a? Also, like Andy stated, it is a pain to have to test locally one way and then rework the HTML to point to a different file structure for iOS - better if I can simply drag the one folder into XCode and voila. Perhaps this works now, somehow? Tips, advance, and/or condolences are appreciated ;-) Amy

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