ApplicationCache won't cache anything

Question

I'm trying to make a web-app viewable when offline.

My index.html references the manifest like so: <!DOCTYPE html manifest="manifest.appcache">
The MIME type is correct: my .htaccess has AddType text/cache-manifest .appcache

This is what manifest.appcache looks like:

CACHE MANIFEST
# 2012-09-28:v1

CACHE:
style.css
images/logo.png

However, nothing is cached.

When I call applicationCache.status in a javascript console, it returns 0 (I think it should return 1 if successful).
In Chrome, viewing chrome://appcache-internals/ also reveals that there are no application caches.

What am I doing wrong?

Have you checked your MIME type in the browser's dev tool's network console? — robertc
– robertc, Commented Sep 28, 2012 at 11:49

thv20 · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-28 12:13:33Z

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Well, that was stupid. Here's what I was doing wrong:

<!DOCTYPE html manifest="manifest.appcache">

Should've been:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html manifest="manifest.appcache">

answered Sep 28, 2012 at 12:13

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Judson Over a year ago

Thanks for this. I was absolutely going insane looking for a solution.

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