[Plugin: W3 Total Cache] Application cache

Was suggesting adding simple application cache features from html5 specs.

Something like:

1. Ability to enable or disable application cache, like minify, CDN, Varnish, etc
2. Adding link to an application cache on pages (and ability to disable it for some pages/posts) – might need tweaking of theme?
3. Auto generate cache.manifest containing minified+combined files and favicon with ability to custom add to the file as needed – or better still, a “help” selector – like for the minify tab.
4. Regenerate file on save

This will not make a blog an application, of course, but will enable much faster rendering of pages and allow offline browsing (for pages already visited).

All the needed code is mostly present in the plugin and could be easily adapted.

I had done this manually with a theme when I wasn’t using w3tc, but now, I found it too complicated to figure out how to grab the generated includes (I am not a very good coder).

This would take an already awesome plugin to the next level, IMO

Sorry if this has been considered and decided against before – I may have missed it.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/