Add JavaScript and CSS

To create a modern web application you need to write JavaScript and CSS.

JavaScript

You can use any JavaScript framework but for this tutorial we want to keep it as simple as possible and therefore only include the templating library handlebarsjs. Download the file into ownnotes/js/handlebars.js and include it at the very top of ownnotes/templates/main.php before the other scripts and styles:

<?php
script('ownnotes', 'handlebars');

The script method’s first parameter specifies the application which the JavaScript should be included for. This helps increase performance by not including the JavaScript unnecessarily. The script’s second parameter is the name of the JavaScript file, located in the application’s js directory, minus the .js extension. In the case above, ownnotes/js/handlebars.js would be loaded.

jQuery is included by default on every page.

CSS

To include CSS, use the template’s style method, as in the example below. As with script, the first parameter is the application to find the CSS file in and the second parameter is the name of the CSS file, minus the .css file extension.

style('ownnotes, 'style');  // adds ownnotes/css/style.css

ownCloud doesn’t provide automatic JavaScript or CSS minification