Where do I put image files, css, js, etc. in Codeigniter?

Question

Where is it acceptable to put css folders and image file folders? I was thinking inside the view folder? However the controller always reroutes the path to the base url so I

Answer 1

I usually put all my files like that into an "assets" folder in the application root, and then I make sure to use an Asset_Helper to point to those files for me. This is what CodeIgniter suggests.