HTML5 offline “Application Cache Error event: Manifest fetch failed (-1)”

Question

I\'m trying to write an HTML5 offline application but can\'t seem to get Chrome to accept the cache manifest file.

Chrome logs the following output to its console wh

Answer 1

Have you tried anything like https://manifest-validator.appspot.com/ to validate your manifest?

I've struggled with my manifest file for quite a while, it is really hard to pinpoint what is wrong. Could be something as simple as wrong encoding to an extra line break at the start.