Deploying OpenLayers

14 October 2014

OpenLayers should be minified and compressed before to be deployed to production.

Building

python build.py light-custom webmap-light-custom.js

Example of light profile

Depends, which elements You are using in Your app

[first]

[last]

[include]
OpenLayers/Map.js
OpenLayers/Icon.js
OpenLayers/Marker.js
OpenLayers/Kinetic.js
OpenLayers/Projection.js
OpenLayers/Layer/Vector.js
OpenLayers/Layer/OSM.js
OpenLayers/Layer/Bing.js
OpenLayers/Layer/WMS.js
OpenLayers/Layer/Google/v3.js
OpenLayers/Layer/Markers.js
OpenLayers/Popup/FramedCloud.js
OpenLayers/Control/Navigation.js
OpenLayers/Control/Zoom.js
OpenLayers/Control/Attribution.js
OpenLayers/Control/SelectFeature.js
OpenLayers/Control/Panel.js
OpenLayers/Control/PanPanel.js
OpenLayers/Control/LayerSwitcher.js
OpenLayers/Renderer/SVG.js
OpenLayers/Renderer/VML.js
OpenLayers/Format/GeoJSON.js
OpenLayers/Protocol/HTTP.js
OpenLayers/Strategy/Fixed.js
OpenLayers/Strategy/BBOX.js
OpenLayers/StyleMap.js
OpenLayers/Rule.js
OpenLayers/Filter/Comparison.js
OpenLayers/Filter/Logical.js

[exclude]

Include custom JS / CSS / images

HTML includes

<script src="/lib/webmap-light-custom.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" media="all" href="/typo3conf/ext/stratis_openlayers/resources/external/openlayers/theme/default/style.css" />

JS

Specify image folder

OpenLayers.ImgPath = "/custom/path/openlayers/img/";

Disable default theme

map = new OpenLayers.Map('map', {
    theme: null,
    ...

Ressources

http://docs.openlayers.org/library/deploying.html
http://trac.osgeo.org/openlayers/wiki/Profiles