:-) You _have_ read everything I've written within context, yes? If you have not comprehended anything, I'll be more than happy to simplify my explanation.
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 2:44 AM, WebbedIT <p...@webbedit.co.uk> wrote: > LOL @ "I haven't read all your instructions, and I'm having problems > getting it to work" then "now that I have read all your instructions > all is fine!" > > Funny how so many people treat the book the same way!?! They read a > few pages, get something working then walk away from the book and > start asking questions in here instead. > > He he, Paul > > On Oct 18, 3:44 pm, "Yves S. Garret" <yoursurrogate...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Just finished reading the entire e-mail. > > > > Thanks, much clearer. > > > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote: > > > By default, Cake uses layouts and pages located in /cake/libs/view and > the > > > cake.generic.ccs in /app/webroot/css (in 1.3). This is great when you > have > > > just fired up Cake but not sustainable when you want to upgrade your > version > > > of Cake (which you do by replacing the entire contents of the /cake > folder). > > > So you should never just rely on those files. One of the first things I > > > recommend you do when starting a new app is: > > > > > - copy /cake/libs/view/layouts/default.ctp to /app/view/layouts > > > - copy /cake/libs/view/pages/home.ctp to /app/views/pages > > > - rename /app/webroot/css/cake.generic.css to something more relevant > > > - change the reference to the generic stylesheet in your new > > > /app/views/layouts/default.ctp by changing this line: echo > > > $this->Html->css('cake.generic'); to echo > > > $this->Html->css('your_new_stylesheet_name'); > > > > > Now Cake will use those by default and you can change them to your > heart's > > > content. At first it will appear as a standard Cake app until you > customise > > > it. > > > > > As its name suggests, default.ctp is the default layout. The output of > your > > > view (e.g. /app/views/pages/home.ctp) file will appear where the > > > variable $content_for_layout appears. So you can put your own div > structure, > > > layout elements, custom headers/footers and whatever you choose around > it. > > > You can strip it all out or pimp it up. The variables $title_for_layout > and > > > $scripts_for_layout have their own meaning and purpose, so you should > retain > > > them. When you change your new css styles, the appearance will change > too. > > > You can happily remove the standard footer and the sql_dump (although > you > > > might want to place it inside a check for debug > 0 so it appears in > dev but > > > not in production). > > > > > Now your app lives entirely within the /app folder so updating your > Cake > > > version is (generally) as simple as replacing the /cake folder with the > > > latest version. > > > > > Hope that helps. > > > > > Jeremy Burns > > > Class Outfit > > > > >http://www.classoutfit.com > > > > > On 17 Oct 2011, at 20:07, Yves S. Garret wrote: > > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > I came across this problem. I googled it and found this solution. > > > > >http://ask.cakephp.org/questions/view/removing_cakephp_header_footer > > > > > And, maybe it's due to this cold/headache, but I can't make any sense > of > > > what's what in the entire code-tree. It seems like changing something > like > > > this would make the most sense in the app directory (after all, > different > > > apps might use different headers and footers). How can I specify and > set > > > this? What role does $content_for_layout play in this? > > > > > Confused as heck right now... > > > > > -- > > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > > >http://tv.cakephp.org > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this > group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > > > > -- > > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > > >http://tv.cakephp.org > > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this > group > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > > -- > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > http://tv.cakephp.org > Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group > at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. 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