False Alarm. I started messing with the css file and changed the background color This showed that the css WAS working, but that the default color was way bad.
This change works.. ====== 8< ====== /** General Style Info **/ body { /** background: #003d4c; WAY TOO DARK **/ background: #99ff33; color: #fff; font-family:'lucida grande',verdana,helvetica,arial,sans-serif; font-size:90%; margin: 0; } ===== >8 ======== Cake should change this default! john On Nov 21, 5:20 pm, johng <globalj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Will > > But I still cannot get it to work. > > There is a .htaccess file in both the project folder of the project > and one in the \app folder. > Neither is hidden. > here is content of the one in project folder > == 8< ==== > <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> > RewriteEngine on > RewriteRule ^$ app/webroot/ [L] > RewriteRule (.*) app/webroot/$1 [L] > </IfModule> > == >8 ==== > > I know nothing about mod_rewrite so do not know what it is trying to > do. > This is running on a WinXP virtual PC with latest WAMP installer. Also > I am using PHPStorm. > So far everything works as expected. I can insert view and change > data. But I cannot see a good screen as the css is not being found. > > I have un-commented the LoadModule rewrite_module modules/ > mod_rewrite.so line in httpd.conf and restarted Apache > Should I rename the .htaccess files or should they stay like that on a > windows system ? > > Still confused here. 8-( > > John > > On Nov 21, 1:56 pm, "#2Will" <willjbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > this is normally because the .htaccess file is missing from the site > > root. because it is a hidden file or whatever... > > > w > > > On Nov 20, 7:43 pm, johng <globalj...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I have followed a tutorial for my first try using the scaffold, and I > > > can connect to db and produce the output. But the data is barely > > > readable as it shows a dark green on heavy green background. > > > Obviously it is not finding the needed css file, but I cannot > > > determine where to fix this. > > > > Here is top of html source > > > > ======= 8< == > > > <head> > > > <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; > > > charset=utf-8" /> > > > <title> > > > CakePHP: the rapid development php framework: > > > Scaffold :: Index :: Pffids </title> > > > <link href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" rel="icon" /> > > > <link href="/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon" rel="shortcut icon" /> > > > <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/cake.generic.css" > > > /></head> > > > > <body> > > > ======= >8 ====== > > > > John -- 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