Thanks, I think it might need to be via an API seeing it needs to be apart of their actual website. Does anyone know of any tutorials online covering creating an API with cakephp so I can look into this further? It's all very new to me, I have used API's but never created one with or without cake.
On Tuesday, 3 July 2012 14:07:37 UTC+10, Greg wrote: > > So you want to have essentially 1 instance of your application running > (the model, and controllers), but different views (or perhaps, just a > different template) at the other end? > > There are many ways to do this i suppose. If you host everything yourself > you can probably use App::build to point at a central/reusable set of > models/controllers etc for a given domain. > > Or you could go the other way, and change the template view path based on > the request.. > > if you want them to physically host the front end, then you probably need > to use an actual API - expose your "backend" as a restful api (which is a > snap in cake to do), and write a "front end" app which consumes that API - > customise the front end app with various styles etc. They can then install > your front end application on their servers and get at it from something > like http://<clienturl>/<yourapplication> > > > > > > > Hi All, >> >> I am about to being a projest with cakePHP as the framework, my client >> has now asked me how we can go about setting up the site so other firms in >> the same industry >> could somehow use the same system (running on our database) from a front >> end point of view on their website as an addon product. >> >> So basically the front end of the site will be designed for us and then >> again for each of the other firms but the functionality and admin remain >> the same which they plugin to their site (nearly like using old school >> iframes). >> >> Any ideas on how this could best work and be setup initially? Almost like >> an API but the whole front end needs to be templated with their corporate >> colours and logo (I'm thinking custom header and footer then the content >> area remains quite neutral) >> >> Any tips or threads, posts etc online would be great. >> Thanks >> >> -- >> 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. 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
