Good, I had trouble finding help with this stuff myself... so that's why I wrote the article.
Glad to see it helped someone (I'm assuming it helped, heh). Dustin Weber http://www.dustinweber.com On May 3, 2:23 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hey Dustin, actually i already found your page a while ago (after a > lot of googling) it's pretty unique content btw > > On May 2, 10:34 pm, Dustin Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Not sure if this is exactly what you are looking for, but I wrote a > > short tutorial relating to drag & drops in Cake on my blog. Cake > > makes it extremely easy to build such an interface using > > scriptaculous. Obviously you'll have to change it around a bit to fit > > your particular site. > > > You can read it > > here:http://www.dustinweber.com/blog/_archives/2007/4/4/2859177.html > > > Hopefully that will get you started solving the problem... since no > > one answered you previously. > > > Dustin Weberhttp://www.dustinweber.com > > > On Apr 15, 3:29 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > I have absolutely no ajax skills (and little js knowledge) but I have > > > to create something, something sounding very complicated to me, but > > > some of you cake/ajax-wizzes will hopefully find this very easy :-) > > > > First of all I want to say I'ld like to use jquery (as I read so many > > > good things about it) but if this is not possible or harder to do then > > > with scriptaculous/prototype/whatever then i use that. > > > I just need to achieve what I want, without wasting too much time, it > > > doesn't matter that much to me what lib is used. I just *need* to get > > > this working, quickly and decently. > > > > So here it goes: > > > order hasOne delivery > > > delivery belongsTo order, route > > > route hasMany delivery > > > route belongsto driver > > > driver hasmany route > > > > The interface I need should allow a person to create "routes" (pretty > > > abstract) and assign a driver to each route, then he should be able to > > > create new delivery objects for orders, and assign those delivery > > > objects to routes. > > > > The way I thought I could do this is a page that lists each existing > > > route as a column, with a "+" button that creates a new route (and > > > hence, column). Then each column would have a dropdown box where one > > > could select the driver for that route. > > > Then I thought, on the left of these columns would be another column, > > > listing all orders. Then the user should be able todragan order to > > > a route-column, when this happens a delivery object should be created, > > > and all the associations (between delivery and order, and between > > > route and delivery) should be updated. > > > > Maybe I could make it easier by just getting rid of the "delivery" > > > objects and directly linking between orders and routes. > > > > But I have no clue on how to achieve this with ajax, I hope you guys > > > can help me out :-) > > > > Thanks, > > > Dieter > > > > PS: it is important that the associations in the database are in sync > > > with what is on screen. when the user moves objects, the assocations > > > must be updated in the database. Likewise, when the user opens the > > > page for the first time, the page should represent exactly the state > > > of the objects like it is stored in the database --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
