Erm... sure, be my guest :)
I sometimes feel like I should contribute more to the manual, but the
truth is I'm so used to browsing the cake source code to get answers I
rarely use it myself!
On Oct 8, 4:11 pm, BrendonKoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> grigri - that is absolutely beautiful. I saw it in the API but didn't
> think to follow up on it. If you don't want to add this to the
> manual, may I do so with your permission?
>
> On Oct 8, 3:54 am, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > What about $this->addScript() ?
>
> > From the view:
>
> > $this->addScript("<!-- whatever you want here -->");
>
> > Adds it internally to the $scripts_for_layout variable; it's called
> > from HtmlHelper::css() and whatnot.
>
> > hth
> > grigri
>
> > On Oct 8, 3:19 am, "David C. Zentgraf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > I'm using the HeadHelper to do exactly what you want to
> > > do.http://rossoft.wordpress.com/2006/03/28/register-head-tags-from-helpe...
>
> > > On 8 Oct 2008, at 11:16, BrendonKoz wrote:
>
> > > > Ah, teknoid... I've seen that solution before, albeit with different
> > > > variable names, but that would be the exact solution I was looking
> > > > for. Thanks.
>
> > > > The reason I don't want to create separate CSS files (usually the best
> > > > solution) is two-fold.
> > > > 1. I can't think of a way to apply IE conditional styling with Cake's
> > > > built in $html->css() method unless I create a layout specifically for
> > > > this purpose - but without the additional variable in the layout that
> > > > you suggested, I probably wouldn't have figured out how to do that
> > > > properly anyway.
> > > > 2. I'd rather not have multiple stylesheets specific to a single web
> > > > address on the server - that can add up rather quickly. I foresee
> > > > administration wanting other forms recreated on the web, and with just
> > > > 30 forms, that approximately 90 CSS files unrelated to core CSS styles
> > > > for regular layout.
>
> > > > I've used the default.ctp layout supplied by Cake's core so often to
> > > > recreate functionality, I completely forgot I could add my own
> > > > variables to it, and that they would be accessible from my views.
> > > > Thanks again.
>
> > > > On Oct 7, 7:02 pm, teknoid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >> To me it seems that you've shut down the best option (creating a
> > > >> separate CSS file)... why not create one?
>
> > > >> On the other hand you could try something like that in the layout:
> > > >> if(isset($additional_css)) { echo $additional_css; }
>
> > > >> in the view:
> > > >> $this->set('additional_css', '<style> //your css code </style>');
>
> > > >> On Oct 7, 5:48 pm, BrendonKoz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > >>> I have some page-specific code (CSS in this case) that I would
> > > >>> like to
> > > >>> use on a form. This code will *not* be used anywhere else in my
> > > >>> application, and if replicated, only portions of it will be. I'd
> > > >>> rather not have to create separate CSS files to use this. I
> > > >>> looked at
> > > >>> $html->css() and $html->style() without success. Is there another
> > > >>> method to input *whatever* code I'd like directly in to
> > > >>> $scripts_for_layout?
>
> > > >>> The specific code I need to insert can be found at the following
> > > >>> pastebin address:http://pastebin.com/m28c87fd2
>
> > > >>> I do plan on reusing the layout I created for this, for other forms,
> > > >>> but the CSS is specific to this individual form (a recreation of a
> > > >>> paper form, and must retain the same look for legal reasons).
>
> > > >>> Although I could use $html->css for two of the three CSS sections
> > > >>> (I'd
> > > >>> prefer not to however), that specific class method is not made to
> > > >>> handle IE conditional CSS statements for insertion. Has anyone come
> > > >>> up with any solutions to this in their own projects, or have any
> > > >>> ideas
> > > >>> on a possible solution?
>
> > > >>> Note: The linked CSS file has not yet been converted for use within
> > > >>> Cake, but that's not the issue here.- Hide quoted text -
>
> > > >> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text -
>
> > - Show quoted text -
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