Maybe use something like this: http://github.com/morrislaptop/baked_simple ? Else there is a very easy way. Add your "site" or page model and MVC. Then there is a third option, use requestaction from pages "views" (a little dirty)
On Jan 28, 9:45 pm, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote: > No, I need these pages to be dynamic. There was an article on using / > making your own page controller > > http://paulherron.net/articles/view/managing_simple_pages_in_cakephp > > But I cant seem to get it to work. > > I do not want to hard code about / history so on since the site owner may > add new pages as the site grows. They may add a new "page" called "bio" for > example then site/bio will pull bio page using the pages controller. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Dave > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of cricket > Sent: January-28-10 2:51 PM > To: CakePHP > Subject: Re: Best approach for Pages > > Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display', > 'index')); Router::connect('/about', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' > => 'display', 'about')); Router::connect('/info', array('controller' => > 'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'info')); Router::connect('/history', > array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'history')); > Router::connect('/contact', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => > 'display', 'contact')); > > That's for static files. Since these will be dynamic, you could create a new > method in pages_controller, eg. > > Router::connect('/', array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'fetch', > 'index')); > > On Jan 28, 1:10 am, "Dave" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have to build a simple site, 5 pages but the tricky part seems to be > > the pages are index, about us, info, history and contact us so the > > urls need to be reflected by that (site/about_us.... site/contact) and > > the only thing on these pages will be text. Admin logs in and using > > wysiwyg editor can update the content for these pages. I do not want > > to build 5 controllers since everything can be done with 1 "pages" > > controller. So my question is how can this be done and if using 1 > > controller what would you name this controller since "pages" is the > > obvious choice but that's set aside for stoic pages and can you set routes > for the text urls using 1 controller? > > > Any ideas / suggestions would be great. > > > Thanks, > > > Dave > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://cakeqs.organd help others > with their CakePHP related questions. > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CakePHP" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To > unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > cake-php+athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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
