Not sure what you're getting at? The view is the "guts" of the page. View gets dropped into the layout. Index page has a fat header with 400px high. Im not going to code that into every view div header this view and internal pages do not have a fat header so why put that inside the view every time? Imagine changing the image in every page or just 1 layout header?
2 layouts left_default or right_default by saying this->layout which ever I want I can change the page look do not have to go into each view and re-code the cols Example layout <div id="container"> <div id="header"><?php echo $this->Element('block_header', array('cache' => forever)); ?></div> <div id="sub_nav"><?php echo $this->Element('crumb_block', array('cache' => forever)); ?></div> <div id="content"> <div id="l_230"><?php echo $this->Sidebar->getSidebar(); ?> </div> <= my side gets dropped in here <div id="r_710"> <?php echo $content_for_layout; ?></div> <= my view html gets dropped in here </div> </div> <div id="footer"><?php echo $this->Element('block_footer', array('cache' => if I feel like it)); ?></div> Ok changed my mind <div id="container"> <div id="header"><?php echo $this->Element('block_header', array('cache' => forever)); ?></div> <div id="sub_nav"><?php echo $this->Element('crumb_block', array('cache' => forever)); ?></div> <div id="content"> <div id="1_710"> <?php echo $content_for_layout; ?></div> <= my view html gets dropped in here <div id="r_230"><?php echo $this->Sidebar->getSidebar(); ?> </div> <= my side gets dropped in here </div> </div> <div id="footer"><?php echo $this->Element('block_footer', array('cache' => if I feel like it)); ?></div> All I had to do was $this->layout = default_left to default_right, never touched the view could not be easier than that. If I want to use a different layout use left_side or right side I can just use either layout. Your not saying code each view with left_col right_side inside the view? So if you want to change from left to right or see what it looks like you have to recode the view.... I guess your layouts are just empty? Your view files, you hardcode code the layout cols inside every view? <div left_col>all left data, navigation</div> <div right>all your code</div> Anyways thanks for just answering a question with a question :) -----Original Message----- From: cake-php@googlegroups.com [mailto:cake-php@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Schmidt Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2011 8:39 PM To: cake-php@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: pages_controller On Feb 26, 2011, at 15:58, Krissy Masters wrote: > the pages controller. > > I understand the basic idea of rendering static pages display => some_page > but how can you define different layouts for each rendered static page? > > All I can guess is pages_controller: > > function index (){ > $this->layout = 'default_index'; > } > > function about() { > $this->layout = 'default_internal'; > } > > And just skip the display function. link directly to the action controller > = > pages , action => index > Am I wrong? Why do your static pages have different layouts? I would have expected your static pages (and your dynamic pages too, for that matter) to use the same global layout, and only need a separate view file. -- 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