I will use Model-Glue for this example. You typically have a master template. This master template has set areas to load document information. These areas are very similar to cfincludes, but the framework has a view collection. The views are stored into a collection that have names attached to each view. If that particular segment of code is present, you load it in the area on the master document with the same name.
I have seen an include based layout work effectively, but embeded includes is just painful for debugging. This introduces a modualr design as you just troubleshoot one segment at a time when you have a problem. If you can, do not make one included area dependent on the other. Model-Glue has a viewstate, which has the variables and objects stored for that display page. Each included segment can reference the viewstate, so this makes the master document just a container and you do not ahve to depend on what is being loaded on the master page. It makes for easier debugging. Teddy On 1/12/07, Richard Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > What are peoples different methods for displaying a design within a > framework? > > I can think of a few but were wondering the pros and cons and if I've > missed any better methods: > > 1. Multiple cfincludes within a HTML file - I can see problems when > working on outer container i.e. > > <div id="outer"> > > <cfinclude template="header.cfm"> > some code goes here > <cfinclude template="content.cfm"> > > </div> > > Changes to this file, requires changes throughout the site to all these > file > > 2. cfmodule to invoke custom tag - Never tried this method anyone have > an example file I could look at? > > 3. Have the HTML Code in a DB then parse through the result and replace > with any dynamic elements - what happens if DB connection is down any error > message displayed would not maintain site brand. > > 4. Grab a static HTML file then use cfsavecontent and parsing to add in > any desired elements. Is this an in-efficient method? > > > That's all I can think of... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:266373 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
