Re: Complex CMS routing

2008-06-05 Thread mrich . nu
> 2) trying to locate a resource depends on what your data model is > like. You essentially need a central repository that acts as your site > map which consists of parent_ids and stubs/slugs for that resource. > Assuming resource stubs/slugs are unique, it'd be a simple matter of > retrieving fro

Re: Complex CMS routing

2008-06-05 Thread Jonathan Snook
> On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:11 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Here is my problem though: I don't want to impact my users' sites, >> meaning I want to keep their URLs intact and continue to use the same >> underlying database containing sites and pages (where a record in the >> "page" table has

Re: Complex CMS routing

2008-06-05 Thread Chris Hartjes
On Wed, Jun 4, 2008 at 6:11 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here is my problem though: I don't want to impact my users' sites, > meaning I want to keep their URLs intact and continue to use the same > underlying database containing sites and pages (where a record in the > "page" table has a URI,

Re: Complex CMS routing

2008-06-05 Thread James K
My first instinct is to go with a custom pages controller. I'm doing something similar right now with custom SEO paths in a site, and just jumping over Cake's pages routing entirely was the easiest way forward. - James On Jun 4, 6:11 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi All, > > Over the course of

Complex CMS routing

2008-06-04 Thread mrich . nu
Hi All, Over the course of last year I rebuilt my employer's website from scratch using CakePHP. It is a site for a futures trading firm with lots of interesting tools for sorting and combining data that were remarkably fun and easy to build with CakePHP. I'm now a total convert to the cult of Ca