Re: Controllers, Layout Views

2011-12-17 Thread Geoff Douglas
Just as a BTW if you put an about.ctp in the Pages folder, then the url address just needs to be www.your-domain.com/pages/about. This will pull up that content. To see what is happening, check you routes.php file. Happy Coding! -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video

Controllers, Layout Views

2011-12-16 Thread Timothy O'Reilly
Hi, I am a newb to Cake. I'm using Ver 2.0.4. I have set up my database, default layout and created a view for home. All working and looking pretty. But (as I am a newb and out of ignorance) I am having difficulty in creating new views. Here is what I have done: I have my

Re: Controllers, Layout Views

2011-12-16 Thread Tilen Majerle
make sure debug level is 2 in app/Config/core.php than...name for controller file should be AboutsController.php and views should be like this: app/View/ControllerName/methodname.ctp, so in your case: app/View/Abouts/about.ctp check for this :) -- Lep pozdrav, Tilen Majerle http://majerle.eu

Re: Controllers, Layout Views

2011-12-16 Thread Timothy O'Reilly
Tilen, Many thanks for replying. Yes I have my Config/core.php set to debug level 2. I have changed my controller file to AboutsController.php and my link as suggested (I also tried it with just Abouts/about.ctp) and yet still it doesn't work... Any other ideas?? Thanks again, Tim On

Re: Controllers, Layout Views

2011-12-16 Thread Tilen Majerle
link: yourdomain.com/abouts/about Controller: Abouts (filename: AboutsController.php), className: AboutsController method: about() View: about (app/View/Abouts/view.ctp) try with use no models for this controller. inside controller class add this: public $uses = null; -- Lep pozdrav, Tilen

Re: Controllers, Layout Views

2011-12-16 Thread Sam Sherlock
Why make another controller to handle static content? Perhaps you playing with cake to learn and stuff... Just for me having entire controller to handle about content seems shit odd - perhaps making a dynamic pages controller is a better idea if you need db content otherwise use the pages

Re: Controllers, Layout Views

2011-12-16 Thread Timothy O'Reilly
Many thanks. Will try now in a few minutes and let you know when I'm up :) On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Tilen Majerle tilen.maje...@gmail.comwrote: link: yourdomain.com/abouts/about Controller: Abouts (filename: AboutsController.php), className: AboutsController method: about() View:

Re: Controllers, Layout Views

2011-12-16 Thread Timothy O'Reilly
Sam, Newb - so playing and doing dumb things!! Thanks, Tim On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 3:11 PM, Sam Sherlock sam.sherl...@gmail.comwrote: Why make another controller to handle static content? Perhaps you playing with cake to learn and stuff... Just for me having entire controller to handle about

Re: Controllers, Layout Views

2011-12-16 Thread Sam Sherlock
Trying out things is a great way to learn But using cake to get what you want is good too. You can do a lot with static pages changing layout etc. Having dyanimc pages takes some effort true. Not something to start learning cake with perhaps. :) - S On 16 Dec 2011 23:19, Timothy Oapos;Reilly