Ok, I'm stuck and frustrated. I'm trying to plan out how to convert our static site (www.mansfield-tx.gov) into a dynamic CakePHP site. Currently, it uses a mix of random scripts and a whole lot manual html coding and few php includes. I was hoping the CakePHP community could help me Cake-ify our site.
I want to be able to: * easily add pages to our site using a wysiwyg editor (most important) * have breadcrumbs * have a side contextual side navigation that is pulled somehow from the database * the side navigation would show global links,category links, and page specific links * have postings that appear in some pages * dynamically show related pages * pages and postings can exist in multiple categories * would like pages to be accessed like domain.com/name_of_page if possible For starters, my confusion comes from designing the db. I really can't get started with Cake until have a good solid db design in place. CakePHP is up and running great on my pc. When designing the database should I have the tables: links, link_types, pages, posts or should I have something more generic like content, content_type (faqs,posts,pages,bids,notices,) etc? I have yet to find a good tutorial anywhere on the web that will walk me through building a typical site that is easy to maintain. Although I did read: http://wiki.cakephp.org/tutorials:beginners_only http://wiki.cakephp.org/tutorials:building_a_cakephp_site_part_-_1 http://wiki.cakephp.org/tutorials:building_a_cakephp_site_part_-_2 The last two were great, but then leave you hanging. It doesn't quite take you far enough. I would eventually like to add on apps to this site, but first I need address the maintence problems. Later, I would like to add some access control, authenication, and theming. I know this alot to ask, but I would really appreciate some help. The Bakery looks great and I can't wait until it is filled with more content. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
