LOL @ "I haven't read all your instructions, and I'm having problems getting it to work" then "now that I have read all your instructions all is fine!"
Funny how so many people treat the book the same way!?! They read a few pages, get something working then walk away from the book and start asking questions in here instead. He he, Paul On Oct 18, 3:44 pm, "Yves S. Garret" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just finished reading the entire e-mail. > > Thanks, much clearer. > > On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:50 PM, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit < > > > > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > By default, Cake uses layouts and pages located in /cake/libs/view and the > > cake.generic.ccs in /app/webroot/css (in 1.3). This is great when you have > > just fired up Cake but not sustainable when you want to upgrade your version > > of Cake (which you do by replacing the entire contents of the /cake folder). > > So you should never just rely on those files. One of the first things I > > recommend you do when starting a new app is: > > > - copy /cake/libs/view/layouts/default.ctp to /app/view/layouts > > - copy /cake/libs/view/pages/home.ctp to /app/views/pages > > - rename /app/webroot/css/cake.generic.css to something more relevant > > - change the reference to the generic stylesheet in your new > > /app/views/layouts/default.ctp by changing this line: echo > > $this->Html->css('cake.generic'); to echo > > $this->Html->css('your_new_stylesheet_name'); > > > Now Cake will use those by default and you can change them to your heart's > > content. At first it will appear as a standard Cake app until you customise > > it. > > > As its name suggests, default.ctp is the default layout. The output of your > > view (e.g. /app/views/pages/home.ctp) file will appear where the > > variable $content_for_layout appears. So you can put your own div structure, > > layout elements, custom headers/footers and whatever you choose around it. > > You can strip it all out or pimp it up. The variables $title_for_layout and > > $scripts_for_layout have their own meaning and purpose, so you should retain > > them. When you change your new css styles, the appearance will change too. > > You can happily remove the standard footer and the sql_dump (although you > > might want to place it inside a check for debug > 0 so it appears in dev but > > not in production). > > > Now your app lives entirely within the /app folder so updating your Cake > > version is (generally) as simple as replacing the /cake folder with the > > latest version. > > > Hope that helps. > > > Jeremy Burns > > Class Outfit > > >http://www.classoutfit.com > > > On 17 Oct 2011, at 20:07, Yves S. Garret wrote: > > > Hello everyone, > > > I came across this problem. I googled it and found this solution. > > >http://ask.cakephp.org/questions/view/removing_cakephp_header_footer > > > And, maybe it's due to this cold/headache, but I can't make any sense of > > what's what in the entire code-tree. It seems like changing something like > > this would make the most sense in the app directory (after all, different > > apps might use different headers and footers). How can I specify and set > > this? What role does $content_for_layout play in this? > > > Confused as heck right now... > > > -- > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials > >http://tv.cakephp.org > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > > athttp://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 sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > > athttp://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 [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
