I work from home so there is rarely a chance to get away from it! I find that I constantly have the book open and must still reference it 10+ times a day, hard to remember what every parameter does or how each data array should be formatted,
Paul. On Oct 20, 10:46 am, "Yves S. Garret" <[email protected]> wrote: > To be honest, I haven't finished reading the book as well. At work, time is > of the essence and I keep getting the run-around on some frivolous things > (interruptions too). I would love to tune out for 4 days and just plow > through it. At home I have some of my own stuff going on or just flat out > want to do something different so as to 'get away' from what I do for a > living. > > :-) > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 3:01 AM, WebbedIT <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry Yves, I'm sure your situation was perfectly innocent, just saw a > > chance to have a dig at those we have to keep asking to finish reading > > the book. > > > Paul. > > > On Oct 19, 5:16 pm, "Yves S. Garret" <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > :-) > > > > You _have_ read everything I've written within context, yes? If you have > > > not comprehended anything, I'll be more than happy to simplify my > > > explanation. > > > > On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 2:44 AM, WebbedIT <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > 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.organdhelp > > > > > > 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.organdhelp > > > > > > 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.organdhelp > > > > 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. 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