So set a "state" field for the user. Have your controller methods
render the views in the order you need them to be in and check the
state in each method and redirect if a user tries to hit an action out
of order.
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 10:07 PM, John R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Adam -
>
> That's a good idea, except each stage will have a whole bunch of
> functions and such, not just a single one for each.
>
> b logica -
>
> This entire area of the app runs through the contests controller, so
> unless I am missing something, I don't think I could use other
> controllers.
>
> John
>
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 3, 6:09 pm, Adam Royle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I would do something like this, where getCurrentStage() returns a
> > string "submit" or "vote":
> >
> > function beforeFilter(){
> > $currentStage = $this->Contest->getCurrentStage();
> > if ($this->action != $currentStage){
> > $this->setAction($currentStage);
> > }
> >
> > }
> >
> > function submit() {
> >
> > }
> >
> > function vote() {
> >
> > }
> >
> > Hope that helps.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Adam
> >
> > On Apr 4, 5:15 am, John R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > My application is a series of "contests" with different stages
> > > (submission, voting, awards, etc.)
> >
> > > For each stage, the site is going to function completely differently.
> > > During Stage 1 (submission) for instance, you will be able to upload,
> > > critique, etc. The front page will be a huge list of all submissions,
> > > etc. During Stage 2 (voting), you will not be able to upload, only
> > > vote on submissions from Stage 1. etc.etc.etc.etc.
> >
> > > I am having a hard time coming up with a good method for this. The
> > > current stage is stored in the Contests table of the database.
> > > Ideally, I would like to basically have a different controller for
> > > each stage - so it would have it's own functions, views, etc. - but at
> > > the end of the day - its just a part of the contests_controller. I
> > > also thought of running a check for the current stage in
> > > beforeRender() of the contests_controller and then redirecting or
> > > pointing somewhere else, but I just dont know! Any feedback would be
> > > great!
> >
>
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