If you choose to have one controller, how about using a stage prefix
for the methods in the controller, then use beforeFilter to set the
actual action based on the stage.
Users still access controllers/action, but depending on the stage
(determined by your application logic), different actions pertaining
to the stage are invoked.
stage1_index()
stage2_index()
Same naming convention for view.
Just a quick thought

Zonium

On Apr 3, 12:15 pm, 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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