Man you guys are Awesome! Thanks so much for the support. And dr. Hannibal, I just saw the info on the CMS your working on, NeutrinoCMS. Once I finish up this site I would like to add a CMS to it so you'll probably hear more from me.
Thanks again everyone! Clint On Nov 6, 8:37 am, "dr. Hannibal Lecter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Clint, > > Of course you can have as many controllers as you need. Since you're > not familiar with Cake yet, maybe the best thing to do is to learn by > reading some code, just go through some of these applications: > > http://book.cakephp.org/view/511/Applicationshttp://cakeforge.org/top/mostactive.php > > and try to figure out how they work (with the assumption that you're > already familiar with regular PHP). > > Welcome to cake family! ;) > > On Nov 6, 4:30 pm, justclint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Thank you so much Anja and dr. Hannibal. This helps me very much. As > > you described dr. Hannibal your not sure why I would want many apps > > for what Im doing and nor do I. So having you confirm that I can do > > all this in a single cake folder is a relief. > > > So I guess than its true to say that I can have one app folder and I > > can just keep adding as many controllers, models and views as I > > please. > > > I really do appreciate your help here. > > > Thanks again! > > > Clint > > > On Nov 6, 2:02 am, "dr. Hannibal Lecter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm not sure why would you want many apps for what you've described. > > > Your "products section" would actually be ProductsController and > > > Product model, your "search" and "download" functionality are just > > > SearchController and DownloadsController and their respective models > > > and views etc.. > > > > Normally, a single app is enough for all your needs. Even if it isn't, > > > you can still use cake plugins.. > > > > Hope that helps! > > > > On Nov 6, 8:40 am, justclint <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hello all, thanks for having this group available for newbies like > > > > myself. I have a pretty basic question that Im having a very difficult > > > > time finding an answer on. I've done google searches, read the cakephp > > > > manual and I am also reading the book "Beginning CakePHP" by David > > > > Golding which is a great book by the way. > > > > > Any way I've never used a framework before and Im totally new to the > > > > MVC concept. Ive done a couple tutorials such as the blog and also a > > > > to-do list. I have a site I will be converting over to cakephp and > > > > want to make sure I am using best practices and that I understand the > > > > basic concept. > > > > > So my question is; if Im building a whole website, is the whole > > > > website a "cakephp app" or does my whole website have many "cakephp > > > > apps"? > > > > > Through my reading it seems every tutorial is based on just a piece of > > > > a website (ie: blog) and every tutorial required a new cake folder > > > > with the usual contents (app, controllers, views, webroot etc.). > > > > > I need to make a single typical website with the usual stuff like > > > > products section, support section with search/download functionality > > > > and contact/request forms. > > > > > Im not sure if each one of these things are supposed to be different > > > > apps or if the whole site is in one app. It seems a bit cumbersome to > > > > keep adding cake folders over and over on a single site but nothing > > > > Ive read says otherwise. Also, If you are supposed to keep adding cake > > > > folder after cake folder you would endup with multiple webroot folders > > > > which also kinda of boggles my mind. > > > > > Your help is greatly appreciated and I do apologize for having such a > > > > primitive question but I have no where else to go but here. > > > > > Thanks again! > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > Clint --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
