Another bit of advice that I could give you is this.
What I am guessing he is annoyed with is if he makes a change to the
form on the add view, he has to then laboriously navigate to the edit
view and make the same change. What I have been doing is this.
In the elements folder, I create a folder for each controller
(users).
Lets say my add form is:
<?php
echo $form->create('User');
echo $form->input('username');
echo $form->input('password');
echo $form->end('Submit')
?>
and my edit form is:
<?php
echo $form->create('User');
echo $form->input('id')
echo $form->input('username');
echo $form->input('password');
echo $form->end('Submit')
?>
To reduce coupling, I place the common elements in elements/users/
form.ctp and then just include it in the template like this:
<?php
echo $form->create('User');
echo $this->element('users/form');
echo $form->end('Submit');
?>
<?php
echo $form->create('User');
echo $form->input('id');
echo $this->element('users/form');
echo $form->end('Submit');
?>
This looks like more work when there are only 2 fields. But it's just
an example.
On Nov 20, 10:10 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have an strange client that just can't get past the fact that view
> templates are, in his words "scattered across so many locations". Is
> there a way to set up a single folder and a name convention then tell
> the view where to find the files? For examples, all user templates
> would be something like user_add.ctp, user_edit.ctp, etc.
>
> Then he could edit as necessary.
>
> I try to convince him to keep his changes to the layout but he want to
> tweek every form, etc. He is odd.
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