I did try using the cache, but because I may be calling the same element a few times but with different inputs it won't work (It just redisplays the first item for that element).
On Apr 6, 1:23 pm, majna <[email protected]> wrote: > Use elements cache > :)http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/creating-reusable-elements-wi... > > On Apr 6, 12:06 pm, Walther <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I believe I've found a solution. > > > For each possible item that can be added to the homepage I store the > > name of the controller that is called. By simply changing this to the > > model name and using App::Import in the homepage model (Where I fetch > > the items from the database) I have gotten rid of the requestActions. > > > Seems to be working quite well. > > > From those who are more experienced at Cake, is this a better way of > > doing it? > > > On Apr 6, 10:51 am, Walther <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > In an app that I am currently developing I wish to give the > > > administrator the ability to customise the home page of the app by > > > being able to include various other things into the home page (For > > > example, the admin may wish to show a welcome message which uses the > > > pages controller, and they may wish to show a calendar using the > > > calendars controller and an unlimited number of other views). > > > > What I am currently doing is on the homepage view I do a loop through > > > the homepages table and call the homepages.ctp element and sends it > > > the relevant data for the view that needs to be displayed. The > > > homepage element then calls the relevant element for whatever > > > controller the admin has chosen, this controller may be part of a > > > plugin. > > > > The homepages.ctp element looks as follows: > > > <?php > > > if ($item['MenuLink']['plugin_id'] == 0) > > > { > > > $View =& ClassRegistry::getObject('view'); > > > echo $View->element('homepages/' . > > > $item['MenuLink']['controller'], > > > array('item' => $item));} > > > > else > > > { > > > $View =& ClassRegistry::getObject('view'); > > > echo $View->element('homepages/' . > > > $item['MenuLink']['controller'], > > > array('item' => $item, 'plugin' => $item['MenuLink']['Plugin'] > > > ['directory']));} > > > > ?> > > > > As an example the homepages/pages.ctp element looks as follows: > > > <?php $pageToShow = $this->requestAction('/pages/index/' . $item > > > ['Homepage']['options']); ?> > > > <?php if (isset($pageToShow)) : ?> > > > <div> > > > <div id="dataInfo"> > > > Created: <span class="timeago" title="<?php echo > > > $pageToShow['Page'] > > > ['created']; ?>"><?php echo $date->prettyDate($pageToShow['Page'] > > > ['created']); ?></span><br /> > > > Modified: <span class="timeago" title="<?php echo > > > $pageToShow > > > ['Page']['modified']; ?>"><?php echo $date->prettyDate($pageToShow > > > ['Page']['modified']); ?></span><br /> > > > Tags: <?php echo $pageToShow['Page']['tags']; ?> > > > </div> > > > > <h1 id="nice_name"><?php echo > > > $pageToShow['Page']['title']; ?></h1> > > > <div id="content" style="margin-top:10px; > > > text-align:left;"> > > > <?php > > > echo $pageToShow['Page']['text']; > > > ?> > > > </div> > > > </div> > > > <?php else : ?> > > > No page > > > <?php endif; ?> > > > > It is working well. However, I realise that requestAction is quite > > > intensive as it acts like another server request, is there some other > > > method that I can use that will achieve the same outcome but use less > > > server resources? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
