I'm not sure if this is the best way but it worked for me.
In AppController::beforeFilter()
if (isset($this->params['prefix']) && $this->params['prefix'] ==
'admin' && $this->params['admin'] == 1)
{
$this->layout = 'admin_default';
}
On May 9, 9:23 am, fabio <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello mates,
>
> i'm experimenting a problem while passing from 1.2 to 1.3 regarding
> how to set a style from app_controller.php
>
> Basicly i've a simple kind of admin area using the Auth component and
> what i need is to set a custom style for all the views in the admin
> area:
>
> ie
>
> app/views/users/admin_add.ctp
> app/views/users/admin_index.ctp
> app/views/users/admin_edit.ctp
> app/views/users/admin_view.ctp
>
> app/views/posts/admin_add.ctp
> app/views/posts/admin_index.ctp
> app/views/posts/admin_edit.ctp
> app/views/posts/admin_view.ctp
>
> ..............
> ..............
> ..............
>
> Now, to get this in Cake 1.2 I did define custom layout&style files,
> like this:
>
> ---------------------------
> app/views/layouts/admin.ctp
> ---------------------------
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title><?php echo $title_for_layout; ?></title>
> <?php
> echo $this->Html->css('admin');
> echo $scripts_for_layout;
> ?>
> </head>
> <body>
> ....
> ....
> ....
> </body>
> </html>
>
> -------------------------
> app/webroot/css/admin.css
> -------------------------
> ...
> ...
> ...
>
> and then added the following:
>
> ----------------------
> app/app_controller.php
> ----------------------
>
> <?php
> class AppController extends Controller {
>
> function beforeFilter() {
> if (isset($this->params['admin'])) {
> $this->layout = 'admin';
> }
> }}
>
> ?>
>
> Strangely the same approach is not working on Cake 1.3: when I point
> to an admin view i keep on seeing the default cake layout with style
> cake.generic.css
>
> Is there anybody who can see where I am wrong and why it works on 1.2
> and not on 1.3 ?
>
> Thanks a lot in advance
>
> Tres
>
> P.S.
> Maybe it's worth to say also that i have the following line in app/
> config/routes.php:
>
> Router::connect('/admin', array('controller' => 'users', 'action' =>
> 'index', 'admin' => true));
>
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