Ok I've got all that working now thank you :)
I do have a question though, do I have to add this to all of my event
handlers to include the template? Is there somewhere I can set a
default for all event handlers?
<results>
<result do="template.main" />
</results>
On Sep 25, 4:27 pm, Charlie Griefer <[email protected]> wrote:
> One suggestion (among the few I imagine you'll get... use what works best
> for you)
>
> In my views folder I have a "templates" folder that holds layout files.
> These are the structure of the page.
>
> At first, a layout.cfm might look as simple as:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title></title>
> </head>
> <body>
>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> "Views" are individual sections that comprise an overall page. MG3, out of
> the gate, puts has a 'pages' folder under "views". This is where I put the
> individual views.
>
> Let's say I have a navigation.cfm file. That would probably go into the
> 'pages'. folder.
>
> In Model-Glue.xml, when you do an <include> inside of a <view> (inside of an
> <event-handler>), that view goes into the viewCollection.
>
> So, my "main" event-handler might look like this:
>
> <event-handler name="main">
> <broadcasts /> <!-- don't worry about this for now -->
> <results>
> <result do="template.main" /> <!--- again, don't worry about this
> for now --->
> </results>
> <views>
> <include name="navigation" template="/pages/navigation.cfm" />
> </views>
> </event-handler>
>
> There's now a variable called "navigation" in the viewcollection. Let's
> jump back to layout.cfm add the navigation.
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title></title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <cfoutput>#viewcollection.getView('navigation')#</cfoutput>
>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> So, our page should (in theory) output some navigation. But how to get the
> page itself to render?
>
> Go back to this line from the event-handler above: <result
> do="template.main" />
>
> That calls another event-handler in the Model-Glue.xml
>
> <event-handler name="template.main">
> <views>
> <include name="main" template="templates/layout.cfm" />
> </views>
> </event-handler>
>
> The first event-handler above was named "main". So now if you go
> tohttp://yoursite.com/event=main(assuming "event" your eventvalue... this is
> the default value and it's set in ColdSpring.xml), you should see a plain
> looking page with a navigation element in it.
>
> So, to specifically address your question about headers and footer...
>
> If they're static, no reason not to put them in the layout page. If they're
> dynamic, you can create individual views for them within your
> <event-handler>s and call whichever header/footer file a given request
> should display.
>
> In which case, your layout.cfm might now look like this:
>
> <html>
> <head>
> <title></title>
> </head>
> <body>
> <cfoutput>#viewcollection.getView('header')#</cfoutput>
> <cfoutput>#viewcollection.getView('navigation')#</cfoutput>
>
> <cfoutput>#viewcollection.getView('footer')#</cfoutput>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> Hope that made some kind of sense. Feel free to ask questions if anything
> needs clarification.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 10:41 PM, Brettski <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
>
> > Just trying to work out how to structure my "views" folder.
>
> > Where should I put things like headers and footers?
>
> > I also have a large form i've broken into several .cfm pages and
> > wondering how I should store them using best practice?
>
> > Many thanks,
>
> > Brett
>
> --
> Charlie Grieferhttp://charlie.griefer.com/
>
> I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my
> wife. And I wish you my kind of success.
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