that clears things up quite a bit, thanks. It appears however you've missed my question about caching.
is it prossible to inject a small piece of evaluated code in the template for the shopping cart? Or do I need to disable caching completly for this? I'd like to display the users shopping cart on every page. Is it possible to disable the cache for users who have something in the shoppping cart? If I want to continue using radiant for my site maybe I need to implement it myself? Can I overwrite specific functions of the response_cache model to process the returned cache, injecting an evaluated snippet or such. This might be very usefull for all kind of things. > Yes, this is a weakness of Radius. > > I guess you could try to use include to put the ActionView helper > modules into your tag module, but you may have to read a lot of the > Rails internals code to figure out how to make them work properly. In > an extension I'm working on, I started including them but then > determined it was just too much work except for the most trivial of > uses. I would just decide on a URL path for your controller and generate > the URL from that. > > Regarding the layout issue, instead of overriding application.rhtml, put > `layout 'shop'` in your controller and then define shop.rhtml. > > If the user browses to your controller and the session isn't turned off, > a session will begin for them. The nice thing about the extensions > pattern is that Radiant doesn't care if the /shop URL goes to your own > controller rather than a Radiant page. So basically you can choose to > integrate however much or little you want with Radiant's functionality. > > Sean > > kozy wrote: >> Hello everybody, >> >> Using the 'mental' branche: >> >> I'm trying to make a shop extension with the help of the well know book >> 'agile web development...' and of course after alot of reading at the >> lists and the radiant site. >> >> I've succesfully used tags to have make a nice <product:each /> block >> and >> now I want to have a <product:addtocartbutton /> for I'd love to use the >> nice ActionView::Helpers which you appearantly all loose and need to >> include yourself. Why is this? I love rails alot for this. Wouldn't this >> help people alot? >> I've tried including them but UrlHelper needs an 'url_for' attribute >> which >> I have not succeeded to supply. Has anyone else succeeded? I stoppped >> here >> because it doesn't seem the right way to go I guess. >> >> So...I think I need at least one controller available in the site, in >> which I succeeded using >> >> map.connect 'shop/:action', :controller => 'shop' >> >> now it's clear how to disable the need for authentication but now I need >> to get rid of the application.rhtml markup. If I define my own, it >> completly overwrites the original which is not what I ment of course. >> Second, every site user needs a shopping cart, so I've uncommented >> 'sessions: off'. I've read something about caching session headers but I >> tested and looking at the cookies _session_id behaved normal as far as I >> could see. This is not an issue anymore? >> >> To sumarize my questions: >> >> What would be the best way to continue to use the ActionView::Helpers >> for >> parts in you're site? >> >> How do I get rid of the standard backend application.rhtml without >> completly overwriting it if this will be the way to go? >> >> Now I also need to supply the snippet of the shopping cart in the >> template >> on every page. Does this mean I need to disable caching for the whole >> site? Is there a way I could inject a small piece of evaluated code on >> every page? >> >> Thank's alot for any hint in the right direction. >> >> kozy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Radiant mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ >> Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant >> >> > > _______________________________________________ Radiant mailing list Post: [email protected] Search: http://radiantcms.org/mailing-list/search/ Site: http://lists.radiantcms.org/mailman/listinfo/radiant
