appadmin.html does not use any static files. appadmin.html does however inherit from layout.html, which layout.html does use static files.
-Thadeus On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 3:39 PM, J.R. <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually when I restarted the server, after having moved all of the > default files out of myapp/views and myapp/static, and tried to access > appadmin, the appadmin site would not work. The appadmin controller > is trying to load the views (an in turn static files). So I could not > simply remove those files. :( > > On Feb 17, 2:55 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: >> No but everything is there serves a purpose. generic.* for example. >> Even if you are not using them, you may be using them in the future. >> >> On Feb 17, 11:39 am, "J.R." <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Now don't I feel silly for not just trying that out. I just assumed >> > those files were needed for appadmin. >> >> > Thanks, >> >> > J.R. >> >> > P.S. - I know this is off-topic but as a recent graduate from DePaul >> > (MBIT) I wish I was more aware of you and this project when I was >> > there. I felt like I was the only Python advocate among a lot >> > of .Net'ers. Thanks again, for your time. >> >> > On Feb 17, 10:18 am, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > This is perfectly appropriate. >> >> > > admin files are in a separate folder (applications/admin). >> >> > > appadmin files are in you app but there is only two of them >> > > (controllers/appadmin.py and views/appadmin.html). The reason they are >> > > in your app is because they belong to id and you are welcome to >> > > customize them without affecting other apps. The other files you see >> > > are not used by appadmin and you can remove them if you do not need >> > > them. >> >> > > On Feb 17, 10:01 am, "J.R." <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > > > Disclaimer: I have never been apart of a mailing list or google group >> > > > so please excuse me if this is not the right place to post this. >> >> > > > I have just started a few web apps with Web2Py and everything is >> > > > working great. My question is more of organization than anything >> > > > else. Not anything major at all. >> >> > > > Within an app you have all of your app files in addition to the app- >> > > > admin files. Is there a simple way to keep in separate folders the >> > > > appadmin files from the app files itself. The controller folder is >> > > > not that big of a deal but for the views and static folder, it would >> > > > be nice if all of the appadmin 'dependencies' (for lack of a better >> > > > word) were located in separate folders. i know I can put my own app's >> > > > files in their separate respective folders, but I think it would be >> > > > nice if the appadmin already had its files separated. >> >> > > > I mainly ask about this because some of the apps I am creating are >> > > > actually old static websites that I am converting to web2py. Dragging >> > > > all the the old static content over creates some naming conflicts and >> > > > then there is confusion (despite folder organization) between some of >> > > > the designers and developers as to which static files belong to which >> > > > app (our app or appadmin). >> >> > > > Another reason is just purely for the sake of a clean folder layout >> > > > scheme. >> >> > > > I know this is petty to ask about and I am sure there are bigger >> > > > issues to deal with. >> >> > > > Thank you for your time and thanks to all the developers that make >> > > > this thing work! >> >> > > > J.R. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web2py-users" 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/web2py?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" 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/web2py?hl=en.

