In my opinion, it really is an incredible match made in heaven. The CSS styles are even almost compatible. We've only made minor changes to the default Cake CSS, and it looks like it's just another part of Drupal.
I also made some small modifications to Drake to introduce per-application Drupal permissions. So for a user to use a certain application, they have to have a certain Drupal permission that's found under the Drake section. I talk about our search for a framework and platform here: http://bennerweb.com/node/11 Jonathan Langevin wrote: > This has me intrigued now, thinking about the possibilities :-) > > On 6/11/07, *Joshua Benner* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > We make use of Drake fairly extensively on our organization's > intranet, > and I use the Drupal API all the time, since technically Cake is > executing as a module with full access to the rest of Drupal. This is > nice because Drupal handles LDAP authentication, which our Cake apps > then have access to, etc. > > Jonathan Langevin wrote: > > My understanding is the same as Joshua. It's a bridge that allows > > Joomla access to the Cake applications/api, and Cake access to the > > Joomla applications/api. > > To completely replace the Joomla api, that would seem to be pretty > > complex, as you would have to update existing Joomla > > components/modules to work with Cake. > > > > Maybe look at Jake's source code, to see how they are implementing > > Cake into Joomla, that might help you figure out what you would need > > to change for your own undertaking > > > > On 6/11/07, *Joshua Benner* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > > > Yes, they are bridges, but they still have full access to the > > Joomla and > > Drake APIs (AFAIK). > > > > chanh.ong wrote: > > > Thanks for the tips but I am not sure that is how I want. I > > just want > > > to use cake as a framework not a bridge to run cake app in > > Mambo. I > > > think that is how Jake and Drake is doing. A bridge to > run cake app > > > in Joomla and Drupal. > > > > > > I just want to be able to use cake api and classes at this > point. > > > > > > On Jun 11, 8:17 am, "Jonathan Langevin" < > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > http://cakebaker.42dh.com/2007/01/29/joomla-and-cakephp/http://dev.sypad.com/projects/jake/ > > <http://cakebaker.42dh.com/2007/01/29/joomla-and-cakephp/http://dev.sypad.com/projects/jake/> > > > > <http://cakebaker.42dh.com/2007/01/29/joomla-and-cakephp/http://dev.sypad.com/projects/jake/> > > > << official home of Jake? > > >> > > >> On 6/11/07, Joshua Benner <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>> I know there is a Joomla extensions that integrates Cake > > (called Jake I > > >>> believe) -- it may work for mambo, or there may be a similar > > extension > > >>> for Mambo -- or perhaps you could port it. > > >>> > > >>> chanh.ong wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> I was able to bootstrap cake into Mambo and able to > call global > > >>>> functions and cake constant but not able to figure out > how to > > call > > >>>> helpers, etc, any suggestion? > > >>>> > > >>>> I am not using the normal cake controller, etc. I > create an > > include > > >>>> file that bootstrap cake into Mambo as a library and > hoping > > to use > > >>>> cake framework inside Mambo. > > >>>> > > >>>> Any bootstrap advise is appreciated. > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks > > >>>> > > >>> -- > > >>> Joshua Benner > > >>> http://bennerweb.com > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Joshua Benner > > http://bennerweb.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Joshua Benner > http://bennerweb.com > > > > > > -- Joshua Benner http://bennerweb.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
