The PagesController is a builtin controller that handles static pages for you.
I suggest you to put it in app/views/pages/about.ctp, then you can access it in http:://example.com/pages/about , if you prefer you can make a custom route in app/config/routes.php. Go ahead an read: http://cake-php.blogspot.com/2006/09/21-things-you-must-know-about-cakephp.html http://bakery.cakephp.org/articles/view/taking-advantage-of-the-pages-controller http://groups.google.es/group/cake-php/browse_thread/thread/3334878cc862f694 On Jan 18, 2008 8:48 PM, Baz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You "can" do anything, but elements seems to be the best bet... > > u would have the model: > /models/about.php > > controller: > /controllers/controller_about.php > > view: > /views/about/index.ctp > > then the elements: > > /views/elements/ > header.ctp > footer.ctp > menu.ctp > > > > > > > On Jan 18, 2008 3:07 PM, 1010011010 <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > I'm very new to CakePHP and used to to use procedural code. I think I > > get the idea about MVC and the structure of CakePHP but I have a few > > questions. > > > > Say I have a page on my site that is a page with no content from a > > database (ie. about.php). In the old days the page would render the > > content plus include the header, menu, and footer inside an includes > > folder. > > > > For example, the directory structure would look like this: > > about.php > > includes/header.php > > includes/footer.php > > includes/menu.php > > > > After doing some research it looks like the header, menu and footer > > would be Elements inside a Layout. Is that correct? and... would the > > "about" page just be a view with static content? What would the > > directory structure look like? > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
