I think I misunderstood which files you refer to. You can delete
layout.html but you need to provide a layout, or edit appadmin.html
and remove {{extend 'layout.html'}} and add <html><body> and </body></
html>.On Feb 17, 3:39 pm, "J.R." <thefluxl...@gmail.com> 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 <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> 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." <thefluxl...@gmail.com> 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 <mdipie...@cs.depaul.edu> 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." <thefluxl...@gmail.com> 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 web...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en.
