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I'm a beginner in cake php. i have needed to convert my HTML template into Cake PHP template. any idea?
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It is very easy.
index.html to index.ctp
Usually most templates are setup as follows:
<html>
<head>
<title>My Site</title>
// You will include your javascript and css files here
<?php
echo $this->Html->css(array('cake.generic','default'));
echo $this->Html->script(array('myscript','jquery'));
?>
</head>
<body>
<div id="container">
<div id="header"></div>
<div id="body">
<div id="main_content" style="width:600px;float:left">
<?php
//Code for this should be in your home.ctp
// in your pages folder. Usually I cut this content from
// my template and place the whole thing in that file
// everything else happens magically
echo $content_for_layout;
?>
</div>
<div id="side_content" style="width:300px;float:left">
<!-- You can have content here manually or create elements and include them here like the following -->
<?php $this->element("sidebar_content"); ?>
</div>
</div>
<div id="footer">...</div>
</div>
</body>
You should then upload all images to the /img folder in your /app/webroot folder
Change your images path to reference /img folder.
You must do the same with all your CSS and JS files. Place them in their corresponding folders in the /app/webroot location.
Good luck!
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Save your template in to APP/views/layouts/template.ctp.
Make sure it has at least two variables:
<title><?php echo $title_for_layout; ?></title>
and
<body>
<?php echo $content_for_layout; ?>
</body>
Fire up your view, or controller and add
$this->layout = 'template'; // view/method
or $layout = 'template'; // controller;
Look at the Cake default.ctp for ideas.
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