If my whole site is using the default.ctp layout specified in apps/view/layouts/default.ctp, how do I change only the home page layout to use homepage.ctp and leave the rest of the site using default.ctp?
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A:
Copy the /cake/libs/controller/pages_controller.php into your /app/controller/ dir and do either of the following:
- Add a line towards the end of
display()to switch the layout if 'home' is requested:
if ($page == 'home') $this->layout = 'homepage'; - Create a
home()method (or named however you like) in which you set$this->layoutand re-route the/route in/app/config/routes.phpto use this new method.
Edit:
In summary, you need some custom method in which you'll set $this->layout = 'homepage', that's all. You can do this in any of your controllers at any point, reusing the PagesController is just the most convenient and conventional way to do it in Cake.
deceze
2009-12-21 09:33:50
Isn't overwriting the class a little smarter. I also guess that `$this->layout` can be called from some other function, something `init`-like.
Franz
2009-12-21 09:35:02
Actually, you don't even need the original `PagesController` - you can use routes to point to a custom controller and set `$this->layout` from there
K Prime
2009-12-21 09:38:06
@Franz What do you mean by "overwriting"?
deceze
2009-12-21 09:39:00
@K Sure you can, but its a good idea to keep only the PagesController for static pages as per convention.
deceze
2009-12-21 09:40:26
Cool, i just got this to work using the first point. Although I also noticed that the custom cms that another guy here at work wrote overrides this setting. So basically I just had to specify a template for the homepage through the cms. When I'm not using the cms though, I'll be sure to use this. Thanks for the help guys.
Bradley
2009-12-21 09:53:49
For those new to cakephp please note that if using deceze's first solution the $this->layout = 'homepage'; line should go before the $this->render(join('/', $path)); line (the last line in the display function) as otherwise the layout won't be updated from the default one.
Loftx
2010-02-16 09:09:59