This is the MenuHelper I use in my CMS system. It is designed to work with data from the Tree behaviour or from any $model->find(‘threaded’) call. I use it to generate multi level CSS menus (that you see at the top of most websites), contextual menus (that you see in sidebars, showing the current page [...]
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Messing about with Tarzan and the Amazon AAWS web service
At the moment I building a couple of applications running of the Amazon AWS web services – in a nutshell e-commerce sites that utilize products available via Amazon or companies selling through Amazon and then let you check out using Amazon’s secure checkout (the site owner gets commission on each product sold). The system is [...]
Two CakePHP behaviours to extend MeioUpload
I’ve been using the the Meio Upload Behaviour for a while as its a very handy piece of code, but as is so often the case it doesn’t do quite what I need. In the past I’ve got round this by hacking together a kind of supporting framework in app_controller and scattered about in my [...]
Overload $this->tags & $this->map in Apphelper
CakePHP is full of amazingly handy little bits and pieces, the trick is discovering them by exploring the API or paying attention to people who know Cake inside out. AppHelper sits there begging to be filled, the idea being that you can overload core helper methods here; however there is a lot of debate as [...]
At last the CakePHP books have arrived
I’d like to say it never rains but it pours, but that would be entirely the wrong sentiment, I need something more like good things come to those who wait… Anyway after an epic wait a flurry of CakePHP books have arrived. details on Amazon details on Amazon details on Amazon view at Manning I [...]
