Re: Custom flash messages

This is how I use flash()

AppController:
public function flash($msg, $url = null, $layout = null)
{
$this->Session->setFlash($msg, (is_null($layout) ? 'flash_msg' :
$layout));

if (!is_null($url))
{
$this->redirect($url);
exit(0);
}
}

I have several flash layouts: flash_error, flash_msg, flash_success,
etc. All of the containing divs have ID flash_msg.

javascript (jQuery):

$(function()
{
showFlashMsg();
});

function showFlashMsg()
{
$('#flash_msg').hide().center({top: 10})
.animate({opacity: 'show'}, 'normal', function()
{
/* don't fade out errors
*/
if (!$(this).hasClass('error-message'))
{
$(this).fadeOut(8000);
}
})
.find('a.HideFlash').click(function(e)
{
$('#flash_msg').hide();
e.preventDefault();
});
}

Check out this article:

http://www.jamesfairhurst.co.uk/posts/view/custom_cakephp_flash_messages_updated

On Apr 1, 1:35 am, Ed Propsner <crotchf...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been playing around trying to customize my flash messages with CSS and
> I'm having a bit of trouble.
>
> I tried to define the class with the message itself  ....
>
> [code]    $this->Session->setFlash(__(' Some Flash message here ',
> array('class' => 'flash_failure')));    [/code]
>
> I also tried to use the example in the CookBook and create separate .ctp
> files in the layouts folder and defining the views that way but that didn't
> seem to work either.
>
> The message shows up fine in the view but it shows as plain text and no CSS
> style.

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