Re: current page info

On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 8:16 PM, cricket <zijn.digital@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2010 at 6:49 PM, grandioso
> <something.like.a.phenomenon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I feel really stupid for asking this, but I'm just noob baker, so...
>> How do I add a "selected" class to a menu item that points to the
>> current page and how do I create a title for the current page ?
>>
>> I created a default layout, and all the pages. Then I created the
>> routes in 'app/config/routes.php' like "Router::connect('/contact',
>> array('controller' => 'pages', 'action' => 'display', 'contact'));".
>> It works just fine, but I have no idea how to add "selected" to the
>> currently selected menu item and how to create a custom title for the
>> page.
>>
>> It would be great if I could just pass the "title" and "selected"
>> string in this array.
>> Is it possible ?
>
> $this->set('title_for_layout', 'some title');
>
> I have this in AppController:
>
> protected function _setPageTitle($title)
> {
>        $title = 'some default text' . (!empty($title) ? " &bull; ${title}" : null);
>        $this->set('title_for_layout', $title);
> }

I forgot to add that this is also in AppController:

function beforeRender()
{
parent::beforeRender();

if (!isset($this->viewVars['title_for_layout']))
{
/* set default title
*/
$this->_setPageTitle();
}
}

and it's:

protected function _setPageTitle($title = null) { ... }

That way, I get the default if I forget to call the method inside some
action. Cake will set the var if you don't, based on the model name,
but that's not always what you might want.

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