[Seaside] [NEWBIES] How to set up a multi-page website

[David Zmick]

So, i was doing the right thing essentially, and I only need a task to
manage login in and stuff.
Thats good news ;)

yay, thank you!!

On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 3:15 PM, Roger Ostrander <atiaxi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello,
>
>  The way I've approached this is similar to your idea:  There's a
> "menu component" whose job it is to render the header, the footer,
> itself, and then whatever the active component is.  I tend to store
> the active component in the menu component itself, but that has the
> problem that, unless you pass the menu component around, it's the only
> thing that can transition between pages (this hasn't been a problem
> for me).
>
>  Tasks fill a different niche altogether.  They're used when you want
> a sequential list of things to happen.  So say before people see the
> menu component at all, they need to log in.  Your task would look
> something like:
>
> do
>    [self session loggedIn ] whileFalse: [ self call: self loginComponent ].
>    self call: self menuComponent.
>
>  Hope this helps!
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 4:45 PM, David Zmick <dz0004455 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > So, I have a website, and I would like it to have multiple pages, eg. an
> > about page, a members page, etc.  I think you know what I mean.  I have
> > currently accomplished this by creating a variable in my session class
> > called content and the root component renders different content depending
> on
> > what the content variable stores.
> >  This approach appears to have these advantages:
> >
> > I can have a header and footer that remains constant no matter what page
> the
> > user is on
> > It is very simple
> > not much elseI do not entirely understand the idea of a root task but I
> have
> > a feeling that that is the way I should go about completing this.
> >  What is the "proper" way to accomplish my goal, preferably, I would like
> to
> > be able to do the same things I can now, but do it "correctly" :)
> >
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