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best practice to setup admin controller? - El Forum - 01-31-2012
[eluser]snoo[/eluser]
Hello guys,
I'm setting up my admin controller and is a little bit confused on how to structure my files.
I want my url to be as such:
blog entries: /admin/blogs
static page: /admin/pages
menu: /admin/menu
etc
Am I limited to putting all my page controls into my admin class as functions? Or is it possible to actually make a blog controller, or a static page controller, in admin folder, inside my controller?
thanks much for any pointer.
best practice to setup admin controller? - El Forum - 01-31-2012
[eluser]CroNiX[/eluser]
Yes, create a folder in /application/controllers, like /application/controllers/admin
Put all of your admin controllers in there.
create a default route, so if they enter /admin (which is just a folder) it will take them to a specific controller. This would normally be a dashboard or something.
Code:
$route['admin'] = 'admin/controller/method';I would also look into base classes, so you can create an admin_controller, which does things like check for auth, etc. Then all other admin controllers would extend the Admin_controller instead of CI_Controller.
Here's a good article to read on that.
best practice to setup admin controller? - El Forum - 01-31-2012
[eluser]snoo[/eluser]
great! I will give that a try. thank you very much.
best practice to setup admin controller? - El Forum - 01-31-2012
[eluser]vbsaltydog[/eluser]
You should have your admin controllers extend MY_Controller and put your authentication in MY_Controller so you can keep your code DRY.