Modulated Templated CMS system

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Here I will explain how to build a smarty templated modulated CMS.
please follow the instructions on this thread to setup your smarty templates system
http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/60050/
also please see this thread for modules setup instructions:
http://ellislab.com/forums/viewthread/73177
configure your routes.php file like this:

Code:

$route['default_controller'] = "default_controller";
$route['scaffolding_trigger'] = "";
$route['(.*)'] = 'default_controller/$1';

now create a controller called default_controller like so in your app/controllers directory:

Code:

<?php if (!defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Default_controller extends Controller
{
    function Default_controller()
    {
        parent::Controller();
        $this->load->library('smarty_parser');
        $this->load->helper('modules');
        $this->init();
    }
    var $method;
    var $data=array();
    function _remap($page, $content = '')
    {
        modules::load('search');
        $data['page']=$page;
        switch ($page)
        {
            case 'index':
            case 'home':
                    $content = modules::run('home',$data,$this->method);
                break;
        case 'user':
            $content = modules::run($page,'',$this->method);
        break;
            default:
                //$content = modules::run('home');
                show_404();
        }        

        $this->render($content);
    }
    function init()
    {
        if($this->uri->segment(2)!='')
        {
            $this->method=$this->uri->segment(2);
        }
        else
        {
            $this->method='index';
        }
    }
    
    function render($content)
    {      
        $default_template = array(
            'template'=> $content
        );
        /*default_layout only contains this string <?=$template?>*/
        $this->smarty_parser->parse("ci:default_layout",$default_template);
    }
}

now create a view inside you app/views directory called default_layout.php like so:

Code:

<?=$template?>