Raw HTML Controller?

[Robust]

So, is there a way to have a raw HTML controller to display a homepage instead of a formatted response with the page_container and all?

https://xenforo.com
https://xenforo.com/api/

^ those pages are within XF.com's XF installation I think. That's what I attempt to do. I want my homepage to be within the XF framework and port it over, but I don't want it within the header and all.

How can I achieve this?
@Mike @Chris D How did you guys do it here at XF.com?

 

[Chris D]

The front pages here use parts of the XF API, but they are separate to the forum and so that probably doesn't help.

That said, you can pass a custom container template in. This guide by @Kier should help:

https://xenforo.com/community/threads/using-an-alternative-page-container.11465/

 

[Robust]

The front pages here use parts of the XF API, but they are separate to the forum and so that probably doesn't help.

That said, you can pass a custom container template in. This guide by @Kier should help:

https://xenforo.com/community/threads/using-an-alternative-page-container.11465/

So they aren't controllers in XF as such, but initialise XenForo's Application in the pages?

 

[Robust]

On another note, I understand views generally, but in XenForo I don't fully understand the purpose of a view. Seems to me like the XenForo template aspect of it takes care of what a view would traditionally do. Can someone explain to me where views are used in XF and what they do? I looked at XF's stock templates and they weren't of much help explaining this.

I had to touch them today to provide json responses.

 

[Chris D]

So they aren't controllers in XF as such, but initialise XenForo's Application in the pages?

It's sort of an application on its own, which is, for the most part, built using framework code borrowed from or derived from XenForo itself. So it's not an add-on for XenForo, there's not really a normal XenForo installation behind it.

That said, it actually does use the alternative page container thing in a number of its controllers, e.g. the page container used for the home page is not the same as the container used for the manual page, for example.

On another note, I understand views generally, but in XenForo I don't fully understand the purpose of a view. Seems to me like the XenForo template aspect of it takes care of what a view would traditionally do. Can someone explain to me where views are used in XF and what they do? I looked at XF's stock templates and they weren't of much help explaining this.

I had to touch them today to provide json responses.

"View" is really a highly generalised term that really encompasses a range of things, including the rendering of templates, etc. Though if you're talking about View classes specifically they are probably best seen as a final layer between the controller and what is output to the user allowing you to manipulate it as required. It allows us to prepare data to be output as JSON for AJAX requests, it allows us to prepare the data for output as RSS or XML, it allows us to manipulate the response headers so that an attachment file is downloaded vs displaying it as an image within the browser etc.

 

[Jaxel]

I use a custom view wrapper here:

http://yokappa.tv/

That front page is actually XenForo.

 

[Steve F]

I use a custom view wrapper here:

http://yokappa.tv/

That front page is actually XenForo.

Would love to see a tutorial on this or even if it could be made an add-on

 

[Chris D]

It's pretty much just this, Steve:

The front pages here use parts of the XF API, but they are separate to the forum and so that probably doesn't help.

That said, you can pass a custom container template in. This guide by @Kier should help:

https://xenforo.com/community/threads/using-an-alternative-page-container.11465/

 

[Steve F]

Hadn't really looked at that but will check it out now, thanks.

 

[Robust]

It would seem like this doesn't support xen:require css=?, as expected. How can I include an external template?

 

[Robust]

It would seem like this doesn't support xen:require css=?, as expected. How can I include an external template?

Fixed. Apparently:
<!--XenForo_Require:CSS-->
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