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What have we learned?
So far, we have learned to:
Chapter 4
• Create the base directory structure for our Magento module
• The role and importance of the configuration files
• Creating models and setup resources
• The role and order of installation, upgrade, and data scripts
Here's a challenge for you. Try improving the model structure for our
module even further by converting the entity into an EAV model; this will
require modifications to the installation scripts and to the resource model.
To see the answer with the complete code and full breakdown, visit
http://www.magedevguide.com/challenge/chapter4/2.
Setting up our routes
Now that we are capable of saving and manipulating the data by using our models,
we need to provide a way for customers to interact with the actual gift registries;
that is our first step. We need to create valid routes or URLs in the frontend.
As with many things in Magento, this is controlled by the configuration file. A route
will convert a URL into a valid controller, action, and method.
Open our config.xml file. The file location is app/code/local/Mdg/Giftregistry/
etc/config.xml. Refer to the following code:
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Mdg_Giftregistry
giftregistry
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