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If you want to limit what fields are shown by scaffolding for the "index" action? Then this can be done with the following sample code in your controller.

function beforeRender()

{

if($this->action === 'index')

{

$this->set( 'scaffoldFields', array( 'id', 'title', 'desc', 'created' ) );

}

}

By default scaffolding populates the schaffoldFields view variable with all the fields from the scema for the mode. You can replace this variable with a new list of fields, and only those fields will be shown.

If you have enabled admin rounting in your app/config/core.php, for example.

Configure::write('Routing.admin', 'admin');

Then, you can also use prefixes for your scaffolding views.

In your controller just assign your admin prefix to the scaffolding variable.

var $scaffold = 'admin';

Now, all your scaffolding actions will be prefixed with your admin prefix string.

http://example.com/admin/controller/index

http://example.com/admin/controller/view

http://example.com/admin/controller/edit

This is an easy way to configure a back end administration site using scaffolding.