I hope this answers your question. If not, please post some code, for example a snippet of the html you want to create.

User Name:

Please enter the username

.error-message {color: red;}

var $validate = array(
    	'username'=>array(
    		'rule'=>'alphaNumeric',
			'required'=>true,
    		'message'=>'Please enter the username',
    	)
	);

<h2>Add User</h2>
<?php echo $form->create('User', array('url' => '/users/add'));?>
<?php echo $form->input('username', array('size' => '20','label'=>'User Name:'));?>
<?php
echo '<div><input type="submit" value="Submit" /> or '.$html->link('Cancel', array('action' => 'index')).'</div>';
echo $form->end();
?>
<code>
<h2>Add User</h2>
<?php echo $form->create('User', array('url' => '/users/add'));?>
<?php echo $form->input('username', array('size' => '20','label'=>'User Name:'));?>
<?php
echo '<div><input type="submit" value="Submit" /> or '.$html->link('Cancel', array('action' => 'index')).'</div>';
echo $form->end();
?>

<form method="post" action="/AuthUsers/users/add">
<fieldset style="display:none;">
<input type="hidden" name="_method" value="POST" />
</fieldset>
<div class="input text required error">
<label for="UserUsername">User Name:</label>
<input name="data[User][username]" type="text" size="20" maxlength="20" value="" id="UserUsername" class="form-error" />
<div class="error-message">Please enter the username</div>
</div>
<div>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" /> or <a href="/AuthUsers/users">Cancel</a>
</div>
</form>

Anny clue as to how i can have the error message displayed in red color but the label in black color?
Krishna

Anyway, good luck on your journey :)

re: post back – I wrote out a whole comment, about as long as the last one, but when I submitted, I forgot the mand. fields. I got a message saying to fill the mand. fields, but the message just stayed there (it was the only thing on the screen) and I wasn’t redirected back to my post. I clicked back button and my writing was gone and I had to re-write.

Thanks again for your responses and your blog. It’s an excellent resource for someone like me who’s beginning what seems to be a long journey in php programming, and the cake framework.

Regarding configuration model, I would probably create a model for each configuration table, and then have a special configurations controller. But at first I would ask myself whether this additional complexity is really necessary and worth the effort.

What do you mean with “post back method”?