why has wf an extra folder beside the cake-core folder? wf is a app and there is a app-folder for that. I'm using cake since a few months and I love the structure. so it was cool to see a full cms, which is done with it. but why the cakephp standard is not used? the coolnes with a framework is, that it could be easier to jump in a project, because of the known pattern: convention over configuration.
pe, The reason why wildflower is in its own folder, is for the flexibility of upgrade. By keeping all of the CMS code separate it allows you to build on top of it whatever action you'd like, or even overwrite them by creating a similar file in the app/ folder. If we had created wildflower within the app/ folder, it would be rather tedious for someone to go in and add code. Plus upon update you'd probably forget what you had created and what was core functionality.
Right now if you want to create a new home page, just create the view in app/views/pages/home.ctp - done! if you make a mistake, you can always go back and delete that file to be restored to the 'core wildflower' layout.