yii framework Insert Contact Form in Home Page - yii

Question

i've have problem in understanding how can i render contact form created by default from Yii at the bottom of my Home Page.
What i can use? renderPartial() or simply render() and what is the right way to do this?
<?php $this->renderPartial('contact', array('model'=>$model)); ?> return me error of undefined value $model.
I'm new on Yii Framework someone can help me?
TIA
Now i have problems building contact Portlet
This is my component ContactForm.php
<?php
Yii::import('zii.widgets.CPortlet');
class ContactForm extends CPortlet
{
public $title="Contact Us";
protected function renderContent() {
$form = new ContactForm;
if(isset ($_POST['ContactForm']))
{
$form->attributes=$_POST['ContactForm'];
if($form->validate())
$this->controller->refresh ();
}
$this->render('contactForm', array('form'=>$form));
}
}
And this is my contacForm.php view that give me error:
<?php echo CHtml::beginForm(); ?>
<div class="row">
<?php echo CHtml::activeLabel($form,'name'); ?>
<br/>
<?php echo CHtml::activeTextField($form,'name') ?>
<?php echo CHtml::error($form,'name'); ?>
</div>
<div class="row">
<?php echo CHtml::submitButton('Submit'); ?>
</div>
<?php echo CHtml::endForm(); ?>
CException
ContactForm and its behaviors do not have a method or closure named "getAttributeLabel".
This is the part of SiteController where there is the contact function:
/**
* Displays the contact page
*/
public function actionContact()
{
$model=new ContactForm;
if(isset($_POST['ContactForm']))
{
$model->attributes=$_POST['ContactForm'];
if($model->validate())
{
$headers="From: {$model->email}\r\nReply-To: {$model->email}";
mail(Yii::app()->params['adminEmail'],$model->subject,$model->body,$headers);
Yii::app()->user->setFlash('contact','Thank you for contacting us. We will respond to you as soon as possible.');
$this->refresh();
}
}
$this->render('contact',array('model'=>$model));
}
Where is the error?

Answer 1

Looks like a use case for a portlet. Here is a tutorial for creating a User-login portlet; with the contact form, it should be similar:
http://www.yiiframework.com/doc/blog/1.0/en/portlet.login