I'm probably misunderstanding your problem, but is there a reason you can't append the secondary header you want to the top of the views in Section A and B?
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 4:47 PM, Jesse <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm having a layout issue and I'm not sure how to solve it. > > Problem: > > I have a default layout that contains my general header and footer > information. There are two sections of my website that run coupons. > Let's call them Section A and Section B. These sections need to > include the header and footer that the default site uses, but then > also append a secondary header for visual effect. Its' almost as if > there was a layout wrapped inside of another layout. > > The secondary header info that needs to be passed for Section A and > Section B is different. It mainly includes some images, text and a > couple stylesheets that differ it from the default layout. The easy > way to do this would be to have 3 layouts, but the three layouts will > almost be identical except for a couple element calls and style > sheets. > > Solution: > My first solution I see would be to "wrap a layout in another layout". > I don't think this is possible but makes sense in my head. > > My second solution was to create a template header and template footer > element that includes the header and footer info from the default > layout, and just call these at the top and bottom of the Section A and > Section B layouts. The problem with this is that the header element > will not recognize the "$title_for_layout" or "$script_for_layout" > variables (both of which I use a lot). > > Any other suggestions? > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "CakePHP" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<cake-php%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=.
