> I've did it with "include into" and use a normal string variable, but IMHO 
> this gives the same result as using save output(_request{"sidebar"})

You can use 'include into(_request{"sidebar"})'.


> Let's say I'd spice up your bicycle online store (the screencast) with a 
> categories popup in the left sidebar, build from a 4D database and a right 
> sidebar holding two dynamic areas, a condensed view of the shopping cart and 
> a related products list, dynamically created depending on the selection you 
> make in the main area. Would you incorporate these parts with this 
> pseudo-circuit mechanism within the layout file for left:sidebar and 
> right_sidebar?

Probably.


> Aren't nested circuits always a kind of plugins as long as they create an 
> output?

Yes.


> And how can the main page (output of the parent circuit, or output of the 
> root circuit ? ) know nothing about that nested circuit.

It knows nothing other than the fuseaction to call and the attributes it 
expects. It's like calling a method and passing parameters.


> Or do you design the layouts initially from scratch and rely on Fusebox to 
> preview the output, while styling the site?

I usually start with fusebox since I am usually the designer and the coder.

Regards,

   Aparajita
   www.aparajitaworld.com

   "If you dare to fail, you are bound to succeed."
   - Sri Chinmoy   |   www.srichinmoy.org

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