Majna, thanks for the tip. That inspired me to think about it a bit more and I figured it was simpler and cleaner to set the layout in bootstrap.php where the plugin is loaded. That is working well.
Thanks Mark On Friday, June 22, 2012 2:24:36 PM UTC-4, majna wrote: > > You can use AppController or MyPluginAppController beforeRender() callback > to check if controller name is 'CakeError' > and set $this->layout = 'MyPlugin.error' > > or extend ExceptionRenderer > > > http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/development/exceptions.html#using-a-custom-renderer-with-exception-renderer-to-handle-application-exceptions > > On Thursday, June 21, 2012 7:11:30 PM UTC+2, Mark Wratten wrote: >> >> We are rewriting our site to use Cake 2.1 and I'm really loving the new >> features. The site has a back-end administration function which I have >> implemented as a plugin, including its own layout file. The admin function >> runs off its own host name, so I have a line in bootstrap.php that checks >> the hostname and if it matches, loads the plugin with its own routes. >> >> Everything works great until an exception occurs. When that happens, the >> code uses the layout file from the main app, rather than the plugin. I'd >> like the Exception Handler to use the plugin layout, but I don't know how >> to configure it to do so other than by writing a new exception handler. Is >> there a quick way of configuring the layout to use? >> >> Thanks >> >> Mark >> > -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
