Theming and layout in yii framework

Question

I am a newbie in Yii Framework and creating a CRM which is module based. Using different tutorials I am able to create my own theme, but now I am stucked at one point.

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Answer 1

Using a custom layout for your view is the right way to go. You can either set the layout in the controller action or in the view.

$this->layout = "//layouts/mylayout";

Note that the default layouts column1.php and column2.php also use the main.php layout file.