Where to put a separate admin interface for a Meteor app?

Question

I\'m trying to build a smart package for Meteor app that provides some monitoring capabilities and other tools based on the features of the smart package. For more details read

Answer 1

IronRouter supports multiple layouts.

https://github.com/EventedMind/iron-router

Router.configure({
  layout: 'layout',
  notFoundTemplate: 'notFound',

  loadingTemplate: 'loading',

  renderTemplates: { 
    /* render the templated named footer to the 'footer' yield */
    'footer': { to: 'footer' },

    /* render the template named sidebar to the 'sidebar' yield */
    'header': { to: 'header' }
  }
});

Router.map(function() { 

  this.route('admin', {
    layout: 'admin_layout',
    path: '/admin',
    template: 'admin',
    data: function() {
      return { page : 'admin'}
    },
    onBeforeRun: checkLoggedIn,
    renderTemplates: { 
    /* render the template named footer to the 'footer' yield */
    'admin_footer': {to: 'footer'},

    /* render the template named sidebar to the 'sidebar' yield */
    'admin_login_header': {to: 'header'}
    }
  });

this.route('home', {
    path: '/',
    template: 'home',
    data: function() {
      return { page : 'home'}
    }
  });

Could work pretty well if you match it up with Meteor accounts UserID checks and onBeforeRun hooks. I haven't fully tested the security aspect but it looks like it will work.