#7 All About Layouts

Everything you wanted to know about layouts: global layouts, controller layouts, shared layouts, dynamic layouts and action layouts. Yes, there really are that many ways to specify a layout.

# projects_controller.rb
layout :user_layout

def index
  @projects = Project.find(:all)
  render :layout => 'projects'
end

protected

def user_layout
  if current_user.admin?
    "admin"
  else
    "application"
  end
end