public function preDispatch()
{
App_Main::getModel('core/url_rewrite')->rewrite();
//Initialize the display singleton prior to loading layout and initializing controllers
App_Main::getDesign();
return $this;
}
/**
* Load the layout for the design area
* The mehotd will load layout.xml the theme directory and blocks will be initialized
*
* @return Core_Model_Layout
*/
public function loadLayoutConfig()
{
$this->_layoutConfigFile = App_Main::getDesign()->getLayoutFilename('layout.xml');
if (!file_exists($this->_layoutConfigFile)) {
App_Main::throwException('Layout config file not found. Cannot continue');
exit;
}
$this->_blocks = array();
$this->_elementClass = App_Main::getModelClassName('core/layout_element');
$this->setXml(simplexml_load_file($this->_layoutConfigFile, $this->_elementClass)->default->block);
$this->generateBlocks();
return $this;
}
protected function _preDispatch()
{
//set the area in the design model
$design = App_Main::getDesign()->setArea($this->_currentArea);
$website = $this->_getWebsite();
$namespace = $this->getLayout()->getArea();
App_Main::getSingleton('core/session', array('name' => $this->_currentArea))->start();
//load the website based configs only on frontend
if ($this->_currentArea == 'frontend') {
$website->loadFromRequestUrl();
//switch the theme based on website's theme if configured
if ($website->getTheme() != $design->getTheme() && !$design->isThemeLocked()) {
$design->setTheme($website->getTheme());
}
if ($this->_getWebsite()->getConfig('session-log-visitors')) {
App_Main::getSingleton('visitor/visitor')->initByRequest();
}
}
//set the theme from request or session
if ($this->getRequest()->getParam('_theme') || $this->_getSession()->getCustomTheme()) {
if ($theme = $this->getRequest()->getParam('_theme')) {
$this->_getSession()->setCustomTheme($theme);
} else {
$theme = $this->_getSession()->getCustomTheme();
}
$design->setTheme($theme)->lockTheme();
}
$this->loadLayout();
//@#ToDO update layout for the current request
$this->_updatelayout();
//init translator
if ($this->_currentArea == 'frontend' && $this->_getWebsite()->getConfig('fontend_translation_enabled')) {
App_Main::getTranslator()->init($this->_currentArea);
}
return $this;
}
/**
* Get url of skins files, Url is generated based on the current theme and area
*
* @param string file
* @param array parameters
* @return string
*/
public function getSkinUrl($file = null, array $params = array())
{
return App_Main::getDesign()->getSkinUrl($file, $params);
}
/**
* Loading current theme translation
*
* @return Core_Model_Translate
*/
protected function _loadThemeTranslation($forceReload = false)
{
$this->getTranslate()->addTranslation(App_Main::getDesign()->getLocaleFileName(false));
return $this;
}
/**
* Set the theme for the layout
* @param string $theme
* @return Page_Block_Html
*/
public function setTheme($theme)
{
App_Main::getDesign()->setTheme($theme);
return $this;
}
/**
* Render block
*/
public function renderView()
{
$this->setScriptPath(App_Main::getBaseDir('design'));
//$params = array('_relative'=>true);
$params = array();
if ($area = $this->getArea()) {
$params['_area'] = $area;
}
$templateName = App_Main::getDesign()->getTemplateFilename($this->getTemplate(), $params);
$html = $this->fetchView($templateName);
return $html;
}
