/**
* 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;
}
