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;
}
/**
* Translate wrapper method to translate block sentence
*/
public function __()
{
$args = func_get_args();
return App_Main::getTranslator()->translate($args);
}
