protected function _bootstrapLayout() { $layout = new Zend_Layout(); // Set a layout script path: $layout->setLayoutPath(ENGINEBLOCK_FOLDER_APPLICATION . 'layouts/scripts/'); // Defaults $defaultsConfig = $this->_application->getConfiguration()->defaults; $layout->title = $defaultsConfig->title; $layout->header = $defaultsConfig->header; // choose a different layout script: $layout->setLayout($defaultsConfig->layout); $this->_application->setLayout($layout); }