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In Rails 3.1 the controller inheritance also applies to the view layer. Here I show how to add an application template which is shared by all views, and a lookup path for overriding templates based on the subdomain.

In Rails 2.3 you can provide a template when generating a new Rails application. See how in this episode.

Discover how to dynamically change the layout using content in the database. Check out this episode for details.

Liquid is a safe way to provide a powerful template language to the site's users. See how in this episode.

If you want to change something in the layout on a per-template basis, content_for is your answer! This allows templates to specify view code that can be placed anywhere in a layout.