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Why are all initLayout.xml parsed?

Tweakmag Total Posts: 306 Joined: 2007-08-31 London, UK Ignore user	Why is it that all initLayout.xml files are parsed no matter where I am in the site? For example - to turnoff the left_col_callout I need to edit it in ‘layout/catalog/initLayout.xml’ but I could just as easy activate it by adding… `<reference name="left"> <block type="core/template" name="left.permanent.callout"> <action method="setTemplate"><template>callouts/left_col.phtml</template></action> </block> </reference>` to the newsletter/initLayout.xml (or any other initLayout.xml for that matter). I assumed that they would only be called if needed. Some clarification on this would be great. Cheers Adam Signature adam martin: internet consultant / web developer contact \| adam.martin@tweakmag.com http://www.tweakmag.com - Must have developer extension available soon - please make contact if interested in testing! Mage Stats - http://www.magestats.com - Magento, Google Analytics and Realtime Stats combined - true customer insight.
	Posted: September 14 2007 \| top

Moshe Total Posts: 1770 Joined: 2007-08-07 Los Angeles Ignore user	initLayout.xml files are setup to be a way for other modules to update default layout. So they will run every time after core/default.xml Signature - I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code -
	Posted: September 14 2007 \| top \| # 1