move all theme initialisation to one place - just after calling module_init. Revert if there are serious issues, but please note the issues in as much detail as possible so we can work through them.

boot.php

@@ -1880,13 +1880,9 @@ function get_custom_nav(&$a,$navname) {
 
 }
 
-function construct_page(&$a) {
-
+function load_pdl(&$a) {
 	require_once('include/comanche.php');
 
-	// in case a page has overloaded a module, see if we already have a layout defined
-	// otherwise, if a pdl file exists for this module, use it
-
 	if(! count($a->layout)) {
 		$n = 'mod_' . $a->module . '.pdl' ;
 		$u = comanche_get_channel_id();
@@ -1898,12 +1894,20 @@ function construct_page(&$a) {
 			comanche_parser($a,$s);
 	}
 
-	$comanche = ((count($a->layout)) ? true : false);
+}
+
+
+
+function construct_page(&$a) {
+
 
 	/**
 	 * Build the page - now that we have all the components
 	 */
 
+
+	$comanche = ((count($a->layout)) ? true : false);
+
 	require_once(theme_include('theme_init.php'));
 
 	$installing = false;

include/RedDAV/RedBrowser.php

@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@ class RedBrowser extends DAV\Browser\Plugin {
 		$html .= $output;
 	
 		get_app()->page['content'] = $html;
+		load_pdl(get_app());
 		construct_page(get_app());
 	}
 

index.php

@@ -242,14 +242,6 @@ if(strlen($a->module)) {
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * load current theme info
- */
-$theme_info_file = "view/theme/".current_theme()."/php/theme.php";
-if (file_exists($theme_info_file)){
-	require_once($theme_info_file);
-}
-
 
 /* initialise content region */
 
@@ -281,12 +273,44 @@ if($a->module_loaded) {
 	$a->page['page_title'] = $a->module;
 	$placeholder = '';
 
+	/**
+	 * No theme has been specified when calling the module_init functions
+	 * For this reason, please restrict the use of templates to those which
+	 * do not provide any presentation details - as themes will not be able
+	 * to over-ride them.
+	 */  
+
 	if(function_exists($a->module . '_init')) {
 		call_hooks($a->module . '_mod_init', $placeholder);
 		$func = $a->module . '_init';
 		$func($a);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Do all theme initialiasion here before calling any additional module functions.
+	 * The module_init function may have changed the theme.
+	 * Additionally any page with a Comanche template may alter the theme.
+	 * So we'll check for those now.
+	 */
+
+
+	/**
+	 * In case a page has overloaded a module, see if we already have a layout defined
+	 * otherwise, if a PDL file exists for this module, use it
+	 * The member may have also created a customised PDL that's stored in the config
+	 */
+
+	load_pdl($a);
+
+	/**
+ 	 * load current theme info
+ 	 */
+
+	$theme_info_file = "view/theme/".current_theme()."/php/theme.php";
+	if (file_exists($theme_info_file)){
+		require_once($theme_info_file);
+	}
+
 	if(function_exists(str_replace('-','_',current_theme()) . '_init')) {
 		$func = str_replace('-','_',current_theme()) . '_init';
 		$func($a);

mod/page.php

@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ function page_init(&$a) {
 	if($a->profile['profile_uid'])
 		head_set_icon($a->profile['thumb']);
 
-}
 
+	// load the item here in the init function because we need to extract
+	// the page layout and initialise the correct theme.
 
 
-
-function page_content(&$a) {
-
 	$observer = $a->get_observer();
 	$ob_hash = (($observer) ? $observer['xchan_hash'] : '');
 
@@ -97,11 +95,27 @@ function page_content(&$a) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	$a->data['webpage'] = $r;
+
+
+
+}
+
+
+
+
+function page_content(&$a) {
+
+	$r = $a->data['webpage'];
+	if(! $r)
+		return;
 
 	// logger('layout: ' . print_r($a->layout,true));
 
 	// Use of widgets should be determined by Comanche, but we don't have it on system pages yet, so...
 
+	// I recommend we now get rid of this bit - it's quite a hack to work around... - mike
+
 	if ($perms['write_pages']) {
 		$chan = $a->channel['channel_id'];
 		$who = $channel_address;

version.inc

@@ -1 +1 @@
-2014-10-19.833
+2014-10-20.834