how to override the page being viewed <p>I copied the pages_controller.php to my app/controllers folder, then i created a view and placed it under pages. I have a custom_layout.ctp under views. The problem I am having is that the view I placed under pages is displaying with the default look of cakephp but i want to use my custom_layout. I tried by adding the last line on this code but nothing...</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php /** * Static content controller. * * This file will render views from views/pages/ * * PHP versions 4 and 5 * * CakePHP(tm) : Rapid Development Framework (http://cakephp.org) * Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org) * * Licensed under The MIT License * Redistributions of files must retain the above copyright notice. * * @copyright Copyright 2005-2011, Cake Software Foundation, Inc. (http://cakefoundation.org) * @link http://cakephp.org CakePHP(tm) Project * @package cake * @subpackage cake.cake.libs.controller * @since CakePHP(tm) v 0.2.9 * @license MIT License (http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php) */ /** * Static content controller * * Override this controller by placing a copy in controllers directory of an application * * @package cake * @subpackage cake.cake.libs.controller * @link http://book.cakephp.org/view/958/The-Pages-Controller */ class PagesController extends AppController { /** * Controller name * * @var string * @access public */ var $name = 'Pages'; /** * Default helper * * @var array * @access public */ var $helpers = array('Html', 'Session'); /** * This controller does not use a model * * @var array * @access public */ var $uses = array(); /** * Displays a view * * @param mixed What page to display * @access public */ function display() { $path = func_get_args(); $count = count($path); if (!$count) { $this-&gt;redirect('/'); } $page = $subpage = $title_for_layout = null; if (!empty($path[0])) { $page = $path[0]; } if (!empty($path[1])) { $subpage = $path[1]; } if (!empty($path[$count - 1])) { $title_for_layout = Inflector::humanize($path[$count - 1]); } $this-&gt;set(compact('page', 'subpage', 'title_for_layout')); $this-&gt;render(implode('/', $path)); $this-&gt;layout = 'custom_layout'; } } </code></pre>