when I load a model within a controller the link and script tags in the view get embedded within the body tag

[eluser]jedd[/eluser]
I think perhaps this has not much to do with loading a model in your controller.

In your main_page.php file, how are you you using the $main_css_template and $page_title variables?

In my view, you might need to do something like this:

Code:

echo  link_tag('assets/stylesheets/'. $main_css_template);