Application Constants (header, footer)

[eluser]Michael Wales[/eluser]
I like to just do something simple like this:

controllers/posts.php

Code:

function index() {
    $this->data->partial = 'posts/list';
    $this->load->view('layout', $this->data);
  }
}

views/layout.php

Code:

$this->load->view('_header');
$this->load->view($partial);
$this->load->view('_footer');

If my headers/footers/sidebars etc. are going to contain dynamically generated content, I usually use Zacharias' awesome Wick library.