layouts in expressjs

Question

I want to use 2 layouts for main page and admin page
What should i configure my code to do that?
here is my current code configure

app.configure(function(){
app.set('views', __dirname + '/views');
app.set('view engine', 'jade');
app.use(express.bodyParser());
app.use(express.methodOverride());
app.use(require('stylus').middleware({ src: __dirname + '/public' }));

app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/public'));
app.use(express.cookieParser());
app.use(express.session({secret: 'secrect', store: MemStore({
  reapInterval: 60000 * 10
})}));
app.use(app.router);
});

Answer 1

I usually set layout to false globally, so I know exactly what layout I use where (so no default layout):

app.set('view options', { layout: false });

Then in my routes I can set a layout per route like so:

res.render('my_page', { layout: 'my_layout' });

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