multiple layouts with one template Topic is solved

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I'm not sure if this has been posted before but here goes.
I found that it was a bit of a pain to code and keep track of multiple templates so ive been searching for a way to do this in Joomla 1.5. I stumbled upon this solution thru a few different threads.

basically im testing for the existence of say Fireboard and delivering a unique layout for that & testing for myblog then delivering a different layout for myblog and if none of these exist then just churn out the standard content block.

you should be able to swap these values out for any component

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<?php if (JRequest::getVar('option') == 'com_fireboard' ) {?> <!--code to detect Fireboard is loaded-->
              
              <div class="MainCol">
              	 <jdoc:include type="component" />
               </div>
               <div class="RightCol">
             		 <jdoc:include type="modules" name="RightCol" style="none" />
               </div>
              
              <?php  }  elseif  (JRequest::getVar('option') == 'com_myblog') {?> <!--code to detect Blog is loaded-->
     <div class="LeftCol">
             		 <jdoc:include type="modules" name="LeftCol" style="none" />
               </div>
               <div class="MainCol">
              	 <jdoc:include type="component" />
               </div>
               
              <?php  }  else {?>
              <jdoc:include type="component" />
			  
			  <?php   } ?>

Anyway I hope this helps someone
Thanks
Derek