RE: Move stylesheet and column calls to header/footer

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[quote="loxly"]Now you are talking about a system that has been implemented by phpNuke.  User groups are set up and certain users see and can do things that other users can't, once they log in.  Linda's SEC addresses the log in issue to an extent, but the template doesn't change on login.[/quote]
The admin-link part could probably be achieved by modifying the header with an if/then statement. 

The system I envision, however, goes beyond just users/groups, and could generate pages based on referral source, etc. It would almost be a blend of users/groups/affiliates/logic etc. The base would be a core set of templates that is the default. This would be followed by a set of rules that determines if the whole or partial sets of templates override the default set. This could be hard coded (e.g. user is a member of group X) or dynamic (e.g. coming from a source that is co-branding my site via a special URL or referral link). 

In fact, one could even go so far as to make everything about the store rules based, so that seasonal promotions/pricing could automatically go into effect, etc. But then again, I have a feeling that I'm starting to get into a more in-depth revsion of the core logic... I'd be happy with group-based template and price delivery for now. 

(I'll just hack my way to dynamically generated group statuses!) ;)