R – SharePoint: Temporary switching PageLayout of PublishingPage in HttpModule fails

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Im working on an edit/display mode switch of MasterPage and PageLayout. I asked a question on this before (How to dynamically switch PageLayout and MasterPage of SharePoint Publishing page?). The nicest approach seems to be a HttpModule where to switch MasterPage and PageLayout to edit specific variants.
MasterPage switching is no problem, but the PageLayout switching results in an error.

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I found the definitive answer! Its all working now! Problem was that after publish the wrong item is cached. I flushed the item from the cache and it all works now. Also did a lot of rewriting on the code. I am now creating a WSP package for it with an activation feature, preparing the code for publication on codeplex. I will update this post as soon as the code is published.

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How to dynamically switch PageLayout and MasterPage of SharePoint Publishing page

I think you would be fighting SharePoint if you continue down that route, I fear it would also become something of a support nightmare as it becomes less clear where problems lie, or remembering to make changes in both (or all four!) places when something is updated.

You can have controls appear or hide depending on the editmode of a page so what is shown to the user is totally different but all the code for a page is still in one place.

Investigate the editmodepanel.

<publishingwebcontrols:editmodepanel ID="Editmodepanel1" runat="server">
   <link id="Link2" rel=Stylesheet href="<% $SPUrl:~sitecollection/EditMode.css %>" runat="server" type="text/css" />
</publishingwebcontrols:editmodepanel>

I realise that is not quite what you asked... but I find fighting SharePoint is a losing battle you just have to work with its 'way'.

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