Are there ways to easily change designs with application.cfm & onrequestend.cfm?

I'm a designer and a developer.. As a developer I like application.cfm and onrequestend.cfm, for header and footers for my designs.. as a designer, it is a great pain to change the design.. I have to piece it together and then change it pull it apart..

I started a new site and had a revelation...

Create your design in whatever manner you like and save it as one file.. in the place where you want the content that varies from page to page.. use this <CFINCLUDE template="#cgi.script_name#"> (On my computer, that worked, but on the server, I had to say.. <CFINCLUDE template="#right(cgi.script_name,len(cgi.script_name) - 1)#">.. so you may have to do the same..

Anyway now when I want to change the design, I can open it in notepad or my favorite WYSIWYG and edit it without and complications...

[color red]Update: [/color] This is critical, if people discover the name of your layout page, they can set your server into an endless loop.. so if we're going to call the page sitelayout.cfm.. We'll want to do this:

Code:

sitelayout.cfm

At the bottom of your page template.. remember to put <CFABORT>.. that also works at the bottom of application.cfm if you prefer.