that is is precisely... The current recommended way of creating layout plugins works fine when installing plugins but does leave you "naked" if you decide to uninstall all layout plugins or uninstall the last layout plugin installed.
To get a better understanding of why this is true you can see the web2py manual or examine the contents of a layout plugin (basically a tar archive) : http://www.web2py.com/book/default/chapter/13?search=layout+plugin#Layout-plugins In a nutshell, many layout plugins (all of them?) overwrite views/layout.html or recommend that views/layout.html be replaced with the following content: {{extend 'plugin_layout_name/layout.html'}} {{include}} So restoring your original views/layout.html will give you your original layout again. Alternatively you could create a layout plugin that installs your original views/layout.html (or even the entire default theme) for the version of Web2py you used to create the application or your own custom version. Chris
