Avalon 2.0.0 has a new PhpExtended view engine that allows for views to inherit others, making layouts even easier, especially for theming.
PhpExtended
This can be backported to the currently used Avalon version.
Views now use extendView(...); to extend a layout, e.g. <?php extendView('layouts/default.phtml'); ?>
extendView(...);
<?php extendView('layouts/default.phtml'); ?>
Views now use
extendView(...);to extend a layout, e.g.<?php extendView('layouts/default.phtml'); ?>