ralphsaunders/controller.php

## controller.php
<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

class Site extends CI_Controller {

    /**
     * Index Page for this controller.
     *
     * Maps to the following URL
     *      http://example.com/index.php/site
     *  - or -
     *      http://example.com/index.php/site/index
     *  - or -
     * Since this controller is set as the default controller in
     * config/routes.php, it's displayed at http://example.com/
     *
     * So any other public methods not prefixed with an underscore will
     * map to /index.php/site/<method_name>
     * @see http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/urls.html
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $todo_list = array( 'milk', 'bread', 'eggs', 'sugar' );

        $data['title']        = 'Page Title';
        $data['main_content'] = 'welcome'; // "welcome" is the filename of your view
        $data['todo']          = $todo_list;
        $this->load->view('template', $data);
    }

}

/* End of file site.php */
/* Location: ./application/controllers/site.php */

## footer.php
<!-- Scripts -->
<script src="<?php echo base_url(); ?>resources/js/scripts.js" type="text/javascript"></script>

<!-- Page rendered in {elapsed_time} seconds -->
</body>
</html>

## header.php
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <title><?php if (isset($title)) { echo $title; } else { echo "Untitled"; } ?></title>

    <!-- Character Encoding -->
    <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">

    <!-- Favicon -->
    <link rel="shortcut icon" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>resources/imgs/favicon.ico" />

    <!-- Stylesheets -->
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>resources/css/style.css" type="text/css" media="screen">

    <!-- jQuery; other scripts are located at the bottom of the page -->
    <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        var baseUrl = "<?php echo base_url(); ?>/";
        var siteUrl = "<?php echo site_url(); ?>/";
    </script>

    <!--[if lt IE 9]>
    <script src="//html5shim.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script>
    <![endif]-->

    <!-- Humans -->
    <link rel="author" href="<?php echo base_url(); ?>humans.txt" />
</head>
<body id="index">

## template.php
<?php $this->load->view('header'); ?>
<?php $this->load->view($main_content); ?>
<?php $this->load->view('footer'); ?>

## welcome.php
<h1>Ohai</h1>

<ul>
<?php foreach( $todo_list as $todo ) : ?>
   <li><?php echo $todo; ?></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

<?php echo date(); ?>
	<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

	class Site extends CI_Controller {

	/**
	* Index Page for this controller.
	*
	* Maps to the following URL
	* http://example.com/index.php/site
	* - or -
	* http://example.com/index.php/site/index
	* - or -
	* Since this controller is set as the default controller in
	* config/routes.php, it's displayed at http://example.com/
	*
	* So any other public methods not prefixed with an underscore will
	* map to /index.php/site/<method_name>
	* @see http://codeigniter.com/user_guide/general/urls.html
	*/
	public function index()
	{
	$todo_list = array( 'milk', 'bread', 'eggs', 'sugar' );

	$data['title'] = 'Page Title';
	$data['main_content'] = 'welcome'; // "welcome" is the filename of your view
	$data['todo'] = $todo_list;
	$this->load->view('template', $data);
	}

	}

	/* End of file site.php */
	/* Location: ./application/controllers/site.php */
	<?php $this->load->view('header'); ?>
	<?php $this->load->view($main_content); ?>
	<?php $this->load->view('footer'); ?>
	<h1>Ohai</h1>

	<ul>
	<?php foreach( $todo_list as $todo ) : ?>
	<li><?php echo $todo; ?></li>
	<?php endforeach; ?>
	</ul>

	<?php echo date(); ?>