diff --git a/framework/base/Application.php b/framework/base/Application.php
index dac3f10..5f4971d 100644
--- a/framework/base/Application.php
+++ b/framework/base/Application.php
@@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ class Application extends Module
 	 */
 	public $name = 'My Application';
 	/**
+	 * @var string the version of this application. Defaults to '1.0'.
+	 */
+	public $version = '1.0';
+	/**
 	 * @var string the charset currently used for the application. Defaults to 'UTF-8'.
 	 */
 	public $charset = 'UTF-8';
@@ -99,6 +103,11 @@ class Application extends Module
 	 * @var Controller the currently active controller instance
 	 */
 	public $controller;
+	/**
+	 * @var mixed the layout that should be applied for views in this application. Defaults to 'main'.
+	 * If this is false, layout will be disabled.
+	 */
+	public $layout = 'main';
 
 	// todo
 	public $localeDataPath = '@yii/i18n/data';
diff --git a/framework/base/Controller.php b/framework/base/Controller.php
index ab0fb95..2a45002 100644
--- a/framework/base/Controller.php
+++ b/framework/base/Controller.php
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ class Controller extends Component implements Initable
 	 * @var Action the action that is currently being executed
 	 */
 	public $action;
+	/**
+	 * @var View the view currently being used
+	 */
+	private $_view;
 
 	/**
 	 * @param string $id ID of this controller
@@ -301,6 +305,12 @@ class Controller extends Component implements Initable
 	{
 		if ($this->beforeRender($view)) {
 			$v = $this->createView();
+			if (($theme = \Yii::$application->getTheme()) !== null) {
+				$v->basePath[] = $theme->getViewPath($this);
+				$v->rootPath[] = $theme->getViewPath();
+			}
+			$v->basePath[] = $this->getViewPath();
+			$v->rootPath[] = \Yii::$application->getViewPath();
 			$v->render($view, $params);
 			$this->afterRender($view);
 		}
@@ -317,6 +327,32 @@ class Controller extends Component implements Initable
 
 	}
 
+	public function resolveLayout()
+	{
+		$layout = $this->layout;
+		$module = $this->module;
+		while ($layout === null && $module !== null) {
+			$layout = $module->layout;
+			$module = $module->module;
+			$layout = $
+		}
+	}
+
+	public function getView()
+	{
+		if ($this->_view === null) {
+			$this->_view = $this->createView();
+			$this->_view->owner = $this;
+			if (($theme = \Yii::$application->getTheme()) !== null) {
+				$this->_view->basePath[] = $theme->getViewPath($this);
+				$this->_view->rootPath[] = $theme->getViewPath();
+			}
+			$this->_view->basePath[] = $this->getViewPath();
+			$this->_view->rootPath[] = \Yii::$application->getViewPath();
+		}
+		return $this->_view;
+	}
+
 	public function createView()
 	{
 		return new View;
diff --git a/framework/base/ErrorHandler.php b/framework/base/ErrorHandler.php
index 9400083..86f3e91 100644
--- a/framework/base/ErrorHandler.php
+++ b/framework/base/ErrorHandler.php
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ class ErrorHandler extends ApplicationComponent
 	 * @var \Exception the exception that is being handled currently
 	 */
 	public $exception;
+	/**
+	 * @var boolean whether to log errors also using error_log(). Defaults to true.
+	 * Note that errors captured by the error handler are always logged by [[\Yii::error()]].
+	 */
+	public $logErrors = true;
 
 	public function init()
 	{
@@ -95,6 +100,20 @@ class ErrorHandler extends ApplicationComponent
 			// use the most primitive way to display exception thrown in the error view
 			$this->renderAsText($e);
 		}
+
+
+		try {
+			\Yii::$application->end(1);
+		} catch (Exception $e2) {
+			// use the most primitive way to log error occurred in end()
+			$msg = get_class($e2) . ': ' . $e2->getMessage() . ' (' . $e2->getFile() . ':' . $e2->getLine() . ")\n";
+			$msg .= $e2->getTraceAsString() . "\n";
+			$msg .= "Previous error:\n";
+			$msg .= $e2->getTraceAsString() . "\n";
+			$msg .= '$_SERVER=' . var_export($_SERVER, true);
+			error_log($msg);
+			exit(1);
+		}
 	}
 
 	protected function render($exception)
@@ -269,6 +288,9 @@ class ErrorHandler extends ApplicationComponent
 			$category .= '\\' . $exception->getSeverity();
 		}
 		\Yii::error((string)$exception, $category);
+		if ($this->logErrors) {
+			error_log($exception);
+		}
 	}
 
 	public function clearOutput()
diff --git a/framework/base/Module.php b/framework/base/Module.php
index e76fd4a..4c0fe08 100644
--- a/framework/base/Module.php
+++ b/framework/base/Module.php
@@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ abstract class Module extends Component implements Initable
 	 */
 	public $module;
 	/**
+	 * @var mixed the layout that should be applied for views within this module. This refers to a view name
+	 * relative to [[layoutPath]]. If this is not set, it means the layout value of the [[module|parent module]]
+	 * will be taken. If this is false, layout will be disabled within this module.
+	 */
+	public $layout;
+	/**
 	 * @var array mapping from controller ID to controller configurations.
 	 * Each name-value pair specifies the configuration of a single controller.
 	 * A controller configuration can be either a string or an array.
@@ -73,14 +79,18 @@ abstract class Module extends Component implements Initable
 	public $defaultRoute = 'default';
 	/**
 	 * @var string the root directory of the module.
-	 * @see getBasePath
-	 * @see setBasePath
 	 */
 	protected $_basePath;
 	/**
+	 * @var string the root directory that contains view files.
+	 */
+	protected $_viewPath;
+	/**
+	 * @var string the root directory that contains layout view files.
+	 */
+	protected $_layoutPath;
+	/**
 	 * @var string the directory containing controller classes in the module.
-	 * @see getControllerPath
-	 * @see setControllerPath
 	 */
 	protected $_controllerPath;
 	/**
@@ -221,6 +231,56 @@ abstract class Module extends Component implements Initable
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * @return string the root directory of view files. Defaults to 'moduleDir/views' where
+	 * moduleDir is the directory containing the module class.
+	 */
+	public function getViewPath()
+	{
+		if ($this->_viewPath !== null) {
+			return $this->_viewPath;
+		} else {
+			return $this->_viewPath = $this->getBasePath() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'views';
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $path the root directory of view files.
+	 * @throws CException if the directory does not exist.
+	 */
+	public function setViewPath($path)
+	{
+		if (($this->_viewPath = realpath($path)) === false || !is_dir($this->_viewPath)) {
+			throw new CException(Yii::t('yii', 'The view path "{path}" is not a valid directory.',
+				array('{path}' => $path)));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string the root directory of layout files. Defaults to 'moduleDir/views/layouts' where
+	 * moduleDir is the directory containing the module class.
+	 */
+	public function getLayoutPath()
+	{
+		if ($this->_layoutPath !== null) {
+			return $this->_layoutPath;
+		} else {
+			return $this->_layoutPath = $this->getViewPath() . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'layouts';
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $path the root directory of layout files.
+	 * @throws CException if the directory does not exist.
+	 */
+	public function setLayoutPath($path)
+	{
+		if (($this->_layoutPath = realpath($path)) === false || !is_dir($this->_layoutPath)) {
+			throw new CException(Yii::t('yii', 'The layout path "{path}" is not a valid directory.',
+				array('{path}' => $path)));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
 	 * Imports the specified path aliases.
 	 * This method is provided so that you can import a set of path aliases when configuring a module.
 	 * The path aliases will be imported by calling [[\Yii::import()]].
diff --git a/framework/base/RenderEvent.php b/framework/base/RenderEvent.php
index 114675b..60d2372 100644
--- a/framework/base/RenderEvent.php
+++ b/framework/base/RenderEvent.php
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ namespace yii\base;
 class RenderEvent extends Event
 {
 	/**
-	 * @var Action the action currently being executed
+	 * @var string the view currently being rendered
 	 */
-	public $action;
+	public $view;
 	/**
 	 * @var boolean whether the action is in valid state and its life cycle should proceed.
 	 */
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ class RenderEvent extends Event
 
 	/**
 	 * Constructor.
-	 * @param Action $action the action associated with this action event.
+	 * @param string $view the view currently being rendered
 	 */
-	public function __construct(Action $action)
+	public function __construct($view)
 	{
-		$this->action = $action;
+		$this->view = $view;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/framework/base/View.php b/framework/base/View.php
index 46ef9d4..0e0f3fe 100644
--- a/framework/base/View.php
+++ b/framework/base/View.php
@@ -22,13 +22,22 @@ class View extends Component
 	 */
 	public $owner;
 	/**
-	 * @var string|array the base path where the view file should be looked for using the specified view name.
-	 * This can be either a string representing a single base path, or an array representing multiple base paths.
-	 * If the latter, the view file will be looked for in the given base paths in the order they are specified.
-	 * Path aliases can be used. This property must be set before calling [[render()]].
+	 * @var string|array the directories where the view file should be looked for a *relative* view name is given.
+	 * This can be either a string representing a single directory, or an array representing multiple directories.
+	 * If the latter, the view file will be looked for in the given directories in the order they are specified.
+	 * Path aliases can be used. This property must be set before calling [[render()]] with a relative view name.
+	 * @see roothPath
 	 */
 	public $basePath;
 	/**
+	 * @var string|array the directories where the view file should be looked for an *absolute* view name is given.
+	 * This can be either a string representing a single directory, or an array representing multiple directories.
+	 * If the latter, the view file will be looked for in the given directories in the order they are specified.
+	 * Path aliases can be used. This property must be set before calling [[render()]] with an absolute view name.
+	 * @see basePath
+	 */
+	public $rootPath;
+	/**
 	 * @var string the language that the view should be rendered in. If not set, it will use
 	 * the value of [[Application::language]].
 	 */
@@ -255,12 +264,25 @@ class View extends Component
 		}
 		if ($view[0] === '@') {
 			$file = \Yii::getAlias($view);
-		} elseif (!empty($this->basePath)) {
-			$basePaths = is_array($this->basePath) ? $this->basePath : array($this->basePath);
-			foreach ($basePaths as $basePath) {
-				$file = \Yii::getAlias($basePath . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $view);
-				if (is_file($file)) {
-					break;
+			if ($file === false) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		} else {
+			if ($view[0] === '/') {
+				$paths = $this->rootPath;
+				$view = substr($view, 1);
+			} else {
+				$paths = $this->basePath;
+			}
+			if (!empty($paths)) {
+				if (!is_array($paths)) {
+					$paths = array($paths);
+				}
+				foreach ($paths as $path) {
+					$file = \Yii::getAlias($path . '/' . $view);
+					if (is_file($file)) {
+						break;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}