id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
20287,Load header and footer template files using hooks,johnbillion,,"The theme header and footer files are loaded from inside the `get_header()` and `get_footer()` functions.

If these files were instead loaded from helper functions that were hooked into actions inside `get_header` and `get_footer` then we'd get two nice benefits:

 1. Theme frameworks that call a function or fire an action immediately after the header would be able to use the hooks instead of placing the calls directly in each file. For example, Thematic calls `thematic_abovecontainer()` in each template file immediately after `get_header()`. It could instead add this via a hook.
 2. Fancy schmancy themes or plugins that add partial-page AJAX loading (using a system such as PJAX) could unhook the header and footer when they're unneeded in AJAX requests.

Patch coming up.",enhancement,new,normal,Awaiting Review,Template,,normal,,has-patch,