I have a theme with a particular layout for the entire site. I have a page I want to not have some of the blocks (ex: within the header and footer) to be visible. I'll call this layout "minimal".
I thought I found two possible ways to accomplish this, but neither change the way the page is looking. And yes, I cleared the cache.
1. Under Design->Layouts I cloned the main layout and then selectively shut off the blocks I did not want in minimal layout. Then I wen to Website->Content and edited the page I wanted to use the minimal layout. I went to the Layouts section and selected the minimal layout. The layout did not change when I view that page.
2. Rather than create a new layout, just go to Website->Content, edit the page, go to Layouts and deselect the blocks not desired on this page. Again, the layout did not change when I view that page.
As I mentioned before I have cleared the cache.
A. What is the ideal way of accomplishing what I am trying to do?
B. Why is neither of these methods working?