Content Skipper

In Controller:

Class methods:

skip_content :header
skip_content :footer, :only => 'index'
skip_content :navigation, :except => 'show'
skip_content [:comments, :faqs], :only => ['home', 'about']

Instance methods:

skip_content :header
dont_skip_content :header

In Views:

<%= render(:partial => 'footer') unless skip_content?(:footer) -%>