Several additions:

  - Altered config handling. Deleted all dot-notation stuff and used
    the config like it should with Kohana 3.2
  - Added a pre-render method for stuff that needs to be done after
    setting the config array but before rendering of the view

classes/ljcore/view/core.php

@@ -14,29 +14,39 @@
  */
 abstract class Ljcore_View_Core extends Kostache_Layout {
 
+  /**
+   * Holds the config array
+   * @var  array
+   */
+  public $config;
+
   /**
    * Config file to get initial layout settings from
    * @var  string
    */
-  protected $_layout_config = 'website';
-  
+  protected $_config_file = 'website';
+
   /**
-   * Add initial settings from a config file to an existing array
-   * 
-   * @param   mixed  array to prepend initial settings to
-   * @param   mixed  config file
-   * @param   mixed  config variable (dotnotation enabled type.subtype etc.)
-   * @return  array
+   * Overloaded render method to include config setting and pre_rendering
+   *
+   * @return  string
    */
-  protected function _add_initial_settings(array $var, $type = 'css')
+  public function render()
   {
-    $type = ($type) ? '.'. (string) $type : '';
-
-    // Check if initial array exists, otherwise send back original $var
-    if ( ! ($initial = Kohana::$config->load($this->_layout_config.$type)))
-      return $var;
+    $this->config = Kohana::$config->load($this->_config_file)->as_array();
+    $this->pre_render();
+
+    return parent::render();
+  }
 
-    return array_merge($initial, $var);
+  /**
+   * Pre-render method
+   *
+   * @return  void
+   */
+  public function pre_render()
+  {
+    // Everything that needs to happen after config, but before rendering
   }
-  
+
 }

classes/ljcore/view/default.php

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ abstract class Ljcore_View_Default extends View_Core {
    */
   public function title()
   {
-    return (string) Kohana::$config->load($this->_layout_config.'.title');
+    return (string) $this->config['title'];
   } 
 
   /**
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public function title()
    */
   public function favicon()
   {
-    return URL::site(Kohana::$config->load('media.images')
-      .Kohana::$config->load($this->_layout_config.'.favicon'), NULL, FALSE);
+    return URL::site(Kohana::$config->load('media')->get('images')
+      .$this->config['favicon'], NULL, FALSE);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ public function favicon()
   public function scripts()
   {
     // Add initial global scripts
-    $this->_scripts = $this->_add_initial_settings($this->_scripts, 'files.js');
-
+    $raw = $this->config['files']['js'] + $this->_scripts;
     $scripts = array();
 
-    foreach ($this->_scripts as $file)
+    foreach ($raw as $file)
     {
       $file = $this->_format_media_uri($file, 'js');
       $scripts[] = $file;
@@ -79,11 +78,10 @@ public function scripts()
   public function stylesheets() 
   {
     // Add initial global stylesheets
-    $this->_stylesheets = $this->_add_initial_settings($this->_stylesheets, 'files.css'); 
-
+    $raw = $this->config['files']['css'] + $this->_stylesheets;
     $stylesheets = array();
 
-    foreach ($this->_stylesheets as $stylesheet)
+    foreach ($raw as $stylesheet)
     {      
       $file = $this->_format_media_uri($stylesheet['file'], 'css');
       $stylesheets[] = array('file' => $file, 'media' => $stylesheet['media']);
@@ -108,7 +106,7 @@ protected function _format_media_uri($file, $extension = 'css')
     // Check if filename has protocol
     if ( ! strchr($file, '://'))
     {
-      $file = URL::site(Kohana::$config->load('media.'.$extension).$file, NULL, FALSE);
+      $file = URL::site(Kohana::$config->load('media')->get($extension).$file, NULL, FALSE);
     }
 
     return $file;