better control over where the templats are stored

dist.ini

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ MooseX::Types::Common        = 0.001
 namespace::autoclean         = 0.09
 HTML::Zoom                   = 0.009
 Class::MOP                   = 1.12
+Path::Class                  = 0.23
 
 [Prereq / TestRequires]
 Test::More                   = 0.96

lib/Catalyst/View/HTML/Zoom.pm

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use HTML::Zoom;
 use MooseX::Types::Moose qw( Maybe );
 use MooseX::Types::Common::String qw( NonEmptySimpleStr );
 use namespace::autoclean;
+use Path::Class ();
 
 extends 'Catalyst::View';
 
@@ -17,6 +18,12 @@ has template_extension => (
     required => 1
 );
 
+has root => (
+    is => 'ro',
+    isa => 'Str',
+    predicate => 'has_root',
+);
+
 my $app_class;
 before COMPONENT => sub {
     $app_class = ref $_[1] || $_[1];
@@ -31,11 +38,16 @@ sub process {
         $template_fn = $template_fn . '.' . $ext
             unless $template_fn =~ /\.$ext$/;
     }
-
-    my $template = $c->path_to('root', $template_fn);
-    die("Cannot find template $template_fn") unless -r $template;
-
-    $c->res->body($self->render($c, $template->stringify));
+
+    my $template_path = $self->has_root ?
+        Path::Class::dir($self->root, $template_fn) :
+        Path::Class::dir($c->config->{root}, $template_fn);
+
+    if( -r $template_path) {
+        $c->res->body($self->render($c, $template_path->stringify));
+    } else {
+        $c->log->error("Cannot find template $template_fn at $template_path");
+    }
 }
 
 sub render {