Let's say there are five different layouts for the category page lay1, lay2, lay3,lay4 and lay5. There should be an option in admin to switch between any desired layout from the admin dashboard itself for each category.
For example:
there is 'men' category that would use lay3 and,
thee is 'women' category that uses lay2 and
there is 'children' category that uses lay3 as well,
there is 'gear' category that uses lay1 and soo on ...
Is there any ready made extension for switching between layouts ?
If not how to go about this problem.
The core Magento functionality supports it through layout XML, but a custom build or third party extension can provide easier admin management and implementation.