sitecore template standard values layout not updating all items, layout not loading

Question

i\'m currently having a nightmarish moment with Sitecore. Basically my issues are two-fold:

1) the first time i added a standard value item to a template, and added

Answer 1

Sounds strange... usually this only happens, when you have a "conflict" between layout set on Standard Values, template/branch.

Basically the way to do it is set layout on the Standard Values, which should update all items, that haven't had their layout overwritten on the item or by a branch.

I really dislike branches, so always try to avoid them (the only real use when they were Masters were for building hierarchies of items).

Could you try to look in the __layouts field (View > Raw values) of the items and see if anything is entered there?

And is it only some items or all items based on that template?