title: Rendering controller action in Yii layout
body: <p>I'm new to Yii and I'm trying to make an application where on every page I'll have some top rated news. My question is: how can you call a controller action in a layout file? In .Net MVC there is a fine function, where in the layout you can call Html.RenderAction("TopRated", "News"). Here in the News controller you call the TopRated action. The action then renders some partial view.</p>
  
  <p>How can I do this in Yii?</p>