Our shop has decided to utilize ASPX + Portal Engine templating. I designed two ASPX templates with defined zones, without any predefined webparts. One template for the homepage and the other template for all "tier two" pages.

My problem, or what I perceive as an annoyance- when I add a webpart via the design tab to a "tier two" page it shows on all pages with the applied "tier two" template. Many of the pages will have the same web parts but not all.

I have looked at webpart visibility and page inheritance options. I don't think either of these options are feasible as the hide on subpage won't work because the pages are all on the same page level/ document type and the inheritance seems as though it controls the webpart content, not the actual webpart.

Essentially I want my ASPX + Portal Engine template with defined zones to be used on multiple pages while not forcing me to share the webparts.

Is my only option to create additional templates for any page that I want different webparts?