According to http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Layout#Multiple_layouts, you can
do this by using the commands \setuplayout[yourcustomlayout] and
\setuplayout[reset] at the location you want to change the layout.

--
Wagner Macedo


On 25 January 2012 23:41, Peter Park Nelson <peter.park.nelson@gmail.com>wrote:

> First-page layout is an issue that I have asked about before, but
> maybe I am doing something wrong. Here is my question in an earlier
> thread:
> http://archive.contextgarden.net/message/20111228.041922.c60f9cd5.en.html
> .
>
> I want to define a layout for the first page of my document with
> different header and footer formatting -- specifically, no header and
> a large footer to hold publication information. Based on examples on
> Contextgarden and this list, I think my code below is correct.
> However, the first page formatting is continued on all pages of the
> document. The effect is the same when using \definelayout[first] and
> \definelayout[1].
>
> %%-------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> setuppapersize[letter][letter]
> \setupindenting[yes, medium]
>
> \setuplayout
>  [width=middle,
>  backspace=15mm,
>  topspace=10mm,
>  height=254mm,
>  header=10mm,  % normal header
>  headerdistance=5mm,
>  footer=5mm,
>  footerdistance=5mm,
>  grid=yes]
>
> \definelayout
>  [first]
>  [width=middle,
>  backspace=15mm,
>  topspace=10mm,
>  height=254mm,
>  header=0mm,      % no header
>  headerdistance=0mm,
>  footer=25mm,      % big footer
>  footerdistance=5mm,
>  grid=yes]
>
> \definecolumnset[body][n=2,balancing=yes]
>
> \setupheadertexts
>  [This is a header]
>  [pagenumber]
>  [pagenumber]
>  [Some text]
>
> \setupfootertexts
>  [footer]
>  [footer]
>  [footer]
>  [footer]
>
> \starttext
>
> \startcolumnset[body]
>
> \dorecurse{20}{\input tufte\par}
>
> \stopcolumnset
>
> \stoptext
>
>