I would like to able load my 'wishlist' on header block in my magento-1.6 site.
I am using magento1.6.2.0. Now my wishlist is showing up on left side block.
I just changed the reference of wishlist.xml from left to header like
<reference name="header">
<block type="wishlist/customer_sidebar" name="wishlist_sidebar" as="wishlist" template="wishlist/sidebar.phtml"/>
</reference>
But its not coming
How can I achieve that..? Which xml file i want to edit ..?
All layout XML files are one - that is, they are merged as part of typical rendering.
You need to edit the page/html/header.phtml file and add this bit of code:
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('wishlist') ?>
Before you do any of this though you should read through the articles at the Official Magento Knowledge Base, paying particular attention to the theme hierarchy and developer articles. The time to get theme customizations right is at the beginning of a project.
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We want to edit the left part of the page layout of about us as seen in the photo, we want to remove the "compare" part and customize it. Where can we edit it?
For this functionality i see you're using layout 2columns-left
To edit this functionality in magento you can do it by updating the layout file for your page.
You can remove this part of the page by using this xml handle in your xml config:
<referenceBlock name="catalog.compare.sidebar" remove="true"/>
After you have removed compare from left sidebar you can create your own block and assign it to left sidebar using this command
<referenceBlock name="left">
<block name="your.custom.block.name" class="Vendor\Module\Block\YourBlock" template="Vendor\Module::template.phtml" />
</referenceBlock>
These two command layouts updates will do:
First one will remove the compare products from sidebar
Second one will add your custom block to the sidebar, where you can put code you need to
Only thing you should be carefull to put this is on right layout handle.
The handle for this will lay in your module: Vendor\YourModule\view\frontend\layout
In case that you showed here it would be
cms_tmt_about_us.xml
Please check this in your configuration that this is the right handle
I am trying to modify the head of my website made in the Magento platform and I am having very much trouble in dooing this. Everywhere I search I read something about app/design/frontend/default/modern/template/page/html/head.phtml
What is this? The physical location of the code ? I only have access to the Magento platform. Is there any way to have acces to the head file? I want to add a metadata (<meta name="google-site-verification" content="quuawwomLqURQt6N34_Pr0cBlYnWcYdiRz8tdXC3Oe8" />) in it and I tried to overwrite the XML file and failed.
I tried something like this:
default>
<reference name="head">
<block type="cms/block" name="google verification" as="google verification">
<action method="setBlockId"><block_id>google_plus</block_id></action>
</block>
</reference>
</default>
If you want to add a custom meta tag to your Magento store, you need to edit the head.phtml file of your current running template.
app/design/frontend/Your-template/default/template/page/html/head.phtml
If you not found this file in your template then you can get this file in
app/design/frontend/base/default/template/page/html/head.phtml
Edit head.phtml file and flush magento cache. Refresh the page and check the source code of page.
In case if you want to add meta title and description data for specific product page then you can check the Link.
To check which template is running currently on your site.
Login into admin panel.
System > configuration > under the left menu find General tab and under this you will get Design tab . Click on Design tab.
Current Package Name is the current template name.
OR To solve your problem (easier):
Use the field Miscellaneous Scripts from System->Configuration->Design->Head and put your scripts in there.
They will be added before the </head> tag and you can set different scripts per website or even store views.
I've yet to find a proper answer for this, therefore I decided to ask it here.
I'm new to Magento and trying to develop an extension that'll modify the product and category pages.
I want to make it work in every template, meaning I'll need to find a way to modify these pages without editing the template files.
How can I achieve this functionality?
you can use the following observer to change the content in template(phtml) file with edit the core template file.
core_block_abstract_to_html_before
core_block_abstract_to_html_after
refer this
You could also use the given Child-Blocks within the respective view files. /catalog/product/view.phtml for example contains <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('other');?>. So you could use that and add a block via your layout.xml and refer to that, for example:
<catalog_product_view>
<reference name="product.info">
<block type="core/template" name="product.info.other" as="other" template="someTemplate.phtml"/>
</reference>
</catalog_product_view>
You could use any of the blocks echoed in the template and just wrap it in your own template file. Of course, you wouldn´t really change the whole page really, but you could add a lot without touching any core .phtml-files.
I'm trying to create a module that adds new content to existing pages. For testing purposes I'm trying to add to the checkout/cart/index page, but I want a general solution as there are other pages I need to modify.
I've examined the code of free extensions which achieve this by copying all the code of an existing template file into an override template and then using getChildHtml('some_block') to show a new block at the appropriate place. I'd like to add my blocks without having to override any of the core template files to make my module as compilable as possible.
This thread Magento - Add custom block using custom module on Shopping Cart page, shows how to add a block but the accepted answer doesn't work for me. I've followed the link to Alan Storms's answer to another Stackoverflow question Magento XML using before/after to place blocks hardly ever works and I sort of understand that most block types will only render sub blocks if there are direct calls to getChildHtml('subblockname') within the blocks template file.
Is there a general way of adding blocks to any part of an existing page without having to override the template files? What is the preferred way in Magneto modules of adding to existing content on a page as I cannot believe that overriding core files is the way to do this.
Thanks.
You don't need to override magento native template files. Just create your own theme. Magento will search markup file in your theme and if he did not find it, then he will be using base theme.
Also you can set your own template file name or path for this template using xml layouts. All what you need for this - make referense for existing block name and add action setTemplate. Example:
<layout>
<checkout_onepage_review>
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate">
<template>my/path/to/template/file.phtml</template>
</action>
</reference>
</checkout_onepage_review>
</layout>
You need two things to insert a block using only your own layout and have the block be output in the page.
Firstly, you need your layout to insert your block into an existing block that has the type="core/text_list" attribute - or a block which extends the Mage_Core_Block_Text_List class. Examples of core/text_list blocks include left, right, content, before_body_end and so on.
Secondly, you need the template assigned to that block to include this call:
echo $this->getChildHtml();
//note that there is no block alias parameter passed in to this function
Calling getChildHtml() without a block alias will output all children blocks, in order. If your block is a child of this one's layout, then it will be output, too.
I'm assuming that your module has its own layout file linked from the it's etc/config.xml, in which case you can try adding this layout update:
<default><!-- On all pages -->
<reference name="content"><!-- in the content (middle) column -->
<block type="your_module/your_block" name="my.test.module" template="your/template/path.phtml" before="-" /><!-- insert your block -->
</reference>
</default>
Once you can see that this is working, you can start digging through the default layouts to find blocks into which you can insert yours.
Note the before="-" attribute.
This causes the block the be inserted before all other blocks in that container.
You can also use before="block.alias" to position your block before a particular block in the list, and after="block.alias" to position it after a particular block.
You could write after="-" to position your block at the bottom of the list.
There's a brief introduction to the Magento layout system here.
If you plan on distributing your module, you'll find that most people have modified and customised either the templates, layout, or both, of the pages you want to modify and your non-invasive approach will not work and you will have to, either, modify and override core templates, use the layout to change a block's template to your own modified one (without overriding files using the filesystem), or instruct end-users on how to add the right echo command into their existing templates.
I'd suggest, instead, this approach:
Add new templates into template folders for your module that are modified from the base/default or default/default templates just enough to make your module work in those themes.
Add custom layout to your module that makes these changes when it is installed - override the template for the blocks you need to modify in the layout:
<checkout_cart_index><!-- on the cart page -->
<reference name="checkout.cart"><!-- in the cart block -->
<action method="setTemplate"><!-- change the block's template -->
<template>path/to/your/modified/template.phtml</template>
</action>
</reference>
</checkout_cart_index>
You should also provide documentation on how to integrate your changes into third-party templates by adding echo $this->getChildHtml('your.block.alias'); where necessary.
People who have customised their themes, have to accept that they must customise other features, or adapt their existing changes, to use them in their themes, too.
Hi please check this link http://majorcomfort.com/index.php/benches.html
in this there is a
shop by category bock in the side bar
, i need to show this in the centre of page can anybody help me how can i do this
i have tried to
<block type="catalog/category_view" name="category.products" template="catalog/category/view.phtml">
<block type="catalog/product_list" name="product_list" template="catalog/product/list.phtml">
<block type="catalog/layer_view" name="filter" template="catalog/layer/view.phtml"/>
in catalog.xml
and in list.html
i have use <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('filter');?>
but it shows nothing
Based on your question, I'm not clear on which block you would like it be placed in. There are a number of ways to achieve this but to give you some basic guidance.
Try turning on template hints in the backend. You will then see markup surrounding all of your various blocks. On top of the markup, you will see a file path from inside the app/ folder of your Magento install. Open up the file that corresponds to your sidebar nav (usually something like catalog/navigation/left.phtml). From there you will be able to find the specific code you need and you can place it into one of the blocks up top (e.g. category-header.phtml, header.phtml, etc..). I would however recommend creating your own block and possibly switching to a 1 column layout but again, I'm not clear on what you ultimately want your design to look like.
Let me know how else I can help.