Render the Customer Account Navigation Phtml file?

Question

I have tried to show the Customer Navigation menu in Custom template file.

Below is My Code:

<div id="customer_menu">
<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('customer/account_navigation')->setTemplate('customer/account/navigation.phtml')->toHtml();?>
</div>

The menu is not loading well. Showing like below image

Any suggestions will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Answer 1

The result you are getting is normal. The block with alias customer/account_navigation does not actually contain the customer account links.
It acts only as a container where other layout files / modules can add links.
If you use a new instance of the block this one will not contain any links.
What I suggest is to add the following code to the layout handle of your page:

<update handle="customer_account" />

This will automatically load the layout directives for the customer account, including the navigation links.
You won't even need to add any html. The block will be displayed on the left sidebar.

Answer 2

Hi can you try of below code

add a event

<frontend>

<events>
            <controller_action_layout_load_before>
                <observers>
                    <mymodule>
                        <class>mymodulemodel/observer</class>
                        <method>beforeLoadLayout</method>
                    </mymodule>
                </observers>
            </controller_action_layout_load_before>
         <events>
</frontend>

and observer code

 public function beforeLoadLayout($observer)
{
    $loggedIn = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->isLoggedIn();

    $observer->getEvent()->getLayout()->getUpdate()
       ->addHandle('customer_account');
}

And it is show in all page Where left panel is exist in layout

If you want to show

in call page then create new layout

   <customer_account_custom translate="label">
        <label>Customer My Account (All Pages)</label>
       <reference name="yourlayoutreferce">
            <block type="customer/account_navigation" name="customer_account_navigation" before="-" template="customer/account/navigation.phtml">
                <action method="addLink" translate="label" module="customer"><name>account</name><path>customer/account/</path><label>Account Dashboard</label></action>
                <action method="addLink" translate="label" module="customer"><name>account_edit</name><path>customer/account/edit/</path><label>Account Information</label></action>
                <action method="addLink" translate="label" module="customer"><name>address_book</name><path>customer/address/</path><label>Address Book</label></action>
            </block>
        </reference>
    </customer_account_custom>

and change in

observer  $observer->getEvent()->getLayout()->getUpdate()
       ->addHandle('customer_account_custom');

Answer 3

You can add link to your module in the same way as default reviews module does:

<customer_account>
    <!-- Mage_Review -->
    <reference name="customer_account_navigation">
        <action method="addLink" translate="label" module="review"><name>reviews</name><path>review/customer</path><label>My Product Reviews</label></action>
    </reference>
</customer_account>