Can't Add Child Block to category.products

Question

I am new to Magento .

I have a problem while trying to add a block to ‘category.products’, but if I try to add a block to ‘content’, it works perfect. I searched through Stack Exchange, but I couldn’t find any solution for my problem.

In my layout file (located at app/design/frontend/default/hookahs/layout/webwhales/seoblock.xml), I have the following:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
    <default>
        <reference name="category.products">
            <block type="webwhales_variousmodule/catalog_categoryseo" name="webwhales_seoblock" />
        </reference>
    </default>
</layout>

My layout file is being loaded, because I can remove a sidebar for example.

The config file looks like this:

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!-- Root node for Magento configuration files -->
<config>
    <modules>
        <WebWhales_VariousModule>
            <version>0.1.0</version>
        </WebWhales_VariousModule>
    </modules>
    <global>
        <blocks>
            <webwhales_variousmodule>
                <class>WebWhales_VariousModule_Block</class>
            </webwhales_variousmodule>
        </blocks>
        <models>
            <webwhales_variousmodule>
                <class>WebWhales_VariousModule_Model</class>
            </webwhales_variousmodule>
        </models>
    </global>
    <frontend>
        <layout>
            <updates>
                <webwhales_variousmodule>
                    <file>webwhales/seoblock.xml</file>
                </webwhales_variousmodule>
            </updates>
        </layout>
    </frontend>
</config>

My block class is located at app/code/local/WebWhales/VariousModule/Block/Catalog/Categoryseo.php and has the following content:

<?php
    class WebWhales_VariousModule_Block_Catalog_Categoryseo extends Mage_Core_Block_Template {
        public function __construct() {
            parent::__construct();
            $this->setTemplate( 'webwhales/seoblock.phtml' );
        }
    }

Right now I have no clue what the problem is or how to solve it. When I change <reference name="category.products"> to <reference name="content"> it works, but my code isn't loaded at the right place; it has to be loaded at the top of category.products.

I have also tried to change <default> to <catalog_category_default> or <catalog_category_layered>, but that doesn't make a difference either.

Answer 1

category.products template file is view.phtml ( app/design/frontend/Your_Package/Your_Theme/template/catalog/category).

Here the child block does not automatically render.You need to call the child block by

echo $this->getChildHtml('webwhales_seoblock');