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I am trying to load a phtml file like this:

File /app/design/frontend/name/themename/Magento_Theme/layout/default.xml

    <referenceContainer name="page.top">
        <block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template" name="startphoto" template="html/startphotos.phtml">
            <arguments>
                <argument name="section" xsi:type="string">homepage</argument>
                <argument name="position" xsi:type="number">0</argument>
            </arguments>
        </block>
    </referenceContainer>

I want to load it only on homepage, but it is still loading on every page. The arguments seems to be ignored.

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As per as, Magento2, default.xml is call at every page.If you add this code at default.xml then it would be automatically call every pages of your current theme.

If you know about Magento 1.x handler concept then you can understand that default is a handle which is called at every pages.In Magento 2.X,every handler is individual layout files.

So if want to add a phtml file only at home page then you need to add that code at cms_index_index.xml (/app/design/frontend/name/themename/Magento_Cms/layout/cms_index_index.xml) layout file because of cms_index_index is handler which call only called at home

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  • If I need to call my customise module in product page using only module XML file, how to do it ? Like add download linked in before add to cart button without change on catalog_product_view.xml file.
    – Hitesh Vaghasiya
    Commented Aug 21, 2017 at 4:56
  • If you created a custom module then create catalog_product_view.xml at your app\code\[vendorname]\[ModuleName]view\frontend\layout* write at here
    – Amit Bera ♦
    Commented Aug 21, 2017 at 5:03
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You can use xml to do this task
Inside cms_index_index.xml put xml like this

<referenceContainer name="content">
        <container name="block.container" htmlTag="div" htmlId="slider.container" htmlClass="block-home-container" before="">
            <block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template" name="block.banner" as="block.custom.cms" template="Magento_Theme::block.phtml" after="-" />
        </container>
</referenceContainer>
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Create xml file name with /app/design/frontend/Vendor/theme/Magento_Theme/layout/cms_index_index.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" layout="1column" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
   <referenceContainer name="page.top">
     <block class="Magento\Framework\View\Element\Template" name="startphoto" template="Magento_Theme::html/startphotos.phtml">
        <arguments>
            <argument name="section" xsi:type="string">homepage</argument>
            <argument name="position" xsi:type="number">0</argument>
        </arguments>
     </block>
  </referenceContainer>         
</page>
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    better include the path for the xml file,it will improve the answer more.Thanks
    – Mujahidh
    Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 7:41
  • If you use this XML file like this, where would the html/startphotos.phtml be, relative to the xml file? I can't figure it out.
    – Asitis
    Commented Apr 13, 2016 at 15:08
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    updated answer check it
    – Prashant Valanda
    Commented Apr 13, 2016 at 16:30

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