How to add a custom page with cross-sell products

Question

You wouldn't believe how much time I've spent researching/trying to make this happen. All I want is to have an extra page come up in the order process after the product page asking the customer which cross-sell product(s) they want to add to their order (I would call them up-sell but I guess the Magento lingo is "cross-sell"). I really find it unbelievable that more businesses don't want this (I think "up-selling" can greatly increase profits and what's built into Magento does not really work so well (I have more than 20 "Cross-sell" products and they don't even fit/show on there).

I'm using Magento ver. 1.9.1.0.

I just installed the Porto Theme #11 if that makes a difference

NEW INFO: I've been trying to implement this but no luck so far. I even have someone helping me now but we can't figure it out. Can someone please give step-by-step instructions on how to do this? (ANY solution would be much appreciated).

I would like it to work similar to what proflowers.com has (see the enclosed screenshot):

They have this page come up as the next step AFTER customer adds a product to the cart (clicks on PROCEED TO CHECKOUT)

All the cross-sell products are ALWAYS the SAME for everyone (every product ordered)

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Edited on November 15th, 2016:

The solution that got awarded the 100 reputation actually works. Anyone trying to do what I am trying to do should download the files and upload them into your root directory and then add the following code in your app/code/community/TM/SuggestPage/controllers/IndexControlle‌​‌​r.php file:

$block2 =  $this->getLayout()->createBlock('checkout/cart_coupon')->setTemplate('checkout/cart/coupon.phtml');
$this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block2);

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I am still trying to figure out how to display 12 products on the special Cross-sell page instead of just 4. Accoring to @MurtuzaZabuawala - this should be done by modifying the crosssell.phtml file in:

app/design/frontend/YourPackge/YourTheme/checkout/cart/

I found my crossell.phtml here:

/public_html/app/design/frontend/smartwave/porto/template/checkout/cart

(I hope it's the right one - I have the Porto Theme installed)

Here is what it looks like:

<?php
/**
 * Cart cross sell items template
 *
 * @see Mage_Checkout_Block_Cart_Crosssell
 */
$store = Mage::app()->getStore();
$code  = $store->getCode();
$aspect_ratio = Mage::getStoreConfig("porto_settings/category/aspect_ratio",$code);
$ratio = ($aspect_ratio || (!$aspect_ratio && Mage::getStoreConfig("porto_settings/category/ratio_width",$code) == 0))?1:(Mage::getStoreConfig("porto_settings/category/ratio_height",$code)/Mage::getStoreConfig("porto_settings/category/ratio_width",$code));
?>
<?php if($this->getItemCount()): ?>
<div class="crosssell">
    <h2><?php echo $this->__('Based on your selection, you may be interested in the following items:') ?></h2>
    <ul id="crosssell-products-list" class="row">
    <?php foreach ($this->getItems() as $_item): ?>
        <li class="item col-sm-6 col-md-3">
            <a class="product-image" href="<?php echo $_item->getProductUrl() ?>" title="<?php echo $this->escapeHtml($_item->getName()) ?>"><img src="<?php echo $this->helper('catalog/image')->init($_item, 'thumbnail')->resize(84,84*$ratio); ?>" width="84" height="<?php echo 84*$ratio ?>" alt="<?php echo $this->escapeHtml($_item->getName()) ?>" /></a>
            <div class="product-details">
                <h3 class="product-name"><a href="<?php echo $_item->getProductUrl() ?>"><?php echo $this->escapeHtml($_item->getName()) ?></a></h3>
                <?php echo $this->getPriceHtml($_item, true) ?>
                <button type="button" title="<?php echo $this->__('Add to Cart') ?>" class="button btn-cart" onclick="setLocation('<?php echo $this->getAddToCartUrl($_item) ?>')"><span><span><?php echo $this->__('Add to Cart') ?></span></span></button>
                <ul class="add-to-links">
                    <?php if ($this->helper('wishlist')->isAllow()) : ?>
                        <li><a href="<?php echo $this->getAddToWishlistUrl($_item) ?>" class="link-wishlist"><?php echo $this->__('Add to Wishlist') ?></a></li>
                    <?php endif; ?>
                    <?php if($_compareUrl=$this->getAddToCompareUrl($_item)): ?>
                        <li><span class="separator">|</span> <a href="<?php echo $_compareUrl ?>" class="link-compare"><?php echo $this->__('Add to Compare') ?></a></li>
                    <?php endif; ?>
                </ul>
            </div>
        </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
    </ul>
    <script type="text/javascript">decorateList('crosssell-products-list', 'none-recursive')</script>
</div>
<?php endif; ?>

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EDITED December 2nd, 2016:

This is a great solution which works perfect especially if you want to assign different cross-sell products to each product individually. In my case - I want all of my products to have the EXACT SAME cross-sell products and I want to be able to change that depending on the season so I decided to have the extra step in the check-out (solution provided by Murtuza Zabuawala below) display products from a special category I created just for this reason. Murtuza Zabuawala did a great job with. I'm just missing the final step here:

When I put in the code which should display the products from a specific category:

$block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/product_list')->set‌​CategoryId(157)->set‌​Template('catalog/pr‌​oduct/list.phtml'); $this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block);

I get the following Error message:

> There has been an error processing your request
> 
> 
> SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1064 You have an
> error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your
> MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 1,
> query was: SELECT `mg_catalog_category_entity`.* FROM
> `mg_catalog_category_entity` WHERE (entity_id =)
> 
> Trace:
> #0 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Varien/Db/Statement/Pdo/Mysql.php(110):
> Zend_Db_Statement_Pdo->_execute(Array)
> #1 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Zend/Db/Statement.php(291): Varien_Db_Statement_Pdo_Mysql->_execute(Array)
> #2 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(480): Zend_Db_Statement->execute(Array)
> #3 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php(238):
> Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->query('SELECT `mg_cata...', Array)
> #4 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Varien/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Mysql.php(428): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Abstract->query('SELECT `mg_cata...', Array)
> #5 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(756): Varien_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql->query(Object(Varien_Db_Select), Array)
> #6 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Abstract.php(943):
> Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->fetchRow(Object(Varien_Db_Select))
> #7 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Resource/Abstract.php(698):
> Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Abstract->load(Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category),
> Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category), NULL)
> #8 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Abstract.php(225):
> Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Abstract->load(Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category),
> Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category), NULL)
> #9 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php(80):
> Mage_Core_Model_Abstract->load(Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category))
> #10 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php(142):
> Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_List->_getProductCollection()
> #11 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(918):
> Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_List->_beforeToHtml()
> #12 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Text/List.php(43):
> Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->toHtml()
> #13 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(919):
> Mage_Core_Block_Text_List->_toHtml()
> #14 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(637):
> Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->toHtml()
> #15 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(581):
> Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->_getChildHtml('content', true)
> #16 /home/mystore/public_html/app/design/frontend/smartwave/porto/template/page/1column.phtml(49):
> Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->getChildHtml('content')
> #17 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php(241):
> include('/home/mystore/pu...')
> #18 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php(272):
> Mage_Core_Block_Template->fetchView('frontend/smartw...')
> #19 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php(286):
> Mage_Core_Block_Template->renderView()
> #20 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(919):
> Mage_Core_Block_Template->_toHtml()
> #21 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(555):
> Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->toHtml()
> #22 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(390):
> Mage_Core_Model_Layout->getOutput()
> #23 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/community/TM/SuggestPage/controllers/IndexController.php(32):
> Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->renderLayout()
> #24 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(418):
> TM_SuggestPage_IndexController->indexAction()
> #25 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php(250):
> Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->dispatch('index')
> #26 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php(172):
> Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard->match(Object(Mage_Core_Controller_Request_Http))
> #27 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/App.php(354):
> Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front->dispatch()
> #28 /home/mystore/public_html/app/Mage.php(684): Mage_Core_Model_App->run(Array)
> #29 /home/mystore/public_html/index.php(87): Mage::run('', 'store')
> #30 {main}

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my

app/code/community/TM/SuggestPage/controllers/IndexControlle‌​‌​r.php

looks like this:

<?php

class TM_SuggestPage_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action
{
    public function indexAction()


{

    $this->loadLayout()
        ->_initLayoutMessages('checkout/session')
        ->_initLayoutMessages('catalog/session');



$block2 =  $this->getLayout()->createBlock('checkout/cart_coupon')->setTemplate('checkout/cart/coupon.phtml');
$this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block2);


    $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load(1); //here 1 is product Id
    $block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/product_list')->set‌​CategoryId(157)->set‌​Template('catalog/pr‌​oduct/list.phtml'); $this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block);



    $this->renderLayout();
    }
}

---

When I tried the following code instead (in: app/code/community/TM/SuggestPage/controllers/IndexControlle‌​‌​r.php ):

**

$category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(190);  
   $block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/product_list')->set‌​Category($category)->set‌​Template('catalog/pr‌​oduct/list.phtml'); $this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block);

**

• it gave me this Error:

SQLSTATE[42000]: Syntax error or access violation: 1064 You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your

MySQL server version for the right syntax to use near ')' at line 1, query was: SELECT mg_catalog_category_entity.* FROM mg_catalog_category_entity WHERE (entity_id =)

Trace:
#0 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Varien/Db/Statement/Pdo/Mysql.php(110):

Zend_Db_Statement_Pdo->_execute(Array) #1 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Zend/Db/Statement.php(291): Varien_Db_Statement_Pdo_Mysql->_execute(Array) #2 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(480): Zend_Db_Statement->execute(Array) #3 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Abstract.php(238): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->query('SELECT mg_cata...', Array) #4 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Varien/Db/Adapter/Pdo/Mysql.php(428): Zend_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Abstract->query('SELECTmg_cata...', Array) #5 /home/mystore/public_html/lib/Zend/Db/Adapter/Abstract.php(756): Varien_Db_Adapter_Pdo_Mysql->query(Object(Varien_Db_Select), Array) #6 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Eav/Model/Entity/Abstract.php(943): Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract->fetchRow(Object(Varien_Db_Select)) #7 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Model/Resource/Abstract.php(698): Mage_Eav_Model_Entity_Abstract->load(Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category), Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category), NULL) #8 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Abstract.php(225): Mage_Catalog_Model_Resource_Abstract->load(Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category), Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category), NULL) #9 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php(80): Mage_Core_Model_Abstract->load(Object(Mage_Catalog_Model_Category)) #10 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List.php(142): Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_List->_getProductCollection() #11 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(918): Mage_Catalog_Block_Product_List->_beforeToHtml() #12 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Text/List.php(43): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->toHtml() #13 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(919): Mage_Core_Block_Text_List->_toHtml() #14 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(637): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->toHtml() #15 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(581): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->_getChildHtml('content', true) #16 /home/mystore/public_html/app/design/frontend/smartwave/porto/template/page/1column.phtml(49): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->getChildHtml('content') #17 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php(241): include('/home/mystore/pu...') #18 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php(272): Mage_Core_Block_Template->fetchView('frontend/smartw...') #19 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Template.php(286): Mage_Core_Block_Template->renderView() #20 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Block/Abstract.php(919): Mage_Core_Block_Template->_toHtml() #21 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/Layout.php(555): Mage_Core_Block_Abstract->toHtml() #22 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(390): Mage_Core_Model_Layout->getOutput() #23 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/community/TM/SuggestPage/controllers/IndexController.php(33): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->renderLayout() #24 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Action.php(418): TM_SuggestPage_IndexController->indexAction() #25 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Router/Standard.php(250): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Action->dispatch('index') #26 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Controller/Varien/Front.php(172): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Router_Standard->match(Object(Mage_Core_Controller_Request_Http)) #27 /home/mystore/public_html/app/code/core/Mage/Core/Model/App.php(354): Mage_Core_Controller_Varien_Front->dispatch() #28 /home/mystore/public_html/app/Mage.php(684): Mage_Core_Model_App->run(Array) #29 /home/mystore/public_html/index.php(87): Mage::run('', 'store') #30 {main}

Error log record number: 573016373867

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Does my Controller.php suppose to look like this?

<?php


class TM_SuggestPage_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action
{
    public function indexAction()


{

    $this->loadLayout()
        ->_initLayoutMessages('checkout/session')
        ->_initLayoutMessages('catalog/session');


$block2 =  $this->getLayout()->createBlock('checkout/cart_coupon')->setTemplate('checkout/cart/coupon.phtml');
$this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block2);


    $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load(1); //here 1 is product Id
    $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(190);  
   $block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/product_list')->set‌​Category($category)->set‌​Template('catalog/pr‌​oduct/list.phtml');

$this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block);

    $this->renderLayout();
    }
}

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EDITED December 29th, 2016:

The solution posted by Murtuza Zabuawala is great! The only thing I still need to do is put some code in to call up (display) products from a specific category instead of the actual cross-sell items. Any idea how to do that?

Answer 1

Install below extension that will help you to create extra page after cart

https://github.com/tmhub/suggestpage

above extension add extra page after cart and that page you will add these code and you will get cross-sell product data

change your indexController indexAction as below

public function indexAction()
{
    $this->loadLayout()
        ->_initLayoutMessages('checkout/session')
        ->_initLayoutMessages('catalog/session');

    $_product = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->load(1); //here 1 is product Id
    $block =  $this->getLayout()->createBlock('checkout/cart_crosssell')->setProduct($_product)->setTemplate('checkout/cart/crosssell.phtml');
    $this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block);

    $this->renderLayout();
}

and for your 4 product issue please check in your app/design/frontend/YourPackge/YourTheme/checkout/cart/crosssell.phtml file any condition who breaks for loop after four product then change it.

to increase limit for cross-sell product follow this quick step

1) copy app/code/core/Mage/Checkout/Block/Cart/Crosssell.php file to app/code/local/Mage/Checkout/Block/Cart/Crosssell.php

2) find this line and increase limit as per your need protected $_maxItemCount = 4;

Answer 2

We've implemented something on a client website where you click on proceed to checkout you land on a page before it asking you to add free samples, these are pulled in from a category but would be just as easy to pull in some cross-sell/related products.

Essentially code wise what would have to happen is, a module would have to listen for the event controller_action_predispatch_checkout_onepage_index and redirect the user to a page built by that module with the products you require, then after that set a session flag to say this user has already seen this up-sell page and allow them through to the checkout.

I'm not sure if there are any modules out there that currently do this.

As a brief example we have this as our xml:

<controller_action_predispatch_checkout_onepage_index>
    <observers>
        <namespace_module>
            <class>namespace_module/observer</class>
            <method>redirectToUpsellOnCheckout</method>
        </namespace_module>
    </observers>
</controller_action_predispatch_checkout_onepage_index>

Edit 15/11/16 Here's what i have so far, still needs some amends:

app/etc/modules/

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Dc_Crosssells>
            <active>true</active>
            <codePool>community</codePool>
        </Dc_Crosssells>
    </modules>
</config>

app/code/community/Dc/Crosssells/etc/config.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Dc_Crosssells>
            <version>0.0.1</version>
        </Dc_Crosssells>
    </modules>
    <global>
        <blocks>
            <dc_crosssells>
                <class>Dc_Crosssells_Block</class>
            </dc_crosssells>
        </blocks>
        <events>
            <controller_action_predispatch_checkout_onepage_index>
                <observers>
                    <dc_crosssells>
                        <class>Dc_Crosssells_Model_Observer</class>
                        <method>controllerActionPredispatchCheckoutOnepageIndex</method>
                    </dc_crosssells>
                </observers>
            </controller_action_predispatch_checkout_onepage_index>
        </events>
    </global>
    <frontend>
        <routers>
            <beforeyoucheckout>
                <use>standard</use>
                <args>
                    <module>Dc_Crosssells</module>
                    <frontName>before-you-checkout</frontName>
                </args>
            </beforeyoucheckout>
        </routers>
        <layout>
            <updates>
                <dc_crosssells>
                    <file>dc/dc_crosssells.xml</file>
                </dc_crosssells>
            </updates>
        </layout>
    </frontend>
</config>

app/code/community/Dc/Crosssells/Model/Observer.php

<?php
class Dc_Crosssells_Model_Observer
{
    public function controllerActionPredispatchCheckoutOnepageIndex(Varien_Event_Observer $observer)
    {
        if(Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->getCrossSellFlag()) {
            Mage::app()->getResponse()->setRedirect(Mage::getBaseUrl() . 'before-you-checkout');
            Mage::getSingleton('core/session')->setCrossSellFlag('true'); 
        }
    }

}

That above is enough to redirect the user to another page after hitting going to checkout. Would need to set a flag within this observer to the session and then check if that flag exists, if it does, do the redirect.

Then we can create a controller this will be our "before-you-checkout" page, it creates/renders the layout using a block from the template. app/code/community/Dc/Crosssells/controllers/IndexController.php

<?php
class Dc_Crosssells_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action
{

    public function indexAction()
    {
        $this->loadLayout(array('default'));

        $block = $this->getLayout()->getBlock('before.you.buy')->getBlockHtml('before.you.buy');
        $this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block);
        $this->_initLayoutMessages('core/session');
        $this->renderLayout();
    }

}

We have a block class to house the functions needed by the frontend block, I haven't fully tested this, it is supposed to return a product collection filtered by the category you should have created in the backend, in my case it's category 292. app/code/community/Dc/Crosssells/Block/BeforeYouBuy.php

<?php
class Dc_Crosssells_Block_BeforeYouBuy extends Mage_Core_Block_Template
{
    public function getCrossSellProductsFromCategory()
    {
        $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(292);

        $products = Mage::getModel('catalog/product')->getCollection()
            ->addCategoryFilter($category)
            ->addAttributeToSelect('*');

        return $products;
    }
}

app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/dc/dc_crosssell.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
    <beforeyoucheckout_index_index>
        <reference name="content">
            <block type="dc_crosssells/beforeYouBuy" name="before.you.buy" template="dc/crosssell.phtml"/>
        </reference>
    </beforeyoucheckout_index_index>
</layout>

app/design/frontend/base/default/template/dc/crosssell.phtml

<?php $products = $this->getCrossSellProductsFromCategory();

foreach($products as $item) {
    echo $item->getName(). '<br />';
}

I haven't fully tested this code properly yet and still needs some work to actually display the products properly with add to cart buttons etc. I've put it in a github repo here: https://github.com/DanCarlyon/MagentoCrossSellPage

Feel free to download and have a play with it.

Answer 3

Try this module:

File : app\etc\modules\Rkt_CrossSell.xml

true community File : app\code\community\Rkt\CrossSell\etc\config.xml

1.0.0 Rkt_CrossSell_Helper Rkt_CrossSell_Block rkt_crossell.xml File : app\code\community\Rkt\CrossSell\Block\Catalog\Product\View\Crosssell.php

/**
 * Get crosssell items
 *
 * @return array
 */
public function getItems()
{
    $items = $this->getData('items');
    if (is_null($items)) {
        $items = $this->getProduct()->getCrossSellProducts();
        $this->setData('items', $items);
    }
    return $items;
}

} File : app\code\community\Rkt\CrossSell\Helper\Data.php

} File : app\design\frontend\base\default\layout\rkt_crossell.xml

Now in your view.phtml add this code in the appropriate position

getChildHtml('crosssell') ?> Now clear your cache. Double check evey file name and file paths are correct. Then you are good to go

You can add a block on product page or else call the phtml file inside a cms page.

Answer 4

Try Below code For category rendering

   $category = Mage::getModel('catalog/category')->load(157);  
   $block = $this->getLayout()->createBlock('catalog/product_list')->set‌​Data('category_id',$category)->set‌​Template('catalog/pr‌​oduct/list.phtml'); 
   $this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($block);