I have set a layout update for a category in the admin (Custom Layout Update).
Here is the code incase that is not legible
<reference name="product_list">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>catalog/product/list-sub-categories.phtml</template></action>
</reference>
<reference name="left">
<block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.leftnav" before="-promo.container.1" template="catalog/navigation/left-main.phtml"/>
</reference>
This isn't reflected on that category page. The template used is still the default catalog/product/list.phtml
I have written an observer on "controller_action_layout_generate_blocks_before" to log the layout xml. At the very end of the log file the custom xml is present.
<reference name="product_list">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>catalog/product/list-sub-categories.phtml</template></action>
</reference>
<reference name="left">
<block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.leftnav" before="-promo.container.1" template="catalog/navigation/left-main.phtml"/>
</reference>
Caching is switched off and I've flushed the cache a few time to make sure. I'm a bit puzzled on this one. Anyone come across something similar? Or suggest further debugging steps.
list-sub-categories.phtml
file ?