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I need to add my module's block between category title and product list inside the frontend category page. I guess I'll have to use an event observer, but I can't find which, and what implementation to make.

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  • you do not need to observer
    – Amit Bera ♦
    Commented Aug 10, 2014 at 14:27

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here add the code in your layout xml file

    <catalog_category_default translate="label">
        <reference name="category.products">
        <block type="core/template" name="yourblock" as="yourblock" template="page/myblock.phtml"  output="toHtml" before="product_list" />
        </reference>
    </catalog_category_default>
    <catalog_category_layered>
        <reference name="category.products">
        <block type="core/template" name="yourblock" as="yourblock" template="page/myblock.phtml"  output="toHtml" before="product_list" />
        </reference>
    </catalog_category_layered>

And also add the code in 

app/design/frontend/yourPackage/yourtemplate/template/catalog/category/view.phtml

add the below code 

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('yourblock') ?>

after end of

   <div class="page-title category-title">
    <?php if($this->IsRssCatalogEnable() && $this->IsTopCategory()): ?>
        <a href="<?php echo $this->getRssLink() ?>" class="link-rss"><?php echo $this->__('Subscribe to RSS Feed') ?></a>
    <?php endif; ?>
    <h1><?php echo $_helper->categoryAttribute($_category, $_category->getName(), 'name') ?></h1>
</div>

Edit: In Xml file type="core/template" is your block type and page/myblock.phtml is your phtml file location

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    I'm making a module that is meant to be exported. If I have to modify base/default/template/catalog/category/view.phtml, it won't be exportable.. Am I wrong ?
    – Yonn Trimoreau
    Commented Aug 10, 2014 at 15:45
  • then view.phtml copy base/default/template/catalog/category/view.phtml, to yourPackage/yourtemplate/template/catalog/category/
    – Amit Bera ♦
    Commented Aug 10, 2014 at 16:09
  • What if someone who's using my module wants to use his own view.phtml template, for example using a theme ?
    – Yonn Trimoreau
    Commented Aug 10, 2014 at 16:18
  • then they need to <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('yourblock') ?> to his own view.phtml...otherwise not possiable.but you set your view.phtml to as category view file using<reference name="category.products"> <action method="setTemplate"><template>yourcatalog/view.phtml</template></action> </reference>
    – Amit Bera ♦
    Commented Aug 10, 2014 at 16:24
  • So, if someone wants to use another module that personalize category view, this another module will take the step of the template ? So, not possible for magento to use 2 modules that personalize the same page ? And not possible to use a theme And a module at the same time? Sorry for those questions, but now I really don't understand why developers are using CMS systems..
    – Yonn Trimoreau
    Commented Aug 10, 2014 at 16:30
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Amit Bera is right, but his method can't be inside a proper module because it's rewriting Magento core files. In fact, Magento does NOT allow a block to be between category title and product list (for a module). The block has to be before category's title, and then the layout must look like this :

  <catalog_category_default>
    <reference name="content">
        <block type="modulename/blockname" name="blockname" template="template.phtml" before="-"/>
    </reference>
  </catalog_category_default>
  <catalog_category_layered>
      <reference name="content">
        <block type="modulename/blockname" name="blockname" template="template.phtml" before="-"/>
      </reference>
  </catalog_category_layered>
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