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the TopLinks navigation does not show up at all in my template.

in page.xml I have 

<block type="page/template_links" name="top.links" as="topLinks"/>

in block

<block type="page/html_header" name="header" as="header">

and in my header.phtml I have

<?php echo $this->getHtml('top.links') ?>

It does not show up at all, what else could have gone wrong?

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I believe the getHtml function uses the alias from the as attribute, rather than the name. The template should therefore be:

<?php echo $this->getHtml('topLinks') ?>

Update: you should basically have something roughly along the lines of:

page.xml

<default>
    <block type="page/html_header" name="header" as="header">
        <block type="page/template_links" name="top.links" as="topLinks"/>
    </block>
</default>

page/html/header.phtml

<?php echo $this->getHtml('topLinks') ?>
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  • hmm I tried this too but it didn't make any difference. The whole block doesn't load according to the inline hints. Is there some configuration I could have f*cked up? Installation is relativeley fresh So there is not much I have changed.
    – user980018
    Feb 22, 2015 at 11:25
  • I updated my post a little. If this is basically what you have and it isn't appearing, the most likely issue is you need to clear your cache, the layout xml is cached.
    – Peter O'Callaghan
    Feb 22, 2015 at 11:48
  • This didn't work - cache is deactivated, cleared it nonetheless.. :-(
    – user980018
    Feb 22, 2015 at 12:05

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