insert type=block in magento cms page

Question

i'm install news module, and want to show latest news on main page in cms page content. In the module xml i'm find

 <reference name="right">
            <block type="clnews/settings" name="right.clnews.menu" before="-">
                <action method="setTemplate" ifconfig="clnews/news/showrightblock">
                    <template>clnews/menu.phtml</template>
                </action>
            </block>
            <block type="clnews/news" name="right.clnews.latest" after="right.clnews.menu">
                <action method="setTemplate" ifconfig="clnews/news/showlatestnews">
                    <template>clnews/latest.phtml</template>
                </action>
            </block>
        </reference>

in the end of file i added

<cms_index_index>

     <block type="clnews/news" name="right.clnews.latest">
                <action method="setTemplate" ifconfig="clnews/news/showlatestnews">
                    <template>clnews/latest.phtml</template>
                </action>
            </block>

</cms_index_index>

in cms page i wrote

{{block type="clnews/news" name="right.clnews.latest" template="clnews/latest.phtml"}}

but in main page i d'not see my block, what the problem?

p/s latest news config is enable

Answer 1

You need to wrap your block inside content block. ie.

<cms_index_index>
   <reference name="content">
       <block type="clnews/news" name="right.clnews.latest">
           <action method="setTemplate" ifconfig="clnews/news/showlatestnews">
               <template>clnews/latest.phtml</template>
           </action>
       </block>
    </reference>
</cms_index_index>

Then clear your cache and you are good to go.

Another alternative solution is, add your block in content area using block directive via backend. Like this.

{{block type="clnews/news" name="right.clnews.latest" template="clnews/latest.phtml" ifconfig="clnews/news/showlatestnews" }}

In this case, please make sure your custom block is whitelisted under System > Permissions > Blocks

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Answer 2

If you use a custom theme, you should copy module files (template .phtml and layout .xml) in your theme.

Copy from default/default/template/clnews folder clnews. And from default/default/layout/clnews.xml