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For all user types.

It works perfectly on my development WAMP environment, but does not work on live server.

local.xml

<block type="reports/product_viewed" after="-" name="bottom.reports.product.viewed" as="recently_viewed" template="reports/product_viewed.phtml" />

When viewing the product page with template hints, the block exists at the bottom of the page, but with no content.

When I put a random html string into the product_viewed.phtml file, above everything, even this does not output - the phtml file is not even being called on the live server.

I would assume Mage_Reports_Block_Product_Viewed is returning a blank collection - but I cannot find out why, please help!

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Indeed the template wouldn't be loaded if the collection is empty; which seems to be your case. Go to the admin and go to Reports > Products > Most Viewed, check there is actual data there.

If not, go to Reports > Refresh Statistics, pick 'Most Viewed' and refresh Lifetime statistics. They should be refreshed automatically though, so make sure your cron is set up and properly running.

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  • Many thanks for the reply. It seems the report was empty, (but both on my dev machine and live server). Now refreshed but I still have the same problem - anything else I can try?
    – user2565123
    Jun 3, 2015 at 10:30
  • Cancel that. Interestingly enough, I tried the site in an incognito window and it's working :). Not sure what the fix was, possibly the refresh or some issue with my browser. Thanks for your help.
    – user2565123
    Jun 3, 2015 at 10:33
  • Going to mark this as the answer as it may be a possible fix for some.
    – user2565123
    Jun 3, 2015 at 10:36

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