CMS static block not showing up

Question

I have defined a CMS/Static block in the magento admin called: slick_slideshow, it has content and is enabled

I've updated my page.xml and added:

<block type="cms/block" name="slick_slideshow"></block>

to the default section immediately following the breadcrumbs block.

in my 1column.phtml after the breadcrumbs block I've added:

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

Cache is currently disabled, but nothing shows up!! Ideally I need this to only show on the homepage. but it won't show up on any page right now.

What could the issue be?

Answer 1

It should look like this:

<block type="cms/block" name="slick_slideshow">
     <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>slick_slideshow</block_id></action>
</block>

and then in the template:

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

All your changes should be in local.xml (convention).