Layout update customer account create not working

Question

I'm trying to set the page template to 2columns-left.phtml for the account creation page in local.xml

<customer_account_create>
    <reference name="root">
        <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/2columns-left.phtml</template></action>
    </reference>
</customer_account_create>

It's however not working. What am I missing here?

Answer 1

please check properly your local.xml file goes like this

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout>
    <customer_account_create>
        <reference name="root">
            <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/2columns-left.phtml</template></action>
        </reference>
    </customer_account_create>
</layout>

check spaces.if spaces are their remove it.otherwise it will work.clear the cache