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Page Layout for Categories using XML
I want to have a specific layout for some of my category pages but instead of always using the XML Layout Update
<reference name="right">
<remove name="left.reports.product.viewed"/>
<...
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Magento custom module - cannot load layout file via XML
A very common issue, but can't get my head around this one. Just not able to load the custom layout I want to display under the Admin tab content of my custom module via XML layout file (something ...
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Product View gets broken
quick thing, to start, we have a module that is displayed in the sidebar and it gets the product id with the Mage::registry('current_product')->getId(); in the first time is rendering with no problem, ...
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Can I use an observer to insert my module block into product.info?
I want my custom block to be dependent on whether my module is enabled or not and I want do not want it to be dependent on a theme so using the following, for example, is out of the question: /catalog/...
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What is difference between files in Block and files in Layout folder?
I am a newbie in Magento and its very confusing.
I read files for view come from Layout folder , then i read somewhere that view is managed by files in Block folder.What is true ? Its totally ...
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custom module layout not working
I've been fighting a while with a problem, but I can't find a solution.
Here is the thing:
Got a module that I need to show in the sidebar of catalog product view so this is my module.xml in default/...
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can't override checkout/total/default.phtml
If I copy the file default.phtml from design/frontend/base/default/template/checkout/total/ to my theme folder (design/frontend/my_package/my_theme/template/checkout/total/default.phtml) everything is ...
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Navigation menu : page.xml doesn't call the overridden class (topmenu.php)
EDIT : solved by Jonathan Hussey. See at the end of post (or below) for another question if you want to help me about overridding template and layout :)
subsidiary question : Can I override page.xml, ...
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module layout problem (display and redirection)
I have made a module with a contact form. The Submit button calls a controller which get $ post and send emails both to client and admin. I would like after form submission to redirect to the form ...
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New Custom Module Page Layout not Showing in CMS Drop Down
I have created a new custom-module for unique page layouts to be used for certain cms-pages within magento-1.9.0.1. The module appears and is enabled in admin > configuration > advanced menu.
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XML Module Product Page custom options.phtml problem
I've a module in magento which is creating a new view of the product page, by calling a new options.phtml file.
the problem I have is that if I call, via ajax, this modified product page view, with ...
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Admin layout file not loading in custom module
I'm trying to load in a block on one of my admin pages in a custom module, but it doesn't appear to be loading. At first I thought it was a handle issue, but I've found out that the handle is ...
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Warning: include(): failed to open stream: No such file or directory
In app/code/local/AB/CarLocator/controllers/Adminhtml/CarlocatorController.php code I have:
class AB_CarLocator_Adminhtml_CarlocatorController extends Mage_Adminhtml_Controller_Action
{
public ...
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Display strings from blocks layout?
Here is the link with the result.
In the image you can see the path of all files :
this is my Attila3->HelloWorld->Block->HelloWorld.php file :
<?php
class Attila3_HelloWorld_Block_Index ...
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top links only loading log in link
I'm writing a new layout file for a custom module. As part of this I need to include the toplinks eg. log in, cart + (quantity), my account, wishlist and also recently viewed and nothing else. My ...
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Adding CSS and JS to <head> using a module layout.xml for block
Synopsis
I would like to add a block to my grouped product view and my simple product view. This block will have some nice tooltips for hover states, i'm using a small library with one jquery plugin ...
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Magento custom block shows Fatal error: Call to a member function setTemplate() on a non-object
I have created one block inside my custom module but it's not working. My module is working fine but my block is not working when I call my block from footer.phtml file it shows 'Fatal error: Call to ...
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Show admin action with out login in
I need to show a page with out having the admin user log in. They need to move from
http://local.mage.dev/index.php/admin/
http://local.mage.dev/index.php/admin/wsu/requestaccess/
With out loggin ...
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Cannot get custom frontend ajax layout to load
I always have challenges identifying the proper handles for everything, so please bear with me here. I've scoured Google, SE, and tried myriad variations, with no luck. (And yes, I've used ...
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Load Custom Admin Template
Developing a simple custom module, and the hardest part is getting the template to load in the admin. I'm sure I'm missing something simple (but important).
The template will not load. I believe ...
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Magento module's block code is working in product details page but not working in category and list page?
In magento I am writing one module. In my module lets say I have mymodule.xml where I want to insert my own block after this block
<catalog_product_view>
<reference name="product.info"&...
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layout handle for add button to newsletter edit template in adminhtml
I develop module for add new button in newsletter edit template in adminhtml. And don't know which layout handle must use in my layout xml.
I try something like this but did not work:
<layout ...
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Check If JQuery Is Already Included In Head
I want to check if jQuery is already included on the page. I have seen several methods and finally settled on the following:
if ( (typeof jQuery === 'undefined') || !window.jQuery ) {
document....
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Reference a block in static page
I have a static page in which I call a dynamic block:
{{block type="custommodule/search" name="custommodule_search" template="custommodule/search.phtml" }}
In the layout file of my custom module I'm ...
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add block to Authorize.net payment template
in the app/design/frontend/base/default/template/payment/form/cc.phtml template, around line 76, there is a spot to echo out child html. how do I reference that block to add a child into it?
I'm ...
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Can't get my module layout to work
I'm just trying to test my module by adding some text to the homepage and I can't seem to get this to work. I'm on Magento 1.7.0.2. Magento is aware of my module, I already checked that.
Here is my ...
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Adding custom layouts for CMS and Category use with custom module trouble
I have a category in my store that requires a totally different layout to the standard Magento layouts. So I created a new copy of the 1column.phtml and renamed it and made one small change to test.
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Debugging layout XML loading
TL;DR: is there a way I can debug the loading of the layout? As I believe one module's layout is conflicting with another.
Related to a previous question I made: How to make a module layout to be ...
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