I am looking for a method to add custom page title and meta description to Magento defaults catalog/seo_sitemap/category/ & catalog/seo_sitemap/product/ pages.
I have done this before on the built-in contacts page by updating the contacts.xml file with:
<reference name="head">
<action method="setDescription"><title>my description here</title></action>
<action method="setTitle"><title>My title here</title></action>
</reference>
This works absolutely fine. However, I currently do not know how I can apply this or a similar technique to the 2 pages I've outlined.
Do the same thing but apply it in the catalog.xml file. You could also set up a local.xml with the following:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
<catalog_seo_sitemap_category translate="label">
<reference name="head">
<action method="setDescription" module="catalog"><title>Custom description here</title></action>
<action method="setTitle" module="catalog"><title>Custom Site Map here</title></action>
</reference>
</catalog_seo_sitemap_category>
</layout>
You can apply the same method to catalog/seo_sitemap/product/
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Is there a simple way to change the column settings on Magento's "Contact Us" page through the CMS? It seems that by default the "Contact Us" page is not listed among the other CMS pages. Do I need to override the settings via XML?
Thank you for your help!
First, determine the "layout handle" for the contact page. For u i guess it is "contacts_index_index"
U can find this in file app/design/frontend/your-package/your-theme/layout/local.xml or contact.xml
<contacts_index_index translate="label">
<label>Contact Us Form</label>
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/2columns-right.phtml</template></action>
<action method="setHeaderTitle" translate="title" module="contacts"><title>Contact Us</title></action>
</reference>
<reference name="content">
<block type="core/template" name="contactForm" template="contacts/form.phtml"/>
</reference>
</contacts_index_index>
Change the setTemplate call to reference your template
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
<action method="setHeaderTitle" translate="title" module="contacts"><title>Contact Us</title></action>
</reference>
Alternately, add the handle reference to your local.xml file. The local.xml file is applied last, so whatever goes in there "wins"
<layout>
<contacts_index_index>
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
</reference>
</contacts_index_index>
</layout>
This is what worked for me:
Go to CMS > Manage Pages interface in the admin panel.
Create the contact page here and insert the following code:
<!– CONTACT FORM –>
{{block type="core/template" name="contactForm" form_action="/contacts/index/post" template="contacts/form.phtml"}}
<!– END OF CONTACT FORM –>
Click on the Design tab and change the layout to 1 column.
I am writing a Magento Extension that is trying to hide the Discount Code section on the checkout cart page. I wrote the following code to replace the current cart.phtml with my custom template.
<layout version="0.1.0">
<checkout_cart_index>
<reference name="checkout.cart">
<action method="setTemplate">
<template>company/module/cart.phtml</template>
</action>
</reference>
</checkout_cart_index>
</layout>
Everything looked good until I realized it even overwrote the template the cart page uses for an empty cart. I have tried many combinations for switch the "checkout_cart_index"
name to the reference name but I cannot get it to just replace that template. I further investigated and found in the default layout it sets the cart values here:
<reference name="content">
<block type="checkout/cart" name="checkout.cart">
<action method="setCartTemplate"><value>checkout/cart.phtml</value></action>
<action method="setEmptyTemplate"><value>checkout/cart/noItems.phtml</value></action>
I tried again using "SetCartTemplate" but I cannot get it to display yet alone behave as I am intending. Any ideas?
In your layout update
<checkout_cart_index>
<reference name="checkout.cart">
<action method="setCartTemplate"><value>path/to/your/cart.phtml</value></action>
<action method="setEmptyTemplate"><value>path/to/your/noItems.phtml</value></action>
<action method="chooseTemplate"/>
</reference>
</checkout_cart_index>
chooseTemplate will choose the right template
Try to Rewrite this core class to hide the discount code section in your cart page
Mage_Sales_Model_Quote_Address_Total_Discount
I want to show all my pages in 3 columns, But when i Changed the default cms Home page having 1 column to 3 columns then its content is not showing on front end only 3 columns structure is showing but its product page is not showing not even static data.
if anybody knows this then please help me out
thanks!
Home layout setting is managed from admin>CMS >Page .Please check admin >cms>page find home page and goes to its Design tab ,change here home page design
OR
go to you template folder create folder layout>create local.xml
frontend\your package\yourtemplate\layout\local.xml content is
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
<default>
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
</reference>
</default>
<catalog_product_view translate="label">
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
</reference>
I am having trouble with Magento CE 1.7.0.2 displaying content of my custom block below the page. The block displays right on the page, but the content is copied below the page after the closing HTML tag.
The display layout plugin only shows my block referenced once, so I have no idea why this is happening. I'm using a default/custom package. Please help!!!!
My Layout, if it helps:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
<default>
<remove name="store_language" />
<remove name="store_switcher"/>
<remove name="footer_links" />
</default>
<makeorder_index_index>
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
</reference>
<reference name="content">
<block type="makeorder/orderblock" output="toHtml" name="orderdispaly"
template="makeorder/orderdisplay.phtml"/>
</reference>
</makeorder_index_index>
</layout>
you should remove the output="toHtml" directive from your "makeorder/orderblock" block properties. What this does is basically says to display the contents of your block as soon as it's initialized - no matter where it should be placed. So it ends up rendered after the "root" block.
I have displayed all links in footer and i want to display My account link only in header
So how can i do that.
Should i use static block from cms pages or block from xml file?
Can anyone please help me
Thanks in advance
Another way to add "My Account" link
goto app/design/frontend/default(or your theme package)/(theme folder)/page/html/header.phtml.
In this file you can add your custom 'li' tag and can put a link for "My Account" as Controller moves it to My Account PAGE.
One more way here for you :)
Open theme/layout/customer.xml file and then modify the section that shows customer links on all pages, to include a link home and also a link to other customer service pages that you have deemed necessary, e.g. ‘returns’ (if you get a lot of those enquiries...).
<default>
<!-- Mage_Customer -->
<reference name="top.links">
<action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer"><label>Home</label><url></url><title>Home</title><prepare>true</prepare><urlParams/><position>5</position></action>
<action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer"><label>My Account</label><url helper="customer/getAccountUrl"/><title>My Account</title><prepare/><urlParams/><position>94</position></action>
<action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer"><label>Deliveries</label><url>deliveries</url><title>Deliveries</title><prepare>true</prepare><urlParams/><position>95</position></action>
<action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer"><label>Returns</label><url>returns</url><title>Returns</title><prepare>true</prepare><urlParams/><position>96</position></action>
<action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="customer"><label>Contact Us</label><url>contacts</url><title>Contact Us</title><prepare>true</prepare><urlParams/><position>97</position></action>
</reference>
</default>
Enjoy :)
Option 1:
The layout files are used to display links in the top.links block. You can remove them in the relevant xml files, and leave everything else as is, e.g. in checkout.xml you have something like:
<default>
<reference name="top.links">
<block type="checkout/links" name="checkout_cart_link">
<action method="addCartLink"></action>
<action method="addCheckoutLink"></action>
</block>
</reference>
</default>
If you remove the block then they would no longer show these two links in the top.links block.
Option 2:
The alternative is, as you say, to create a cms block and include this in your header instead. To include a cms block in a template file you can use
<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('toplinksblock')->toHtml() ?>
Or if you want to use the layout system use this in the layout file:
<reference name="footer">
<block type="cms/block" name="sample_links">
<action method="setBlockId"><block_id>sample_links</block_id></action>
</block>
</reference>
then this in the template file:
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('sample_links') ?>
Option 3:
Or just edit top.links.phtml.