Change template page layout on cart page in Magento - magento

Question

Please help me on this. I want to change template page layout of cart page in magento.
The following is the URL : http://www.wildgoosetrading.com/index.php/checkout/cart/
I want this to look like other pages of category.
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You'd set the template for the cart in your checkout.xml layout file.
In the checkout_cart_index section (straight after <default>) look for the following block and change the template the cart page is using;
<!-- Mage_Checkout -->
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
</reference>
EDIT
I know this is the accepted answer but soipo's answer is the better way. Apply the change to local.xml, don't modify the core layout files, override them using local.xml in your theme's layout. See http://www.classyllama.com/development/magento-development/the-better-way-to-modify-magento-layout

Answer 2

In your local.xml file you can just add the following:
<checkout_cart_index translate="label">
<reference name="root">
<action method="setTemplate"><template>page/3columns.phtml</template ></action >
</reference>
Just change the template to the one you need.

Answer 3

By using Magento's common setTemplate method, the inherent granularity introduced by Magento's own app/design/frontend/base/default/layout/checkout.xml is lost.
Magento deliberately created two methods for doing this: setCartTemplate and setEmptyTemplate. They handle two separate conditions.
One condition is when the cart has items, the other is when the cart is empty. By calling setTemplate, that granularity is lost. That means a cart with items and a cart with zero items will both display the same template, which might be not desired.
More on this can be found here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/33875491/2973534