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webkul
webkul

Reputation: 2864

How to change category page layout in Magento?

My problem is I want to change my category page layout similar as homepage I tried a lot but didn't get the answer.

Upvotes: 6

Views: 57649

Answers (6)

Stelian
Stelian

Reputation: 848

Edit catalog.xml from your /app/design/frontend/your_theme/default/layout/catalog.xml and in default block add a new reference block

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

In this way, you overwrite the root block in page.xml (the main layout file Magento loads)

Upvotes: 1

Murali
Murali

Reputation: 101

Login to admin side

Catelog -> manage Categories -> Choose your category

Then on the tab section select Custom Design.

Change the Page Layout as what ever you want.

Upvotes: 10

Ahsan
Ahsan

Reputation: 331

However, the best way to do this is to not edit catalog.xml, but page.xml

under , edit the first block you see there:

<block type="page/html" name="root" output="toHtml" template="page/3columns.phtml">

change this to:

<block type="page/html" name="root" output="toHtml" template="page/2columns-right.phtml">

for further detail follow this link http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/16838/

Upvotes: 11

user1668260
user1668260

Reputation: 27

Run the below given script. It will set the value “'three_columns'” to the field “Page Layout” of all categories. 

$write          =      Mage::getSingleton('core/resource')->getConnection('core_write');
$updateQry  =   "UPDATE catalog_category_entity_varchar SET value='three_columns' WHERE attribute_id='61' ";
$write->query($updateQry);

Upvotes: -6

capnhud
capnhud

Reputation: 465

There is an extension located at this thread that allows you to set the page layout for your categories

Upvotes: 0

Sid Kathirvel
Sid Kathirvel

Reputation: 858

I am not sure if I understand your question. Anyways...

You can edit the category view at template/catalog/category/view.phtml.

If you require to use the 3 column layout like the home page, you need to assign the 3 column template in the catalog.xml file.

Upvotes: 7

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