CODEWITHSUNDEEP
magento
shriekz
shriekz

Reputation: 55

How do I add a new block to my layout in magento 1.9?

I have a beginner question on layouts ...After reading a lot about layouts, i am more confused than where i started. I want to add a banner block that will be displayed on my home page and a few other pages. I decided that it cannot be a part of the header.

I want to add this right below the header. I am trying to create my layout via bootstrap. I see in some themes that this is done inside the cms.xml file and i am not sure why i need to edit that. Clearly, i am confused..

Any help would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1924

Answers (1)

Prashant Valanda
Prashant Valanda

Reputation: 480

Go to your theme

app/design/frontend/Your-Package/Your-Theme/layout/local.xml

add below code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
   <cms_index_index>
      <reference name="content">
            <block type="core/template" name="banner" before="-"  template="banner/banner.phtml" />
        </reference>
   </cms_index_index>
</layout>

add banner.phtml file to

app/design/frontend/Your-Package/Your-Theme/template/banner/banner.phtml

add your banner in above file

To add a block to any other page replace <cms_index_index> with <routname_controllername_actionname> For example, <catalog_product_view>.

Upvotes: 1

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