Page Layouts – Adding New Page Layout Like Category Page

page-layouts

I added a new page layout in my store and now when I want add another page layout it's replaced with the previously added layout.

Why does this happen? Can't I make more than one layout?

EDIT:
I added in app/code/local/Home/Page/etc/config.xml :

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
  <modules>
    <Home_page>
      <version>0.1.0</version>
    </Home_page>
  </modules>
  <global>
    <page>
      <layouts>
        <homepage translate="label">
          <label>Home_page</label>
          <template>page/homepage.phtml</template>
          <layout_handle>home_page</layout_handle>
        </homepage>
        <!-- add more layouts here -->
      </layouts>
    </page>
  </global>
</config>

Also added app/etc/Home_page.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
  <modules>
    <Home_page>
      <active>true</active>
      <codePool>local</codePool>
      <depends>
        <Mage_Page />
      </depends>
    </Home_page>
  </modules>
</config>

And add this app/design/frontend/default/my-theme/template/page/homepage.phtml , that I use my layout in this page.

Best Answer

You did not show how you added more layouts, but I suspect, what's the problem:

    <homepage translate="label">
      <label>Home_page</label>
      <template>page/homepage.phtml</template>
      <layout_handle>home_page</layout_handle>
    </homepage>

The layout handle home_page as well as the element name <homepage> must be unique. So if you add additional layouts, and you use <homepage> again, it overrides the previously added <homepage> layout.

Related Solutions

Add Custom Layouts for CMS and Category – Magento 1.7 Guide

In order to make it appear in the layout dropdown you need to create a custom module (you can also add something in a core file but please don't do that). Let's name the extension Easylife_Layout. For this you need to create the following files: app/etc/modules/Easylife_Layout.xml - the declaration file

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Easylife_Layout>
            <active>true</active>
            <codePool>local</codePool>
            <depends>
                <Mage_Page />
            </depends>
        </Easylife_Layout>
    </modules>
</config>

app/code/local/Easylife/Layout/etc/config.xml - the configuration file

<?xml version="1.0"?> 
<config>
    <modules>
        <Easylife_Layout>
            <version>0.0.1</version>
        </Easylife_Layout>
    </modules>
    <global>
        <page>
            <layouts> 
                <lookbook module="page" translate="label">
                    <label>Lookbook</label>
                    <template>page/1column-lookbook.phtml</template>
                    <layout_handle>lookbook</layout_handle>
                </lookbook> 
            </layouts>
        </page>
    </global>
    <frontend>
        <layout>
            <updates>
                <easylife_layout>
                    <file>easylife_layout.xml</file>
                </easylife_layout>
            </updates>
        </layout>
    </frontend>
</config>

app/design/frontend/{interface}/{theme}/layout/easylife_layout.xml - the layout file

<?xml version="1.0"?> 
<layout>
    <lookbook translate="label">
        <label>Lookbook</label>
        <reference name="root">
            <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column-lookbook.phtml</template></action>
            <action method="setIsHandle"><applied>1</applied></action>
        </reference>
    </lookbook> 
</layout>

The last one is necessary in case you want to be able to reference your custom layout in layout files. Something like:

<update hande="lookbook" />

Clear the cache and...that's it. Le tme know if it works for you.

Magento 1.9 – Add New Page Layout Option

To meet your requirements you need to create an extension - without this it's not possible.

Module config file :

Create the module file config file at app/etc/modules/Amit_NewLayout.xml

Code:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Amit_NewLayout>
            <active>true</active>
            <codePool>local</codePool>
            <depends>
                <Mage_Page />
            </depends>
        </Amit_NewLayout>
    </modules>
</config>

Define config.xml

Now define 1-column-version2.phtml as the template for the new layout in app/code/local/Amit/NewLayout/etc/config.xml