Magento 1.9 – Call Static Block in Footer for Homepage Only

magento-1.9static-blockxml

I want to call a static block after my footer and I want it to appear only on my homepage. Here below is my xml code as referred to This Question. But, it is loading the content above the footer when used after and not coming at all when used before.

    <reference name="content">
        <block type="cms/block" name="home_page_content"  before="footer">
          <action method="setBlockId"><home_page_content>home_page_content</home_page_content></action>
        </block>
    </reference>

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Open Home Page to edit.
In Custom Layout Update XML textarea, paste code like this:

<reference name="before_body_end"> <block type="cms/block" name="home_page_content"> <action method="setBlockId"> <home_page_content>test</home_page_content> </action> </block> </reference>

Remember to change block id from test to your own block identifier.

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Magento – Magento when calling a static block’s content via AJAX, images entered in CMS with {{ }} are not processed into their filename

This is your problem: echo $staticBlock->getContent();. This will return the column content as it is saved in the data base. What you need is this:

require_once('../app/Mage.php'); 
umask(0);
Mage::app();

$block_identifier = 'delivery_country_' . Mage::app()->getRequest()->getParam('iso_country');
$staticBlock = Mage::app()->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId($block_identifier);
echo $staticBlock->toHtml();

Magento – XML Block Layout

You could do this without calling remove and then having to recreate each block. Simply use the unsetChild and insert actions, they will allow you to move blocks around. The following xml should give you your desired results.

<default>
    <reference name="left">
        <action method="unsetChild">
            <name>left.newsletter</name>
        </action>
    </reference>
    <reference name="footer">
        <action method="insert">
            <block>left.newsletter</block>
        </action>
    </reference>
</default>
<cms_index_index>
    <reference name="footer">
        <action method="unsetChild">
            <name>left.newsletter</name>
        </action>
    </reference>
    <reference name="content">
        <action method="insert">
            <block>left.newsletter</block>
        </action>
    </reference>
</cms_index_index>

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