Magento – Cms page (or static block) inside product description

cmsproductstatic-block

I need to add some static content inside the product description.

I have a store where I bulk add all my products via CSV import and many of them share common HTML code in the description field, for example, the model description.

Let's say that I have 500 products model XYZ and the XYZ description is

<h1>XYZ</h1>
<p>The next generation of XY<p>

is there a way to create this as a cms page (or static block) and insert it in the description of the products?

I could have it done editing the layout of the product page, but I want it in the description so I can easily sync it with eBay and other markets.

Thank you

Best Answer

Although I don't recommend it because this may lead to performance issues (more time needed for processing the product description), I wrote a tutorial on how to do this. You can find it here.
It worked for me for products and categories without a problem.
The main idea is to process the product description (or any other attribute) just like the content of a CMS page or a CMS block is processed before returning the content. I mean It should be able to support directives like {{block type="..."}}, {{store url=""}}, {{skin}} and others.

Challenge

Your biggest hurdle here is that your static block does not hole punch by default, but widgets will hole-punch automatically. So your goal should be to output all 3 widget rotators without the use of a static block.

So, then, my suggestion is that you get rid of the static block approach and instead create block reference areas to target with your widget. Classy Llama has a list of default regions available on their blog, referenced here:

Breadcrumbs

Left Column

Main Content Area

My Cart Extra Actions

Navigation Bar

Page Bottom

Page Footer

Page Header

Page Top

Right Column

Store Language

How to do it:

Creating a block reference is easy:

Define the block in layout XML:

<default>
    <reference name="content">
        <block type="core/text_list" name="some_block_name" as="some.block.name" translate="label">
            <label>Widget Rotator Target Region</label>
        </block>
    </reference>
</default>

And then you'll need to echo it from your template to force it and all dynamically inserted widget blocks to render:

#file: 1column.html
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('some_block_name'); ?>

Then, it should show up in your widget list:

enter image description here

This should output in your template now when FPC is enabled wrapped in hole punch comments.

Cheers!

Image and bullet content sourced from:

http://www.classyllama.com/blog/widgets-magento-enteprise

Magento CMS – Add Static Block to Home Page

I may be totally wrong, but you can call it like this

{{block type="cms/block" block_id="home_image-center"}}

in cms -> homepage-> content : in that click show/hideeditor past above code it's work

Best Answer

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Magento Enterprise – Punch Hole in FPC for Static Block Inside CMS Page

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Magento CMS – Add Static Block to Home Page

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