Magento – How to change Magento’s default page template for the product description page

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How can I change Magento's default page template for product detailed/ single/ description page?

By default, it is always pulling this template,

 frontend\MY_WEBSITENAME\default\template\page/2columns-right.phtml

What about if I want it to pull this layout instead?

2columns-left.phtml

so the path should be,

frontend\MY_WEBSITENAME\default\template\page/2columns-left.phtml

Any ideas?

EDIT:

local.xml,

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<layout>
    <default>
       <remove name="paypal.partner.right.logo"/>
       <remove name="tags_popular"/>
       <remove name="right.permanent.callout"/>
    </default>

    <catalog_category_default translate="label">
     <reference name="root">
         <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/2columns-left.phtml</template></action>
     </reference>
   </catalog_category_default>
</layout>

EDIT 2:

catalog.xml,

change,

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

to 

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

Best Answer

This question has been asked before several times, I think this link might help you.

It comes down to adding the <setTemplate> tag to the root of the page in the layout xml

It should look something like this:

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