How to Remove Product List Toolbar from Specific Catalog Page

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How do can you remove the product_list_toolbar from a specific category page??

I've tried adding the below to the Custom Layout Update of the the category in Catalog -> Manage Categories under the Custom Design tab from the Magento Admin Panel.

<reference name="product_list">
  <remove name="product_list_toolbar" /> 
</reference>

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Best Answer

Unfortunately, removing the toolbar with something like <remove name="product_list_toolbar" /> does not work (see e.g. this question).

You can do it like that:

Create an empty template under app/design/frontend/package/theme/template/blank.phtml
Set the empty template for the toolbar block:

In your local.xml for a specific category with the ID 5:

<CATEGORY_5>
    <reference name="product_list_toolbar">
        <action method="setTemplate">
            <template>blank.phtml</template>
        </action>
    </reference>
</CATEGORY_5>

Or directly in the custom layout update text field in the admin:

<reference name="product_list_toolbar">
    <action method="setTemplate">
        <template>blank.phtml</template>
    </action>
</reference>

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Magento – Hide Specific Attribute Filters for Each Category

You can't hide specific attributes from the layered navigation using custom layout updates. At least not without any changes to the code (check out layer/view.phtml).

There are a few modules for a better layered navigation, and I know for sure GoMage Advanced Navigation has this feature.

I've also used custom code to filter out which attributes show up on certain categories and in what order - i think i used a helper and changed a few lines in layer/view.phtml. This would be pretty similar to using layout updates, although you might run into difficulties using the xml approach.

If you want to use custom code, I'd suggest adding an extra category attribute for setting the attributes that you want to hide and then using that field in layer/view.phtml.

Magento 1.9 – Change Page Layout for Products Under Specific Category

Create a small module

Your config.xml should looks like

app/code/codePool/Package/Extension/etc/config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Package_Extension>
            <version>0.1.0</version>
        </Package_Extension>
    </modules>
    <global>
        <events>
            <controller_action_layout_load_before>
                <observers>
                    <categoryhandle>
                        <class>Package_Extension_Model_Observer</class>
                        <method>cateHandle</method>
                    </categoryhandle>
                </observers>
            </controller_action_layout_load_before>
        </events>
    </global>
</config>

Your observer should looks like

app/code/codePool/Package/Extension/Model/Observer.php

<?php
class Package_Extension_Model_Observer
{

    public function cateHandle(Varien_Event_Observer $observer)
    {
        $product = Mage::registry('current_product');

        /**
         * Return if it is not product page
         */
        if (!($product instanceof Mage_Catalog_Model_Product)) {
            return;
        }
        $category= 3;
        $categories=$product->getCategoryIds();
        if(in_array($category, $categories)){
            $update = $observer->getEvent()->getLayout()->getUpdate();
            $update->addHandle('PRODUCT_CATEGORY_'.$category);
        }

    }
}

And in your themes local.xml add below code or as you mention rwd/default/layout/catalog.xml add below code

<PRODUCT_CATEGORY_3>
    <reference name="root">
      <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/2columns-right.phtml</template></action>
    </reference>
</PRODUCT_CATEGORY_3>

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