Magento 1 – Custom Module Layout.xml Not Working

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My config code

<config>
    <modules>
        <Urban_Module>
            <version>1.0.0</version>
        </Urban_Module>
    </modules>
<global>
        <helpers>
            <Module>
                <class>Urban_Module_Helper</class>
            </Module>  
        </helpers>
</global>
<frontend>
        <routers>
            <module>
                <use>standard</use>
                <args>
                    <module>Urban_Module</module>
                    <frontName>module</frontName>
                </args>
            </module>
        </routers>
         <layout>
            <updates>
                <module>
                    <file>module.xml</file>
                </module>
            </updates>
        </layout>      
    </frontend>
</config>

My TestifrontController.php code

<?php
class Urban_Module_TestifrontController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action
{
    public function indexAction()
    {
    $this->loadLayout();      

    $this->renderLayout();
   echo 'hello frontend';

    }
}

My module.xml code

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
    <default>
    </default>
    <module_testifront_index>
        <reference name="content">
            <block type="module/module" name="module" template="module/module.phtml"/>
        </reference>
    </module_testifront_index>
</layout>

This module.xml path i have used is app/design/frontend/[package]/default/layout/module.xml . I have the module.phtml file in app/design/frontend/[package]/default/template/module/module.phtml.

The controller works when I navigate to index.php/module/testifront/index but the layout doesn't seem to work.

Best Answer

Your module does not define any blocks, but you use the block type "module/module"

You probably want to replace that with "core/template"

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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 – Empty page displaying in magento

I think that you are going about this the wrong way. From what I think your aim is:

Add some custom js files,
Change a single template slightly,

I would suggest just creating a local.xml file in your theme, rather than creating a complete theme an completely replacing the standard page.xml. The fact that you are replacing all the contents of the page.xml file is why you get a blank page.

If you create a local.xml that looks as follows:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout>
    <default>
        <reference name="head">
            <action method="addItem">
                <type>skin_js</type>
                <name>js/jquery.js</name>
                <params/>
            </action>
            <action method="addItem">
                <type>skin_js</type>
                <name>js/cf.js</name>
                <params/>
            </action>
        </reference>
        <reference name="header">
            <action method="setTemplate">
                <template>path/to/your/new/header.phtml</template>
            </action>
        </reference>
    </default>
</layout>

Without creating a completely new theme when one is not needed.

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