Magento – magento 2 add static block on category page left sidebar only

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I have override Module-Catalog into my theme's folder.

I want to add custom blocks in category sidebar. so in catalog_category_View.xml file i have added following code which works if i put it in default.xml file but it doesn't work for catalog_category_view.xml file.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
    <body>
        <referenceContainer name="sidebar.additional">
            <block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" name="top_left_sidebar">
                <arguments>
                    <argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">top_left_sidebar</argument>
                </arguments>
            </block>
        </referenceContainer>
    </body>
</page>

I want to show that block for category page left column only. How can i do that?

Best Answer

You don't have to edit your xml files. Just add a cms block to your design layout.

In your Magento Backend go to the category>design insert into the xml layout update area

<referenceContainer name="sidebar.main">
        <block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" name="Your_CMS_Block">
            <arguments>
                <argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">Your_CMS_Block</argument>
            </arguments>
        </block>
 </referenceContainer>

I always use the same name for both the cms block name and the identifier when I create the block.

The only reason I'd edit the XML for this is if you are building this shop for a client and you don't want them to be able to go in and change what you did.

before/after:

before/after are layout attributes that we can set that allow us to define the position of our block inside structure block

Put this after='yourleftfilterBlockName' instead is before=''

As per magento rwd theme block name left hand filter is catalog.leftnav

then your solution is like:

<reference name="left_first"> <!-- use left_first instead of left for rwd theme-->
<block type="cms/block" name="left_block" after="catalog.leftnav">
<action method="setBlockId"><block_id>left_block</block_id></action>
</block>
</reference>

Magento 2 – How to Rewrite TierPrice Block

Suppose package:Learning and module: Custom

Module.xml looks like

<config xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/Module/etc/module.xsd">
    <module name="Learning_Custom" setup_version="2.0.0">
        <sequence>
            <module name="Magento_Catalog"/>
        </sequence>
    </module>
</config>

And then create a layout xml following path -> app/code/Learning/Custom/view/frontend/layout/catalog_product_prices.xml

<layout xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="../../../../../../../lib/internal/Magento/Framework/View/Layout/etc/layout_generic.xsd">
    <referenceBlock name="render.product.prices">
        <arguments>
            <argument name="default" xsi:type="array">
                <item name="prices" xsi:type="array">
                    <item name="tier_price" xsi:type="array">
                        <item name="render_template" xsi:type="string">Learning_Custom::product/price/tier_prices.phtml
                    </item>
                </item>
            </argument>
        </arguments>
    </referenceBlock>
</layout>

Create template inside your module or copy base template file inside your module path should be -> app/code/Learning/Custom/view/frontend/templates/product/price/tier_prices.phtml

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before/after:

Magento 2 – How to Rewrite TierPrice Block

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