Magento – Magento: How to add two or more static Blocks on category page

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I am creating category page and i want to add two static blocks to it. While I was going through CMS/Static Blocks, I realized I can Only add One Static Block to any page. I couldn't find anything where i can add 2 or more static blocks. Is there a way i can add two or more such static blocks in a single category page.

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You can add any number of static blocks in any page in anywhere as you desire.

Since you need to add two static blocks.. create two static blocks through admin.(CMS -> Static Blocks). Let the identifiers used for two static blocks be mystaticblock_1 and mystaticblock_2. Then you can use following code directly in your page (phtml file) in order to display your static block

  <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('mystaticblock_1')->toHtml() ?> 
  <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('mystaticblock_2')->toHtml() ?>

You can also add static blocks through your layout file. An example is shown below

<handler_correspond_to_desired_page>
<reference name="content">
    <block type="cms/block" name="my_staticblock_1">
        <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>mystaticblock_1</block_id></action>
    </block> 
    <block type="cms/block" name="my_staticblock_2">
        <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>mystaticblock_2</block_id></action>
    </block> 
</reference>
</handler_correspond_to_desired_page>

Then go to the template file where you need to display the static block and add the following code in the appropriate location

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('my_staticblock_1') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('my_staticblock_2') ?>

There is lot of tutorials regarding this topic. Please make a ruff idea about static blocks and their usages. Good luck

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Magento – Custom template for static blocks in CMS page

You cannot change the template for a static block because the static block does not have a template. Take a look at the method: Mage_Cms_Block_Block::_toHtml(). The _toHtml() method is used to render any block object, and in the case of the cms blocks it only renders the content of the block.

If you want to wrap the content of any cms block in some markup you can try this:

{{block type="core/template" template="custom/block.phtml" block_id="some_block_id"}}

And in the file custom/block.phtml do this:

<?php
$block = Mage::app()->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId($this->getBlockId()); //retrieve the cms block with the id set on this layout block
$html = $block->toHtml();//in this var you have the content of the cms block 
?>
<?php if ($html) : //this is needed to avoid additional markup if the cms block is empty?>
<div class="some-class">
    <div class="some-other-class">
        <?php echo $html;//actuall cms block?>
    </div>
</div>
<?php endif;?>

I hope this is what you needed.

CMS – How to Align Multiple Static Blocks on a CMS Page

By alignment you mean your layout right?

This is what i do for all of my CMS pages in order to keep them in .phtml files and handle the presentation via CSS.

Add this snippet to your CMS Homepage's Layout: <reference name="content"> <block type="core/template" name="default_home_page" template="cms/home.phtml"></block> </reference>

then create a file on /app/design/frontend/yourpackage/yourtheme/cms/home.phtml and put your content there. Align them via CSS strictly. I know it's not easily editable but it's a clean solution for a developer.

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