Magento – Remove Recently Viewed Products in RWD Theme using local.xml

layoutlocal.xmlrwd

I am trying to remove the Recently Viewed Products from sidebar on the new RWD Theme. Please see my local.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout>
    <default>
        <remove name="catalog.compare.sidebar"/>
        <remove name="right.reports.product.viewed"/>
    </default>
</layout>

I have managed to remove the compare sidebar but not the recently viewed. I have manage to do it on the other themes but not on the RWD. I have also checked all the xml files in the layout folder for RWD for the words viewed and reports and nothing comes back. So I get its reverting back to BASE but then if that was the case should the above xml code remove the recently viewed?

Thanks

Best Answer

I figured this out its actually

name="left.reports.product.viewed"

not the

name="right.reports.product.viewed"

even though it is being displayed in the right column.

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Magento offers the possibility to use templates from one theme and layouts from an other one.
Even if this sounds nice, I don't think anyone uses it (I ma be wrong) because it can confuse the developers.
To avoid this, make sure that in System->Configuration->Design->Themes you set the same value for the fields Templates and Layout, the name of your theme.
If one of these is left blank the resources from the default theme will be used. (Theme1).

Magento – using local.xml to avoid repetition

Yes, you seem to have misunderstood the syntax involved in what you want to do (though it seems you've understood the principles, and that's half the battle!).

Don't use an output block with a typical Magento layout, as the root block is already set as an (the) output block (ref. page.xml):
```
<block type="page/html_head" name="head" output="toHtml"> 
```

You should not be redeclaring the head block; rather, you should reference the one already created (again, ref page.xml):

<!-- <block type="page/html_head" name="head" output="toHtml"> This replaces the original! -->
<reference name="head">
    <action method="addCss"><stylesheet>css/normalize.css</stylesheet></action>
</reference>

Collect would-be-repeated directives in a custom layout update handle and use the <update> directive to include them in other handles:

<UTILITY_HANDLE>
    <reference name="head">
        <action method="addCss"><stylesheet>css/normalize.css</stylesheet></action>
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    <reference name="content">
        <block type="core/template" name="prefcentre_regform" template="ps/prefcentre/signup.phtml" />
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<!-- include the above on catalog product view page -->
<catalog_product_view>
    <update handle="UTILITY_HANDLE" />
</catalog_product_view>

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