Magento – Show product of a category in a custom page

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I create a category with some product. Also create a custom layout for my page that I add new cms page with this layout that I created. I need to have this page with my layout because I want to add some php code just for this page. I redirect category to this page but my problem is here that products that I added to this category doesn't show in page.

Now I want to know how can I show products in this page?

Steps that I created my custom layout:

1.) I create a phtml file with 2columns-left.phtml layout and it's name is renewpage.phtml and it's address is: app/design/frontend/default/celebrity/template/page.

2.) I added it's config.xml in app/code/local/Renew/Page/etc/config.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Renew_page>
            <version>0.1.0</version>
        </Renew_page>
    </modules>
    <global>
        <page>
            <layouts>
                <renewpage translate="label">
                    <label>Renew_page</label>
                    <template>page/renewpage.phtml</template>
                    <layout_handle>Renew_page</layout_handle>
                </renewpage>
                <!-- add more layouts here -->
            </layouts>
        </page>
    </global>
</config>

3.) And add Renew_page.xml in app/etc/modules/Renew_page.xml:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Renew_page>
            <active>true</active>
            <codePool>local</codePool>
            <depends>
                <Mage_Page />
            </depends>
        </Renew_page>
    </modules>
</config>

Best Answer

You copy app/design/frontend/default/Customtheme/template/catalog/product/list.phtml and paste it same folder app/design/frontend/default/Customtheme/template/catalog/product/rename.phtml

Then call this code in your custom page

{{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="Your Category ID Here" template="catalog/product/rename.phtml"}}

Related Solutions

Add Custom Layouts for CMS and Category – Magento 1.7 Guide

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 – better way to add layout updates to a category rather than using the “Custom Layout Updates” field

I'm not sure, wether I understand your question correctly.

When a category is loaded, there is a update-handle added: CATEGORY_<id>, e.g. CATEGORY_4. With this handle you can add specific layout updates to the local.xml if you know the id.

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