Magento – The block template file didn’t call in the controller

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I can post my code. it's working controller and also block file but template File not working.

Sending code here.

 <?xml version="1.0" ?>
<!--
/**
* Module Configuration
*
*@author Magento
-->
<config>
    <modules>
        <Magentostudy_News>
        <version>1.0.0</version>
        </Magentostudy_News>
    </modules>
    <frontend>
        <routers>
            <magentostudy_news>
                <use>standard</use>
                <args>
                <module>Magentostudy_News</module>
                <frontName>news</frontName>
                </args>
            </magentostudy_news>
        </routers>
    </frontend>
    <layout>
            <updates>
            <magentostudy_news>
            <file>news.xml</file>
            </magentostudy_news>
            </updates>
    </layout>

    <global>
         <blocks>
                <news><class>Magentostudy_News_Block</class></news>
         </blocks>

    </global>

</config>

My news.xml file

    <layout version="0.1.0">
<default>
    <reference name="content"></reference>
</default>
<news_index_index>
    <reference name="content">

    <block type="news/news" name="news.slider" template="news/news.phtml"></block>

    </reference>

</news_index_index>
<layout>

This is My controller file

    <?php

class Magentostudy_News_IndexController extends Mage_Core_Controller_Front_Action{

    public function _construct(){


      Mage::app()->loadArea($this->getLayout()->getArea());

        $this->loadLayout();
        $this->renderLayout();


    }

    public function indexAction(){


       $cpBlock = $this->getLayout()->getBlockSingleton('Magentostudy_News_Block_News');

    }

}

?>

This is My Block file

    <?php

class Magentostudy_News_Block_News extends Mage_Core_Block_Template{

    public function _construct()
    {
        parent::_construct();

        $this->setTemplate('news/news.phtml'); 
    }



}

?>

Tell me What type of issue in this file? and how to slove it?

Best Answer

I'm not sure what tutorial you are using, but it seem a little overly complicated than it need to be. Take a look at How to create front-end module in Magento

In your controller all you need to do is

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

In you DO NOT have a news.xml file then in your controller you could

   $this->loadLayout();       
   $this->getLayout()->getBlock('content')->append($this->getLayout()->createBlock('magentostudy/news_news'));
    $this->renderLayout();

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