I used a static block in my email templates
{{block type="cms/block" block_id="mail_include_header"}}
Now I would like to use variables like {{var logo_url}}
in that block but it does not resolve it. Instead {{var logo_url}}
get's printed out into the mail.
I would like Magento to show the logo url.
I tried things like
{{block type="cms/block" block_id="mail_include_header" logo_url="{{var logo_url}}"}}
Of course this only breaks it completely… I read that you can pass variables using the xml layout but no idea what layout is used here.
I also tried:
{{block type="cms/block" block_id="mail_include_header" logo_url=$logo_url }}
But that also did not work.
Update: Half solved
Feels like this is a bug because this is working:
{{block type="cms/block" block_id="mail_include_header" }}
{{var logo_url}}
If I use the variable in the mail template I can also use it in the included block. Otherwise I can not. Still I did not found the responsible code in app/code/core
.
As a workaround I will include and hide the needed variables in the main template. Until someone can bring some light into this:
<div style="display:none;">{{var logo_url}} {{var logo_alt}}</div>
Best Answer
The logo_url variable is only available to the email template and not to the cms block.
What you could do is: Create a custom variable under System->Custom Variables called logo_url and then include: {{customVar code="logo_url"}} in your block.
In addition you could set:
if you have uploaded a logo.
Or
if you are using the skin directories.