Magento – what is the difference between cms page link and cms static block. Catalog product link and catalog category link

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I know about catalog new product list, and how to make them show on the home page using the widget. But am having a hard time understanding the difference between cms page link and cms static block. Catalog product link and catalog category link. And how to use them.

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CMS page: A page which is dynamic and editable (not the category page and product page) such as informative pages. (Content > Pages)
CMS block: It includes any dynamic content of your page, which can be placed on any CMS or other pages. (Content > Blocks)
Catalog Category: You can manage/create categories/sub categories from here.
Catalog Product: You can manage/create products from here.

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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.

Magento CMS – Add Static Block to Home Page

I may be totally wrong, but you can call it like this

{{block type="cms/block" block_id="home_image-center"}}

in cms -> homepage-> content : in that click show/hideeditor past above code it's work

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