Add Magento static blocks to your page easily! Simply copy this line of code below where you want the static block to appear and change the ‘identifier’ to the identifier of the static block you created. That’s it!
<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('identifier')->toHtml() ?>
I use Free CMS module that is very useful. You can see the demo here: http://demo.hello-magento.com/freecms/furniture.html
what page?
where in the page?
Hey Blade, basically to any page you want. You just need to have an identifier that exists for a specified block. So if you where to create a static block by going to CMS -> Static Blocks and click on Add a new block, give it a title, identifier, set the status to enabled and add some content. Hit save. Now to add that static block to a page, locate the page you want to add this blocks content to and add the line of code in this post. Don’t forget to change the identifier to the identifier you specified when creating the static block. That’s it!
Tiny post, GREAT solution!! Thank you Richard!
@Fernando, Thanks!
Is there a reason I shouldn’t just use this method?
{{block type=”cms/block” block_id=”my_block” template=”cms/content.phtml”}}
@Brad, Sure there is… The method that you specified is used to add the content inside a CMS page. The method in the post is used to add content to a .phtml page. Hope this helps.
This was really helpful! Thanks for posting it. (You probably already know how hard it is to find concise Magento solutions like this!)
@meggan, Thanks!
This is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Great solution. Thank You Richard!
@michael, I’m happy you found this useful!
Hi Richard thanks very much for this. It is a clear and straight to the point instruction (unlike many other magento guides out there)
Could you please tell me what I would need to do to add something just above the footer of all pages (I would like to have a paypal verified image)
I am new to magento and still learning coding, it is quite confusing.
Thanks again
@Tom, you can look at this post on creating a static block in Magento, http://www.richardcastera.com/2009/05/18/magento-adding-static-block-content-to-a-page/
Hi Richard,
does this work if it’s not a static cms page would it work on a product category page and how do you access it?
Thanks, Kelli
Dear sir,
I’ve been working on M for about a week and am still trying to piece together how everything works. Thank you so much for your assistance and sharing.
@Spencer, Thanks!
Hey Kelli,
Sure you can add a static block to a Product Category Page! Your best bet is to add it VIA the layout file.
Hi Richard, great post!! got a bit of a headache tho
how can you make CMS block appear above a category page layout?
For example: if you have 2columns-left set as your category page layout how can i make a CMS block appear above this layout? and also be able to add a different block to each category page via the admin panel?
here is my problem http://gogglefirm.com/snow.html
as you can see i have the static block in the page but i want it to clear the left col and main col.
any ideas
Cheers
Craig
@Craig, you can follow this article to achieve what your looking for: http://www.richardcastera.com/2009/05/20/magento-re-ordering-block-items/
Hi. Can I have one question? There are possibility to use static block in product description? When I put {{block type=”cms/block” block_id=”dima_test” template=”cms/content.phtml”}} to them I see only this text, no block content
I found solution it is necessary only add this two lines in the proper place into app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Helper/Output.php to method productAttribute()
$processor = Mage::getModel(‘core/email_template_filter’);
$attributeHtml = $processor->filter($attributeHtml);
Good solution.
it is very helpful for us
thanks for the help rechard.
Hi, I have searched for solutions everywhere, but it was too hard or time consuming. And i found this magento extension to show categories where you want as block.
Here is a link: http://www.storefrontconsulting.com/software/featured-categories-magento-extension.html
Thanks for this Richard! Saved my time!
hi richard,
can u explain me how to move menu from top to left or right
and how to pages in menu?