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sticky Total Posts: 76 Joined: 2007-09-05 UK Ignore user	First of all thanks for this, it’s a great read and after 2 or 3 times it’s making a bit more sense. I do have one problem with Exercise #1 though, I doesn’t seem to quite sync up with my install (ver. 0.6.14100) 3. Now open page.xml and search for ‘as="right"’. Mine has one for the left `<block type="core/text_list" name="left" as="left"/>` but no right… So I moved onto the next steps anyhow… And vola, there it is! Now to move this block from the right to the left column, change the <reference> tag from <reference name="right"<, to <reference name="left">. Save the layout files and reload the category page. I can’t seem to see any difference on my category pages at all when I do this. Which pages exactly should this be affecting? It’s probably right under my nose…
	Posted: December 20 2007 \| top

sticky Total Posts: 76 Joined: 2007-09-05 UK Ignore user	Thanks for your swift reply 3. Now open page.xml and search for ‘as="right"’. This is my page.xml with no as="right”… <layout version="0.1.0"> <!-- Default layout, loads most of the pages --> <default> <block type="page/html" name="root" output="toHtml" template="page/3columns.phtml"> <block type="core/store" name="store" as="store"/> <block type="page/html_head" name="head" as="head"> <action method="addJs"><script>prototype/prototype.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>prototype/validation.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>scriptaculous/scriptaculous.js</script></action> </block> <block type="page/html_header" name="header" as="header"> <block type="page/html_toplinks" name="top.left.links" as="topLeftLinks"/> <block type="page/html_toplinks" name="top.right.links" as="topRightLinks"/> <block type="core/text_list" name="top.menu" as="topMenu"/> </block> <block type="page/html_breadcrumbs" name="breadcrumbs" as="breadcrumbs"/> <block type="core/text_list" name="left" as="left"/> <block type="core/messages" name="global_messages" as="global_messages"/> <block type="core/messages" name="messages" as="messages"/> <block type="core/text_list" name="content" as="content"/> <block type="page/html_footer" name="footer" as="footer" template="page/html/footer.phtml"> <block type="core/store_switcher" name="store_switcher" template="core/stores.phtml"/> </block> <block type="core/text_list" name="before_body_end" as="before_body_end"/> </block> </default> <print> <!-- Mage_Page --> <block type="page/html" name="root" output="toHtml" template="page/print.phtml"> <block type="core/store" name="store" as="store"/> <block type="page/html_head" name="head" as="head"/> <block type="core/text_list" name="content" as="content"/> </block> </print> </layout> ohminu - 20 December 2007 08:51 AM … the two layout files you’re modifying are ‘page.xml’ and ‘catalog.xml’. Hmm, in the guide it says ‘page.xml’ and ‘checkout.xml’
	Posted: December 20 2007 \| top \| # 1

redegifts Total Posts: 41 Joined: 2007-12-04 Ignore user	same is happening to me. can’t get scenario #1 to work properly. the mini-cart stays in the right column after following your instructions to the letter. My question is the statement you made in the scenario #1 - “If you did it correctly, you will find the names ‘right’ and ‘left’ assigned by the methods.” If we did what exactly, open the correct file. or were we supposed to create a new skelton file? Thank you, Russ
	Posted: December 20 2007 \| top \| # 2

sticky Total Posts: 76 Joined: 2007-09-05 UK Ignore user	ohminu - 20 December 2007 09:50 AM ....(is this the layout from app/design/frontend/default/default/?) Yes, “app/design/frontend/default/default/layout”
	Posted: December 21 2007 \| top \| # 3

redegifts Total Posts: 41 Joined: 2007-12-04 Ignore user	Here is my checkout.xml <default> <!-- Mage_Checkout --> <reference name="top.right.links"> <block type="checkout/links" name="checkout_cart_link"> <action method="addCartLink"></action> </block> <block type="checkout/links" name="checkout_link"> <action method="addCheckoutLink"></action> </block> </reference> <reference name="left"> <block type="checkout/cart_sidebar" name="cart_sidebar" before="-" template="checkout/cart/sidebar.phtml"/> </reference> </default> the cart is set as the LEFT, but cart module doesn’t move. any help would be appreciated.
	Posted: December 21 2007 \| top \| # 4

ChainsAddiction Total Posts: 1 Joined: 2007-12-13 Ignore user	I’m having the same problem with example 1. I was finally able to move the cart module by modifying line 167 in main.xml. So is that overriding the checkout.xml? Confusing.
	Posted: December 23 2007 \| top \| # 5

sticky Total Posts: 76 Joined: 2007-09-05 UK Ignore user	Maybe this exercise needs tweaking in the new year then…
	Posted: December 23 2007 \| top \| # 6

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