make sure it’s inside correct handle and reference
<layout> <!-- show on all pages --> <default> <!-- adding to the footer --> <reference name="footer"> <!-- add here --> <block type="cms/block" name="footer_links2"> <action method="setBlockId"><block_id>footer_links2</block_id></action> </block> <!-- until here --> </reference> </default> </layout>
ok thanks for that…
but it still doesn’t work and I actually don’t understand how the original CMS static block “footer_links” is being defined...even if I delete all references to footer_links like
Ok just for the records if others run into similar issues...it was a cache problem. I disabled cache from the admin. I think it’s better when working on design.