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Re-ordering Items in the left and right columns

FetchDesigns Total Posts: 124 Joined: 2008-04-11 Chicago, IL Ignore user	Is there any good way to sort items in the side columns with more accuracy than just before="-" and after="-"? For example, my left column currently looks like this… 1. Compare Products 2. Custom Block A (in catalog.xml) 3. Custom Block B (in catalog.xml) 4. Custom Block C (in catalog.xml) 5. My Cart 6. Newsletter and I would like it to be sorted like this… 1. Custom Block A (in catalog.xml) 2. Newsletter 3. My Cart 4. Compare Products 5. Custom Block B (in catalog.xml) 6. Custom Block C (in catalog.xml) I haven’t, for the life of me, even been able to move my Compare Products block. I did figure out how to remove the before="-" from the My Cart block which is how I got it below all my catalog.xml items. Any thoughts on how to do this properly? Signature Stephanie Web Design & Development… FetchDesigns.com
	Posted: May 3 2008 \| top

laurent Total Posts: 75 Joined: 2007-08-31 Paris, France Ignore user	first block: before="-" last block: after="-" before an other block: before="block_name" after an other block: after="block_name"
	Posted: May 3 2008 \| top \| # 1

FetchDesigns Total Posts: 124 Joined: 2008-04-11 Chicago, IL Ignore user	Thank you so much! Signature Stephanie Web Design & Development… FetchDesigns.com
	Posted: May 3 2008 \| top \| # 2

Princeanil Total Posts: 28 Joined: 2008-05-06 Ignore user	Hi ! I’m new to magento. Can you pls explain how you move the blocks on the left and right column ? I’ve read the designers guide and i am throughly confused. I’ve read it 3 times now, and im thrice confused. What has layout got to do with moving blocks ? Why are the left blocks being called from catalog.xml ? What if i want the shopping cart block to be on the left instead of right ? Thanks Signature Anil
	Posted: May 13 2008 \| top \| # 3

plainspace Total Posts: 23 Joined: 2008-01-23 Ignore user	I’m getting this to work but I can’t get the right.permanent.callout to behave. The before"-" doesn’t seem to apply to it the way it does to others. <!-- Default layout, loads most of the pages --> <default> <!-- Mage_Catalog --> <reference name="top.menu"> <block type="catalog/navigation" name="catalog.topnav" template="catalog/navigation/top.phtml"/> </reference> <reference name="left"> <block type="core/template" name="left.permanent.callout" template="callouts/left_col.phtml"> <action method="setImgSrc"><src>images/media/col_left_callout.jpg</src></action> <action method="setImgAlt" translate="alt" module="catalog"><alt>Our customer service is available 24/7. Call us at (800) DEMO-NUMBER.</alt></action> <action method="setLinkUrl"><url>checkout/cart</url></action> </block> </reference> <reference name="right"> <!-- <block type="core/template" before="cart_sidebar" name="catalog.compare.sidebar" template="catalog/product/compare/sidebar.phtml"/> --> <block type="core/template" name="right.permanent.callout" template="callouts/right_col.phtml"/> </reference> <reference name="footer_links"> <action method="addLink" translate="label title" module="catalog" ifconfig="catalog/seo/site_map"><label>Site Map</label><url helper="catalog/map/getCategoryUrl" /><title>Site Map</title></action> </reference> </default> You’ll see that I commented out the catalog.compare.sidebar block. Does anyone know what I am missing? Thanks!
	Posted: May 22 2008 \| top \| # 4

laurent Total Posts: 75 Joined: 2007-08-31 Paris, France Ignore user	plainspace - 21 May 2008 08:11 PM I’m getting this to work but I can’t get the right.permanent.callout to behave. The before"-" doesn’t seem to apply to it the way it does to others. How is it applied? An other block may have before="-". Maybe the cart block?
	Posted: May 22 2008 \| top \| # 5

plainspace Total Posts: 23 Joined: 2008-01-23 Ignore user	Got it! Thanks for you help laurent!
	Posted: May 28 2008 \| top \| # 6

rene1611 Total Posts: 40 Joined: 2009-02-14 Ignore user	hey, i added a custom static block to /catalog.xml. now i would like to change the order of the blocks. the first block is the cart, the second “Recently Viewed Products” - blocks and the third is the “Compare Products” block. it would be great to get my custom made block as number one. anyone an idea? any help appreciated. thanks, rené Signature Web Armada \| Magento Tutorial
	Posted: February 15 2009 \| top \| # 7

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