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I’ve duplicated the default files into my new skin/theme etc.

I’ve reconfigured ->Design with the new folder name.

Every change is appearing fine except the default layout which I edited in main.xml (no default.xml?? as per wiki)

I’ve tried a few layouts, nothing ever changes. I’m aiming for a 2 column setup.

Thanks,
Craig

Many layout updates overwrite the default template used for root block (3columns.phtml).

Look in main.xml for all instances of “<template>page/” and replace as needed

Done - still no joy, what is the id/block of the home page the user first hits?

Oh, the homepage - in Admin / CMS / Manage Pages / Home page - find dropdown for Layout - that’s it.

Yup thanks I had just found it - ok so that is a bit inconsistent? layouts are all defined on disk in xml files except CMS pages which happen to be the first page you need to edit? Don’t get me wrong I prefer it in the manager - maybe we can move more into that system.

-c

It’s consistent according to this scheme:

There are:
1. Design Package layouts updates.
These suppose to be the base designs that are distributed through magento repository or directly between users.
Advanced users can also create their own themes and save them in files.

2. Admin User layout updates.
Here we have layout updates for Static Pages, Categories, Products, etc. that is manageable from admin interface.
These are stored in database and are specific to your local installation.

hi there,

a question along the same lines....

Is it possible to have a block appear only on the homepage and not on any other pages?
I’ve had success in adding additional blocks via main.xml to root which I then called in 2columns-right.phtml with

Unfortunately it will now show wherever 2columns-right.phtml is used. Is there any way to restrict the call to the homepage only? Trying to add the above into the CMS content section in the admin backend will only display the code as text.

Thanks

thanks ohminu, that worked on most of the pages. Unfortunately the block still appears on the CMS pages that have a 2colums-right layout…

Any chance that there will be a special layout update handle just for the homepage or the CMS pages in general?

Hmmm I feel like I am missing something. That section doesn’t seem to appear - See attached screenshot.

Was this the page you were referring to?

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