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I am trying to create a custom block in magento. I am newbie to magento and learning it to become a advanced developer of magento.
I have tried the following things:
I have created a directory Magentotutorial in magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial.
I have made a basic structure in it which are five directory in Magentotutorial. So the location is magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial/World
Directories are :
magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial/World/controllers,
magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial/World/sql,
magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial/World/Model,
magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial/World/Helper,
magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial/World/Block,
magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial/World/etc.
- My config.xml goes into
magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial/World/etc/config.xml
config.xml file contains the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
<modules>
<Magentotutorial_World>
<version>0.1.0</version>
</Magentotutorial_World>
</modules>
<global>
<blocks>
<Magentotutorial_World>
<class>Magentotutorial_World_Block</class>
</Magentotutorial_World>
</blocks>
</global>
<frontend>
<layout>
<updates>
<Magentotutorial_World>
<file>test.xml</file>
</Magentotutorial_World>
</updates>
</layout>
</frontend>
</config>
To activate my module in magento i have created xml file.
Magentotutorial_World.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<config>
<modules>
<Magentotutorial_World>
<active>true</active>
<codePool>local</codePool>
</Magentotutorial_World>
</modules>
</config>
- In my Block directory which is in
magento/app/code/local/Magentotutorial/World/Blocki have creted a file named example.php
example.php has the following code:
<?php
class Magentotutorial_World_Block_Example extends Mage_Core_Block_Template
{
}
5. Now i have layout and template in my magento directory atmagento/app/design/frontend/rwd/default/layout
In my layout file i have made test.xml file which has the following code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<layout>
<default>
<block type="magentotutorial_world/example" name="newreferenceBlock" template="test/example.phtml" />
</default>
</layout>
- I have made a example.phtml file in test folder which is at the location magento/app/design/frontend/rwd/default/template/test/example.phtml
example.phtml has the following code:
<html>
<body>
<h1 style="background-color:yellow">Hello New Reference!</h1>
</body>
</html>
Now in page.xml i have put this code
<default translate="label" module="page"> <label>All Pages</label> <block type="page/html" name="root" output="toHtml" template="page/3columns.phtml"> <block type="magentotutorial_world/example" output="toHtml" name="newReferenceBlock" template="test/example.phtml" /> <block type="page/html_head" name="head" as="head"> <action method="addJs"><script>prototype/prototype.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>lib/ccard.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>prototype/validation.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>scriptaculous/builder.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>scriptaculous/effects.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>scriptaculous/dragdrop.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>scriptaculous/controls.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>scriptaculous/slider.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>varien/js.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>varien/form.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>mage/translate.js</script></action> <action method="addJs"><script>mage/cookies.js</script></action>
Over here i have put out my code which is
<block type="magentotutorial_world/example" output="toHtml" name="newReferenceBlock" template="test/example.phtml" />
- Now i want to render this template to any layout of my page. I have here tried it for 2columns-right.phtml file.
in this file i have used getChildHtml.
<div class="col-left sidebar"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('newreferenceBlock'); ?></div>
The whole file is
<?php
/**
* Magento
*
* NOTICE OF LICENSE
*
* This source file is subject to the Academic Free License (AFL 3.0)
* that is bundled with this package in the file LICENSE_AFL.txt.
* It is also available through the world-wide-web at this URL:
* http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php
* If you did not receive a copy of the license and are unable to
* obtain it through the world-wide-web, please send an email
* to license@magentocommerce.com so we can send you a copy immediately.
*
* DISCLAIMER
*
* Do not edit or add to this file if you wish to upgrade Magento to newer
* versions in the future. If you wish to customize Magento for your
* needs please refer to http://www.magentocommerce.com for more information.
*
* @category design
* @package rwd_default
* @copyright Copyright (c) 2014 Magento Inc. (http://www.magentocommerce.com)
* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/afl-3.0.php Academic Free License (AFL 3.0)
*/
?>
<?php
/**
* Template for Mage_Page_Block_Html
*/
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--[if lt IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" id="top" class="no-js ie6"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 7 ]> <html lang="en" id="top" class="no-js ie7"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 8 ]> <html lang="en" id="top" class="no-js ie8"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if IE 9 ]> <html lang="en" id="top" class="no-js ie9"> <![endif]-->
<!--[if (gt IE 9)|!(IE)]><!--> <html lang="en" id="top" class="no-js"> <!--<![endif]-->
<head>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('head') ?>
</head>
<body<?php echo $this->getBodyClass()?' class="'.$this->getBodyClass().'"':'' ?>>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('after_body_start') ?>
<div class="wrapper">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('global_notices') ?>
<div class="page">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('header') ?>
<div class="main-container col2-left-layout">
<div class="main">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('breadcrumbs') ?>
<?php // This left_first block will display above the main content on smaller viewports ?>
<?php if ($_leftContent = $this->getChildHtml('left_first')): ?>
<div class="col-left sidebar col-left-first"><?php echo $_leftContent; ?></div>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class="col-main">
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('global_messages') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('content') ?>
</div>
<div class="col-left sidebar"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('left') ?></div>
</div>
<div class="col-left sidebar"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('newreferenceBlock') ?></div>
</div>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('footer_before') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('footer') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('global_cookie_notice') ?>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('before_body_end') ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php echo $this->getAbsoluteFooter() ?>
</body>
</html>
Now I am Not able to render this block on any of my pages. Basically i want to add this template on my index page.
What is going wrong in my code?? I also want to know that is my block type ="magentotutorial_world" is right??
What if i want to revert changes in my test.xml and want to make changes in my page.xml file. How to do that???
Kindly help me out.
Thanks and regards.
