How to add a cms static block to all pages in Magento?

Question

I am new to magento and i am trying to create a static block for my home, category and other pages. i want the static block to be shown just above the footer link. And is there any good tutorial on line which can provide a good over view of static blocks. How to use them in CMS and how we can generate them using php Code.

Answer 1

Adding Static and non-static blocks directly to templates:

<?php echo $this->getLayout()
->createBlock('cms/block')
->setBlockId('your_block_id')->toHtml(); ?> 

Short code inside another block or cms page :

{{block type="cms/block" block_id="your_block_id"}}

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Answer 2

<?php 
    echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('block_id')->toHtml(); 
    // toy can use this code in your template file.    
?>

used in your cms pages like a short code

{{block type="cms/block" block_id="your_block_id"}} 
// used in your cms pages like a short code

Answer 3

To display Static block in .phtml files :

<?php 
    echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('static_block_id')-toHtml(); 
?>

To display Static block in CMS pages :

{{block type="cms/block" block_id="my_block" template="cms/content.phtml"}}