how to show static block in all pages under left column

Question

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<layout version="0.1.0">
    <default>
        <reference name="left">
            <block name="customer_test_left" type="core/template" template="customer/form/test.phtml" />
        </reference>
    </default>
</layout>

under app\design\frontend\default\awesome\layout\local.xml

and

<?php echo "Hello World" ?>

under app\design\frontend\default\awesome\template\customer\form\test.phtml

Now the block is not showing in any page under left column

Could any one please help me...

Make sure you theme is set to awesome in System->Configuration->Design. And clear the cache. — Marius, Mar 12 '14 at 09:19
@Marius theme is set to awesome and package is default and i have disabled cache and still clear the cache, but no use. — prasad maganti, Mar 12 '14 at 09:21
Did you set default to awesome or only theme? If only theme, remove it use default OR set layout to awesome too! — Fabian Blechschmidt, Mar 12 '14 at 09:22
as here i m using simple phtml echo message, so is it neccessary to specify type and do we need specify this test.phtml particular to any location — prasad maganti, Mar 12 '14 at 09:22
i have set template, skin, layout, default to awesome, is anything wrong here — prasad maganti, Mar 12 '14 at 09:23
You can try to specify an as attribute to the block but I don't think that's the issue. <block name="customer_test_left" as="customer_test_left" type="core/template" template="customer/form/test.phtml" /> — Marius, Mar 12 '14 at 09:29
if anything not working like the above, how we could debug it — prasad maganti, Mar 12 '14 at 09:35
Try this: http://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/428/fundamentals-for-debugging-a-magento-store — Marius, Mar 12 '14 at 09:39
some times if you are not using any html tags inside your phtml file, it may occur. so just use <h1><?php echo $this->__('this is test') ?> </h1> inside your phtml file and check for luck. It may solve your problem. — Rajeev K Tomy, Mar 13 '14 at 01:58

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 13 '14 at 11:32

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The page which i am looking under left column for particular block, that page xml defines remove name="left". sorry if i not provided complete information. As i m learner of magento, it took some time and provides the needed information.

answered Mar 13 '14 at 11:32

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Have you managed to solve this issue now? – David Manners May 22 '14 at 20:05

Mr_Green · Answer 2 · 2014-03-12T11:56:59.077

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Not sure what is the problem. I am just guessing what could be the problems:

In Admin panel, system -> Design, Check if there are any "Design changes".

In Admin panel, system -> Configuration -> Design:

- In Package section, Current package name should be "default".
- In Themes section, Default field should have the current theme name i.e "awesome".

Try adding semicolon at the end of your code in template as shown below:
```
<?php echo "Hello World"; ?>
```

edited Mar 12 '14 at 11:56

answered Mar 12 '14 at 11:41

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how to show static block in all pages under left column

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