how to add an phtml file in xml file of magento?

Question

i am a new learner of magento, now, to learn, i want to add some content in the category list page,

1,i add a file named add.phtml, in which i typed <h1>example test</h1> .(base\\default\\template\\catalog\\product\\add.phtml)

2,in \\base\\default\\layout\\catalog.xml i added the following

  <action method="addPagerLimit" translate="label"><mode>list</mode><limit>all</limit><label>All</label></action>
                        -->
                    </block>
                    <block type="catalog/product_blog" name="add" template="catalog/product/add.phtml"/>

under

<!--
Category default layout
-->

part.

why on the category page, there is no show example test.thank you

Answer 1

The type attribute indicates which Block (php class) it should use. In you case it will search in catalog/block/product/blog.php. Unless you added a Blog.php the right way, it will break on that part as this is not default magento.

Answer 2

您好，我认为您可以在自定义布局xml中创建自定义模块并覆盖布局xml，此提示可能会对您有所帮助

Answer 3

Use bellow code to add your phtml file in category list page.

copt this paste it in to catelog/layer/left.phpml file Or any file where you want.

getLayout()->createBlock('core/template')->setTemplate('catalog/product/add.phtml')->toHtml(); ?>