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litespeed_wiki:cache:litemage:customization:specialized-front-page-footer [2015/12/21 17:23] Michael Alegre |
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| - | **Solution:** Have the homepage specially handled so that the "footer" hole will not be punched there and remove the dynamic portion of the footer block, allowing the public "footer" ESI block to continue being punched for other pages. | + | **Solution:** Have the homepage specially handled so that the "footer" hole will not be punched there. The first step in accomplishing this is to remove the dynamic portion of the footer block to allow the public "footer" ESI block to continue being punched for other pages. Removing this dynamic code will also have the positive side effect of improving footer render time. |
| - Copy the footer template to a new file as "homefooter.phtml". As this will only be used for the home page, there is no need to keep the added home page logic and the content can instead be added directly.<code><div class="footer_bottom_text_container"> | - Copy the footer template to a new file as "homefooter.phtml". As this will only be used for the home page, there is no need to keep the added home page logic and the content can instead be added directly.<code><div class="footer_bottom_text_container"> | ||
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| - | - Update "footer.phtml" by removing the aforementioned logic as this file will now be used for non-home pages only. Removing this dynamic code will also have the positive side effect of improving footer render time. | + | - Update "footer.phtml" by removing the aforementioned logic as this will only be used for non home pages only. |
| - Identify the footer block section of the layout XML file currently in use. Copy the full footer block section, including all sub blocks used. | - Identify the footer block section of the layout XML file currently in use. Copy the full footer block section, including all sub blocks used. | ||
| - In the Magento Admin Panel, navigate to CMS >> Pages and click edit to edit the home page. | - In the Magento Admin Panel, navigate to CMS >> Pages and click edit to edit the home page. | ||
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| - | </reference></code> This removes the old footer block and adds the newly created homefooter.phtml template for the home page. \\ \\ **Note:** The block name used here has to be unique, but the alias must remain the same as to not interfere with any applied logic. Thus, it is very important to include name="homefooter" as="footer" | + | </reference></code> This removed the old footer block and added the newly created homefooter.phtml template for the home page. |
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| + | **Note:** The block name used here has to be unique, but the alias must remain the same as to not interfere with any applied logic. Thus, it is important to include: <code>name="homefooter" as="footer"</code> | ||
| **Note:** **Blocks HTML output** should remain disabled under System >> Cache Management in the Magento Admin Panel. | **Note:** **Blocks HTML output** should remain disabled under System >> Cache Management in the Magento Admin Panel. | ||