Display only the static blocks on the Category Page In Magento

By Expertwebadvisor | Last Updated: May 24, 2013 | In: Magento

Suppose you are working on the Custom theme integration into the Magento and some content pages are included into the main navigation and you want to display the content page on the clicks of the categories. In Magento there is no way to add the CMS pages into the Category but you can display the static blocks through the category, means you can put all your content into the static blocks and can call this blocks through the category. It is very easy and you can do it by following the steps given below:

Display only the static blocks on the Category Page In Magento

Step 1. Login to the Magento admin panel and create the Static Block, for creating the Static block Navigate to the CMS –> Static Blocks and clicks on to the “Add New Block” Button (On top right of the Grid). Read more regarding how to create the static blocks in Magento?

Step 2. Put “Content Display Test” into the Block Title* and put “content_display_test” into the Identifier* fields a put the below code into the Content * field

For all the Settings refer to the below Screenshot :

Step 3. Now In Magento admin panel Navigate to the Catalog –> Manage Categories and Clicks on to the Category for which you want to display the Static Block/Content Page on the frontend. Clicks on to the Display Settings Tab (From the Right Side dashboard). Here you will get “Display Mode” and the “CMS Block” Dropdowns. Selects the Static Block which you have created, In my case I have created the Static block with the name “Content Display Test” Refer to the below Screenshot: