Question

Category Hierarchy

Root Catalog
|___ Books

I would like to update one particular category and without affect others categories. so I put the following code in Admin->Catalog->Manage Categories->select Book->Custom Design->Custom Layout Update (Magento v1.7)

<reference name="category">
    <action method="setTemplate"><template>catalog/category/bookview.phtml</template></action>
</reference>

However, after clicking the Book on the top menu, the page is still used the view.phtml (default one). I would expect the bookview.phtml to be used. Is there anyone can help me. Thanks!

Answer 1

I guess you used the wrong reference. Try using <reference name="category.products"> instead if you want to update the category page wrapper template or <reference name="product_list"> if you want to update the products listing itself.