Question

I am new to magento learning.
can some one please guide me how to change product view page to 1 column layout.
I am using magento default theme.

Thanks

Answer 1

To change product view page to 1 column layout you need to open

app/design/frontend/default/default/layout/catalog.xml

Reach to following Code :

<catalog_product_view translate="label">
    <label>Catalog Product View (Any)</label>
    <!-- Mage_Catalog -->
    <reference name="root">
        <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/2columns-right.phtml</template>
        </action>
    </reference>

Here you can change 2columns-right.phtml to 1column.phtml.

We can also use local.xml(better way) and the following code need to be added –

<catalog_product_view>
    <reference name="root">
        <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
    </reference>
</catalog_product_view>

Hope it’d be helpful.

Thanks!