Question

If I want to control how each product is displayed (i.e. a custom design when specified) my first thought is to do this:

1. Create a custom view.phtml in template/catalog/product/my_view.phtml
2. Navigate in the admin to Product->Design->Custom Layout Update
3. Add this block:

---

<reference name="content">
    <action method="setTemplate">
        <template>catalog/product/view_print.phtml</template>
    </action>
</reference>

But the template is never loaded, only the default view.phtml. Is this the correct method? I need to be able to do this in the product settings.

Answer 1

Found the answer:

<reference name="product.info">
    <action method="setTemplate"><template>catalog/product/NEW_VIEW.phtml</template></action>
</reference>