Magento Custom CMS Page Layouts Module

The Jnorton CMS Templates module provides additional customer templates for use in various sections of a Magento website. The main purpose of the module is to allow a developer and store owner to use custom layouts for CMS pages.

After successfully installing the module you will have a new custom layout in your Magento CMS page edit screen:

The default custom layout that ships with the module is based on the base theme's 1 column layout and is used for demonstration purposes. To add more templates, simply edit the module's configuration file.

Original:

<config>
    <global>
        <page>
            <layouts>
                <custom_layout>
                    <label>Custom CMS Page</label>
                    <template>page/custom-1column.phtml</template>
                    <layout_handle>custom_layout</layout_handle>
                </custom_layout>
            </layouts>
        </page>
    </global>
</config>

With additional templates specified:

<config>
    <global>
        <page>
            <layouts>
                <custom_layout>
                    <label>Custom CMS Page</label>
                    <template>page/custom-1column.phtml</template>
                    <layout_handle>custom_layout</layout_handle>
                </custom_layout>
                <another_custom_layout>
                    <label>Another Custom CMS Page</label>
                    <template>page/custom-1column.phtml</template>
                    <layout_handle>another_custom_layout</layout_handle>
                </another_custom_layout>
            </layouts>
        </page>
    </global>
</config>

Installation:

• Download the module and unzip
• Open FTP client, navigate to Magento root folder (where /app lives) and upload the modules app folder.

Customisation:

• Open the config.xml file in: /app/code/local/JNorton/CmsTemplates/etc/config.xml - here you can add new custom Magento CMS page configurations
• Open the example custom CMS page in: /app/design/frontend/base/default/template/page/custom-1column.phtml - edit this page, copy it, rename it, do whatever you like to it.

I hope you enjoy the module, it has saved me in numerous situations where I need a page for one off promotions or seasonal landing pages.