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MAGENTO TIP: PLACE CATEGORY IMAGE ABOVE MAIN LAYOUT BELOW NAV

MAGENTO TIP: PLACE CATEGORY IMAGE ABOVE MAIN LAYOUT BELOW NAV

Sometime the default position of the category images (top of the main col above product grid) breaks the design of a site. Ideally what we want is a full page banner that runs the full width of the page.

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Desired Layout

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Default layout

Moving the category image above the two / three column layout and below the nav bar requires a few changes to your template.

    1. In app/design/frontend/default/[yourtheme]/template/catalog/category create category-image.phtml
    2. Add
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<?php if($_imageUrl=$this->getCurrentCategory()->getImageUrl()): ?>
        <p class="category-image"><img src="<?php echo $_imageUrl ?>" alt="<?php echo $this->htmlEscape($this->getCurrentCategory()->getName()) ?>" /></p>
    <?php endif; ?>
    1. Edit ./app/design/frontend/default/[yourtheme]/layout/page.xml and under the breadcrumbs reference add
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<block type="catalog/category_view" name="category_banner" as="category_banner" template="catalog/category/cat_img.phtml" />
    1. edit ./app/design/frontend/default/[yourtheme]/template/page/2columns-left.phtml
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<?php if (Mage::registry('current_category')) { ?>
<div class="category-banner">
    <?php echo $this->getChildHtml('category_banner') ?>
</div>
<?php }?>
</div>