{"id":52707,"date":"2015-08-24T06:58:34","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T10:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/?p=52707"},"modified":"2017-08-24T05:37:41","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T09:37:41","slug":"magento-how-to-add-a-new-static-block-to-the-headerfooter-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/magento-how-to-add-a-new-static-block-to-the-headerfooter-section.html","title":{"rendered":"Magento. How to add a new static block to the header\/footer section"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In this tutorial you will learn how to add a static block to the header\/footer section in Magento.<\/p>\r\n

Magento. How to add a new static block to the header\/footer section<\/a><\/p>\r\n

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    Log into your Magento Admin panel and navigate to CMS -> Static Blocks<\/strong><\/p>\r\n

    .<\/li>\r\n

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    Click on Add New Block<\/strong> button:<\/p>\r\n

    \"magento_how_to_add_a_new_static_block_to_the_Header_Section_1\"<\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

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    Specify your Block Title<\/strong> and Block Identifier<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

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    Remember or copy your Identifier<\/strong>.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

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    Select the store view for which you want to add this Static block<\/strong> and alter the Content Field<\/strong>:<\/p>\r\n

    \"magento_how_to_add_a_new_static_block_to_the_Header_Section_2\"<\/a>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

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    Using your FTP client or any FileManager, navigate to app\\design\\frontend\\default\\themeXXX\\template\\page\\html<\/strong> folder.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

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    Open header.phtml<\/strong> file using any text editor.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n

  8. \r\n

    Depending on where exactly you wish to place your Static Block, paste the following code:<\/p>\r\n

    <?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms\/block')->setBlockId('custom_block_id')->toHtml() ?> <\/pre>\r\n
    where custom_block_id<\/strong> is your identifier which you’ve indicated when creating the Static Block:<\/p>\r\n
    \"magento_how_to_add_a_new_static_block_to_the_Header_Section_3\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n
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    Save this file and upload to the server.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n
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    Reload your site to see the changes.<\/p>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n
    Thank you for reading this tutorial. Now you know how to add a static block to the header section in Magento.<\/p>\r\n
    \r\n\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n
    Feel free to check the detailed video tutorial below:<\/p>\r\n
    Magento. How to add a new static block to the header\/footer section<\/a><\/p>\r\n
    <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    In this tutorial you will learn how to add a static block to the header\/footer section in Magento.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":52713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[729],"tags":[1158,618,657,627,2407,693],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52707"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82961,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52707\/revisions\/82961"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.templatemonster.com\/help\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}