Helpful methods to be called in layout actions to allow more customizations via local.xml without touching the original layout files.
* Remove links from the account navigation from local.xml layout updates without touching the original layout files.
- Add CSS/JS before or after existing elements
Example: Add CSS file at begin
<reference name="head">
<action method="addCss">
<stylesheet>css/footer.css</stylesheet>
<params></params>
<ref>*</ref>
<before>1</before>
</action>
</reference>Example: Remove a link from customer menu
<customer_account>
<reference name="customer_account_navigation">
<action method="removeLink"><name>OAuth Customer Tokens</name></action>
<action method="removeLink"><name>billing_agreements</name></action>
<action method="removeLink"><name>recurring_profiles</name></action>
</reference>
</customer_account>