AOE Layout Manager

Description

This module allows advanced users (with some Magento knowledge) to add layout xml via records in the Magento backend.

Author: Manish Jain

Installation

Please remember using the --recursive parameter while cloning:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/AOEpeople/Aoe_LayoutManager.git Aoe_LayoutManager

The module comes with a modman configuration file.

Usage

Modify layout without deploying code (e.g. for temporary hotfixes, or when developer with no Magento access need to add something like Javascript for a new service) Modify layout for a given time span

How it works

Install the module, and clear the cache. Once AOE Layout Manager module will be installed, menu will be appear in Admin -> System -> AOE Layout Manager. Click on AOE Layout Menu to add layout xml

Example

<reference name="head">
    <block type="core/text" name="helloworld">
        <action method="setText"><text><![CDATA[<script type="text/javascript">alert('Hello World')</script>]]></text></action>
    </block>
</reference>

Debug helper

These blocks help you to find out about the layout handles used on a given page (use handle "default" to enable the helper on every page while debugging):

Add this snippet (using Aoe_LayoutManager) to show all handles in use on a given page added to as HTML comment to the head block:

<reference name="head">
    <block type="aoe_layoutManager/layoutHandles" name="aoe_layout_manager.debug" />
</reference>

Or as a visible list to the content area:

<reference name="content">
    <block type="aoe_layoutManager/layoutHandles" name="aoe_layout_manager.debug">
        <action method="setIsVisible"><param>1</param></action>
    </block>
</reference>