How to add a block in checkout page in Magento

Question

I need to add a block on magento default checkout page i.e in cart.phtml file. So first step I did is, I added a block of code in checkout.xml file in the section

     <reference name="content">
      <block type="checkout/cart" name="checkout.cart"> .....

Here is my code

     <block type="bestseller/bestseller" name="bestseller" template="bestseller/bestseller.phtml"/>

and then in second step i just called its child html section as

      <div style="width:220px; float:right;"><?php echo $this->getChildHtml('bestseller');?>   </div>

But the problem is when I came to see its frontend I seen this bestseller block is appearing two times on the same checkout page. I don't know what m doing wrong. !!pLease someone help me !

<block type="bestseller/bestseller" name="bestseller" template="bestseller/bestseller.phtml"/> </checkout_cart_index>. just above the line where checkout_cart_index is closing — Saurabh Singh
– Saurabh Singh, Commented Apr 14, 2014 at 7:01

Greg Crane · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-27 14:51:06Z

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I recently did this with no issues, here are my steps:

Step 1: make a local.xml file inside your theme inside your layout folder (yourtheme/layout/local.xml).

<!-- language: lang-xml -->
    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <layout version="0.1.0">
        <checkout_cart_index>
            <reference name="checkout.cart">
                <block type="vendorname_modulename/blockname" name="your.name.here" as="your.name.here" template="path/to/template.phtml" />
            </reference>
        </checkout_cart_index>
    </layout>

Step 2: copy the cart.phtml to your theme (mimicking the folder structure: yourtheme/template/checkout/cart.phtml)

Step 3: add this line of code inside the cart template.

<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('your.name.here');

As a side note there are many ways to accomplish this,I hope this helps. good luck!

answered Oct 27, 2015 at 14:51

Greg Crane

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