Show module on all pages

I hope this helps somebody. This has been tested on v1.5.5.1

Steps:
1. Create a new Layout at admin > system > design > layout and name it 'All Pages'

2. On catalog > model > design > layout.php, add the ff:
3. There are four default positions - column_left, column_right, content_top and content_bottom. We need to edit the controller files for those positions in the catalog.

Here are the steps for the column left position

a. open /catalog/controller/common/column_left.php:

b. look for in the index function (at line 39) and add this before that line: c. look for (line 50) and replace it with this line:
Do the same steps for the other three positions.

4. Go to admin > extension > modules, select the module you want to display on all pages and set the Layout to 'All Pages' .

Attached is the vqmod for all code changes

will try your method in another opencart site, thanks for your share!

it may works for version 1.5.4.1 non vay your

ryan_pl wrote:I hope this helps somebody. This has been tested on v1.5.5.1
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Thanks for sharing this useful bit of code. Do you know how to make it work separately for multi-store?
Currently it works on all pages regardless of the store. What I want to achieve is have a separate "all pages" layout for each store. With other layouts, we can use the layouts for each store by using different routes. Any idea on how to do this for all pages?

perfect solution.. We too checked your solution on v1.5.5.1 and its working smoothly..

Thanks for sharing this code, really useful and should be a native feature.
I'm using 1.5.4 and to get it to work, you have to make sure that the LIKE string (e.g. "All Pages") in the query matches the name you give the layout in the admin i.e. it is case sensitive.

Hi, I tested this but I failed. Is the vqmod essential? I installed vqmod and added the xml but still failed. Is it I need to reinstall vqmod?

works perfect on oc 1.5.5.1, why don't you publish this solution in the extensions section?

Work's perfectly on Opencart 1.5.1.3 (i've tested the manual version, not the VQmod, but they are the same) with only one issue: You must add the layout with lowercase on PHP 5.3 as 'all pages' is not exactly like "All Pages" (as you pointed out in the post).

Anyways - THANK YOU!

I registered just for this post to thank you so much for this. Saved me sooo much time. Appreciate the effort to write up your solution. I can't believe it's not a standard feature for such a common site design!

For anyone reading this, is there a way to have a module show on all pages except the home page? I've tried playing around with the 'if' statement in the column_right, left, top, bottom with no luck. Also tried editing home.tpl but it doesn't recognise the $all_pages_layout_id variable.

@bevang,

Sir will this xml work with OC-1.5.6.4

TY

Someone please share how to do this in V 3.0.3.2

Hiiii,

Do you know how to make it work separately for multi-store?
Thanks for sharing this bit code.