Magento new custom block module

Question

I'm using Magento version 1.8.1.0.

I'm trying to create a new custom block module, which I'll use for creating a new home page.

• Namespace: Crusader
• Module: CLHomePage
• Block Type: crusaderhome
• Class: Qwerty (just for now while testing)
• Design Package: crusader
• Theme: default

This is what I have so far:

\app\etc\modules\Crusader_All.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config>
    <modules>
        <Crusader_CLHomePage>
            <active>true</active>
            <codePool>local</codePool>
        </Crusader_CLHomePage>
    </modules>
</config>

\app\code\local\Crusader\CLHomePage\etc\config.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<config> 
    <modules>
        <Crusader_CLHomePage>
            <version>0.0.1</version>
        </Crusader_CLHomePage>
    </modules>
    <global>
        <blocks>
            <crusaderhome>
                <class>Crusader_CLHomePage_Block</class>
            </crusaderhome>
        </blocks>
    </global>
</config>

\app\code\local\Crusader\CLHomePage\Block\Qwerty.php

<?php
class Crusader_CLHomePage_Block_Qwerty extends Mage_Core_Block_Template
{
    // Methods (optional)
}
?>

\app\design\frontend\crusader\default\layout\local.xml

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<layout>
    <cms_index_index>
        <reference name="content">
            <block type="core/template" name="homepage" template="crusader/home.phtml">
                <block type="crusaderhome/qwerty" name="homeads" as="homeads" template="crusader/homeads.phtml" />
            </block>
        </reference>
    </cms_index_index>
</layout>

\app\design\frontend\crusader\default\template\crusader\home.phtml

<div id="home">
<p>Home Wrapper</p>
<?php echo $this->getChildHtml('homeads'); ?>
</div>

\app\design\frontend\crusader\default\template\crusader\homeads.phtml

<p>Adverts</p>

Now, with the above in place, my home page shows just "Home Wrapper", so the content of home.phtml is displayed, but not the content of homeads.phtml.

If I change the block type for homeads to core/template, it works, and I see both "Home Wrapper" and "Adverts". So I know the problem is something to do with the reference to my new block type (called crusaderhome).

What am I doing wrong here..?

Solution 1

I found the answer after posting on the Magento stack exchange site:

https://magento.stackexchange.com/questions/18098/magento-new-custom-block-module

It was the Magento compiler, once I disabled the compiler it seems to work.

Admin > System > Tools > Compilation

Solution 2

First of all

change \app\etc\modules\Crusader_All.xml to

\app\etc\modules\Crusader_CLHomePage.xml

use cLHomePage (check the naming convention. You should use lowercase like Clhomepage) rather crusaderhome in block type.

in

<block type="crusaderhome/qwerty" name="homeads" as="homeads" template="crusader/homeads.phtml" />