Static Block – Iyngaran Iyathurai

Magento 2.x. Update/add cms static block programmatically.

March 2, 2017 Iyngaran Iyathurai 1

To update cms static block for particular store programmatically you can use following code.

$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance();

$identifier = 'block_identifier';
$store_id = 2; 

try {
    $block = $objectManager->create('Magento\Cms\Model\Block');
    $block->setStoreId($store_id); // store for block you want to update 
    $block->load($identifier, 'identifier');
    $block->setIdentifier($identifier);
    $block->setTitle('Block Title');
    $block->setIsActive(1); 
    $block->setStores($store_id);
    $block->setContent($content);
    $block->save();

    echo "Static block updated! \n";
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

$objectManager = \Magento\Framework\App\ObjectManager::getInstance();

$identifier = 'block_identifier';

$store_id = 2;

try {

$block = $objectManager->create('Magento\Cms\Model\Block');

$block->setStoreId($store_id); // store for block you want to update

$block->load($identifier, 'identifier');

$block->setIdentifier($identifier);

$block->setTitle('Block Title');

$block->setIsActive(1);

$block->setStores($store_id);

$block->setContent($content);

$block->save();

echo "Static block updated! \n";

} catch (Exception $e) {

echo $e->getMessage();

}

Magento 2: Add a CMS Static Block via XML Updates in you homepage

March 2, 2017 Iyngaran Iyathurai 0

These are the steps to add a CMS Static block to your homepage using XML Updates in XML files. Go to the Admin Panel > Content > Blocks Click on “Add new Block” Create your custom block, make sure that the option “Enabled” is checked and save it. In the project code, go to app/design/frontend/[VendorName]/[themeName]/ and add the following file app/design/frontend/[VendorName]/[themeName]/Magento_Cms/layout/cms_index_index.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!--
/**
 * Copyright © 2015 Magento. All rights reserved.
 * See COPYING.txt for license details.
 */
-->
<page xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd">
	<body>
		<referenceContainer name="content">
			<block class="Magento\Cms\Block\Block" name="iyngaran-s-home-content" after="-">
				<arguments>
					<argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">your-static-block-identifier</argument>
				</arguments>
			</block>
		</referenceContainer>
	</body>
</page>

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<!--

/**

* See COPYING.txt for license details.

-->

<body>

<argument name="block_id" xsi:type="string">your-static-block-identifier</argument>

</arguments>

</block>

</referenceContainer>

</body>

</page>

NOTE: You can use “before” or “after” to place the block as you […]

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