Add a Static Block to a Magento Template
Static blocks are one of the many extremely useful features that are pre-built into the Magento to help make parts of your store dynamic and manageable using it’s admin area. You can add a new static blocks by logging in to your admin area and navigating to CMS > Static Blocks and then click the ‘Add New Block’ link. This will open a page with a number of input fields, insert a Block Title, Block Identifier, Block Content and switch it to Enabled.
Now add the following code to the template .phtml file that you want the block to appear in, for example /app/design/frontend/your_theme/your_theme/template/callouts/right_col.phtml:
<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('cms/block')->setBlockId('block-identifier')->toHtml() ?>
Just change the ‘block-identifier’ to the identifier you set in the add static block section and it should load the content you inputted in the Magento admin area. Sorted.
